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| Public Act 103-0352 | ||||
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
2-3.169 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.169) | ||||
Sec. 2-3.169. State Global Scholar Certification. | ||||
(a) The State Global Scholar Certification Program is | ||||
established to recognized public and nonpublic high school | ||||
graduates who have attained global competence. State Global | ||||
Scholar Certification shall be awarded beginning with the | ||||
2017-2018 school year. School district or nonpublic school | ||||
participation in this certification is voluntary. | ||||
(b) The purposes of State Global Scholar Certification are | ||||
as follows: | ||||
(1) To recognize the value of a global education. | ||||
(2) To certify attainment of global competence. | ||||
(3) To provide employers with a method of identifying | ||||
globally competent employees. | ||||
(4) To provide colleges and universities with an | ||||
additional method to recognize applicants seeking | ||||
admission. | ||||
(5) To prepare students with 21st century skills. | ||||
(6) To encourage the development of a globally ready | ||
workforce in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, | ||
and mathematics), manufacturing, agriculture, and service | ||
sectors. | ||
(c) State Global Scholar Certification confirms attainment | ||
of global competence, sufficient for meaningful use in college | ||
and a career, by a graduating public or nonpublic high school | ||
student. | ||
(d) The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as | ||
may be necessary to establish the criteria that students must | ||
achieve to earn State Global Scholar Certification, which | ||
shall minimally include attainment of units of credit in | ||
globally focused courses, service learning experiences, global | ||
collaboration and dialogue, and passage of a capstone project | ||
demonstrating global competency, as approved by the | ||
participating school district or nonpublic school for this | ||
purpose. | ||
(e) The State Board of Education shall do both of the | ||
following: | ||
(1) Prepare and deliver to participating school | ||
districts or nonpublic schools an appropriate mechanism | ||
for designating State Global Scholar Certification on the | ||
diploma and transcript of a student indicating that the | ||
student has been awarded State Global Scholar | ||
Certification by the State Board of Education. | ||
(2) Provide other information the State Board of | ||
Education deems necessary for school districts or | ||
nonpublic schools to successfully participate in the | ||
certification. | ||
(f) A school district or nonpublic school that | ||
participates in certification under this Section shall do both | ||
of the following: | ||
(1) Maintain appropriate records in order to identify | ||
students who have earned State Global Scholar | ||
Certification. | ||
(2) Make the appropriate designation on the diploma | ||
and transcript of each student who earns State Global | ||
Scholar Certification. | ||
(g) No fee may be charged to a student to receive the | ||
designation pursuant to the Section. Notwithstanding this | ||
prohibition, costs may be incurred by the student in | ||
demonstrating proficiency.
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(Source: P.A. 99-780, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.) | ||
Section 10. The College and Career Success for All | ||
Students Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 302/30) | ||
Sec. 30. Postsecondary-level course credit. | ||
(a) In this Section: | ||
"Institution of higher education" means a public | ||
university or public community college located in this State. | ||
"International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject" | ||
means an International Baccalaureate course taken by either | ||
International Baccalaureate diploma candidates or by | ||
International Baccalaureate course candidates. | ||
"Subject score" means the total points awarded to a | ||
candidate for an International Baccalaureate course based on | ||
fulfillment of all subject requirements, including the | ||
end-of-course examination. | ||
(b) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, scores of | ||
3, 4, and 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement | ||
examinations and, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, | ||
subject scores of 4 or higher for International Baccalaureate | ||
Diploma Programme subjects shall be accepted for credit to | ||
satisfy degree requirements by all institutions of higher | ||
education. Each institution of higher education shall | ||
determine for each Advanced Placement test and International | ||
Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject whether credit will be | ||
granted for electives, general education requirements, or | ||
major requirements and the Advanced Placement and | ||
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject scores | ||
required to grant credit for those purposes. | ||
Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, each | ||
institution of higher education may award course credit to a | ||
student who has received State Global Scholar Certification. | ||
Each institution of higher education may determine whether | ||
credit will be granted for electives, general education | ||
requirements, or major requirements for students who received | ||
State Global Scholar Certification. | ||
(c) By the conclusion of the 2020-2021 academic year, the | ||
Board of Higher Education, in cooperation with the Illinois | ||
Community College Board, shall analyze the Advanced Placement | ||
examination and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme | ||
subject score course granting policy of each institution of | ||
higher education and the research used by each institution in | ||
determining the level of credit and the number of credits | ||
provided for the Advanced Placement and International | ||
Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject scores in accordance | ||
with the requirements of this Section and file a report that | ||
includes findings and recommendations to the General Assembly | ||
and the Governor. Each institution of higher education shall | ||
provide the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board with all necessary data, in accordance | ||
with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of | ||
1974, to conduct the analysis. | ||
(d) Each institution of higher education shall publish its | ||
updated Advanced Placement examination and International | ||
Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject score course granting | ||
policy in accordance with the requirements of this Section on | ||
its Internet website before the beginning of the 2017-2018 | ||
academic year.
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(Source: P.A. 99-358, eff. 8-13-15; 99-624, eff. 7-22-16.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2023.
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