Sen. Chuck Weaver
Filed: 4/6/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2527




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2527 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by renumbering and 
5changing Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53, as added by Public Act 
6100-133, as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.62)
8    Sec. 10-20.62 10-20.60. Dual enrollment and dual credit; 
9notification. 
10    (a) In this Section, "dual credit course" has the meaning 
11ascribed to that term in the Dual Credit Quality Act.
12    (b) A school board shall not adopt a policy limiting the 
13number of dual credit courses a student may enroll in or the 
14number of academic credits a student may receive from dual 
15credit courses provided that the course is taught by an 
16instructor as provided in 110 ILCS 27/20 or by a licensed 
 
 
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1teacher or community college professor or instructor in the 
2State of Illinois.
3    A school board must award high school course credit to a 
4student for dual credit coursework, unless evidence about the 
5course's rigor and content shows that it does not address the 
6relevant Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate 
7for the high school grade during which the course is usually 
8taken, and that credit shall satisfy the requirements of 
9Section 27-22 of this Code for that course. A superintendent 
10may limit the number of academic credits a student may earn 
11from dual credit courses if the requirements of Section 27-22 
12of this Code are not being met. 
13    A school board shall require the school district's high 
14schools, if any, to inform all 11th and 12th grade students of 
15dual enrollment and dual credit opportunities at public 
16community colleges for qualified students.

17(Source: P.A. 100-133, eff. 1-1-18; revised 10-19-17.)
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.55)
19    Sec. 34-18.55 34-18.53. Dual enrollment and dual credit; 
20notification. 
21    (a) In this Section, "dual credit course" has the meaning 
22ascribed to that term in the Dual Credit Quality Act.
23    (b) The board shall not adopt a policy limiting the number 
24of dual credit courses a student may enroll in or the number of 
25academic credits a student may receive from dual credit courses 
 
 
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1provided that the course is taught by an instructor as provided 
2in 110 ILCS 27/20 or by a licensed teacher or community college 
3professor or instructor in the State of Illinois.
4    The board must award high school course credit to a student 
5for dual credit coursework, unless evidence about the course's 
6rigor and content shows that it does not address the relevant 
7Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate for the 
8high school grade during which the course is usually taken, and 
9that credit shall satisfy the requirements of Section 27-22 of 
10this Code for that course. A superintendent may limit the 
11number of academic credits a student may earn from dual credit 
12courses if the requirements of Section 27-22 of this Code are 
13not being met. 
14    The board shall require the district's high schools to 
15inform all 11th and 12th grade students of dual enrollment and 
16dual credit opportunities at public community colleges for 
17qualified students.

18(Source: P.A. 100-133, eff. 1-1-18; revised 10-21-17.)".