102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5294

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Carol Ammons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/14A-32

    Amends the School Code. With respect to accelerated placement, provides that for a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in English language arts or mathematics shall be a dual credit course if the student meets the institution of higher learning's dual credit placement standards (instead of only a dual credit course) or specified other courses. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
514A-32 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/14A-32)
7    Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district
8responsibilities.
9    (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows
10for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by
11reference the following components:
12        (1) a provision that provides that participation in
13    accelerated placement is not limited to those children who
14    have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is
15    open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who
16    may benefit from accelerated placement;
17        (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that
18    involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents
19    or guardians;
20        (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a
21    child of a decision affecting that child's participation
22    in an accelerated placement program; and
23        (4) an assessment process that includes multiple

 

 

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1    valid, reliable indicators.
2    (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024
3school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy
4shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following
5school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of
6advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student
7meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts,
8mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered
9under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows:
10        (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
11    English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into
12    the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in
13    English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects.
14        (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
15    mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next
16    most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics.
17        (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in
18    science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most
19    rigorous level of advanced coursework in science.
20    For a student entering grade 12, the next most rigorous
21level of advanced coursework in English language arts or
22mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the
23Dual Credit Quality Act, if the student meets the institution
24of higher learning's dual credit placement standards, an
25Advanced Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the
26College and Career Success for All Students Act, or an

 

 

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1International Baccalaureate course; otherwise, the next most
2rigorous level of advanced coursework under this subsection
3(a-5) may include a dual credit course, as defined in the Dual
4Credit Quality Act, if the student meets the institution of
5higher learning's dual credit placement standards, an Advanced
6Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and
7Career Success for All Students Act, an International
8Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment
9opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by
10the district.
11    A school district may use the student's most recent State
12assessment results to determine whether a student meets or
13exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9,
14results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8
15may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a
16locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used
17instead of the State assessment if those results are the most
18recent.
19    A school district must provide the parent or guardian of a
20student eligible for automatic enrollment under this
21subsection (a-5) with the option to instead have the student
22enroll in alternative coursework that better aligns with the
23student's postsecondary education or career goals.
24    Nothing in this subsection (a-5) may be interpreted to
25preclude other students from enrolling in advanced coursework
26per the policy of a school district.

 

 

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1    (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement
2policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not
3be limited to, the following components:
4        (1) procedures for annually informing the community
5    at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based
6    organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs,
7    about the accelerated placement program and the methods
8    used for the identification of children eligible for
9    accelerated placement, including strategies to reach
10    groups of students and families who have been historically
11    underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and
12    advanced coursework;
13        (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple
14    referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other
15    referrers may include licensed education professionals,
16    the child, with the written consent of a parent or
17    guardian, a peer, through a licensed education
18    professional who has knowledge of the referred child's
19    abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a
20    preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who
21    knows the child;
22        (3) a provision that provides that children
23    participating in an accelerated placement program and
24    their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan
25    detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive
26    and strategies to support the child;

 

 

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1        (4) procedures to provide support and promote success
2    for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated
3    placement program; and
4        (5) a process for the school district to review and
5    utilize disaggregated data on participation in an
6    accelerated placement program to address gaps among
7    demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities.
8    (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
9determine data to be collected and disaggregated by
10demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including
11the rates of students who participate in and successfully
12complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the
13information available to the public.
14    (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of
15disaggregated data on the participation and successful
16completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated
17placement program, each school district shall develop a plan
18to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to
19ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased
20demand.
21(Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-209, eff. 11-30-21
22(See Section 5 of P.A. 102-671 for effective date of P.A.
23102-209).)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.