Full Text of HB5506 102nd General Assembly
HB5506 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5506 Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a partnership agreement entered into between a community college district and a school district shall allow a high school student who does not otherwise meet the community college district's academic eligibility requirements to enroll in a dual credit course, but only for high school credit. Makes changes concerning the professional development plans of instructors and the information the Illinois Community College Board must annually report.
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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 | | adding Section 16.5 and by changing Section 20 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 27/16.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 16.5. High school and community college partnership | 8 | | agreements; student enrollment eligibility. | 9 | | (a) A partnership agreement under Section 16 that is | 10 | | entered into, amended, renewed, or extended after the | 11 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 12 | | Assembly shall allow a high school student who does not | 13 | | otherwise meet the community college district's academic | 14 | | eligibility requirements to enroll in a dual credit course, | 15 | | but only for high school credit. | 16 | | (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow | 17 | | the award of dual credit to a student who does not meet the | 18 | | requirements of the partnership agreement. | 19 | | (110 ILCS 27/20) | 20 | | Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit | 21 | | courses shall meet the following standards: | 22 | | (1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing |
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| 1 | | college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the | 2 | | academic credential requirements set forth in this | 3 | | paragraph or paragraph (2) or (3) of this Section and need | 4 | | not meet higher certification requirements or those set | 5 | | out in Article 21B of the School Code: | 6 | | (A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses | 7 | | shall meet any of the faculty credential standards | 8 | | allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine | 9 | | minimally qualified faculty. At the request of an | 10 | | instructor, an instructor who meets these credential | 11 | | standards shall be provided by the State Board of | 12 | | Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to be placed | 13 | | on the professional educator license, as established | 14 | | by the State Board of Education and as authorized | 15 | | under Article 21B of the School Code and promulgated | 16 | | through administrative rule in cooperation with the | 17 | | Illinois Community College Board and the Board of | 18 | | Higher Education. | 19 | | (B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty | 20 | | credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning | 21 | | Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty | 22 | | may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a | 23 | | professional development plan, approved by the | 24 | | institution and shared with the State Board of | 25 | | Education no later than January 1, 2026 , within 4 | 26 | | years of January 1, 2019 (the effective date of Public |
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| 1 | | Act 100-1049) , to raise his or her credentials to be in | 2 | | line with the credentials under subparagraph (A) of | 3 | | this paragraph (1). The institution shall have 30 days | 4 | | to review the plan and approve an instructor | 5 | | professional development plan that is in line with the | 6 | | credentials set forth in paragraph (2) of this | 7 | | Section. The institution shall not unreasonably | 8 | | withhold approval of a professional development plan. | 9 | | These approvals shall be good for as long as | 10 | | satisfactory progress toward the completion of the | 11 | | credential is demonstrated, but in no event shall a | 12 | | professional development plan be in effect for more | 13 | | than 3 years from the date of its approval or after | 14 | | January 1, 2029, whichever is sooner . A high school | 15 | | instructor whose professional development plan is not | 16 | | approved by the institution may appeal to the Illinois | 17 | | Community College Board or the Board of Higher | 18 | | Education, as appropriate. | 19 | | (C) The Illinois Community College Board shall | 20 | | report yearly on its Internet website the following: | 21 | | (i) the number of teachers presently enrolled | 22 | | in an who have approved professional development | 23 | | plan plans under this Section ; . | 24 | | (ii) the number of instructors who | 25 | | successfully completed an approved professional | 26 | | development plan; |
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| 1 | | (iii) the number of instructors who did not | 2 | | successfully complete an approved professional | 3 | | development plan after 3 years; | 4 | | (iv) a breakdown of the information in | 5 | | subdivisions (i), (ii), and (iii) of this | 6 | | subparagraph (C) by subject area; and | 7 | | (v) a summary, by community college district, | 8 | | of professional development plans that are in | 9 | | progress, that were successfully completed, or | 10 | | that have expired. | 11 | | (2) A high school instructor shall qualify for a | 12 | | professional development plan if the instructor: | 13 | | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline and | 14 | | has earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he | 15 | | or she is currently teaching or expects to teach; or | 16 | | (B) has a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 | 17 | | graduate hours in a discipline that he or she is | 18 | | currently teaching or expects to teach and is enrolled | 19 | | in a discipline-specific master's degree program; and | 20 | | (C) agrees to demonstrate his or her progress | 21 | | toward completion to the supervising institution, as | 22 | | outlined in the professional development plan. | 23 | | (3) An instructor in career and technical education | 24 | | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | 25 | | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | 26 | | instruction , unless the instructor holds an approved |
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| 1 | | professional development plan under subparagraph (B) of | 2 | | paragraph (1) of this Section. An instructor in career and | 3 | | technical education courses shall qualify for a | 4 | | professional development plan if the instructor agrees to | 5 | | demonstrate the instructor's progress toward completion to | 6 | | the supervising institution as outlined in the | 7 | | professional development plan within a 3-year period . | 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 | 15 | | participate in any orientation developed by the | 16 | | institution for dual credit instructors in course | 17 | | curriculum, assessment methods, and administrative | 18 | | requirements. | 19 | | (7) Dual credit instructors must be given the | 20 | | opportunity to participate in all activities available to | 21 | | other adjunct faculty, including professional development, | 22 | | seminars, site visits, and internal communication, | 23 | | provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an | 24 | | instructor's regular teaching duties. | 25 | | (8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually | 26 | | by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure |
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| 1 | | consistency with campus courses.
| 2 | | (9) Dual credit students must be assessed using | 3 | | methods consistent with students in traditional | 4 | | credit-bearing college courses.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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