Public Act 096-0412
 		





HB4038 Enrolled
LRB096 03510 NHT 22550 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
27-22.10 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/27-22.10)
    Sec. 27-22.10. Course credit for high school diploma.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the 
school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 
9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a 
student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit 
school district or would be enrolled in the high school 
district upon completion of elementary school, whichever is 
applicable, may enroll in a course required under Section 27-22 
of this Code, provided that (i) the course is offered by the 
high school that the student would attend, and (i) (ii) the 
student participates in the course at the location of the high 
school, and (iii) the elementary student's enrollment in the 
course would not prevent a high school student from being able 
to enroll, or (ii) the student participates in the course where 
the student attends school as long as the course is taught by a 
high school teacher certified in accordance with Article 21 of 
this Code who teaches in a high school of the school district 
where the student will attend when in high school and no high 
school students are enrolled in the course.
    (b) A school board that adopts a policy pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this Section must grant academic credit to an 
elementary school student who successfully completes the high 
school course, and that credit shall satisfy the requirements 
of Section 27-22 of this Code for that course.
    (c) A school board must award high school course credit to 
a student transferring to its school district for any course 
that the student successfully completed pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this Section, unless evidence about the course's rigor 
and content shows that it does not address the relevant 
Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate for the 
high school grade during which the course is usually taken, and 
that credit shall satisfy the requirements of Section 27-22 of 
this Code for that course.
    (d) A student's grade in any course successfully completed 
under this Section must be included in his or her grade point 
average in accordance with the school board's policy for making 
that calculation.


(Source: P.A. 95-299, eff. 8-20-07.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2009.