Rep. Esther Golar
Filed: 3/10/2015
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 806
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 806 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 27-22.10 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.10) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 27-22.10. Course credit for high school diploma. | ||||||
8 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the | ||||||
9 | school board of a school district that maintains any of grades | ||||||
10 | 9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a | ||||||
11 | student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit | ||||||
12 | school district or would be enrolled in the high school | ||||||
13 | district upon completion of elementary school, whichever is | ||||||
14 | applicable, may enroll in a course required under Section 27-22 | ||||||
15 | of this Code, provided that the course is offered by the high | ||||||
16 | school that the student would attend, and (i) the student |
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1 | participates in the course at the location of the high school, | ||||||
2 | and the elementary student's enrollment in the course would not | ||||||
3 | prevent a high school student from being able to enroll, or | ||||||
4 | (ii) the student participates in the course where the student | ||||||
5 | attends school as long as the course is taught by a high school | ||||||
6 | teacher who is qualified to teach the course certified in | ||||||
7 | accordance with Article 21B 21 of this Code who teaches in a | ||||||
8 | high school of the school district where the student will | ||||||
9 | attend when in high school and no high school students are | ||||||
10 | enrolled in the course . | ||||||
11 | (b) A school board that adopts a policy pursuant to | ||||||
12 | subsection (a) of this Section must grant academic credit to an | ||||||
13 | elementary school student who successfully completes the high | ||||||
14 | school course, and that credit shall satisfy the requirements | ||||||
15 | of Section 27-22 of this Code for that course. | ||||||
16 | (c) A school board must award high school course credit to | ||||||
17 | a student transferring to its school district for any course | ||||||
18 | that the student successfully completed pursuant to subsection | ||||||
19 | (a) of this Section, unless evidence about the course's rigor | ||||||
20 | and content shows that it does not address the relevant | ||||||
21 | Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate for the | ||||||
22 | high school grade during which the course is usually taken, and | ||||||
23 | that credit shall satisfy the requirements of Section 27-22 of | ||||||
24 | this Code for that course. | ||||||
25 | (d) A student's grade in any course successfully completed | ||||||
26 | under this Section must be included in his or her grade point |
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1 | average in accordance with the school board's policy for making | ||||||
2 | that calculation.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 95-299, eff. 8-20-07; 96-412, eff. 8-13-09.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.".
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