HB3328 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3328

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Angelo Saviano

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 27/20

Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that an institution of higher learning may offer dual credit courses only to high school students in the 12th grade and is prohibited from offering more than 9 semester hours of dual credit courses to those students.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 Section 20 as follows:

(110 ILCS 27/20)

Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit courses shall meet the following standards:

(1) Instructors teaching credit-bearing college-level courses for dual credit must meet the same academic credential requirements as faculty teaching on campus and need not meet certification requirements set out in Article 21 of the School Code.

(2) Instructors in career and technical education courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated teaching competencies appropriate to the field of instruction.

(3) Students must meet the same academic criteria as those enrolled in credit-bearing college courses, including taking appropriate placement testing.

(4) Course content must be the same as that required for credit-bearing college courses.

(5) Learning outcomes must be the same as for credit-bearing college courses and be appropriately measured.

(6) Institutions shall provide high school instructors with an orientation in course curriculum, assessment methods, and administrative requirements before high school instructors are permitted to teach dual credit courses.

(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) An institution may offer dual credit courses only to high school students in the 12th grade and is prohibited from offering more than 9 semester hours of dual credit courses to those students.

(Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.)