Full Text of HB3296 102nd General Assembly
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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 School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 | | 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.83 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.83. College and career readiness systems. | 8 | | (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this Section, by July 1, | 9 | | 2025, a school district that enrolls students in any of grades | 10 | | 6 through 12 shall adopt and commence implementation of career | 11 | | exploration and career development activities in accordance | 12 | | with a postsecondary and career expectations framework for | 13 | | each of grades 6 through 12 served by the district that | 14 | | substantially aligns to the model framework adopted by State | 15 | | agencies pursuant to Section 15 of the Postsecondary and | 16 | | Workforce Readiness Act. The local postsecondary and career | 17 | | expectations framework shall be available on a prominent | 18 | | location on the school district's website. | 19 | | The career exploration and career development activities | 20 | | offered in alignment with the postsecondary and career | 21 | | expectations framework shall prepare students enrolled in | 22 | | grades 6 through 12 to make informed plans and decisions about | 23 | | their future education and career goals, including possible |
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| 1 | | participation in a career and technical education pathway, by | 2 | | providing students with opportunities to explore a wide | 3 | | variety of high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand career fields. | 4 | | (b) Subject to subsection (c) of this Section, a school | 5 | | district that enrolls students in any
of grades 9 through 12 | 6 | | shall become an eligible school district and either (i) | 7 | | independently, (ii) through an area career center, or (iii) | 8 | | through an inter-district cooperative, award College and
| 9 | | Career Pathway Endorsements pursuant to the Postsecondary and | 10 | | Workforce
Readiness Act and pursuant to the following | 11 | | schedule: | 12 | | (1) for the high school graduating class of 2027, a | 13 | | school district shall offer College and Career Pathway | 14 | | Endorsements in at least one endorsement area; | 15 | | (2) for the high school graduating class of 2029, a | 16 | | school district shall offer College and Career Pathway | 17 | | Endorsements in at least 2 endorsement areas; and | 18 | | (3) for the high school graduating class of 2031, a | 19 | | school district with a grade 9 through 12 enrollment of | 20 | | more than 350 students, as calculated by the State Board | 21 | | of Education for the 2022-2023 school year, shall offer | 22 | | College and Career Pathway Endorsements in at least 3 | 23 | | endorsement areas. | 24 | | (c) The school board of any school district may, by action | 25 | | of the board, opt out of implementation of all or any part of | 26 | | this Section through adoption of a set of findings that |
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| 1 | | considers the following: | 2 | | (1) the school district's current systems for college | 3 | | and career readiness; | 4 | | (2) the school district's cost of implementation | 5 | | balanced against the potential benefits to students and | 6 | | families through improved postsecondary education and | 7 | | career outcomes; | 8 | | (3) the willingness and capacity of local businesses | 9 | | to partner with the school district for successful | 10 | | implementation of pathways other than education; | 11 | | (4) the availability of a statewide database of | 12 | | participating local business partners, as provided under | 13 | | the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act, for the | 14 | | purpose of career readiness and the accessibility of those | 15 | | work experiences and apprenticeships listed in the | 16 | | database to the students of the school district; and | 17 | | (5) the availability of properly licensed teachers to | 18 | | instruct in the program required for the endorsement | 19 | | areas. | 20 | | A school district must report its board findings and | 21 | | decision on implementation to the State Board of Education. | 22 | | (d) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules | 23 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 24 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.78 new) | 25 | | Sec. 34-18.78. College and career readiness systems. |
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| 1 | | (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this Section, by July 1, | 2 | | 2024, the school district shall adopt and commence | 3 | | implementation of a postsecondary and career expectations | 4 | | framework for each of grades 6 through 12 that substantially | 5 | | aligns to the model framework adopted by State agencies | 6 | | pursuant to Section 15 of the Postsecondary and Workforce | 7 | | Readiness Act. The local postsecondary and career expectations | 8 | | framework shall be available on a prominent location on the | 9 | | school district's website. | 10 | | The career exploration and career development activities | 11 | | offered in alignment with the postsecondary and career | 12 | | expectations framework shall prepare students enrolled in | 13 | | grades 6 through 12 to make informed plans and decisions about | 14 | | their future education and career goals, including possible | 15 | | participation in a career and technical education pathway, by | 16 | | providing students with opportunities to explore a wide | 17 | | variety of high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand career fields. | 18 | | (b) Subject to subsection (c) of this Section, the school | 19 | | district shall become an eligible school district and award | 20 | | College and Career Pathway Endorsements pursuant to the | 21 | | Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act and pursuant to the | 22 | | following schedule: | 23 | | (1) for the high school graduating class of 2026, the | 24 | | school district shall offer College and Career Pathway | 25 | | Endorsements in at least one endorsement area; | 26 | | (2) for the high school graduating class of 2028, the |
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| 1 | | school district shall offer College and Career Pathway | 2 | | Endorsements in at least 2 endorsement areas; and | 3 | | (3) for the high school graduating class of 2030, the | 4 | | school district shall offer College and Career Pathway | 5 | | Endorsements in at least 3 endorsement areas. | 6 | | (c) The board may, by action of the board, opt out of | 7 | | implementation of all or any part of this Section through | 8 | | adoption of a set of findings that considers the following: | 9 | | (1) the school district's current systems for college | 10 | | and career readiness; | 11 | | (2) the school district's cost of implementation | 12 | | balanced against the potential benefits to students and | 13 | | families through improved postsecondary education and | 14 | | career outcomes; | 15 | | (3) the willingness and capacity of local businesses | 16 | | to partner with the school district for successful | 17 | | implementation of pathways other than education; | 18 | | (4) the availability of a statewide database of | 19 | | participating local business partners, as provided under | 20 | | the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act, for the | 21 | | purpose of career readiness and the accessibility of those | 22 | | work experiences and apprenticeships listed in the | 23 | | database to the students of the school district; and | 24 | | (5) the availability of properly licensed teachers to | 25 | | instruct in the program required for the endorsement | 26 | | areas. |
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| 1 | | The school district must report its board findings and | 2 | | decision on implementation to the State Board of Education. | 3 | | (d) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules | 4 | | necessary to implement this Section. | 5 | | Section 10. The Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act | 6 | | is amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 148/15)
| 8 | | Sec. 15. Postsecondary and career expectations.
| 9 | | (a) By no later than July 1, 2017, ISBE, ICCB, IBHE, and | 10 | | ISAC, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, shall | 11 | | jointly adopt and publicize model postsecondary and career | 12 | | expectations for public school students in grades 8 through | 13 | | 12. The model postsecondary and career expectations shall | 14 | | define activities that school districts, parents, and | 15 | | community-based organizations should support students in | 16 | | completing and related knowledge students should possess by no | 17 | | later than the end of each grade level. The model | 18 | | postsecondary and career expectations must address the | 19 | | following categories:
| 20 | | (1) career exploration and development;
| 21 | | (2) postsecondary institution exploration, | 22 | | preparation, and selection; and
| 23 | | (3) financial aid and financial literacy.
| 24 | | (b) By July 1, 2023, ISBE, ICCB, IBHE, and ISAC, in |
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| 1 | | consultation with appropriate stakeholders, shall jointly | 2 | | adopt and publicize an update to the model postsecondary and | 3 | | career expectations that extends the expectations to grade 6 | 4 | | and includes such other revisions and updates as the agencies | 5 | | deem appropriate. | 6 | | (c) By July 1, 2024, ISBE shall consult with a statewide | 7 | | organization representing businesses and manufacturing. After | 8 | | consultation, ISBE shall publish and maintain on its website a | 9 | | current database, organized by region, of employer champions | 10 | | for work-based learning and career readiness systems and | 11 | | programs. Each employer must consent to its designation as a | 12 | | champion and its information being published in the database. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 99-674, eff. 7-29-16.)
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