Full Text of HB5294 102nd General Assembly
HB5294 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5294 Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. With respect to accelerated placement, provides that for a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous
level of advanced coursework in English language arts or
mathematics shall be a dual credit course if the student meets the institution
of higher learning's dual credit placement standards (instead of only a dual credit course) or specified other courses. Makes a conforming change. 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 School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 14A-32 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14A-32) | 7 | | Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district | 8 | | responsibilities. | 9 | | (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows | 10 | | for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by | 11 | | reference the following components: | 12 | | (1) a provision that provides that participation in | 13 | | accelerated placement is not limited to those children who | 14 | | have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is | 15 | | open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who | 16 | | may benefit from accelerated placement; | 17 | | (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that | 18 | | involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents | 19 | | or guardians; | 20 | | (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a | 21 | | child of a decision affecting that child's participation | 22 | | in an accelerated placement program; and | 23 | | (4) an assessment process that includes multiple |
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| 1 | | valid, reliable indicators. | 2 | | (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 | 3 | | school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | 4 | | shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following | 5 | | school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of | 6 | | advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student | 7 | | meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts, | 8 | | mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | 9 | | under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | 10 | | (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 11 | | English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into | 12 | | the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | 13 | | English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | 14 | | (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 15 | | mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next | 16 | | most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | 17 | | (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | 18 | | science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most | 19 | | rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | 20 | | For a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous | 21 | | level of advanced coursework in English language arts or | 22 | | mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the | 23 | | Dual Credit Quality Act , if the student meets the institution | 24 | | of higher learning's dual credit placement standards , an | 25 | | Advanced Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the | 26 | | College and Career Success for All Students Act, or an |
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| 1 | | International Baccalaureate course; otherwise, the next most | 2 | | rigorous level of advanced coursework under this subsection | 3 | | (a-5) may include a dual credit course, as defined in the Dual | 4 | | Credit Quality Act , if the student meets the institution of | 5 | | higher learning's dual credit placement standards , an Advanced | 6 | | Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and | 7 | | Career Success for All Students Act, an International | 8 | | Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment | 9 | | opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by | 10 | | the district. | 11 | | A school district may use the student's most recent State | 12 | | assessment results to determine whether a student meets or | 13 | | exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9, | 14 | | results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8 | 15 | | may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a | 16 | | locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used | 17 | | instead of the State assessment if those results are the most | 18 | | recent. | 19 | | A school district must provide the parent or guardian of a | 20 | | student eligible for automatic enrollment under this | 21 | | subsection (a-5) with the option to instead have the student | 22 | | enroll in alternative coursework that better aligns with the | 23 | | student's postsecondary education or career goals. | 24 | | Nothing in this subsection (a-5) may be interpreted to | 25 | | preclude other students from enrolling in advanced coursework | 26 | | per the policy of a school district. |
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| 1 | | (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement | 2 | | policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not | 3 | | be limited to, the following components: | 4 | | (1) procedures for annually informing the community | 5 | | at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based | 6 | | organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs, | 7 | | about the accelerated placement program and the methods | 8 | | used for the identification of children eligible for | 9 | | accelerated placement, including strategies to reach | 10 | | groups of students and families who have been historically | 11 | | underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and | 12 | | advanced coursework; | 13 | | (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple | 14 | | referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other | 15 | | referrers may include licensed education professionals, | 16 | | the child, with the written consent of a parent or | 17 | | guardian, a peer, through a licensed education | 18 | | professional who has knowledge of the referred child's | 19 | | abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a | 20 | | preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who | 21 | | knows the child; | 22 | | (3) a provision that provides that children | 23 | | participating in an accelerated placement program and | 24 | | their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan | 25 | | detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive | 26 | | and strategies to support the child; |
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| 1 | | (4) procedures to provide support and promote success | 2 | | for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated | 3 | | placement program; and | 4 | | (5) a process for the school district to review and | 5 | | utilize disaggregated data on participation in an | 6 | | accelerated placement program to address gaps among | 7 | | demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities. | 8 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | 9 | | determine data to be collected and disaggregated by | 10 | | demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including | 11 | | the rates of students who participate in and successfully | 12 | | complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the | 13 | | information available to the public.
| 14 | | (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of | 15 | | disaggregated data on the participation and successful | 16 | | completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated | 17 | | placement program, each school district shall develop a plan | 18 | | to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to | 19 | | ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased | 20 | | demand. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 | 22 | | (See Section 5 of P.A. 102-671 for effective date of P.A. | 23 | | 102-209).)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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