Full Text of HB0725 96th General Assembly
HB0725ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/11/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 725
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 725 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 |
| 10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 10-20.46. American Sign Language courses. School | 8 |
| boards are encouraged to implement American Sign Language | 9 |
| courses into school foreign language curriculum. Rulemaking | 10 |
| authority to implement this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 11 |
| Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in | 12 |
| accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative | 13 |
| Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint | 14 |
| Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so | 15 |
| adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. |
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 34-18.37. American Sign Language courses. The school | 3 |
| board is encouraged to implement American Sign Language courses | 4 |
| into school foreign language curriculum. Rulemaking authority | 5 |
| to implement this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, | 6 |
| if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 7 |
| with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 8 |
| Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 9 |
| Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 10 |
| whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 11 |
| Section 10. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 12 |
| changing Section 8 and by adding Section 45 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
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| Sec. 8. Admissions.
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| (a) No student shall be admitted to instruction in any of
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| the departments of the University who shall not have attained | 17 |
| to the age of
fifteen (15) years, and who shall not previously | 18 |
| undergo a satisfactory
examination in each of the branches | 19 |
| ordinarily taught in the common schools
of the state.
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| (b) In addition, commencing in the fall of 1993, no new | 21 |
| student shall
then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in | 22 |
| any of the departments or
colleges of the University unless | 23 |
| such student also has satisfactorily
completed:
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| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
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| the following
5 categories:
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| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 3 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 4 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 6 |
| and government);
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| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 8 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 9 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
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| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
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| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 12 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 13 |
| vocational
education or art;
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| (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 15 |
| applicants if the
institution determines through | 16 |
| assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 17 |
| outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 18 |
| education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 19 |
| established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 20 |
| applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
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| equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 22 |
| acquired in the high
school courses required for admission. | 23 |
| The Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois shall | 24 |
| not discriminate in the University's admissions
process | 25 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the | 26 |
| applicant's
enrollment
in a charter school established |
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| under Article 27A of the School Code.
Institutions
may also | 2 |
| admit 1)
applicants who did not have an opportunity to | 3 |
| complete the minimum college
preparatory curriculum in | 4 |
| high school, and 2) educationally disadvantaged
applicants | 5 |
| who are admitted to the formal organized special assistance
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| programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 7 |
| providing that in
either case, the institution | 8 |
| incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 9 |
| courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 10 |
| course
deficiencies; and
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| (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | 12 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 13 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 14 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 15 |
| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 18 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 19 |
| coursework required by
subsection (b).
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| (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 21 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 22 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 23 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
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| admission.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
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| (110 ILCS 305/45 new)
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| Sec. 45. American Sign Language courses. The University may | 3 |
| award academic credit for the successful completion of any | 4 |
| American Sign Language course offered or approved by the | 5 |
| University, which may be applied toward the satisfaction of the | 6 |
| foreign language requirements of the University, except for | 7 |
| those requirements related to the content of a student's | 8 |
| academic major. | 9 |
| Section 15. The Southern Illinois University Management | 10 |
| Act is amended by changing Section 8e and by adding Section 30 | 11 |
| as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
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| Sec. 8e. Admissions.
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| (a) Commencing in the fall of 1993, no new student shall
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| then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in any of the | 16 |
| departments or
colleges of the University unless such student | 17 |
| also has satisfactorily
completed:
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| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 19 |
| the following
5 categories:
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| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 21 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 22 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 24 |
| and government);
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| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 2 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 3 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
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| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
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| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 6 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 7 |
| vocational
education or art;
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| (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 9 |
| applicants if the
institution determines through | 10 |
| assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 11 |
| outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 12 |
| education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 13 |
| established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 14 |
| applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
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| equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 16 |
| acquired in the high
school courses required for admission. | 17 |
| The Board of Trustees of Southern
Illinois University shall | 18 |
| not discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 19 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the
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| applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 21 |
| under Article 27A of the
School Code. Institutions may also | 22 |
| admit 1)
applicants who did not have an opportunity to | 23 |
| complete the minimum college
preparatory curriculum in | 24 |
| high school, and 2) educationally disadvantaged
applicants | 25 |
| who are admitted to the formal organized special assistance
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| programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, |
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| providing that in
either case, the institution | 2 |
| incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 3 |
| courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 4 |
| course
deficiencies; and
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| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 6 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 7 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 8 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 9 |
| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 12 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 13 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
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| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 15 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 16 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 17 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
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| admission.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
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| (110 ILCS 520/30 new)
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| Sec. 30. American Sign Language courses. The University may | 22 |
| award academic credit for the successful completion of any | 23 |
| American Sign Language course offered or approved by the | 24 |
| University, which may be applied toward the satisfaction of the | 25 |
| foreign language requirements of the University, except for |
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| those requirements related to the content of a student's | 2 |
| academic major. | 3 |
| Section 20. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 4 |
| changing Section 5-85 and by adding Section 5-140 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
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| Sec. 5-85. Admission requirements.
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| (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 8 |
| of the departments or
colleges of the Chicago State University | 9 |
| unless such student also has
satisfactorily completed:
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| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 11 |
| the following
5 categories:
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| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 13 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 14 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 16 |
| and government);
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| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 18 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 19 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
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| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
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| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 22 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 23 |
| vocational
education or art;
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| (2) except that Chicago State University may admit |
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| individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 2 |
| or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 3 |
| coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 4 |
| and courses taken in a charter school established under | 5 |
| Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 6 |
| demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 7 |
| to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 8 |
| high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 9 |
| Trustees of Chicago State University
shall not | 10 |
| discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 11 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the
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| applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 13 |
| under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Chicago State | 14 |
| University may also admit
(i)
applicants who did not have | 15 |
| an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 16 |
| curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 17 |
| disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 18 |
| organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 19 |
| the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 20 |
| the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 21 |
| baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 22 |
| activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
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| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 24 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 25 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 26 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
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| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 4 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 5 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 6 |
| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 7 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 8 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 9 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
| 10 |
| admission.
| 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
| 12 |
| (110 ILCS 660/5-140 new)
| 13 |
| Sec. 5-140. American Sign Language courses. The University | 14 |
| may award academic credit for the successful completion of any | 15 |
| American Sign Language course offered or approved by the | 16 |
| University, which may be applied toward the satisfaction of the | 17 |
| foreign language requirements of the University, except for | 18 |
| those requirements related to the content of a student's | 19 |
| academic major. | 20 |
| Section 25. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 21 |
| by changing Section 10-85 and by adding Section 10-140 as | 22 |
| follows:
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| (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
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| Sec. 10-85. Admission requirements.
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| (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 3 |
| of the departments or
colleges of the Eastern Illinois | 4 |
| University unless such student also has
satisfactorily | 5 |
| completed:
| 6 |
| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 7 |
| the following
5 categories:
| 8 |
| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 9 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 10 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 11 |
| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 12 |
| and government);
| 13 |
| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 14 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 15 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
| 16 |
| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 17 |
| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 18 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 19 |
| vocational
education or art;
| 20 |
| (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | 21 |
| individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 22 |
| or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 23 |
| coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 24 |
| and courses taken in a charter school established under | 25 |
| Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 26 |
| demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
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| to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 2 |
| high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 3 |
| Trustees of Eastern Illinois University
shall not | 4 |
| discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 5 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the
| 6 |
| applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 7 |
| under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Eastern Illinois | 8 |
| University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 9 |
| an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 10 |
| curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 11 |
| disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 12 |
| organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 13 |
| the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 14 |
| the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 15 |
| baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 16 |
| activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 17 |
| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 18 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 19 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 20 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 21 |
| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 22 |
| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 23 |
| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 24 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 25 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 26 |
| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
|
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| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 2 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 3 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
| 4 |
| admission.
| 5 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
| 6 |
| (110 ILCS 665/10-140 new)
| 7 |
| Sec. 10-140. American Sign Language courses. The | 8 |
| University may award academic credit for the successful | 9 |
| completion of any American Sign Language course offered or | 10 |
| approved by the University, which may be applied toward the | 11 |
| satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the | 12 |
| University, except for those requirements related to the | 13 |
| content of a student's academic major. | 14 |
| Section 30. The Governors State University Law is amended | 15 |
| by changing Section 15-85 and by adding Section 15-140 as | 16 |
| follows:
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| (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
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| Sec. 15-85. Admission requirements.
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| (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 20 |
| of the departments or
colleges of the Governors State | 21 |
| University unless such student also has
satisfactorily | 22 |
| completed:
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| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
|
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| the following
5 categories:
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| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 3 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 4 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 5 |
| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 6 |
| and government);
| 7 |
| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 8 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 9 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
| 10 |
| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 11 |
| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 12 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 13 |
| vocational
education or art;
| 14 |
| (2) except that Governors State University may admit | 15 |
| individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 16 |
| or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 17 |
| coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 18 |
| and courses taken in a charter school established under | 19 |
| Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 20 |
| demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 21 |
| to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 22 |
| high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 23 |
| Trustees of Governors State University
shall not | 24 |
| discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 25 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the
| 26 |
| applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
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| under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Governors State | 2 |
| University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 3 |
| an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 4 |
| curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 5 |
| disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 6 |
| organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 7 |
| the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 8 |
| the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 9 |
| baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 10 |
| activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 11 |
| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 12 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 13 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 14 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 15 |
| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 16 |
| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 17 |
| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 18 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 19 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 20 |
| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 21 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 22 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 23 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
| 24 |
| admission.
| 25 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
|
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| (110 ILCS 670/15-140 new)
| 2 |
| Sec. 15-140. American Sign Language courses. The | 3 |
| University may award academic credit for the successful | 4 |
| completion of any American Sign Language course offered or | 5 |
| approved by the University, which may be applied toward the | 6 |
| satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the | 7 |
| University, except for those requirements related to the | 8 |
| content of a student's academic major. | 9 |
| Section 35. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | 10 |
| changing Section 20-85 and by adding Section 20-145 as follows:
| 11 |
| (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
| 12 |
| Sec. 20-85. Admission requirements.
| 13 |
| (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 14 |
| of the
departments or colleges of the Illinois State University | 15 |
| unless such student
also has satisfactorily completed:
| 16 |
| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 17 |
| the following
5 categories:
| 18 |
| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 19 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 20 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 21 |
| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 22 |
| and government);
| 23 |
| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 24 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
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| fundamentals of computer programming);
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| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 3 |
| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 4 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 5 |
| vocational
education or art;
| 6 |
| (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | 7 |
| individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 8 |
| or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 9 |
| coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 10 |
| and courses taken in a charter school established under | 11 |
| Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 12 |
| demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 13 |
| to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 14 |
| high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 15 |
| Trustees of Illinois State University
shall not | 16 |
| discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 17 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the
| 18 |
| applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 19 |
| under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Illinois State | 20 |
| University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 21 |
| an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 22 |
| curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 23 |
| disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 24 |
| organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 25 |
| the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 26 |
| the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
|
|
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| baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 2 |
| activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 3 |
| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 4 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 5 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 6 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 7 |
| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 8 |
| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 9 |
| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 10 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 11 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 12 |
| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 13 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 14 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 15 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
| 16 |
| admission.
| 17 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
| 18 |
| (110 ILCS 675/20-145 new)
| 19 |
| Sec. 20-145. American Sign Language courses. The | 20 |
| University may award academic credit for the successful | 21 |
| completion of any American Sign Language course offered or | 22 |
| approved by the University, which may be applied toward the | 23 |
| satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the | 24 |
| University, except for those requirements related to the | 25 |
| content of a student's academic major. |
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| Section 40. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 2 |
| amended by changing Section 25-85 and by adding Section 25-140 | 3 |
| as follows:
| 4 |
| (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
| 5 |
| Sec. 25-85. Admission requirements.
| 6 |
| (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 7 |
| of the
departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | 8 |
| University unless such
student also has satisfactorily | 9 |
| completed:
| 10 |
| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 11 |
| the following
5 categories:
| 12 |
| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 13 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 14 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 15 |
| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 16 |
| and government);
| 17 |
| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 18 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 19 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
| 20 |
| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 21 |
| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 22 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 23 |
| vocational
education or art;
| 24 |
| (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may |
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| admit individual
applicants
if it determines through | 2 |
| assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 3 |
| outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 4 |
| education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 5 |
| established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 6 |
| applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
| 7 |
| equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 8 |
| acquired in the high
school courses required for admission.
| 9 |
| The Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University
| 10 |
| shall not discriminate in the University's admissions | 11 |
| process against an
applicant for admission because of the | 12 |
| applicant's enrollment in a charter
school established | 13 |
| under Article 27A of the School Code. Northeastern Illinois
| 14 |
| University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 15 |
| an opportunity to
complete the minimum college
preparatory | 16 |
| curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 17 |
| disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 18 |
| organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 19 |
| the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 20 |
| the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 21 |
| baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 22 |
| activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 23 |
| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 24 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 25 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 26 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
|
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| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 2 |
| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 3 |
| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 4 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 5 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 6 |
| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 7 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 8 |
| shall not be required to take the
high school level General | 9 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite
to | 10 |
| admission.
| 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
| 12 |
| (110 ILCS 680/25-140 new)
| 13 |
| Sec. 25-140. American Sign Language courses. The | 14 |
| University may award academic credit for the successful | 15 |
| completion of any American Sign Language course offered or | 16 |
| approved by the University, which may be applied toward the | 17 |
| satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the | 18 |
| University, except for those requirements related to the | 19 |
| content of a student's academic major. | 20 |
| Section 45. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | 21 |
| by changing Section 30-85 and by adding Section 30-150 as | 22 |
| follows:
| 23 |
| (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
|
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| Sec. 30-85. Admission requirements.
| 2 |
| (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 3 |
| of the
departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | 4 |
| University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 5 |
| completed:
| 6 |
| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 7 |
| the following
5 categories:
| 8 |
| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 9 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 10 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 11 |
| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 12 |
| and government);
| 13 |
| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 14 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 15 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
| 16 |
| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 17 |
| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 18 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 19 |
| vocational
education or art;
| 20 |
| (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | 21 |
| individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 22 |
| or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 23 |
| coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 24 |
| and courses taken in a charter school established under | 25 |
| Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 26 |
| demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
|
|
|
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| 1 |
| to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 2 |
| high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 3 |
| Trustees of Northern Illinois University
shall not | 4 |
| discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 5 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the
| 6 |
| applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 7 |
| under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Northern Illinois | 8 |
| University may also admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 9 |
| an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 10 |
| curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 11 |
| disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 12 |
| organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 13 |
| the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 14 |
| the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 15 |
| baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 16 |
| activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 17 |
| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 18 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 19 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 20 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 21 |
| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 22 |
| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 23 |
| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 24 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 25 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 26 |
| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
|
|
|
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| 1 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 2 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 3 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
| 4 |
| admission.
| 5 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
| 6 |
| (110 ILCS 685/30-150 new)
| 7 |
| Sec. 30-150. American Sign Language courses. The | 8 |
| University may award academic credit for the successful | 9 |
| completion of any American Sign Language course offered or | 10 |
| approved by the University, which may be applied toward the | 11 |
| satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the | 12 |
| University, except for those requirements related to the | 13 |
| content of a student's academic major. | 14 |
| Section 50. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 15 |
| by changing Section 35-85 and by adding Section 35-145 as | 16 |
| follows:
| 17 |
| (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
| 18 |
| Sec. 35-85. Admission requirements.
| 19 |
| (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 20 |
| of the
departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | 21 |
| University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 22 |
| completed:
| 23 |
| (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
|
|
|
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| 1 |
| the following
5 categories:
| 2 |
| (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 3 |
| oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 4 |
| years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 5 |
| (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 6 |
| and government);
| 7 |
| (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 8 |
| advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 9 |
| fundamentals of computer programming);
| 10 |
| (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 11 |
| (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language , which | 12 |
| may be deemed to include American Sign Language , music, | 13 |
| vocational
education or art;
| 14 |
| (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | 15 |
| individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 16 |
| or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 17 |
| coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 18 |
| and courses taken in a charter school established under | 19 |
| Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 20 |
| demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 21 |
| to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 22 |
| high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 23 |
| Trustees of Western Illinois University
shall not | 24 |
| discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 25 |
| against an applicant for admission because of the
| 26 |
| applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
|
|
|
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| under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Western Illinois | 2 |
| University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 3 |
| an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 4 |
| curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 5 |
| disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 6 |
| organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 7 |
| the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 8 |
| the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 9 |
| baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 10 |
| activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 11 |
| (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 12 |
| required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 13 |
| distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 14 |
| the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 15 |
| and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 16 |
| categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 17 |
| (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 18 |
| recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 19 |
| coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 20 |
| (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 21 |
| scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 22 |
| shall not be required to take the
high
school level General | 23 |
| Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to
| 24 |
| admission.
| 25 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-374, eff. 7-30-99.)
|
|
|
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| (110 ILCS 690/35-145 new)
| 2 |
| Sec. 35-145. American Sign Language courses. The | 3 |
| University may award academic credit for the successful | 4 |
| completion of any American Sign Language course offered or | 5 |
| approved by the University, which may be applied toward the | 6 |
| satisfaction of the foreign language requirements of the | 7 |
| University, except for those requirements related to the | 8 |
| content of a student's academic major.
| 9 |
| Section 55. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 10 |
| adding Section 3-29.4 as follows:
| 11 |
| (110 ILCS 805/3-29.4 new)
| 12 |
| Sec. 3-29.4. American Sign Language courses. To adopt | 13 |
| regulations for the awarding of academic credit for the | 14 |
| successful completion of any American Sign Language course | 15 |
| offered or approved by a community college, which may be | 16 |
| applied toward the satisfaction of any foreign language | 17 |
| requirements of the community college, except for those | 18 |
| requirements related to the content of a student's academic | 19 |
| major. Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of | 20 |
| the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules | 21 |
| being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois | 22 |
| Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of | 23 |
| the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule | 24 |
| not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. |
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 2 |
| Section 8.33 as follows: | 3 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | 4 |
| Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 5 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 6 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 7 |
| the 96th General Assembly. ".
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