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Public Act 096-1300 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 2-25 as follows: | ||||
(110 ILCS 805/2-25) | ||||
Sec. 2-25. College and Career Readiness Pilot Program. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly finds that there is a direct and | ||||
significant link between academic preparation of students | ||||
being academically prepared for college and success in | ||||
postsecondary education and careers . Many students enter | ||||
college unprepared for the academic rigors of college and | ||||
require noncredit remedial courses to attain skills and | ||||
knowledge needed for regular, credit coursework. Remediation | ||||
lengthens time to degree, imposes additional costs on students | ||||
and colleges, and uses student financial aid for courses that | ||||
will not count toward a degree. All students entering college | ||||
take a college entrance exam or a placement test. These tests | ||||
All high school juniors take the Prairie State Achievement | ||||
Examination, which contains the ACT college assessment exam. | ||||
ACT test elements and scores can be correlated to specific | ||||
course placements in community colleges. Customized ACT test | ||||
results can be used in collaboration with high schools to |
assist high school students to identify areas for improvement | ||
and help to them close skill gaps during students' their senior | ||
year. College Greater college and career readiness reduces will | ||
reduce the need for remediation, lowers lower educational | ||
costs, shortens shorten time to degree, and increases increase | ||
the overall success rate of Illinois college students. | ||
(b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board shall create | ||
a 3-year pilot project, to be known as the College and Career | ||
Readiness Pilot Program. Subject to appropriation, on July 1, | ||
2010, the State Board shall extend the current program for an | ||
additional 3 years and include an additional 7 sites (or as | ||
many as are allowed by available funding), as evidenced by the | ||
effectiveness of the current program. If in any of these 3 | ||
additional years, money is not appropriated for the program, | ||
then the State Board shall extend the program for an additional | ||
year. The goals of the program are as follows: | ||
(1) To diagnose college readiness by developing a | ||
system that aligns to align ACT scores or college placement | ||
examinations to specific community college courses in | ||
developmental and freshman curriculums. | ||
(2) To reduce remediation by decreasing the need for | ||
remedial coursework in mathematics, reading, and writing | ||
at the college level through (i) increasing the number of | ||
students enrolled in a college-prep core curriculum, (ii) | ||
assisting students in improving college readiness skills, | ||
and (iii) increasing successful student transitions into |
postsecondary education. | ||
(3) To align high school and college curriculums. | ||
(4) To provide resources and academic support to | ||
students to enrich the junior and senior year of high | ||
school through remedial or advanced coursework and other | ||
interventions. | ||
(5) To develop an appropriate evaluation process to | ||
measure the effectiveness of readiness intervention | ||
strategies. | ||
(c) The first year of the program extended created under | ||
this Section by this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||
Assembly shall begin with the high school class of 2011 and the | ||
high school class of 2012 (or such later classes if money is | ||
not appropriated for the program in a given fiscal year) 2008 . | ||
(1) In addition to the community colleges | ||
participating in the program before July 1, 2010, the The | ||
State Board shall select 7 additional 4 community colleges | ||
(or as many as are allowable by available funding) to | ||
participate in the program based on all of the following: | ||
(A) The percentage of students in developmental | ||
coursework. | ||
(B) Demographics of student enrollment, including | ||
socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and | ||
enrollments of first-generation college students. | ||
(C) Geographic diversity. | ||
(D) The willingness of the community college to |
submit developmental and introductory courses to ACT | ||
for analysis of college placement. | ||
(D) (E) The ability of the community college to | ||
partner with local high schools to develop college and | ||
career readiness strategies and college readiness | ||
teams. | ||
(2) The State Board shall work with ACT to analyze up | ||
to 10 courses at each participating community college for | ||
purposes of determining student placement and college | ||
readiness. | ||
(2) (3) Each participating community college shall | ||
establish an agreement with a high school or schools to do | ||
all of the following: | ||
(A) Create a data-sharing agreement. | ||
(B) Create a Readiness Plan Prescription for each | ||
student, showing all of the following: | ||
(i) The readiness status for college-level | ||
work. | ||
(ii) Course recommendations for remediation or | ||
for advanced coursework in Advanced Placement | ||
classes or dual credit and dual enrollment | ||
programs. | ||
(iii) Additional academic support services, | ||
including tutoring, mentoring, and college | ||
application assistance. | ||
(C) Create college and career readiness teams , |
which shall include the chief academic officer, the | ||
chief student services officer, an institutional | ||
researcher, faculty, and counselors or advisers | ||
comprised of faculty and counselors or advisers from | ||
the community college and high school, the college and | ||
career readiness coordinator from the community | ||
college, and other members as determined by the high | ||
school and community college. The teams may include | ||
local business or civic leaders. The teams shall | ||
develop intervention strategies as follows: | ||
(i) Use the Readiness Plan Prescription to | ||
develop a contract with each student for remedial | ||
or advanced coursework to be taken during the | ||
senior year. | ||
(ii) Monitor student progress. | ||
(iii) Provide readiness support services. | ||
(D) Retest students upon the completion of the | ||
appropriate intervention in the spring of 2008 to | ||
assess progress and college readiness. | ||
(3) (4) The State Board shall work with participating | ||
community colleges and high schools to develop an | ||
appropriate evaluation process to measure effectiveness of | ||
intervention strategies, including all of the following: | ||
(A) Baseline data for each participating school. | ||
(B) Baseline data for the Illinois system. | ||
(C) Comparison of college entrance exams or |
college placement scores, or both, within each group of | ||
students ACT scores from March 2007 to March 2008 . | ||
(D) Student enrollment in each applicable | ||
intervention college in the fall of 2008 . | ||
(E) Placement of college and career readiness | ||
students in developmental and regular courses upon the | ||
completion of the intervention and subsequent | ||
enrollment in additional courses in the fall of 2008 . | ||
(F) Retention of college and career readiness | ||
students in the spring semester after enrollment of | ||
2009 . | ||
(G) Other measures as selected by the State Board. | ||
(5) The State Board shall work with participating | ||
community colleges and high schools to establish | ||
operational processes and a budget for college and career | ||
readiness pilot programs, including all of the following: | ||
(A) Employment of a college and career readiness | ||
coordinator at each community college site. | ||
(B) Establishment of a budget. | ||
(C) Creation of college and career readiness | ||
teams, resources, and partnership agreements. | ||
(d) The second year of the program extended created under | ||
this Section by this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||
Assembly shall begin with the high school class of 2012 and the | ||
high school class of 2013 (or such later classes if money is | ||
not appropriated for the program in a given fiscal year) 2009 . |
In the second year of the extended program , the State Board | ||
shall have all of the following duties: | ||
(1) Analyze courses at 3 new community college sites. | ||
(1) (2) Undertake intervention strategies through | ||
college and career readiness teams with students of in the | ||
classes class of 2012 and 2013 2009 . | ||
(2) (3) Monitor and assist college and career readiness | ||
graduates from the class of 2011 2008 in college. | ||
(e) The third year of the program extended created under | ||
this Section by this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||
Assembly shall begin with the high school class of 2013 and the | ||
high school class of 2014 (or such later classes if money is | ||
not appropriated for the program in a given fiscal year) 2010 . | ||
In the third year of the extended program , the State Board | ||
shall have all of the following duties: | ||
(1) Analyze courses at 5 new community college sites. | ||
(2) Add college and career readiness teams at 3 new | ||
sites (from year 2 of the program). | ||
(1) (3) Undertake intervention strategies through | ||
college and career readiness teams with students of the | ||
classes class of 2013 and 2014 2010 at 7 sites . | ||
(2) (4) Monitor and assist students from the classes of | ||
2011 2008 and 2012 2009 in college. | ||
(f) At the end of the 3-year extension of the program, the | ||
State Board shall prepare and submit a report outlining its | ||
findings and recommendations to the Senate and the House of |
Representatives by filing a copy of its report with the | ||
Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of | ||
Representatives no later than December 31, 2013.
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(Source: P.A. 95-694, eff. 11-5-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2010.
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