Bill Amendment: IL HB2527 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: SCH CD-ADULT LEARNER-DIPLOMA

Status: 2017-09-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0514 [HB2527 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2527-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 3/31/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2527
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2527 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
3-15.12a as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/3-15.12a new)
Sec. 3-15.12a. High school diploma for adult learners.
(a) In this Section:
"Adult learner" means a person ineligible for reenrollment
under subsection (b) of Section 26-2 of this Code and 34 CFR
300.102.
"Board" means the Illinois Community College Board.
"Eligible applicant" means a non-profit entity in
partnership with a regional superintendent of schools; the
chief administrator of an intermediate service center that has
the authority, under rules adopted by the State Board of

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Education, to issue a high school diploma; or a school district
organized under Article 34 of this Code.
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the
Illinois Community College Board.
"High school diploma program for adult learners" means a
program approved to operate under this Section that provides a
program of alterative study to adult learners leading to the
issuance of a high school diploma.
(b) An eligible applicant is authorized to design a high
school diploma program for adult learners, to be approved by
the Board prior to implementation. An eligible applicant shall
include, without limitation, all of the following in the
application for approval under subsection (c) of this Section:
(1) Evidence of an administrative structure, program
activities, program staff, a budget, and a specific
curriculum that is consistent with Illinois Learning
Standards, as well as Illinois content standards for
adults, but may be different from a regular school program
in terms of location, length of school day, program
sequence, multidisciplinary courses, pace, instructional
activities, or any combination of these.
(2) Evidence or documentation that the program will
issue a high school diploma only if an adult learner meets
all minimum requirements under this Code and its
implementing rules for receipt of a high school diploma.
(3) A description of specific academic, behavioral,

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and emotional support services to be offered to adult
learners enrolled in the program.
(4) Evidence that the program will offer career and
technical education courses that lead to industry
certifications in high growth and in-demand industry
sectors or dual credit courses from a regionally accredited
post-secondary educational institution consistent with the
Dual Credit Quality Act. The program may include partnering
with a community college district to provide career and
technical education courses that lead to industry
certifications.
(5) A description of specific program outcomes and
goals and metrics to be used by the program to determine
success.
(6) An assurance that all instructional staff hold an
educator license valid for the high school grades issued
under Article 21B of this Code.
(7) Any other requirements adopted by rule by the
Board.
(c) Eligible applicants shall apply for approval of a high
school diploma program for adult learners to the Board on forms
prescribed by the Board.
(1) Initial approval shall be for a period not to
exceed 2 school years.
(2) Renewal of approval shall be for a period not to
exceed 4 school years and shall be contingent upon at least

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specific documented outcomes of student progression,
graduation rates, and earning of industry-recognized
credentials.
(3) Program approval may be given only if the Executive
Director determines that the eligible applicant has met the
requirements of subsection (b) of this Section and any
rules adopted by the Board.
(4) Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the
contrary, a non-profit eligible applicant shall provide
the following to the Board:
(A) documentation that the non-profit entity will
fulfill the requirements of subsection (b) of this
Section;
(B) evidence that the non-profit entity has the
capacity to fulfill the requirements of this Section;
(C) a description of the coordination and
oversight that the eligible entity will provide in the
administration of the program by the non-profit
entity;
(D) evidence that the non-profit entity has a
history of providing services to adults 18 years of age
or older whose educational and training opportunities
have been limited by educational disadvantages,
disabilities, and challenges.
Funding for the purposes of this paragraph (4) may
include federal pass-through revenues, private funding, or

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other funding sources the non-profit entity secures.
(d) The Board may adopt any rules necessary to implement
this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".