Bill Amendment: IL SB2838 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-THIRD PARTY SUB TEACHER
Status: 2018-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1049 [SB2838 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2838-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-THIRD PARTY SUB TEACHER
Status: 2018-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1049 [SB2838 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2838-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2838
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2838 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Dual Credit Quality Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 15 and 20 and by adding Sections 16, 17, 18, | ||||||
6 | 19, and 35 as follows:
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7 | (110 ILCS 27/15)
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8 | Sec. 15. Student academic standing access, eligibility, | ||||||
9 | and attainment .
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10 | (a) The Illinois Community College Board and the Board of | ||||||
11 | Higher Education shall develop policies to permit multiple | ||||||
12 | appropriate measures using differentiated assessment for | ||||||
13 | granting eligibility for dual credit to students. The measures | ||||||
14 | developed shall ensure that a student is prepared for any | ||||||
15 | coursework in which the student enrolls. | ||||||
16 | (b) Institutions may adopt policies to protect the academic |
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1 | standing of students who are not successful in dual credit | ||||||
2 | courses, including, but not limited to, options for (i) late | ||||||
3 | withdrawal from a course, or (ii) taking the course on a | ||||||
4 | pass-fail basis, or both. All institutional policies relating | ||||||
5 | to the academic standing of students enrolled in dual credit | ||||||
6 | courses or the transfer of credit for dual credit courses must | ||||||
7 | be made publicly available by the institution and provided to | ||||||
8 | each student enrolled in dual credit courses offered by that | ||||||
9 | institution.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.)
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11 | (110 ILCS 27/16 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 16. High school and community college partnership | ||||||
13 | agreements; dual credit. A community college district shall, | ||||||
14 | upon the request of a school district within the jurisdiction | ||||||
15 | of the community college district, enter into a partnership | ||||||
16 | agreement with the school district to offer dual credit | ||||||
17 | coursework. | ||||||
18 | A school district may offer any course identified in the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core | ||||||
20 | Curriculum package under the Illinois Articulation Initiative | ||||||
21 | Act as a dual credit course on the campus of a high school of | ||||||
22 | the school district and may use a high school instructor who | ||||||
23 | has met the academic credential requirements under this Act to | ||||||
24 | teach the dual credit course. | ||||||
25 | The partnership agreement shall include all of the |
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1 | following: | ||||||
2 | (1) The establishment of the school district's and the | ||||||
3 | community college district's respective roles and | ||||||
4 | responsibilities in providing the program and ensuring the | ||||||
5 | quality and instructional rigor of the program. This must | ||||||
6 | include an assurance that the community college district | ||||||
7 | has appropriate academic control of the curriculum, | ||||||
8 | consistent with any State or federal law and as required or | ||||||
9 | negotiated with the Higher Learning Commission or other | ||||||
10 | applicable accrediting agency. | ||||||
11 | (2) The dual credit courses that the school district | ||||||
12 | will offer its students and whether those courses will be | ||||||
13 | offered on the high school or community college campus or | ||||||
14 | through an online platform established by the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Community College Board. | ||||||
16 | (3) The establishment of academic criteria for | ||||||
17 | granting eligibility for high school students to enroll in | ||||||
18 | dual credit coursework. The academic criteria shall be | ||||||
19 | evidence-based and shall include multiple appropriate | ||||||
20 | measures to determine whether a student is prepared for any | ||||||
21 | dual credit coursework in which the student enrolls. | ||||||
22 | (4) The establishment of any limitations that the | ||||||
23 | school district or community college district may put on | ||||||
24 | course offerings due to availability of instructors, the | ||||||
25 | availability of students for specific course offerings, or | ||||||
26 | local board policy. |
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1 | (5) The requirement that the dual credit instructor | ||||||
2 | meet the academic credential requirements to teach a dual | ||||||
3 | credit course, consistent with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) | ||||||
4 | of Section 20 of this Act, but shall not be required to | ||||||
5 | exceed those credentials. | ||||||
6 | (6) The collaborative process and criteria by which the | ||||||
7 | school district shall identify and recommend and the | ||||||
8 | community college district shall review and approve high | ||||||
9 | school instructors of dual credit courses taught on the | ||||||
10 | campus of a high school. This provision shall require that | ||||||
11 | the school district be responsible for hiring and | ||||||
12 | compensating the instructor. | ||||||
13 | (7) The requirement that a community college district | ||||||
14 | take the appropriate steps to ensure that dual credit | ||||||
15 | courses are equivalent to those courses offered at the | ||||||
16 | community college in quality and rigor to qualify for | ||||||
17 | college credit. The dual credit programs shall encompass | ||||||
18 | the following characteristics: | ||||||
19 | (A) Student learning outcomes expected for dual | ||||||
20 | credit courses in General Education Core Curriculum | ||||||
21 | courses and the professional and career and technical | ||||||
22 | disciplines shall be the same as the student learning | ||||||
23 | outcomes expected for the same courses taught on the | ||||||
24 | postsecondary campus. | ||||||
25 | (B) Course content, course delivery, and course | ||||||
26 | rigor shall be evaluated by the community college chief |
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1 | academic officer or his or her designee, in | ||||||
2 | consultation with the school district's superintendent | ||||||
3 | or his or her designee. The evaluation shall be | ||||||
4 | conducted in a manner that is consistent with the | ||||||
5 | community college district's review and evaluation | ||||||
6 | policy and procedures for on-campus adjunct faculty, | ||||||
7 | including visits to the secondary class. This | ||||||
8 | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | ||||||
9 | ability of the instructor to deliver quality, rigorous | ||||||
10 | college credit coursework. This evaluation shall not | ||||||
11 | impact the instructor's performance evaluation under | ||||||
12 | Article 24A of the School Code. | ||||||
13 | (C) The academic supports and, if applicable, | ||||||
14 | guidance that will be provided to students | ||||||
15 | participating in the program by the high school and the | ||||||
16 | community college district. | ||||||
17 | (8) Identify all fees and costs to be assessed by the | ||||||
18 | community college district for dual credit courses. This | ||||||
19 | provision shall require that any fees and costs assessed | ||||||
20 | for dual credit courses shall be reasonable and promote | ||||||
21 | student access to those courses, and may take into account | ||||||
22 | regional considerations and differences. | ||||||
23 | (9) The community college district shall establish a | ||||||
24 | mechanism for evaluating and documenting on a regular basis | ||||||
25 | the performance of students who complete dual credit | ||||||
26 | courses, consistent with paragraph (9) of Section 20 and |
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1 | Section 30 of this Act, and for sharing that data in a | ||||||
2 | meaningful and timely manner with the school district. This | ||||||
3 | evaluation shall be limited to the course and the | ||||||
4 | coursework. This evaluation shall not impact the | ||||||
5 | instructor's performance evaluation under Article 24A of | ||||||
6 | the School Code. | ||||||
7 | If, within 180 calendar days of the school district's | ||||||
8 | initial request to enter into a partnership agreement with the | ||||||
9 | community college district, the school district and the | ||||||
10 | community college district do not reach agreement on the | ||||||
11 | partnership agreement, then the school district and community | ||||||
12 | college district shall jointly implement the provisions of the | ||||||
13 | Model Partnership Agreement established under Section 19 of | ||||||
14 | this Act for which local agreement could not be reached. A | ||||||
15 | community college district may combine its negotiations with | ||||||
16 | multiple school districts to establish one multi-district | ||||||
17 | partnership agreement or may negotiate individual partnership | ||||||
18 | agreements at its discretion.
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19 | (110 ILCS 27/17 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 17. Out-of-state dual credit contracts. On or after | ||||||
21 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
22 | Assembly, a school district may not enter into a new contract | ||||||
23 | with an out-of-state institution to provide a dual credit | ||||||
24 | course without first offering the community college district in | ||||||
25 | the district in which the school district is located the |
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1 | opportunity to provide the course. Prior to entering into a | ||||||
2 | contract with an out-of-state institution, the school district | ||||||
3 | shall notify the Board of Higher Education of its intent to | ||||||
4 | enter into an agreement with an out-of-state institution. The | ||||||
5 | Board of Higher Education shall have 30 days to provide the | ||||||
6 | school district with a list of in-state institutions that can | ||||||
7 | provide the school district an equivalent dual credit | ||||||
8 | opportunity. In deciding which dual credit courses to offer, a | ||||||
9 | school district reserves the right to evaluate any dual credit | ||||||
10 | course offered by any institution for quality, rigor, and | ||||||
11 | alignment with the school district's students' needs. | ||||||
12 | Agreements to provide dual credit courses between a school | ||||||
13 | district and an out-of-state institution in existence on the | ||||||
14 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
15 | Assembly shall remain in effect and shall not be impacted by | ||||||
16 | this Section.
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17 | (110 ILCS 27/18 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 18. Recognition of dual credit coursework completion. | ||||||
19 | Any General Education Core Curriculum dual credit coursework | ||||||
20 | completed by a high school student under this Act must be | ||||||
21 | recognized as credit-bearing college-level coursework meeting | ||||||
22 | General Education Core Curriculum requirements, consistent | ||||||
23 | with the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act, if the course or | ||||||
24 | courses have an existing Illinois Articulation Initiative code | ||||||
25 | at the community college. Dual credit coursework completed by a |
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1 | high school student under this Act is transferrable to all | ||||||
2 | public institutions in this State on the same basis as | ||||||
3 | coursework completed by a public community college student who | ||||||
4 | has previously earned a high school diploma in the manner set | ||||||
5 | forth under the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act.
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6 | (110 ILCS 27/19 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 19. Model Partnership Agreement and Dual Credit | ||||||
8 | Committee. A Model Partnership Agreement shall be developed | ||||||
9 | through a Dual Credit Committee involving collaboration | ||||||
10 | between the Illinois Community College Board and the State | ||||||
11 | Board of Education by June 30, 2019. The Committee shall | ||||||
12 | consist of 5 members appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
13 | Education and 5 members appointed by the Executive Director of | ||||||
14 | the Illinois Community College Board. The Model Partnership | ||||||
15 | Agreement shall address all of the matters set forth in Section | ||||||
16 | 16 of this Act.
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17 | (110 ILCS 27/20)
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18 | Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit | ||||||
19 | courses shall meet the following standards: | ||||||
20 | (1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing | ||||||
21 | college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the | ||||||
22 | academic credential requirements set forth in paragraph | ||||||
23 | (1), (2), or (3) of this Section and need not meet higher | ||||||
24 | certification requirements or those set out in Article 21B |
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1 | of the School Code: | ||||||
2 | (A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses | ||||||
3 | shall meet any of the faculty credential standards | ||||||
4 | allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine | ||||||
5 | minimally qualified faculty. At the request of an | ||||||
6 | instructor, an instructor who meets these credential | ||||||
7 | standards shall be provided by the State Board of | ||||||
8 | Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to be placed | ||||||
9 | on the professional educator license, as established | ||||||
10 | by the State Board of Education and as authorized under | ||||||
11 | Article 21B of the School Code and promulgated through | ||||||
12 | administrative rule in cooperation with the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Community College Board and the Board of Higher | ||||||
14 | Education. | ||||||
15 | (B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty | ||||||
16 | credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning | ||||||
17 | Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty | ||||||
18 | may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a | ||||||
19 | professional development plan, approved by the | ||||||
20 | institution within 4 years of the effective date of | ||||||
21 | this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, to | ||||||
22 | raise his or her credentials to be in line with the | ||||||
23 | credentials under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph | ||||||
24 | (1). The institution shall have 30 days to review the | ||||||
25 | plan and approve an instructor professional | ||||||
26 | development plan that is in line with the credentials |
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1 | set forth in paragraph (2) of this Section. The | ||||||
2 | institution shall not unreasonably withhold approval | ||||||
3 | of a professional development plan. These approvals | ||||||
4 | shall be good for as long as satisfactory progress | ||||||
5 | toward the completion of the credential is | ||||||
6 | demonstrated, but in no event shall a professional | ||||||
7 | development plan be in effect for more than 3 years | ||||||
8 | from the date of its approval. A high school instructor | ||||||
9 | whose professional development plan is not approved by | ||||||
10 | the institution may appeal to the Illinois Community | ||||||
11 | College Board or the Board of Higher Education, as | ||||||
12 | appropriate. | ||||||
13 | (2) A high school instructor shall qualify for a | ||||||
14 | professional development plan if the instructor: | ||||||
15 | (A) has a master's degree in any discipline and has | ||||||
16 | earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he or | ||||||
17 | she is currently teaching or expects to teach; or | ||||||
18 | (B) has a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 | ||||||
19 | graduate hours in a discipline that he or she is | ||||||
20 | currently teaching or expects to teach and is enrolled | ||||||
21 | in a discipline-specific master's degree program; and | ||||||
22 | (C) agrees to demonstrate his or her progress | ||||||
23 | toward completion to the supervising institution, as | ||||||
24 | outlined in the professional development plan. | ||||||
25 | (3) An instructor in career and technical education | ||||||
26 | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated |
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1 | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | ||||||
2 | instruction. | ||||||
3 | (4) Course content must be equivalent to | ||||||
4 | credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the | ||||||
5 | community college. | ||||||
6 | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as | ||||||
7 | credit-bearing college-level courses and be appropriately | ||||||
8 | measured. | ||||||
9 | (6) A high school instructor is expected to participate | ||||||
10 | in any orientation developed by the institution for dual | ||||||
11 | credit instructors in course curriculum, assessment | ||||||
12 | methods, and administrative requirements. | ||||||
13 | (1) Instructors teaching credit-bearing college-level | ||||||
14 | courses for dual credit must meet the same academic | ||||||
15 | credential requirements as faculty teaching on campus and | ||||||
16 | need not meet certification requirements set out in Article | ||||||
17 | 21 of the School Code. | ||||||
18 | (2) Instructors in career and technical education | ||||||
19 | courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated | ||||||
20 | teaching competencies appropriate to the field of | ||||||
21 | instruction. | ||||||
22 | (3) Students must meet the same academic criteria as | ||||||
23 | those enrolled in credit-bearing college courses, | ||||||
24 | including taking appropriate placement testing. | ||||||
25 | (4) Course content must be the same as that required | ||||||
26 | for credit-bearing college courses. |
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1 | (5) Learning outcomes must be the same as for | ||||||
2 | credit-bearing college courses and be appropriately | ||||||
3 | measured. | ||||||
4 | (6) Institutions shall provide high school instructors | ||||||
5 | with an orientation in course curriculum, assessment | ||||||
6 | methods, and administrative requirements before high | ||||||
7 | school instructors are permitted to teach dual credit | ||||||
8 | courses. | ||||||
9 | (7) Dual credit instructors must be given the | ||||||
10 | opportunity to participate in all activities available to | ||||||
11 | other adjunct faculty, including professional development, | ||||||
12 | seminars, site visits, and internal communication, | ||||||
13 | provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an | ||||||
14 | instructor's regular teaching duties. | ||||||
15 | (8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually | ||||||
16 | by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure | ||||||
17 | consistency with campus courses.
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18 | (9) Dual credit students must be assessed using methods | ||||||
19 | consistent with students in traditional credit-bearing | ||||||
20 | college courses.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 96-194, eff. 1-1-10.)
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22 | (110 ILCS 27/35 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 35. Dual Credit Grant. Subject to appropriation, the | ||||||
24 | Illinois Community College Board shall award funds to community | ||||||
25 | college districts to expand their service and lower costs for |
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1 | high school students desiring to take college-level classes | ||||||
2 | prior to receiving their high school diploma to accelerate | ||||||
3 | their college coursework. ".
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