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Public Act 0412 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-0412

HB4038 Enrolled LRB096 03510 NHT 22550 b

    AN ACT concerning education.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
27-22.10 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/27-22.10)
    Sec. 27-22.10. Course credit for high school diploma.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
school board of a school district that maintains any of grades
9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a
student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit
school district or would be enrolled in the high school
district upon completion of elementary school, whichever is
applicable, may enroll in a course required under Section 27-22
of this Code, provided that ~~(i)~~ the course is offered by the
high school that the student would attend, and (i) ~~(ii)~~ the
student participates in the course at the location of the high
school, and ~~(iii)~~ the elementary student's enrollment in the
course would not prevent a high school student from being able
to enroll, or (ii) the student participates in the course where
the student attends school as long as the course is taught by a
high school teacher certified in accordance with Article 21 of
this Code who teaches in a high school of the school district
where the student will attend when in high school and no high
school students are enrolled in the course.
    (b) A school board that adopts a policy pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section must grant academic credit to an
elementary school student who successfully completes the high
school course, and that credit shall satisfy the requirements
of Section 27-22 of this Code for that course.
    (c) A school board must award high school course credit to
a student transferring to its school district for any course
that the student successfully completed pursuant to subsection
(a) of this Section, unless evidence about the course's rigor
and content shows that it does not address the relevant
Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate for the
high school grade during which the course is usually taken, and
that credit shall satisfy the requirements of Section 27-22 of
this Code for that course.
    (d) A student's grade in any course successfully completed
under this Section must be included in his or her grade point
average in accordance with the school board's policy for making
that calculation.
(Source: P.A. 95-299, eff. 8-20-07.)

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2009.

Effective Date: 8/13/2009

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