Full Text of SB1501 101st General Assembly
SB1501 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1501 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a highly qualified high school instructor, as determined by a school board, may, with the approval of the community college, teach up to 8 hours of credit-bearing college-level courses for dual credit per academic year without having to meet any of the academic credential requirements under the Act, higher certification requirements, or additional requirements under the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Effective immediately.
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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 Section 20 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 27/20) | 7 | | Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit | 8 | | courses shall meet the following standards: | 9 | | (1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing | 10 | | college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the | 11 | | academic credential requirements set forth in this | 12 | | paragraph or paragraph (1), (2) , or (3) of this Section and | 13 | | need not meet higher certification requirements or those | 14 | | set out in Article 21B of the School Code: | 15 | | (A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses | 16 | | shall meet any of the faculty credential standards | 17 | | allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine | 18 | | minimally qualified faculty. At the request of an | 19 | | instructor, an instructor who meets these credential | 20 | | standards shall be provided by the State Board of | 21 | | Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to be placed | 22 | | on the professional educator license, as established | 23 | | by the State Board of Education and as authorized under |
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| 1 | | Article 21B of the School Code and promulgated through | 2 | | administrative rule in cooperation with the Illinois | 3 | | Community College Board and the Board of Higher | 4 | | Education. | 5 | | (B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty | 6 | | credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning | 7 | | Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty | 8 | | may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a | 9 | | professional development plan, approved by the | 10 | | institution and shared with the State Board of | 11 | | Education, within 4 years of the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, to raise | 13 | | his or her credentials to be in line with the | 14 | | credentials under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph | 15 | | (1). The institution shall have 30 days to review the | 16 | | plan and approve an instructor professional | 17 | | development plan that is in line with the credentials | 18 | | set forth in paragraph (2) of this Section. The | 19 | | institution shall not unreasonably withhold approval | 20 | | of a professional development plan. These approvals | 21 | | shall be good for as long as satisfactory progress | 22 | | toward the completion of the credential is | 23 | | demonstrated, but in no event shall a professional | 24 | | development plan be in effect for more than 3 years | 25 | | from the date of its approval. A high school instructor | 26 | | whose professional development plan is not approved by |
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| 1 | | the institution may appeal to the Illinois Community | 2 | | College Board or the Board of Higher Education, as | 3 | | appropriate. | 4 | | (C) The Illinois Community College Board shall | 5 | | report yearly on its Internet website the number of | 6 | | teachers who have approved professional development | 7 | | plans under this Section. | 8 | | (2) A 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 has | 11 | | earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he or | 12 | | 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 institution, as | 19 | | outlined in the professional development plan. | 20 | | (3) An instructor in career and technical education | 21 | | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | 22 | | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | 23 | | instruction. | 24 | | (3.5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), a | 25 | | highly qualified high school instructor, as determined by a | 26 | | school board, may, with the approval of the community |
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| 1 | | college, teach up to 8 hours of credit-bearing | 2 | | college-level courses for dual credit per academic year | 3 | | without having to meet any of the academic credential | 4 | | requirements under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), higher | 5 | | certification requirements, or additional requirements | 6 | | under Article 21B of the School Code. | 7 | | (4) Course content must be equivalent to | 8 | | credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the | 9 | | community college. | 10 | | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as | 11 | | credit-bearing college-level courses and be appropriately | 12 | | measured. | 13 | | (6) A high school instructor is expected to participate | 14 | | in any orientation developed by the institution for dual | 15 | | credit instructors in course curriculum, assessment | 16 | | methods, and administrative requirements. | 17 | | (7) Dual credit instructors must be given the | 18 | | opportunity to participate in all activities available to | 19 | | other adjunct faculty, including professional development, | 20 | | seminars, site visits, and internal communication, | 21 | | provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an | 22 | | instructor's regular teaching duties. | 23 | | (8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually | 24 | | by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure | 25 | | consistency with campus courses.
| 26 | | (9) Dual credit students must be assessed using methods |
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| 1 | | consistent with students in traditional credit-bearing | 2 | | college courses.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1049, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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