Bill Text: IL HB3699 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Permits school boards to approve Advanced Placement (AP) computer science courses as equivalent to high school mathematics or science. If approved, requires a school district to denote on a student's transcript that AP computer science qualifies as a math-based, quantitative course for students who take the course in their senior year. Provides that, in order for a school board to approve AP computer science as equivalent to high school mathematics, the student must be concurrently enrolled in or have successfully completed Algebra II.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3699 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3699-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 27-22.05 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.05)
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7 | Sec. 27-22.05. Required course substitute. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | this Code, a school board that maintains any of
grades 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which
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11 | student who is enrolled in any of those grades
may satisfy one | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | or more high school course or graduation requirements,
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13 | including but not limited to any requirements under Sections | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | 27-6 and 27-22, by
substituting for and successfully completing | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | in place of the high school course
or graduation requirement a | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | related vocational or technical education course.
A vocational | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | or technical education course shall not qualify as a related
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18 | vocational or technical education course within the meaning of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | this Section
unless it contains at least 50% of the content of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the required course or
graduation requirement for which it is | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | substituted, as determined by the State
Board of Education in | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | accordance with standards that it shall adopt and
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23 | apply for purposes of this Section. No vocational or technical
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1 | education course may be substituted for a required course or | ||||||
2 | graduation
requirement under any policy adopted by a school | ||||||
3 | board as authorized in this
Section unless the pupil's parent | ||||||
4 | or guardian first
requests the substitution and approves it in | ||||||
5 | writing on forms that the school
district makes available for | ||||||
6 | purposes of this Section.
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7 | (b) School boards may approve Advanced Placement (AP) | ||||||
8 | computer science courses as equivalent to high school | ||||||
9 | mathematics or science. If approved, a school district must | ||||||
10 | denote on a student's transcript that AP computer science | ||||||
11 | qualifies as a math-based, quantitative course for students who | ||||||
12 | take the course in their senior year. In order for a school | ||||||
13 | board to approve AP computer science as equivalent to high | ||||||
14 | school mathematics, the student must be concurrently enrolled | ||||||
15 | in or have successfully completed Algebra II. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 88-269.)
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