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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3644 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Avery Bourne SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a partnership agreement between a school district and a community college district may allow a student to enroll in a dual credit course who does not otherwise meet the community college's academic eligibility requirements to enroll in the dual credit course. Sets forth requirements concerning such a partnership agreement. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3644 | | LRB102 11399 CMG 16732 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Dual Credit Quality Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 23 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 27/23 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 23. Student enrollment eligibility. |
| 8 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any |
| 9 | | administrative rules to the contrary, the partnership |
| 10 | | agreement between a school district and a community college |
| 11 | | district may allow a student to enroll in a dual credit course |
| 12 | | who does not otherwise meet the community college's academic |
| 13 | | eligibility requirements to enroll in the dual credit course. |
| 14 | | Under such a partnership agreement: |
| 15 | | (1) the student shall receive the same instruction and |
| 16 | | shall complete the same coursework as those students |
| 17 | | enrolled in the course who do meet the academic |
| 18 | | eligibility requirements; and |
| 19 | | (2) the instructor of the dual credit course shall |
| 20 | | meet the academic credential requirements to teach the |
| 21 | | dual credit course, consistent with paragraphs (1), (2), |
| 22 | | and (3) of Section 20 of this Act, but shall not be |
| 23 | | required to exceed those credential requirements. |