HB4132 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4132

Introduced 2/27/2015, by Rep. Esther Golar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 302/30 new
110 ILCS 205/13 new

Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Provides that a student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public university. Requires each public university to comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 4 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion for a particular major at that public university. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall work with each public university on implementing and communicating the public university's policy for awarding advanced placement credits.

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 College and Career Success for All Students Act is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:

(105 ILCS 302/30 new)

Sec. 30. Examination; postsecondary level course credit. In this Section,

(a) "Public university" means a State university located in this State.

(b) A student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public university, if elective credit is part of the student's degree requirement.

(c) Each public university shall comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 4 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion for a particular major at that public university.

Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by adding Section 13 as follows:

(110 ILCS 205/13 new)

Sec. 13. Advanced placement credit. The Board shall work with each public university on implementing and communicating the public university's policy for awarding advanced placement credits.