Bill Text: IL HB4132 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Provides that a student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public university. Requires each public university to comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 4 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion for a particular major at that public university. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall work with each public university on implementing and communicating the public university's policy for awarding advanced placement credits.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4132 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4132-Introduced.html

---

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4132 Introduced 2/27/2015, by Rep. Esther Golar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 302/30 new
110 ILCS 205/13 new
Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Provides that a student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public university. Requires each public university to comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 4 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion for a particular major at that public university. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall work with each public university on implementing and communicating the public university's policy for awarding advanced placement credits.
LRB099 10533 SXM 30760 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB4132 LRB099 10533 SXM 30760 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The College and Career Success for All Students
Act is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:
(105 ILCS 302/30 new)
Sec. 30. Examination; postsecondary level course credit.
In this Section,
(a) "Public university" means a State university located in
this State.
(b) A student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement
examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the
examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course
credit at a public university, if elective credit is part of
the student's degree requirement.
(c) Each public university shall comply with the same
standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a
score of 4 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement
examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding
course requirement for degree completion for a particular major
at that public university.
Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by

HB4132 - 2 - LRB099 10533 SXM 30760 b
adding Section 13 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/13 new)
Sec. 13. Advanced placement credit. The Board shall work
with each public university on implementing and communicating
the public university's policy for awarding advanced placement
credits.