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| Public Act 099-0189 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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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 the course is offered by the high | ||||
school that the student would attend, and (i) the student | ||||
participates in the course at the location of the high school, | ||||
and 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 who holds a professional educator license issued under | ||||
Article 21B of this Code and endorsed for the grade level and | ||||
content area of the course 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.
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(Source: P.A. 95-299, eff. 8-20-07; 96-412, eff. 8-13-09.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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