Full Text of SB2838 100th General Assembly
SB2838ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Natalie A. Manley Filed: 5/25/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2838
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2838 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Dual Credit Quality Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 15, and 20 and by adding Sections 16, 17, 18, | 6 | | 19, 30, and 35 as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 27/15)
| 8 | | Sec. 15. Student academic standing access, eligibility, | 9 | | and attainment .
| 10 | | (a) The Illinois Community College Board and the Board of | 11 | | Higher Education shall develop policies to permit multiple | 12 | | appropriate measures using differentiated assessment for | 13 | | granting eligibility for dual credit to students. The measures | 14 | | developed shall ensure that a student is prepared for any | 15 | | coursework in which the student enrolls. | 16 | | (b) Institutions may adopt policies to protect the academic |
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| 1 | | standing of students who are not successful in dual credit | 2 | | courses, including, but not limited to, options for (i) late | 3 | | withdrawal from a course, or (ii) taking the course on a | 4 | | pass-fail basis, or both. All institutional policies relating | 5 | | to the academic standing of students enrolled in dual credit | 6 | | courses or the transfer of credit for dual credit courses must | 7 | | be made publicly available by the institution and provided to | 8 | | each student enrolled in dual credit courses offered by that | 9 | | institution.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.) | 11 | | (110 ILCS 27/16 new) | 12 | | Sec. 16. High school and community college partnership | 13 | | agreements; dual credit. A community college district shall, | 14 | | upon the request of a school district within the jurisdiction | 15 | | of the community college district, enter into a partnership | 16 | | agreement with the school district to offer dual credit | 17 | | coursework. | 18 | | A school district may offer any course identified in the | 19 | | Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core | 20 | | Curriculum package under the Illinois Articulation Initiative | 21 | | Act as a dual credit course on the campus of a high school of | 22 | | the school district and may use a high school instructor who | 23 | | has met the academic credential requirements under this Act to | 24 | | teach the dual credit course. | 25 | | The partnership agreement shall include all of the |
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| 1 | | following: | 2 | | (1) The establishment of the school district's and the | 3 | | community college district's respective roles and | 4 | | responsibilities in providing the program and ensuring the | 5 | | quality and instructional rigor of the program. This must | 6 | | include an assurance that the community college district | 7 | | has appropriate academic control of the curriculum, | 8 | | consistent with any State or federal law and as required or | 9 | | negotiated with the Higher Learning Commission or other | 10 | | applicable accrediting agency. | 11 | | (2) The dual credit courses that the school district | 12 | | will offer its students and whether those courses will be | 13 | | offered on the high school or community college campus or | 14 | | through an online platform established by the Illinois | 15 | | Community College Board. | 16 | | (3) The establishment of academic criteria for | 17 | | granting eligibility for high school students to enroll in | 18 | | dual credit coursework. The academic criteria shall be | 19 | | evidence-based and shall include multiple appropriate | 20 | | measures to determine whether a student is prepared for any | 21 | | dual credit coursework in which the student enrolls. | 22 | | (4) The establishment of any limitations that the | 23 | | school district or community college district may put on | 24 | | course offerings due to availability of instructors, the | 25 | | availability of students for specific course offerings, or | 26 | | local board policy. |
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| 1 | | (5) The requirement that the dual credit instructor | 2 | | meet the academic credential requirements to teach a dual | 3 | | credit course, consistent with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) | 4 | | of Section 20 of this Act, but shall not be required to | 5 | | exceed those credentials. | 6 | | (6) The collaborative process and criteria by which the | 7 | | school district shall identify and recommend and the | 8 | | community college district shall review and approve high | 9 | | school instructors of dual credit courses taught on the | 10 | | campus of a high school. This provision shall require that | 11 | | the school district be responsible for hiring and | 12 | | compensating the instructor. | 13 | | (7) The requirement that a community college district | 14 | | take the appropriate steps to ensure that dual credit | 15 | | courses are equivalent to those courses offered at the | 16 | | community college in quality and rigor to qualify for | 17 | | college credit. The dual credit programs shall encompass | 18 | | the following characteristics: | 19 | | (A) Student learning outcomes expected for dual | 20 | | credit courses in General Education Core Curriculum | 21 | | courses and the professional and career and technical | 22 | | disciplines shall be the same as the student learning | 23 | | outcomes expected for the same courses taught on the | 24 | | postsecondary campus. | 25 | | (B) Course content, course delivery, and course | 26 | | rigor shall be evaluated by the community college chief |
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| 1 | | academic officer or his or her designee, in | 2 | | consultation with the school district's superintendent | 3 | | or his or her designee. The evaluation shall be | 4 | | conducted in a manner that is consistent with the | 5 | | community college district's review and evaluation | 6 | | policy and procedures for on-campus adjunct faculty, | 7 | | including visits to the secondary class. This | 8 | | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | 9 | | ability of the instructor to deliver quality, rigorous | 10 | | college credit coursework. This evaluation shall not | 11 | | impact the instructor's performance evaluation under | 12 | | Article 24A of the School Code. | 13 | | (C) The academic supports and, if applicable, | 14 | | guidance that will be provided to students | 15 | | participating in the program by the high school and the | 16 | | community college district. | 17 | | (8) Identify all fees and costs to be assessed by the | 18 | | community college district for dual credit courses. This | 19 | | provision shall require that any fees and costs assessed | 20 | | for dual credit courses shall be reasonable and promote | 21 | | student access to those courses, and may take into account | 22 | | regional considerations and differences. | 23 | | (9) The community college district shall establish a | 24 | | mechanism for evaluating and documenting on a regular basis | 25 | | the performance of students who complete dual credit | 26 | | courses, consistent with paragraph (9) of Section 20 and |
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| 1 | | Section 30 of this Act, and for sharing that data in a | 2 | | meaningful and timely manner with the school district. This | 3 | | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | 4 | | coursework. This evaluation shall not impact the | 5 | | instructor's performance evaluation under Article 24A of | 6 | | the School Code. | 7 | | If, within 180 calendar days of the school district's | 8 | | initial request to enter into a partnership agreement with the | 9 | | community college district, the school district and the | 10 | | community college district do not reach agreement on the | 11 | | partnership agreement, then the school district and community | 12 | | college district shall jointly implement the provisions of the | 13 | | Model Partnership Agreement established under Section 19 of | 14 | | this Act for which local agreement could not be reached. A | 15 | | community college district may combine its negotiations with | 16 | | multiple school districts to establish one multi-district | 17 | | partnership agreement or may negotiate individual partnership | 18 | | agreements at its discretion. | 19 | | (110 ILCS 27/17 new) | 20 | | Sec. 17. Out-of-state dual credit contracts. On or after | 21 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | 22 | | Assembly, a school district may not enter into a new contract | 23 | | with an out-of-state institution to provide a dual credit | 24 | | course without first offering the community college district in | 25 | | the district in which the school district is located the |
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| 1 | | opportunity to provide the course. Prior to entering into a | 2 | | contract with an out-of-state institution, the school district | 3 | | shall notify the Board of Higher Education of its intent to | 4 | | enter into an agreement with an out-of-state institution. The | 5 | | Board of Higher Education shall have 30 days to provide the | 6 | | school district with a list of in-state institutions that can | 7 | | provide the school district an equivalent dual credit | 8 | | opportunity. In deciding which dual credit courses to offer, a | 9 | | school district reserves the right to evaluate any dual credit | 10 | | course offered by any institution for quality, rigor, and | 11 | | alignment with the school district's students' needs. | 12 | | Agreements to provide dual credit courses between a school | 13 | | district and an out-of-state institution in existence on the | 14 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | 15 | | Assembly shall remain in effect and shall not be impacted by | 16 | | this Section. | 17 | | (110 ILCS 27/18 new) | 18 | | Sec. 18. Recognition of dual credit coursework completion. | 19 | | Any General Education Core Curriculum dual credit coursework | 20 | | completed by a high school student under this Act must be | 21 | | recognized as credit-bearing college-level coursework meeting | 22 | | General Education Core Curriculum requirements, consistent | 23 | | with the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act, if the course or | 24 | | courses have an existing Illinois Articulation Initiative code | 25 | | at the community college. Dual credit coursework completed by a |
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| 1 | | high school student under this Act is transferrable to all | 2 | | public institutions in this State on the same basis as | 3 | | coursework completed by a public community college student who | 4 | | has previously earned a high school diploma in the manner set | 5 | | forth under the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. | 6 | | (110 ILCS 27/19 new) | 7 | | Sec. 19. Model Partnership Agreement and Dual Credit | 8 | | Committee. A Model Partnership Agreement shall be developed | 9 | | through a Dual Credit Committee involving collaboration | 10 | | between the Illinois Community College Board and the State | 11 | | Board of Education by June 30, 2019. The Committee shall | 12 | | consist of 5 members appointed by the State Superintendent of | 13 | | Education and 5 members appointed by the Executive Director of | 14 | | the Illinois Community College Board. The Model Partnership | 15 | | Agreement shall address all of the matters set forth in Section | 16 | | 16 of this Act. | 17 | | (110 ILCS 27/20)
| 18 | | Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit | 19 | | courses shall meet the following standards: | 20 | | (1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing | 21 | | college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the | 22 | | academic credential requirements set forth in paragraph | 23 | | (1), (2), or (3) of this Section and need not meet higher | 24 | | certification requirements or those set out in Article 21B |
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| 1 | | of the School Code: | 2 | | (A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses | 3 | | shall meet any of the faculty credential standards | 4 | | allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine | 5 | | minimally qualified faculty. At the request of an | 6 | | instructor, an instructor who meets these credential | 7 | | standards shall be provided by the State Board of | 8 | | Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to be placed | 9 | | on the professional educator license, as established | 10 | | by the State Board of Education and as authorized under | 11 | | Article 21B of the School Code and promulgated through | 12 | | administrative rule in cooperation with the Illinois | 13 | | Community College Board and the Board of Higher | 14 | | Education. | 15 | | (B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty | 16 | | credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning | 17 | | Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty | 18 | | may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a | 19 | | professional development plan, approved by the | 20 | | institution and shared with the State Board of | 21 | | Education, within 4 years of the effective date of this | 22 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, to raise | 23 | | his or her credentials to be in line with the | 24 | | credentials under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph | 25 | | (1). The institution shall have 30 days to review the | 26 | | plan and approve an instructor professional |
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| 1 | | development plan that is in line with the credentials | 2 | | set forth in paragraph (2) of this Section. The | 3 | | institution shall not unreasonably withhold approval | 4 | | of a professional development plan. These approvals | 5 | | shall be good for as long as satisfactory progress | 6 | | toward the completion of the credential is | 7 | | demonstrated, but in no event shall a professional | 8 | | development plan be in effect for more than 3 years | 9 | | from the date of its approval. A high school instructor | 10 | | whose professional development plan is not approved by | 11 | | the institution may appeal to the Illinois Community | 12 | | College Board or the Board of Higher Education, as | 13 | | appropriate. | 14 | | (C) The Illinois Community College Board shall | 15 | | report yearly on its Internet website the number of | 16 | | teachers who have approved professional development | 17 | | plans under this Section. | 18 | | (2) A high school instructor shall qualify for a | 19 | | professional development plan if the instructor: | 20 | | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline and has | 21 | | earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he or | 22 | | she is currently teaching or expects to teach; or | 23 | | (B) has a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 | 24 | | graduate hours in a discipline that he or she is | 25 | | currently teaching or expects to teach and is enrolled | 26 | | in a discipline-specific master's degree program; and |
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| 1 | | (C) agrees to demonstrate his or her progress | 2 | | toward completion to the supervising institution, as | 3 | | outlined in the professional development plan. | 4 | | (3) An instructor in career and technical education | 5 | | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | 6 | | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | 7 | | instruction. | 8 | | (4) Course content must be equivalent to | 9 | | credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the | 10 | | community college. | 11 | | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as | 12 | | credit-bearing college-level courses and be appropriately | 13 | | measured. | 14 | | (6) A high school instructor is expected to participate | 15 | | in any orientation developed by the institution for dual | 16 | | credit instructors in course curriculum, assessment | 17 | | methods, and administrative requirements. | 18 | | (1) Instructors teaching credit-bearing college-level | 19 | | courses for dual credit must meet the same academic | 20 | | credential requirements as faculty teaching on campus and | 21 | | need not meet certification requirements set out in Article | 22 | | 21 of the School Code. | 23 | | (2) Instructors in career and technical education | 24 | | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | 25 | | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | 26 | | instruction. |
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| 1 | | (3) Students must meet the same academic criteria as | 2 | | those enrolled in credit-bearing college courses, | 3 | | including taking appropriate placement testing. | 4 | | (4) Course content must be the same as that required | 5 | | for credit-bearing college courses. | 6 | | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as for | 7 | | credit-bearing college courses and be appropriately | 8 | | measured. | 9 | | (6) Institutions shall provide high school instructors | 10 | | with an orientation in course curriculum, assessment | 11 | | methods, and administrative requirements before high | 12 | | school instructors are permitted to teach dual credit | 13 | | courses. | 14 | | (7) Dual credit instructors must be given the | 15 | | opportunity to participate in all activities available to | 16 | | other adjunct faculty, including professional development, | 17 | | seminars, site visits, and internal communication, | 18 | | provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an | 19 | | instructor's regular teaching duties. | 20 | | (8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually | 21 | | by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure | 22 | | consistency with campus courses.
| 23 | | (9) Dual credit students must be assessed using methods | 24 | | consistent with students in traditional credit-bearing | 25 | | college courses.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.) |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 27/35 new) | 2 | | Sec. 35. Dual Credit Grant. Subject to appropriation, the | 3 | | Illinois Community College Board shall award funds to community | 4 | | college districts to expand their service and lower costs for | 5 | | high school students desiring to take college-level classes | 6 | | prior to receiving their high school diploma to accelerate | 7 | | their college coursework. ".
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