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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 
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27-22.10 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/27-22.10)
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    Sec. 27-22.10. Course credit for high school diploma.
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    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the 
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school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 
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9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a 
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student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit 
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school district or would be enrolled in the high school 
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district upon completion of elementary school, whichever is 
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applicable, may enroll in a course required under Section 27-22 
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of this Code, provided that (i) the course is offered by the 
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high school that the student would attend, and (i) (ii) the 
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student participates in the course at the location of the high 
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school, and (iii) the elementary student's enrollment in the 
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course would not prevent a high school student from being able 
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to enroll, or (ii) the student participates in the course where 
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the student attends school as long as the course is taught by a 
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high school teacher certified in accordance with Article 21 of 
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this Code who teaches in a high school of the school district 
 


 






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where the student will attend when in high school and no high 
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school students are enrolled in the course.
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    (b) A school board that adopts a policy pursuant to 
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subsection (a) of this Section must grant academic credit to an 
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elementary school student who successfully completes the high 
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school course, and that credit shall satisfy the requirements 
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of Section 27-22 of this Code for that course.
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    (c) A school board must award high school course credit to 
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a student transferring to its school district for any course 
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that the student successfully completed pursuant to subsection 
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(a) of this Section, unless evidence about the course's rigor 
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and content shows that it does not address the relevant 
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Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate for the 
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high school grade during which the course is usually taken, and 
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that credit shall satisfy the requirements of Section 27-22 of 
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this Code for that course.
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    (d) A student's grade in any course successfully completed 
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under this Section must be included in his or her grade point 
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average in accordance with the school board's policy for making 
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that calculation.


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

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