Bill Text: IL HB3250 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that if the provider of the micro-credential or digital badge determines and can demonstrate that a student meets all of the criteria required to earn State Global Scholar Certification, then the school district or nonpublic school shall designate that the student has earned State Global Scholar Certification on the student's diploma and transcript.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3250 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3250-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3250 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.169
Amends the School Code. Provides that if the provider of the micro-credential or digital badge determines and can demonstrate that a student meets all of the criteria required to earn State Global Scholar Certification, then the school district or nonpublic school shall designate that the student has earned State Global Scholar Certification on the student's diploma and transcript.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
2-3.169 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.169)
Sec. 2-3.169. State Global Scholar Certification.
(a) The State Global Scholar Certification Program is
established to recognize recognized public and nonpublic high
school graduates who have attained global competence. State
Global Scholar Certification shall be awarded beginning with
the 2017-2018 school year. School district or nonpublic school
participation in this certification is voluntary.
(b) The purposes of State Global Scholar Certification are
as follows:
(1) To recognize the value of a global education.
(2) To certify attainment of global competence.
(3) To provide employers with a method of identifying
globally competent employees.
(4) To provide colleges and universities with an
additional method to recognize applicants seeking
admission.
(5) To prepare students with 21st century skills.

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(6) To encourage the development of a globally ready
workforce in the STEM (science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics), manufacturing, agriculture, and service
sectors.
(c) State Global Scholar Certification confirms attainment
of global competence, sufficient for meaningful use in college
and a career, by a graduating public or nonpublic high school
student.
(d) The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as
may be necessary to establish the criteria that students must
achieve to earn State Global Scholar Certification, which
shall minimally include attainment of 6 globally focused
courses, service learning experiences, global collaboration or
dialogue, and passage of a capstone project demonstrating
global competency, as approved by the participating school
district or nonpublic school for this purpose.
(e) The State Board of Education shall do both of the
following:
(1) Prepare and deliver to participating school
districts or nonpublic schools an appropriate mechanism
for designating State Global Scholar Certification on the
diploma and transcript of a student indicating that the
student has been awarded State Global Scholar
Certification by the State Board of Education.
(2) Provide other information the State Board of
Education deems necessary for school districts or

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nonpublic schools to successfully participate in the
certification.
(f) A school district or nonpublic school that
participates in certification under this Section shall do both
of the following:
(1) Maintain appropriate records in order to identify
students who have earned State Global Scholar
Certification.
(2) Make the appropriate designation on the diploma
and transcript of each student who earns State Global
Scholar Certification.
(g) No fee may be charged to a student to receive the
designation pursuant to the Section. Notwithstanding this
prohibition, costs may be incurred by the student in
demonstrating proficiency.
(h) The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules as
may be necessary to provide students attending schools that do
not offer State Global Scholar Certification the opportunity
to earn State Global Scholar Certification remotely beginning
with the 2026-2027 school year. These rules shall include, but
are not limited to, a list of all school courses and course
codes derived from the State Board of Education's Illinois
State Course Catalog and Illinois Virtual Course Catalog that
are designated as and qualify as globally focused coursework.
If the provider of the online course, micro-credential, or
digital badge determines and can demonstrate that a student

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meets all of the criteria required to earn State Global
Scholar Certification, then the school district or nonpublic
school shall designate that the student has earned State
Global Scholar Certification on the student's diploma and
transcript.
A school district or nonpublic school shall provide, upon
the request of a student, evidence to the student that the
student has completed at least 6 globally focused courses
required to earn State Global Scholar Certification for the
student to submit to the provider of the online course.
A student enrolled in a school district or nonpublic
school that awarded State Global Scholar Certification prior
to the 2026-2027 school year and offered a course to complete
the capstone project requirement prior to the 2026-2027 school
year may not earn State Global Scholar Certification remotely
under this subsection (h).
(Source: P.A. 103-352, eff. 7-28-23; 103-979, eff. 1-1-25;
revised 11-26-24.)