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Public Act 102-1077 Public Act 1077 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 102-1077 | HB5506 Enrolled | LRB102 22403 CMG 31543 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Dual Credit Quality Act is amended by | changing Sections 16 and 20 and by adding Section 16.5 as | follows: | (110 ILCS 27/16) | Sec. 16. High school and community college partnership | agreements; dual credit. A community college district shall, | upon the request of a school district within the jurisdiction | of the community college district, enter into a partnership | agreement with the school district to offer dual credit | coursework. | A school district may offer any course identified in the | Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core | Curriculum package under the Illinois Articulation Initiative | Act as a dual credit course on the campus of a high school of | the school district and may use a high school instructor who | has met the academic credential requirements under this Act to | teach the dual credit course. | The partnership agreement shall include all of the | following: | (1) The establishment of the school district's and the |
| community college district's respective roles and | responsibilities in providing the program and ensuring the | quality and instructional rigor of the program. This must | include an assurance that the community college district | has appropriate academic control of the curriculum, | consistent with any State or federal law and as required | or negotiated with the Higher Learning Commission or other | applicable accrediting agency. | (2) The dual credit courses that the school district | will offer its students and whether those courses will be | offered on the high school or community college campus or | through an online platform established by the Illinois | Community College Board. | (3) The establishment of academic criteria for | granting eligibility for high school students to enroll in | dual credit coursework. The academic criteria shall be | evidence-based and shall include multiple appropriate | measures to determine whether a student is prepared for | any dual credit coursework in which the student enrolls. | (4) The establishment of any limitations that the | school district or community college district may put on | course offerings due to availability of instructors, the | availability of students for specific course offerings, or | local board policy. | (5) The requirement that the dual credit instructor | meet the academic credential requirements to teach a dual |
| credit course, consistent with paragraphs (1), (2), and | (3) of Section 20 of this Act, but shall not be required to | exceed those credentials. | (6) The collaborative process and criteria by which | the school district shall identify and recommend and the | community college district shall review and approve high | school instructors of dual credit courses taught on the | campus of a high school. This provision shall require that | the school district be responsible for hiring and | compensating the instructor. | (7) The requirement that a community college district | take the appropriate steps to ensure that dual credit | courses are equivalent to those courses offered at the | community college in quality and rigor to qualify for | college credit. The dual credit programs shall encompass | the following characteristics: | (A) Student learning outcomes expected for dual | credit courses in General Education Core Curriculum | courses and the professional and career and technical | disciplines shall be the same as the student learning | outcomes expected for the same courses taught on the | postsecondary campus. | (B) Course content, course delivery, and course | rigor shall be evaluated by the community college | chief academic officer or his or her designee, in | consultation with the school district's superintendent |
| or his or her designee. The evaluation shall be | conducted in a manner that is consistent with the | community college district's review and evaluation | policy and procedures for on-campus adjunct faculty, | including visits to the secondary class. This | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | ability of the instructor to deliver quality, rigorous | college credit coursework. This evaluation shall not | impact the instructor's performance evaluation under | Article 24A of the School Code. | (C) The academic supports and, if applicable, | guidance that will be provided to students | participating in the program by the high school and | the community college district. | (8) Identify all fees and costs to be assessed by the | community college district for dual credit courses. This | provision shall require that any fees and costs assessed | for dual credit courses shall be reasonable and promote | student access to those courses, and may take into account | regional considerations and differences. | (8.5) The collaborative process and criteria by which | a school district and a community college district shall | work to ensure that individual students with disabilities | have access to dual credit courses, provided that those | students are able to meet the criteria for entry into a | dual credit course. Through this process and criteria, the |
| student shall have access to the supplementary aids and | accommodations included in the student's individualized | education program under Article 14 of the School Code or | Section 504 plan under the federal Rehabilitation Act of | 1973 while the student is accessing a dual credit course | on a high school campus, in accordance with established | practices at the high school for providing these services. | A student who accesses a dual credit course on a community | college campus shall have access to supplementary aids and | accommodations provided in the partnership agreement, | including access to the community college's disability | services. A school district and community college district | shall work together to provide seamless communication | about the student's progress. | (9) The community college district shall establish a | mechanism for evaluating and documenting on a regular | basis the performance of students who complete dual credit | courses, consistent with paragraph (9) of Section 20 and | Section 30 of this Act, and for sharing that data in a | meaningful and timely manner with the school district. | This evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | coursework. This evaluation shall not impact the | instructor's performance evaluation under Article 24A of | the School Code. | (10) The expectations for maintaining the rigor of | dual credit courses that are taught at the high school and |
| including students not deemed ready for college-level | coursework according to the standards of the community | college. | (11) A requirement that the school district and | community college annually assess disaggregated data | pertaining to dual credit course enrollments, completions, | and subsequent postsecondary enrollment and performance to | the extent feasible. If applicable, this assessment shall | include an analysis of dual credit courses with credit | sections for dual credit and for high school credit only | pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 16.5 that reviews | student characteristics by credit section in relation to | gender, race and ethnicity, and low-income status. | If, within 180 calendar days of the school district's | initial request to enter into a partnership agreement with the | community college district, the school district and the | community college district do not reach agreement on the | partnership agreement, then the school district and community | college district shall jointly implement the provisions of the | Model Partnership Agreement established under Section 19 of | this Act for which local agreement could not be reached. A | community college district may combine its negotiations with | multiple school districts to establish one multi-district | partnership agreement or may negotiate individual partnership | agreements at its discretion.
| (Source: P.A. 102-516, eff. 8-20-21.) |
| (110 ILCS 27/16.5 new) | Sec. 16.5. High school and community college partnership | agreements; student enrollment eligibility. | (a) A partnership agreement under Section 16 that is | entered into, amended, renewed, or extended after the | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | Assembly 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 | taught at the high school, but only for high school credit. | Instructors, in coordination with their higher learning | partner, may differentiate instruction by credit section. | (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow | the award of dual credit to a student who does not meet the | requirements of the partnership agreement. | (c) High schools shall establish procedures, prior to the | first day of class, to notify all individual high school | students enrolled in a mixed enrollment dual credit course | that includes students who have and have not met the criteria | for dual credit coursework of whether or not they are eligible | to earn college credit for the course. | (110 ILCS 27/20) | Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit | courses shall meet the following standards: |
| (1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing | college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the | academic credential requirements set forth in this | paragraph or paragraph (2) or (3) of this Section and need | not meet higher certification requirements or those set | out in Article 21B of the School Code: | (A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses | shall meet any of the faculty credential standards | allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine | minimally qualified faculty. At the request of an | instructor, an instructor who meets these credential | standards shall be provided by the State Board of | Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to be placed | on the professional educator license, as established | by the State Board of Education and as authorized | under Article 21B of the School Code and promulgated | through administrative rule in cooperation with the | Illinois Community College Board and the Board of | Higher Education. | (B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty | credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning | Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty | may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a | professional development plan, approved by the | institution and shared with the State Board of | Education no later than January 1, 2025 , within 4 |
| years of January 1, 2019 (the effective date of Public | Act 100-1049) , to raise his or her credentials to be in | line with the credentials under subparagraph (A) of | this paragraph (1). The institution shall have 30 days | to review the plan and approve an instructor | professional development plan that is in line with the | credentials set forth in paragraph (2) of this | Section. The institution shall not unreasonably | withhold approval of a professional development plan. | These approvals shall be good for as long as | satisfactory progress toward the completion of the | credential is demonstrated, but in no event shall a | professional development plan be in effect for more | than 3 years from the date of its approval or after | January 1, 2028, whichever is sooner . A high school | instructor whose professional development plan is not | approved by the institution may appeal to the Illinois | Community College Board or the Board of Higher | Education, as appropriate. | (C) The Illinois Community College Board and Board | of Higher Education shall report yearly on its | Internet website the following: | (i) the number of teachers presently enrolled | in an who have approved professional development | plan plans under this Section ; . | (ii) the number of instructors who |
| successfully completed an approved professional | development plan; | (iii) the number of instructors who did not | successfully complete an approved professional | development plan after 3 years; | (iv) a breakdown of the information in | subdivisions (i), (ii), and (iii) of this | subparagraph (C) by subject area; and | (v) a summary, by community college district, | of professional development plans that are in | progress, that were successfully completed, or | that have expired. | (2) For a high school instructor entering into a | professional development plan prior to January 1, 2023, | the A high school instructor shall qualify for a | professional development plan if the instructor: | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline and | has earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he | or she is currently teaching or expects to teach; or | (B) has a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 | graduate hours in a discipline that he or she is | currently teaching or expects to teach and is enrolled | in a discipline-specific master's degree program; and | (C) agrees to demonstrate his or her progress | toward completion to the supervising institution, as | outlined in the professional development plan. |
| (2.5) For a high school instructor entering into a | professional development plan on or after January 1, 2023, | the high school instructor shall qualify for a | professional development plan if the instructor: | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline, has | earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he or | she currently teaches or expects to teach, and agrees | to demonstrate his or her progress toward completion | to the supervising institution, as outlined in the | professional development plan; or | (B) is a fully licensed instructor in career and | technical education who is halfway toward meeting the | institution's requirements for faculty in the | discipline to be taught and agrees to demonstrate his | or her progress toward completion to the supervising | institution, as outlined in the professional | development plan. | (3) An instructor in career and technical education | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | instruction. | (4) Course content must be equivalent to | credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the | community college. | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as | credit-bearing college-level courses and be appropriately |
| measured. | (6) A high school instructor is expected to | participate in any orientation developed by the | institution for dual credit instructors in course | curriculum, assessment methods, and administrative | requirements. | (7) Dual credit instructors must be given the | opportunity to participate in all activities available to | other adjunct faculty, including professional development, | seminars, site visits, and internal communication, | provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an | instructor's regular teaching duties. | (8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually | by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure | consistency with campus courses.
| (9) Dual credit students must be assessed using | methods consistent with students in traditional | credit-bearing college courses.
| (10) Within 15 days after entering into or renewing a | partnership agreement, the institution shall notify its | faculty of the agreement, including access to copies of | the agreement if requested. | (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2023
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