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1 | AN ACT concerning education. | ||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
4 | Section 5. The Dual Credit Quality Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 25 and by | ||||||
6 | adding Sections 16.10, 37, and 45 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (110 ILCS 27/5) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
9 | "Dual credit course" means a college course taken by a | ||||||
10 | high school student for credit at both the college and high | ||||||
11 | school level. | ||||||
12 | "Fully qualified instructor" means an instructor who meets | ||||||
13 | the academic credentials described in subparagraph (A) of | ||||||
14 | paragraph (1) of Section 20 or a career and technical | ||||||
15 | education instructor who meets the equivalent experience that | ||||||
16 | is commensurate with achievement of academic credentials, as | ||||||
17 | described by the Dual Credit Instructor Qualification | ||||||
18 | Framework in paragraph (b) of Section 45. | ||||||
19 | "Minimally qualified instructor" means an instructor who | ||||||
20 | meets the credentials described in paragraph (2), (2.5), or | ||||||
21 | (3) of Section 20. | ||||||
22 | "Postsecondary institution" "Institution" means an | ||||||
23 | "institution of higher learning" as defined in the Higher |
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1 | Education Student Assistance Act. | ||||||
2 | "Priority career pathway course" means a career-focused | ||||||
3 | course that has been identified by a school district, after | ||||||
4 | consultation with a community college district, in its | ||||||
5 | submission to the State Board of Education as an early college | ||||||
6 | credit course within a career-focused instructional sequence | ||||||
7 | as part of a College and Career Pathway Endorsement system | ||||||
8 | under the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.) | ||||||
10 | (110 ILCS 27/10) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to accomplish | ||||||
12 | all of the following: | ||||||
13 | (1) To reduce college costs. | ||||||
14 | (2) To speed time to degree completion. | ||||||
15 | (3) To improve the curriculum for high school students | ||||||
16 | and the alignment of the curriculum with college and | ||||||
17 | workplace expectations. | ||||||
18 | (4) To facilitate the transition between high school | ||||||
19 | and college. | ||||||
20 | (5) To enhance communication and collaboration between | ||||||
21 | high schools and colleges that leads to the establishment | ||||||
22 | of thriving local partnerships that seek to expand | ||||||
23 | students' opportunities . | ||||||
24 | (6) To offer opportunities for improving degree | ||||||
25 | attainment for underserved student populations. |
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1 | (7) To increase equitable access to high-quality | ||||||
2 | programs, provide meaningful educational opportunities | ||||||
3 | that support student success, and ensure dual credit is | ||||||
4 | used as a strategic tool for closing opportunity gaps. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.) | ||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 27/15) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 15. Student academic standing. Postsecondary | ||||||
8 | institutions Institutions may adopt policies to protect the | ||||||
9 | academic standing of students who are not successful in dual | ||||||
10 | credit courses, including, but not limited to, options for (i) | ||||||
11 | late withdrawal from a course, or (ii) taking the course on a | ||||||
12 | pass-fail basis, or both. All institutional policies relating | ||||||
13 | to the academic standing of students enrolled in dual credit | ||||||
14 | courses or the transfer of credit for dual credit courses must | ||||||
15 | be made publicly available by the postsecondary institution | ||||||
16 | and provided to each student enrolled in dual credit courses | ||||||
17 | offered by that postsecondary institution. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 100-1049, eff. 1-1-19 .) | ||||||
19 | (110 ILCS 27/16) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 16. High school and community college partnership | ||||||
21 | agreements; dual credit. A community college district shall, | ||||||
22 | upon the request of a school district within the jurisdiction | ||||||
23 | of the community college district, enter into a partnership | ||||||
24 | agreement with the school district to offer dual credit |
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1 | coursework. The school district and community college district | ||||||
2 | must each designate a liaison and begin negotiations to reach | ||||||
3 | a partnership agreement no later than 60 calendar days after | ||||||
4 | the initial request. | ||||||
5 | A school district may offer any course identified in the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core | ||||||
7 | Curriculum package under the Illinois Articulation Initiative | ||||||
8 | Act or any priority career pathway course aligned with current | ||||||
9 | course offerings at the partnering postsecondary institution | ||||||
10 | as a dual credit course on the campus of a high school of the | ||||||
11 | school district and may use a high school instructor who has | ||||||
12 | met the academic credential requirements under this Act to | ||||||
13 | teach the dual credit course. | ||||||
14 | The partnership agreement shall include all of the | ||||||
15 | following: | ||||||
16 | (1) The establishment of the school district's and the | ||||||
17 | community college district's respective roles and | ||||||
18 | responsibilities in providing the program and ensuring the | ||||||
19 | quality and instructional rigor of the program. This must | ||||||
20 | include an assurance that the community college district | ||||||
21 | has appropriate academic control of the curriculum, | ||||||
22 | consistent with any State or federal law and as required | ||||||
23 | or negotiated with the Higher Learning Commission or other | ||||||
24 | applicable accrediting agency. | ||||||
25 | (2) The dual credit courses that the school district | ||||||
26 | will offer its students and whether those courses will be |
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1 | offered on the high school or community college campus or | ||||||
2 | through an online platform established by the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Community College Board. | ||||||
4 | (3) The establishment of academic criteria for | ||||||
5 | granting eligibility for high school students to enroll in | ||||||
6 | dual credit coursework. The academic criteria shall be | ||||||
7 | evidence-based and shall include multiple appropriate | ||||||
8 | measures to determine whether a student is prepared for | ||||||
9 | any dual credit coursework in which the student enrolls. | ||||||
10 | Multiple appropriate measures may include, but are not | ||||||
11 | limited to, placement measures under the Developmental | ||||||
12 | Education Reform Act. The school district and community | ||||||
13 | college district shall use the Illinois Community College | ||||||
14 | Board's placement framework, under the Developmental | ||||||
15 | Education Reform Act, to determine the appropriate cutoff | ||||||
16 | score if using grade point average or assessment scores to | ||||||
17 | determine eligibility criteria, unless both the school | ||||||
18 | district and community college district jointly agree to | ||||||
19 | accept a lower score on individual placement methods in | ||||||
20 | combination with other placement methods. The partnership | ||||||
21 | agreement shall require a communications plan for | ||||||
22 | notifying students, parents, and high school staff of the | ||||||
23 | multiple appropriate measures criteria and shall require | ||||||
24 | the school district to clearly designate dual credit | ||||||
25 | courses in course catalogs and curriculum guides. Any | ||||||
26 | changes to academic criteria shall be communicated to the |
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1 | partnering high school not less than 60 days before any | ||||||
2 | course registration deadline. | ||||||
3 | (4) The establishment of any limitations that the | ||||||
4 | school district or community college district may put on | ||||||
5 | course offerings due to availability of instructors, the | ||||||
6 | availability of students for specific course offerings, or | ||||||
7 | local board policy. | ||||||
8 | (5) The requirement that the dual credit instructor | ||||||
9 | meet the academic credential requirements to teach a dual | ||||||
10 | credit course, consistent with paragraphs (1), (2), (2.5), | ||||||
11 | and (3) of Section 20 of this Act, but shall not be | ||||||
12 | required to exceed those credentials. | ||||||
13 | (6) The collaborative process and criteria by which | ||||||
14 | the school district shall identify and recommend and the | ||||||
15 | community college district shall review and approve high | ||||||
16 | school instructors of dual credit courses taught on the | ||||||
17 | campus of a high school. This provision shall require that | ||||||
18 | the school district be responsible for hiring and | ||||||
19 | compensating the instructor. | ||||||
20 | (7) The requirement that a community college district | ||||||
21 | take the appropriate steps to ensure that dual credit | ||||||
22 | courses are equivalent to those courses offered at the | ||||||
23 | community college in quality and rigor to qualify for | ||||||
24 | college credit. The dual credit programs shall encompass | ||||||
25 | the following characteristics: | ||||||
26 | (A) Student learning outcomes expected for dual |
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1 | credit courses in General Education Core Curriculum | ||||||
2 | courses and the professional and career and technical | ||||||
3 | disciplines shall be the same as the student learning | ||||||
4 | outcomes expected for the same courses taught on the | ||||||
5 | postsecondary campus. | ||||||
6 | (B) Course content, course delivery, and course | ||||||
7 | rigor shall be evaluated by the community college | ||||||
8 | chief academic officer or his or her designee, in | ||||||
9 | consultation with the school district's superintendent | ||||||
10 | or his or her designee. The evaluation shall be | ||||||
11 | conducted in a manner that is consistent with the | ||||||
12 | community college district's review and evaluation | ||||||
13 | policy and procedures for on-campus adjunct faculty, | ||||||
14 | including visits to the secondary class. This | ||||||
15 | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | ||||||
16 | ability of the instructor to deliver quality, rigorous | ||||||
17 | college credit coursework. This evaluation shall not | ||||||
18 | impact the instructor's performance evaluation under | ||||||
19 | Article 24A of the School Code. This evaluation shall | ||||||
20 | be completed within the same school year that the | ||||||
21 | course is taught. | ||||||
22 | (C) The academic supports and, if applicable, | ||||||
23 | guidance that will be provided to students | ||||||
24 | participating in the program by the high school and | ||||||
25 | the community college district. | ||||||
26 | (8) Identify all fees and costs to be assessed by the |
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1 | community college district for dual credit courses. This | ||||||
2 | provision shall require that any fees and costs assessed | ||||||
3 | for dual credit courses shall be reasonable and promote | ||||||
4 | student access to those courses, and may take into account | ||||||
5 | regional considerations and differences. The community | ||||||
6 | college district shall utilize revenue received by the | ||||||
7 | school district for the coordination and administration of | ||||||
8 | the partnership agreement and the delivery and | ||||||
9 | administration of dual credit courses. | ||||||
10 | (8.5) The collaborative process and criteria by which | ||||||
11 | a school district and a community college district shall | ||||||
12 | work to ensure that individual students with disabilities | ||||||
13 | have access to dual credit courses, provided that those | ||||||
14 | students are able to meet the criteria for entry into a | ||||||
15 | dual credit course. Through this process and criteria, the | ||||||
16 | student shall have access to the supplementary aids and | ||||||
17 | accommodations included in the student's individualized | ||||||
18 | education program under Article 14 of the School Code or | ||||||
19 | Section 504 plan under the federal Rehabilitation Act of | ||||||
20 | 1973 while the student is accessing a dual credit course | ||||||
21 | on a high school campus taught by a high school | ||||||
22 | instructor , in accordance with established practices at | ||||||
23 | the high school for providing these services. A student | ||||||
24 | who accesses a dual credit course on a community college | ||||||
25 | campus shall have access to supplementary aids and | ||||||
26 | accommodations provided in the partnership agreement, |
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1 | including access to the community college's disability | ||||||
2 | services. A school district and community college district | ||||||
3 | shall work together to provide seamless communication | ||||||
4 | about the student's progress. | ||||||
5 | (9) The community college district shall establish a | ||||||
6 | mechanism for evaluating and documenting on a regular | ||||||
7 | basis the performance of students who complete dual credit | ||||||
8 | courses, consistent with paragraph (9) of Section 20 and | ||||||
9 | Section 30 of this Act, and for sharing that data in a | ||||||
10 | meaningful and timely manner with the school district. | ||||||
11 | This evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | ||||||
12 | coursework. This evaluation shall not impact the | ||||||
13 | instructor's performance evaluation under Article 24A of | ||||||
14 | the School Code. | ||||||
15 | (10) The expectations for maintaining the rigor of | ||||||
16 | dual credit courses that are taught at the high school and | ||||||
17 | including students not deemed ready for college-level | ||||||
18 | coursework according to the standards of the community | ||||||
19 | college. | ||||||
20 | (11) A requirement that the school district and | ||||||
21 | community college annually assess disaggregated data | ||||||
22 | pertaining to dual credit course enrollments, completions, | ||||||
23 | and subsequent postsecondary enrollment and performance to | ||||||
24 | the extent feasible. If applicable, this assessment shall | ||||||
25 | include an analysis of dual credit courses with credit | ||||||
26 | sections for dual credit and for high school credit only |
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1 | pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 16.5 that reviews | ||||||
2 | student characteristics by credit section in relation to | ||||||
3 | gender, race and ethnicity, and low-income status. | ||||||
4 | (12) For courses taught by a high school instructor at | ||||||
5 | the high school, the school district may use its policies | ||||||
6 | to determine maximum class enrollment, student technology | ||||||
7 | access and usage, and student accommodations, provided | ||||||
8 | these policies do not interfere with rigorous student | ||||||
9 | learning outcomes. In coordination with the postsecondary | ||||||
10 | institution partner, a school district may determine | ||||||
11 | course length and the number of sections an individual | ||||||
12 | instructor may teach to ensure maximum access for all | ||||||
13 | students in the school district while maintaining rigorous | ||||||
14 | student learning outcomes. If the school district weights | ||||||
15 | Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses, | ||||||
16 | dual credit courses may receive the same weight as | ||||||
17 | Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses. | ||||||
18 | A community college district with an established | ||||||
19 | partnership agreement with a school district has 30 calendar | ||||||
20 | days from the initial course request to notify the school | ||||||
21 | district of its disapproval of the course request, instructor, | ||||||
22 | course documentation, or the community college district's | ||||||
23 | withdrawal of course or instructor approval. Thereafter, the | ||||||
24 | school district shall appeal the denial or withdrawal of the | ||||||
25 | instructor approval to the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||
26 | within 14 calendar days after the disapproval notice. The |
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1 | Illinois Community College Board shall render a decision | ||||||
2 | within 45 calendar days after filing and provide notice of its | ||||||
3 | decision to the community college district and school | ||||||
4 | district. If the community college district disapproves a | ||||||
5 | course request for reasons other than instructor | ||||||
6 | qualifications or the Illinois Community College Board upholds | ||||||
7 | the community college district's decision, the school district | ||||||
8 | may pursue an alternative postsecondary institution to provide | ||||||
9 | that course and must notify the community college district | ||||||
10 | within 14 calendar days after the disapproval notice or | ||||||
11 | Illinois Community College Board denial of its intent to do | ||||||
12 | so, along with the reason for seeking an alternative provider. | ||||||
13 | Thereafter, the community college district may not object to | ||||||
14 | or seek to limit the school district's ability to contract | ||||||
15 | with another community college district or postsecondary | ||||||
16 | institution to offer that course. However, an alternative | ||||||
17 | postsecondary institution may not be operating as a for-profit | ||||||
18 | postsecondary institution. The community college district may | ||||||
19 | reevaluate the course request, instructor, or course | ||||||
20 | documentation disapproval annually following the disapproval | ||||||
21 | notice to approve the course as originally proposed by the | ||||||
22 | school district. | ||||||
23 | If, within 180 calendar days of the school district's | ||||||
24 | initial request to enter into a partnership agreement with the | ||||||
25 | community college district, the school district and the | ||||||
26 | community college district do not reach agreement on the |
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1 | partnership agreement, then the school district and community | ||||||
2 | college district shall jointly implement the provisions of the | ||||||
3 | Model Partnership Agreement established under Section 19 of | ||||||
4 | this Act for which local agreement could not be reached. A | ||||||
5 | community college district may combine its negotiations with | ||||||
6 | multiple school districts to establish one multi-district | ||||||
7 | partnership agreement or may negotiate individual partnership | ||||||
8 | agreements at its discretion. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 102-516, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1077, eff. 1-1-23 .) | ||||||
10 | (110 ILCS 27/16.10 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 16.10. School district and postsecondary institution | ||||||
12 | partnership agreement; dual credit. Prior to offering dual | ||||||
13 | credit coursework, a school district shall attempt to enter | ||||||
14 | into a partnership agreement with the community college | ||||||
15 | district in the community college district in which the school | ||||||
16 | district is located as provided in Section 16 of this Act. If | ||||||
17 | pursuing an alternative provider other than a community | ||||||
18 | college district, the school district shall enter into a | ||||||
19 | partnership agreement with the alternative postsecondary | ||||||
20 | institution that addresses each item listed in paragraphs (1) | ||||||
21 | through (12) of Section 16. | ||||||
22 | (110 ILCS 27/17) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 17. Out-of-state dual credit contracts. A On or after | ||||||
24 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General |
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1 | Assembly, a school district may not enter into a new contract | ||||||
2 | with an out-of-state postsecondary institution to provide a | ||||||
3 | dual credit course without first offering the community | ||||||
4 | college district in the district in which the school district | ||||||
5 | is located the opportunity to provide the course. Prior to | ||||||
6 | entering into a contract with an out-of-state postsecondary | ||||||
7 | institution, the school district shall notify the Board of | ||||||
8 | Higher Education of its intent to enter into an agreement with | ||||||
9 | an out-of-state postsecondary institution. The Board of Higher | ||||||
10 | Education shall have 30 days to provide the school district | ||||||
11 | with a list of in-state postsecondary institutions that can | ||||||
12 | provide the school district an equivalent dual credit | ||||||
13 | opportunity. The school district may not enter into a contract | ||||||
14 | with an out-of-state postsecondary institution until it has | ||||||
15 | demonstrated to the Board of Higher Education that it has | ||||||
16 | taken appropriate steps to consider the listing of in-state | ||||||
17 | postsecondary institutions and provides a rationale as to why | ||||||
18 | the course can be provided only by an out-of-state | ||||||
19 | postsecondary institution. The Board of Higher Education shall | ||||||
20 | publish a list on its website of all dual credit agreements | ||||||
21 | between school districts and out-of-state or private | ||||||
22 | postsecondary institutions. In deciding which dual credit | ||||||
23 | courses to offer, a school district reserves the right to | ||||||
24 | evaluate any dual credit course offered by any postsecondary | ||||||
25 | institution for quality, rigor, and alignment with the school | ||||||
26 | district's students' needs. |
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1 | Agreements to provide dual credit courses between a school | ||||||
2 | district and an out-of-state institution in existence on or | ||||||
3 | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd | ||||||
4 | General Assembly on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
5 | of the 100th General Assembly shall remain in effect and shall | ||||||
6 | not be impacted by this Section. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 100-1049, eff. 1-1-19 .) | ||||||
8 | (110 ILCS 27/19) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 19. Model Partnership Agreement and Dual Credit | ||||||
10 | Committee. A Model Partnership Agreement shall be developed | ||||||
11 | through a Dual Credit Committee involving collaboration | ||||||
12 | between the Illinois Community College Board and the State | ||||||
13 | Board of Education by June 30, 2019. The Committee shall | ||||||
14 | consist of 5 members appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
15 | Education and 5 members appointed by the Executive Director of | ||||||
16 | the Illinois Community College Board. The Model Partnership | ||||||
17 | Agreement shall address all of the matters set forth in | ||||||
18 | Section 16 of this Act. | ||||||
19 | The Committee shall meet within 60 days after the | ||||||
20 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
21 | Assembly and subsequently shall meet biennially to consider | ||||||
22 | and develop updates to the Model Partnership Agreement and | ||||||
23 | associated exhibits to ensure concordance with any policies | ||||||
24 | established by State, federal, or accrediting entities. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 100-1049, eff. 1-1-19 .) |
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1 | (110 ILCS 27/20) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 20. Standards. All postsecondary institutions | ||||||
3 | offering dual credit courses shall meet the following | ||||||
4 | standards: | ||||||
5 | (1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing | ||||||
6 | college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the | ||||||
7 | academic credential requirements set forth in this | ||||||
8 | paragraph or paragraph (2) , (2.5), or (3) of this Section | ||||||
9 | and need not meet higher certification requirements or | ||||||
10 | those set out in Article 21B of the School Code: | ||||||
11 | (A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses | ||||||
12 | shall meet any of the faculty credential standards | ||||||
13 | allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine | ||||||
14 | minimally qualified faculty , including achievement of | ||||||
15 | academic credentials, progress toward academic | ||||||
16 | credentials, or equivalent experience. Instructors may | ||||||
17 | not be required to meet higher standards than those | ||||||
18 | established by the Higher Learning Commission. The | ||||||
19 | academic credentials required to be a fully qualified | ||||||
20 | instructor shall include either (i) a master's degree | ||||||
21 | within the discipline to be taught or (ii) any | ||||||
22 | master's degree and not more than 18 graduate hours | ||||||
23 | appropriate to the academic field of study or in the | ||||||
24 | discipline to be taught, as defined by the Dual Credit | ||||||
25 | Instructor Qualification Framework . At the request of |
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1 | an instructor, an instructor who meets these | ||||||
2 | credential standards shall be provided by the State | ||||||
3 | Board of Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to | ||||||
4 | be placed on the professional educator license, as | ||||||
5 | established by the State Board of Education and as | ||||||
6 | authorized under Article 21B of the School Code and | ||||||
7 | promulgated through administrative rule in cooperation | ||||||
8 | with the Illinois Community College Board and the | ||||||
9 | Board of Higher Education. | ||||||
10 | (B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty | ||||||
11 | credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning | ||||||
12 | Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty | ||||||
13 | may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a | ||||||
14 | professional development plan, approved by the | ||||||
15 | postsecondary institution and shared with the State | ||||||
16 | Board of Education no later than January 1, 2025 , to | ||||||
17 | raise his or her credentials to be in line with the | ||||||
18 | credentials under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph | ||||||
19 | (1). The postsecondary institution shall have 30 days | ||||||
20 | to review the plan and approve an instructor | ||||||
21 | professional development plan that is in line with the | ||||||
22 | credentials set forth in paragraph (2) or (2.5) of | ||||||
23 | this Section. The postsecondary institution shall not | ||||||
24 | unreasonably withhold approval of a professional | ||||||
25 | development plan. These approvals shall be good for as | ||||||
26 | long as satisfactory progress toward the completion of |
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1 | the credential is demonstrated, but in no event shall | ||||||
2 | a professional development plan be in effect for more | ||||||
3 | than 3 years from the date of its approval or after | ||||||
4 | January 1, 2028, whichever is sooner . A high school | ||||||
5 | instructor whose professional development plan is not | ||||||
6 | approved by the postsecondary institution may appeal | ||||||
7 | to the Illinois Community College Board or the Board | ||||||
8 | of Higher Education, as appropriate. | ||||||
9 | (C) The Illinois Community College Board and Board | ||||||
10 | of Higher Education shall report yearly on their | ||||||
11 | Internet websites the following: | ||||||
12 | (i) the number of teachers presently enrolled | ||||||
13 | in an approved professional development plan under | ||||||
14 | this Section; | ||||||
15 | (ii) the number of instructors who | ||||||
16 | successfully completed an approved professional | ||||||
17 | development plan; | ||||||
18 | (iii) the number of instructors who did not | ||||||
19 | successfully complete an approved professional | ||||||
20 | development plan after 3 years; | ||||||
21 | (iv) a breakdown of the information in | ||||||
22 | subdivisions (i), (ii), and (iii) of this | ||||||
23 | subparagraph (C) by subject area; and | ||||||
24 | (v) a summary, by community college district, | ||||||
25 | of professional development plans that are in | ||||||
26 | progress, that were successfully completed, or |
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1 | that have expired. | ||||||
2 | The State Board of Education shall provide to the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher | ||||||
4 | Education any information necessary to complete the | ||||||
5 | reporting required under this subparagraph (C). | ||||||
6 | (2) For a high school instructor entering into a | ||||||
7 | professional development plan prior to January 1, 2023, | ||||||
8 | the high school instructor shall qualify for a | ||||||
9 | professional development plan if the instructor: | ||||||
10 | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline and | ||||||
11 | has earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he | ||||||
12 | or she is currently teaching or expects to teach; or | ||||||
13 | (B) has a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 | ||||||
14 | graduate hours in a discipline that he or she is | ||||||
15 | currently teaching or expects to teach and is enrolled | ||||||
16 | in a discipline-specific master's degree program; and | ||||||
17 | (C) agrees to demonstrate his or her progress | ||||||
18 | toward completion to the supervising postsecondary | ||||||
19 | institution, as outlined in the professional | ||||||
20 | development plan. | ||||||
21 | (2.5) For a high school instructor entering into a | ||||||
22 | professional development plan on or after January 1, 2023, | ||||||
23 | the high school instructor shall qualify for a | ||||||
24 | professional development plan if the instructor: | ||||||
25 | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline , has | ||||||
26 | completed a minimum of 9 hours of the graduate |
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1 | coursework requirements of the Dual Credit Instructor | ||||||
2 | Qualification Framework for the course , has earned 9 | ||||||
3 | graduate hours in a discipline in which he or she | ||||||
4 | currently teaches or expects to teach, and agrees to | ||||||
5 | demonstrate his or her progress toward completion to | ||||||
6 | the supervising postsecondary institution, as outlined | ||||||
7 | in the professional development plan; or | ||||||
8 | (B) is a fully licensed instructor in career and | ||||||
9 | technical education who is halfway toward meeting the | ||||||
10 | required equivalent experience criteria defined by the | ||||||
11 | Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework | ||||||
12 | institution's requirements for faculty in the | ||||||
13 | discipline to be taught and agrees to demonstrate his | ||||||
14 | or her progress toward completion to the supervising | ||||||
15 | postsecondary institution, as outlined in the | ||||||
16 | professional development plan. | ||||||
17 | (3) An instructor in career and technical education | ||||||
18 | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | ||||||
19 | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | ||||||
20 | instruction. Equivalent experience may be considered if | ||||||
21 | determining instructor qualifications. | ||||||
22 | (4) Course content must be equivalent to | ||||||
23 | credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the | ||||||
24 | community college. | ||||||
25 | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as | ||||||
26 | credit-bearing college-level courses and be appropriately |
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1 | measured. | ||||||
2 | (6) A high school instructor is expected to | ||||||
3 | participate in any orientation developed by the | ||||||
4 | postsecondary institution for dual credit instructors in | ||||||
5 | course curriculum, assessment methods, and administrative | ||||||
6 | requirements. | ||||||
7 | (7) Dual credit instructors must be given the | ||||||
8 | opportunity to participate in all activities available to | ||||||
9 | other adjunct faculty, including professional development, | ||||||
10 | seminars, site visits, and internal communication, | ||||||
11 | provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an | ||||||
12 | instructor's regular teaching duties. | ||||||
13 | (8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually | ||||||
14 | by the higher-learning-partner faculty department | ||||||
15 | chairperson or the chairperson's designee and the chief | ||||||
16 | academic officer of the postsecondary institution or the | ||||||
17 | officer's designee, faculty through the appropriate | ||||||
18 | department , to ensure consistency with campus courses. | ||||||
19 | (9) Dual credit students must be assessed using | ||||||
20 | methods consistent with students in traditional | ||||||
21 | credit-bearing college courses. | ||||||
22 | (10) Within 15 days after entering into or renewing a | ||||||
23 | partnership agreement, the postsecondary institution shall | ||||||
24 | notify its faculty of the agreement, including access to | ||||||
25 | copies of the agreement if requested. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1077, eff. 1-1-23; |
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1 | 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) | ||||||
2 | (110 ILCS 27/25) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 25. Oversight, review, and reporting. | ||||||
4 | (a) The Illinois Community College Board shall be | ||||||
5 | responsible for oversight and review of dual credit programs | ||||||
6 | offered jointly by public community colleges and high schools. | ||||||
7 | The Illinois Community College Board shall implement a review | ||||||
8 | process and criteria for evaluating dual credit program | ||||||
9 | quality based upon the standards enumerated in Section 20 of | ||||||
10 | this Act. | ||||||
11 | (b) The Board of Higher Education shall be responsible for | ||||||
12 | oversight and review of dual credit programs offered jointly | ||||||
13 | by high schools and postsecondary institutions, except for | ||||||
14 | public community colleges as provided in subsection (a) of | ||||||
15 | this Section. The Board of Higher Education shall develop and | ||||||
16 | implement a review process based on the standards enumerated | ||||||
17 | in Section 20 of this Act. | ||||||
18 | (c) Each postsecondary institution shall report annually | ||||||
19 | to the appropriate agency, the Illinois Community College | ||||||
20 | Board or the Board of Higher Education. The reports shall | ||||||
21 | include, but not be limited to, the following data: | ||||||
22 | (1) Number and description of dual credit courses. | ||||||
23 | (2) Faculty teaching dual credit courses and their | ||||||
24 | academic credentials. | ||||||
25 | (3) Enrollments in dual credit courses. |
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1 | (4) Sites of dual credit offerings. | ||||||
2 | (5) The multiple appropriate measures adopted for | ||||||
3 | program eligibility and for placement into English, | ||||||
4 | mathematics, and other subject-area coursework. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.) | ||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 27/37 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 37. Study. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Illinois Community College Board shall conduct a | ||||||
9 | study to examine dual credit students and their short-term and | ||||||
10 | long-term outcomes, including determining how differing types | ||||||
11 | and levels of credit-hour achievement influence college | ||||||
12 | enrollment, persistence, advancement, and completion, either | ||||||
13 | at a public community college or public university. The study | ||||||
14 | shall attempt to isolate the unique effect of credit-hour | ||||||
15 | achievement levels on college enrollment and college | ||||||
16 | completion overall and for subpopulations by student | ||||||
17 | subgroups, such as race and ethnicity, sex, and dual-credit | ||||||
18 | type. The study shall further examine the differential impacts | ||||||
19 | of enrollment in specific career pathways versus ad hoc, | ||||||
20 | dual-credit participation on college enrollment, persistence, | ||||||
21 | advancement, and completion at either a public community | ||||||
22 | college or public university. | ||||||
23 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | ||||||
24 | contrary, all public universities, all public community | ||||||
25 | colleges, the State Board of Education, the Illinois Student |
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1 | Assistance Commission, and any other State agency that | ||||||
2 | collects pertinent data shall furnish such data and | ||||||
3 | information to the Illinois Community College Board as the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Community College Board deems necessary to fulfill | ||||||
5 | the requirements of this Section. | ||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 27/45 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 45. Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework. | ||||||
8 | (a) A Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework shall | ||||||
9 | be developed through a Dual Credit Committee by July 31, 2025. | ||||||
10 | The Committee shall consist of the following: | ||||||
11 | (1) the State Superintendent of Education or his or | ||||||
12 | her designee; | ||||||
13 | (2) the Executive Director of the Illinois Community | ||||||
14 | College Board or his or her designee; | ||||||
15 | (3) the Executive Director of the Board of Higher | ||||||
16 | Education or his or her designee; | ||||||
17 | (4) the following members appointed by the Executive | ||||||
18 | Director of the Illinois Community College Board: | ||||||
19 | (A) one member who represents college faculty upon | ||||||
20 | recommendation from a statewide professional teachers' | ||||||
21 | organization; | ||||||
22 | (B) one member who represents college faculty upon | ||||||
23 | recommendation from another statewide professional | ||||||
24 | teachers' organization; | ||||||
25 | (C) one member upon recommendation from community |
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1 | college district trustees; | ||||||
2 | (D) one member representing a community college | ||||||
3 | located in the City of Chicago; | ||||||
4 | (E) one member representing a community college | ||||||
5 | located in a metropolitan area outside of the City of | ||||||
6 | Chicago; | ||||||
7 | (F) one member representing a community college | ||||||
8 | located in a rural community; | ||||||
9 | (G) one member representing community college | ||||||
10 | chief academic officers; | ||||||
11 | (H) one member upon recommendation from an | ||||||
12 | association of community college presidents; | ||||||
13 | (I) one member upon recommendation from a | ||||||
14 | statewide network of educators and stakeholders | ||||||
15 | dedicated to implementing engaging, effective | ||||||
16 | assessment and instructional strategies for all | ||||||
17 | learners and to support the adoption of policies and | ||||||
18 | systems that promote such practices; and | ||||||
19 | (J) one member upon recommendation from a | ||||||
20 | statewide policy organization that works to strengthen | ||||||
21 | education and workforce systems; | ||||||
22 | (5) the following members appointed by the Executive | ||||||
23 | Director of the Board of Higher Education: | ||||||
24 | (A) one member representing a public university | ||||||
25 | offering dual credit programs; | ||||||
26 | (B) another member representing a public |
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1 | university offering dual credit programs; | ||||||
2 | (C) one member representing a private | ||||||
3 | not-for-profit college or university offering dual | ||||||
4 | credit programs; and | ||||||
5 | (D) one member representing public university | ||||||
6 | chief academic officers; and | ||||||
7 | (6) the following members appointed by the State | ||||||
8 | Superintendent of Education: | ||||||
9 | (A) one member upon recommendation from a | ||||||
10 | statewide organization that represents school | ||||||
11 | administrators; | ||||||
12 | (B) one member upon recommendation from a | ||||||
13 | statewide principals' organization; | ||||||
14 | (C) one member upon recommendation from a | ||||||
15 | statewide organization of school boards; | ||||||
16 | (D) one member upon recommendation from an | ||||||
17 | organization that represents school districts in both | ||||||
18 | the Chicago south suburbs and collar counties; | ||||||
19 | (E) one member upon recommendation from a | ||||||
20 | statewide organization representing large unit school | ||||||
21 | districts; | ||||||
22 | (F) one member representing a superintendent of a | ||||||
23 | suburban school district; | ||||||
24 | (G) one member who represents a school district | ||||||
25 | serving a community with a population of 500,000 or | ||||||
26 | more inhabitants; |
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1 | (H) one member representing a rural school | ||||||
2 | district; | ||||||
3 | (I) one member upon recommendation from a | ||||||
4 | statewide advocacy organization that champions | ||||||
5 | education equity and racial justice; | ||||||
6 | (J) one member representing Education for | ||||||
7 | Employment System directors; | ||||||
8 | (K) one member who represents a secondary school | ||||||
9 | instructor who teaches dual credit at a secondary | ||||||
10 | school upon recommendation from a statewide | ||||||
11 | professional teachers' organization; and | ||||||
12 | (L) one member who represents a secondary school | ||||||
13 | instructor who teaches dual credit at a secondary | ||||||
14 | school upon recommendation from another statewide | ||||||
15 | professional teachers' organization. | ||||||
16 | (b) The Dual Credit Instructor Qualification Framework | ||||||
17 | shall define the appropriate graduate coursework for fully | ||||||
18 | qualified and minimally qualified instructors and the | ||||||
19 | equivalent experience required to be a fully qualified career | ||||||
20 | and technical education instructor. The Framework shall list | ||||||
21 | the appropriate coursework for each discipline within the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core | ||||||
23 | Curriculum package by the discipline to be taught. | ||||||
24 | The Framework shall establish equivalent experience that | ||||||
25 | is commensurate with achievement of academic credentials to be | ||||||
26 | a fully qualified career and technical education dual-credit |
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1 | course instructor. The criteria shall determine a minimum | ||||||
2 | threshold of experience and appropriate combination of the | ||||||
3 | following: | ||||||
4 | (1) related work experience, which shall not exceed | ||||||
5 | 2,000 hours and shall include the appropriate recognizable | ||||||
6 | credentials; | ||||||
7 | (2) research or scholarship; | ||||||
8 | (3) recognized achievement; | ||||||
9 | (4) previous years of teaching experience; | ||||||
10 | (5) honors and awards; and | ||||||
11 | (6) other activities and factors to demonstrate | ||||||
12 | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | ||||||
13 | instruction. | ||||||
14 | The Framework may differentiate between career and | ||||||
15 | technical courses and General Education Core Curriculum | ||||||
16 | courses. The Framework shall reference the faculty credential | ||||||
17 | standards allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to ensure | ||||||
18 | uniform guidance from this State and the Higher Learning | ||||||
19 | Commission. | ||||||
20 | (c) The Illinois Community College Board shall provide | ||||||
21 | administrative and other support to the Dual Credit Committee. | ||||||
22 | The Committee shall meet at least every 4 years or as needed to | ||||||
23 | consider and develop updates to the Dual Credit Instructor | ||||||
24 | Qualification Framework to ensure concordance with any | ||||||
25 | policies established by State, federal, or accrediting | ||||||
26 | entities. The Framework may not disqualify instructors deemed |
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1 | fully qualified prior to the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
2 | Act of the 103rd General Assembly. | ||||||
3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law. |