Full Text of SB0446 101st General Assembly
SB0446sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Pat McGuire Filed: 3/20/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 446
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 446 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Alternative Remedial Coursework Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Accelerated model of developmental education" means a | 8 | | model of developmental education in which a student enrolls and | 9 | | completes a developmental and credit-bearing, college-level | 10 | | course in the same subject area within the same semester, but | 11 | | not concurrently. | 12 | | "College-level coursework" means a course that bears | 13 | | credit and fulfills any credit requirements for mathematics or | 14 | | the English language for a baccalaureate degree, a certificate, | 15 | | or an associate degree from a postsecondary institution. | 16 | | "Community college" means a public community college |
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| 1 | | governed by the Public Community College Act. | 2 | | "Co-requisite support" means a developmental education | 3 | | delivery approach in which students enroll in credit-bearing, | 4 | | college-level coursework concurrently with required | 5 | | individual, group, or class support services in the same | 6 | | subject area. | 7 | | "Developmental course" or "developmental coursework" means | 8 | | a course or a category of courses in which students are placed | 9 | | based on an institution's finding that a student does not have | 10 | | the proficiencies necessary to succeed in a college-level | 11 | | mathematics or English language course. | 12 | | "Dual credit" means a college course taken by a high school | 13 | | student for credit at both the college and high school level. | 14 | | "IBHE" means the Board of Higher Education. | 15 | | "ICCB" means the Illinois Community College Board. | 16 | | "Multiple measures for placement" means a community | 17 | | college or university that provides multiple options by which | 18 | | students may demonstrate proficiency for college-level English | 19 | | language or mathematics coursework. | 20 | | "Non-degree seeking student" or "non-certificate seeking | 21 | | student" means a student who takes courses for the purpose of | 22 | | personal or professional enrichment without the intent of | 23 | | accumulating credits toward a degree or certificate. | 24 | | "Placement exam" means an exam administered by a | 25 | | postsecondary institution to assess a student's level of | 26 | | literacy and numeracy with the aim of placing him or her in |
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| 1 | | appropriate courses, including, but not limited to, the ASSET | 2 | | test, the ACCUPLACER test, the ALEKS placement exam, or any | 3 | | other proprietary placement exam. | 4 | | "Postsecondary institution" or "institution" means a | 5 | | public community college or university in this State. | 6 | | "Remedial coursework" means a developmental education | 7 | | delivery approach in which students enroll in | 8 | | non-credit-bearing courses that must be completed before a | 9 | | student may enroll in college-level coursework for an | 10 | | applicable subject. | 11 | | "University" means a public university in this State. | 12 | | Section 10. Placement framework. | 13 | | (a) Each postsecondary institution must maximize the | 14 | | probability that a student will enter and successfully pass | 15 | | college-level coursework in both the English language and | 16 | | mathematics within the student's first 2 semesters at the | 17 | | institution, which need not be consecutive. To achieve this | 18 | | goal, a postsecondary institution must offer a student multiple | 19 | | measures for placement in college-level English language and | 20 | | mathematics courses; however, the institution is not prevented | 21 | | from offering additional placement options or lower cut-off | 22 | | scores. At a minimum, the measures must include all of the | 23 | | following: | 24 | | (1) A student's cumulative high school grade point | 25 | | average that is consistent with the grade point average |
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| 1 | | adopted by ICCB and IBHE, in consultation with colleges | 2 | | and universities, under Section 20. | 3 | | (2) A student's successful completion of a | 4 | | transitional mathematics or English language course, | 5 | | consistent with the requirements of the Postsecondary and | 6 | | Workforce Readiness Act. | 7 | | (3) A student who has earned college credit in | 8 | | mathematics or the English language through mechanisms | 9 | | provided for in the College and Career Success for All | 10 | | Students Act, dual credit courses, or other methods for | 11 | | earning college credit. | 12 | | (4) A student's successful completion of an | 13 | | appropriate developmental course in mathematics or the | 14 | | English language at another regionally accredited | 15 | | postsecondary institution. | 16 | | (5) A student's cumulative or subject-area | 17 | | standardized test score on the ACT or SAT college | 18 | | admissions test. | 19 | | (6) Other measures as determined by ICCB and IBHE, in | 20 | | consultation with colleges and universities. | 21 | | A postsecondary institution must apply each measure to each | 22 | | student enrolled in the institution, and a student who meets | 23 | | the performance standards of one or more of the measures must | 24 | | be allowed to bypass any remediation. | 25 | | (b) Except for a student who does not qualify for | 26 | | college-level coursework, a postsecondary institution may not |
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| 1 | | administer a placement exam to assess a student's developmental | 2 | | course placement using any measure other than those under | 3 | | subsection (a). | 4 | | (c) A student who is eligible to enroll in college-level | 5 | | coursework under a postsecondary institution's policy | 6 | | established before the effective date of this Act, with the | 7 | | exception of placement exam scores for institutions that no | 8 | | longer require them, may not be placed in developmental | 9 | | coursework after the establishment of measures under this | 10 | | Section. | 11 | | (d) If a postsecondary institution requires a student to | 12 | | enroll in non-credit bearing remedial coursework, the | 13 | | institution must inform the student of all available support | 14 | | and afford the student an opportunity to meet with an advisor | 15 | | to develop an individualized plan for taking college-level | 16 | | coursework. | 17 | | (e) If a student's high school transcript data is difficult | 18 | | to obtain, logistically problematic to use, or not available, a | 19 | | postsecondary institution must use a student's self-reported | 20 | | high school grade point average. | 21 | | (f) A postsecondary institution may not use the measures | 22 | | required under this Section or the results of any measures as a | 23 | | condition of admission to the institution. | 24 | | Section 15. Co-requisite support framework. | 25 | | (a) Each postsecondary institution must develop and |
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| 1 | | implement co-requisite support as an alternative to remedial | 2 | | coursework in the timeframe established under subsection (c) | 3 | | for degree programs that require completion of a college-level | 4 | | mathematics or English language course. The support must be | 5 | | established in a way that supports a student's learning | 6 | | outcomes in the targeted college-level course and that best | 7 | | fits the conditions and culture of the institution, the | 8 | | respective academic department, and the degree program or | 9 | | course of study. | 10 | | (b) A postsecondary institution may exempt from the | 11 | | requirements of subsection (a) (i) non-degree-seeking | 12 | | students, (ii) non-certificate-seeking students, and (iii) | 13 | | students enrolled in one-semester accelerated models of | 14 | | developmental education. | 15 | | (c) IBHE and ICCB must ensure each institution complies | 16 | | with the requirements of this Section according to the | 17 | | following schedule: | 18 | | (1) For the 2021-2022 academic year, at least 25% of | 19 | | the institution's students who are enrolled in | 20 | | developmental coursework must be enrolled in co-requisite | 21 | | support. | 22 | | (2) For the 2022-2023 academic year, at least 50% of | 23 | | the institution's students who are enrolled in | 24 | | developmental coursework must be enrolled in co-requisite | 25 | | support. | 26 | | (3) For the 2023-2024 academic year and each academic |
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| 1 | | year thereafter, at least 75% of the institution's students | 2 | | who are enrolled in developmental coursework must be | 3 | | enrolled in co-requisite support. | 4 | | Section 20. Implementation of Act; rules; report. | 5 | | (a) IBHE and ICCB must co-manage the implementation, | 6 | | oversight, and evaluation of this Act and must adopt rules to | 7 | | implement this Act. | 8 | | (b) Once every 3 years, IBHE and ICCB may review and revise | 9 | | grade point average or standardized test score standards or any | 10 | | other measure adopted under Section 10. | 11 | | (c) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year and each | 12 | | academic year thereafter, IBHE and ICCB shall jointly prepare a | 13 | | report on the implementation and outcomes of this Act during | 14 | | the previous academic year. IBHE and ICCB must submit the | 15 | | report no later January 1 of each year to the Governor, General | 16 | | Assembly, and Illinois P-20 Council, which must include, at a | 17 | | minimum, all of the following, disaggregated by each student's | 18 | | race, ethnicity, age, and federal Pell grant status: | 19 | | (1) A description of the co-requisite models employed | 20 | | at each institution. | 21 | | (2) The number and percentage of students who received | 22 | | co-requisite support and the number and percentage of | 23 | | students who completed those courses. | 24 | | (3) The number and percentage of students who were | 25 | | placed in traditional models of developmental education |
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| 1 | | and the number and percentage of students who completed | 2 | | those courses. | 3 | | The report may not disaggregate data to a level that may | 4 | | disclose personally identifying information of individual | 5 | | students. The sharing and reporting of student data under this | 6 | | subsection must be in accordance with the requirements under | 7 | | the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 | 8 | | and the Illinois School Student Records Act. All parties must | 9 | | preserve the confidentiality of the information as required by | 10 | | law. | 11 | | (d) IBHE and ICCB may, in consultation with postsecondary | 12 | | institutions, ensure the development and delivery of | 13 | | professional development to assist with the implementation of | 14 | | this Act. | 15 | | (e) IBHE and ICCB shall, subject to a separate | 16 | | appropriation made for such purposes, provide funding to | 17 | | postsecondary institutions to assist with implementation of | 18 | | this Act. Beginning with Fiscal Year 2021, IBHE and ICCB shall | 19 | | create a budget line item for such purposes.
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 21 | | 2020.".
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