Bill Text: IL SB1501 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a highly qualified high school instructor, as determined by a school board, may, with the approval of the community college, teach up to 8 hours of credit-bearing college-level courses for dual credit per academic year without having to meet any of the academic credential requirements under the Act, higher certification requirements, or additional requirements under the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1501 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1501-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1501 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 27/20
Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a highly qualified high school instructor, as determined by a school board, may, with the approval of the community college, teach up to 8 hours of credit-bearing college-level courses for dual credit per academic year without having to meet any of the academic credential requirements under the Act, higher certification requirements, or additional requirements under the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Effective immediately.
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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 Dual Credit Quality Act is amended by
changing Section 20 as follows:
(110 ILCS 27/20)
Sec. 20. Standards. All institutions offering dual credit
courses shall meet the following standards:
(1) High school instructors teaching credit-bearing
college-level courses for dual credit must meet any of the
academic credential requirements set forth in this
paragraph or paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this Section and
need not meet higher certification requirements or those
set out in Article 21B of the School Code:
(A) Approved instructors of dual credit courses
shall meet any of the faculty credential standards
allowed by the Higher Learning Commission to determine
minimally qualified faculty. At the request of an
instructor, an instructor who meets these credential
standards shall be provided by the State Board of
Education with a Dual Credit Endorsement, to be placed
on the professional educator license, as established
by the State Board of Education and as authorized under

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Article 21B of the School Code and promulgated through
administrative rule in cooperation with the Illinois
Community College Board and the Board of Higher
Education.
(B) An instructor who does not meet the faculty
credential standards allowed by the Higher Learning
Commission to determine minimally qualified faculty
may teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a
professional development plan, approved by the
institution and shared with the State Board of
Education, within 4 years of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, to raise
his or her credentials to be in line with the
credentials under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
(1). The institution shall have 30 days to review the
plan and approve an instructor professional
development plan that is in line with the credentials
set forth in paragraph (2) of this Section. The
institution shall not unreasonably withhold approval
of a professional development plan. These approvals
shall be good for as long as satisfactory progress
toward the completion of the credential is
demonstrated, but in no event shall a professional
development plan be in effect for more than 3 years
from the date of its approval. A high school instructor
whose professional development plan is not approved by

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the institution may appeal to the Illinois Community
College Board or the Board of Higher Education, as
appropriate.
(C) The Illinois Community College Board shall
report yearly on its Internet website the number of
teachers who have approved professional development
plans under this Section.
(2) A high school instructor shall qualify for a
professional development plan if the instructor:
(A) has a master's degree in any discipline and has
earned 9 graduate hours in a discipline in which he or
she is currently teaching or expects to teach; or
(B) has a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18
graduate hours in a discipline that he or she is
currently teaching or expects to teach and is enrolled
in a discipline-specific master's degree program; and
(C) agrees to demonstrate his or her progress
toward completion to the supervising institution, as
outlined in the professional development plan.
(3) An instructor in career and technical education
courses must possess the credentials and demonstrated
teaching competencies appropriate to the field of
instruction.
(3.5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), a
highly qualified high school instructor, as determined by a
school board, may, with the approval of the community

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college, teach up to 8 hours of credit-bearing
college-level courses for dual credit per academic year
without having to meet any of the academic credential
requirements under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), higher
certification requirements, or additional requirements
under Article 21B of the School Code.
(4) Course content must be equivalent to
credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the
community college.
(5) Learning outcomes must be the same as
credit-bearing college-level courses and be appropriately
measured.
(6) A high school instructor is expected to participate
in any orientation developed by the institution for dual
credit instructors in course curriculum, assessment
methods, and administrative requirements.
(7) Dual credit instructors must be given the
opportunity to participate in all activities available to
other adjunct faculty, including professional development,
seminars, site visits, and internal communication,
provided that such opportunities do not interfere with an
instructor's regular teaching duties.
(8) Every dual credit course must be reviewed annually
by faculty through the appropriate department to ensure
consistency with campus courses.
(9) Dual credit students must be assessed using methods

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consistent with students in traditional credit-bearing
college courses.
(Source: P.A. 100-1049, eff. 1-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.