Bill Amendment: IL HB5250 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-ACCELERATED PLACEMENT
Status: 2024-05-24 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel [HB5250 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5250-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-ACCELERATED PLACEMENT
Status: 2024-05-24 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel [HB5250 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5250-House_Amendment_001.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5250 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5250 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| ||||||
4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 14A-32 and 27-22 as follows:
| ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/14A-32) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district | ||||||
8 | responsibilities. | ||||||
9 | (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows | ||||||
10 | for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by | ||||||
11 | reference the following components: | ||||||
12 | (1) a provision that provides that participation in | ||||||
13 | accelerated placement is not limited to those children who | ||||||
14 | have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is | ||||||
15 | open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who | ||||||
16 | may benefit from accelerated placement; |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that | ||||||
2 | involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents | ||||||
3 | or guardians; | ||||||
4 | (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a | ||||||
5 | child of a decision affecting that child's participation | ||||||
6 | in an accelerated placement program; and | ||||||
7 | (4) an assessment process that includes multiple | ||||||
8 | valid, reliable indicators. | ||||||
9 | (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 | ||||||
10 | school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | ||||||
11 | shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following | ||||||
12 | school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of | ||||||
13 | advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student | ||||||
14 | meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts, | ||||||
15 | mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | ||||||
16 | under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | ||||||
17 | (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | ||||||
18 | English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into | ||||||
19 | the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | ||||||
20 | English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | ||||||
21 | (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | ||||||
22 | mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next | ||||||
23 | most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | ||||||
24 | (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | ||||||
25 | science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most | ||||||
26 | rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a-10) By no later than the beginning of the 2027-2028 | ||||||
2 | school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | ||||||
3 | shall provide the option, in the following school term, for a | ||||||
4 | student to enroll in the next most rigorous level of advanced | ||||||
5 | coursework offered by the high school if the student meets | ||||||
6 | State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or | ||||||
7 | science on a State assessment administered under Section | ||||||
8 | 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | ||||||
9 | (1) A student who meets State standards in English | ||||||
10 | language arts shall be provided with the option to enroll | ||||||
11 | in the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | ||||||
12 | English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | ||||||
13 | (2) A student who meets State standards in mathematics | ||||||
14 | shall be provided with the option to enroll in the next | ||||||
15 | most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | ||||||
16 | (3) A student who meets State standards in science | ||||||
17 | shall be provided with the option to enroll in the next | ||||||
18 | most rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | ||||||
19 | (a-15) For a student entering grade 12, the next most | ||||||
20 | rigorous level of advanced coursework in English language arts | ||||||
21 | or mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the | ||||||
22 | Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced Placement course, as | ||||||
23 | defined in Section 10 of the College and Career Success for All | ||||||
24 | Students Act, or an International Baccalaureate course; | ||||||
25 | otherwise, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework | ||||||
26 | under this subsection (a-15) (a-5) may include a dual credit |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | course, as defined in the Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced | ||||||
2 | Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and | ||||||
3 | Career Success for All Students Act, an International | ||||||
4 | Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment | ||||||
5 | opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by | ||||||
6 | the district. | ||||||
7 | A school district may use the student's most recent State | ||||||
8 | assessment results to determine whether a student meets or | ||||||
9 | exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9, | ||||||
10 | results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8 | ||||||
11 | may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a | ||||||
12 | locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used | ||||||
13 | instead of the State assessment if those results are the most | ||||||
14 | recent. | ||||||
15 | (a-20) A school district's accelerated placement policy | ||||||
16 | may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction | ||||||
17 | completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit | ||||||
18 | of instruction is required by this Code or rules adopted by the | ||||||
19 | State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high | ||||||
20 | school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined | ||||||
21 | that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in | ||||||
22 | the content of the course or unit of instruction. The school | ||||||
23 | district shall maintain documentation of this determination of | ||||||
24 | mastery or competency for each student, that shall include | ||||||
25 | identification of the learning standards or competencies | ||||||
26 | reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | performance, the date of the determination, and identification | ||||||
2 | of the district personnel involved in the determination | ||||||
3 | process. | ||||||
4 | (a-25) A school district must provide the parent or | ||||||
5 | guardian of a student eligible for automatic enrollment under | ||||||
6 | this subsection (a-5) or (a-10) with the option to instead | ||||||
7 | have the student enroll in alternative coursework that better | ||||||
8 | aligns with the student's postsecondary education or career | ||||||
9 | goals. If applicable, a school district must provide | ||||||
10 | notification to a student's parent or guardian that the | ||||||
11 | student will receive a waiver of a course or unit of | ||||||
12 | instruction completion requirement under subsections (a-5) or | ||||||
13 | (a-10). | ||||||
14 | Nothing in subsections this subsection (a-5) or (a-10) may | ||||||
15 | be interpreted to preclude other students from enrolling in | ||||||
16 | advanced coursework per the policy of a school district. | ||||||
17 | (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement | ||||||
18 | policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not | ||||||
19 | be limited to, the following components: | ||||||
20 | (1) procedures for annually informing the community | ||||||
21 | at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based | ||||||
22 | organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs, | ||||||
23 | about the accelerated placement program and the methods | ||||||
24 | used for the identification of children eligible for | ||||||
25 | accelerated placement, including strategies to reach | ||||||
26 | groups of students and families who have been historically |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and | ||||||
2 | advanced coursework; | ||||||
3 | (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple | ||||||
4 | referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other | ||||||
5 | referrers may include licensed education professionals, | ||||||
6 | the child, with the written consent of a parent or | ||||||
7 | guardian, a peer, through a licensed education | ||||||
8 | professional who has knowledge of the referred child's | ||||||
9 | abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a | ||||||
10 | preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who | ||||||
11 | knows the child; | ||||||
12 | (3) a provision that provides that children | ||||||
13 | participating in an accelerated placement program and | ||||||
14 | their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan | ||||||
15 | detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive | ||||||
16 | and strategies to support the child; | ||||||
17 | (4) procedures to provide support and promote success | ||||||
18 | for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated | ||||||
19 | placement program; | ||||||
20 | (5) a process for the school district to review and | ||||||
21 | utilize disaggregated data on participation in an | ||||||
22 | accelerated placement program to address gaps among | ||||||
23 | demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities; | ||||||
24 | and | ||||||
25 | (6) procedures to promote equity, which may | ||||||
26 | incorporate one or more of the following evidence-based |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | practices: | ||||||
2 | (A) the use of multiple tools to assess | ||||||
3 | exceptional potential and provide several pathways | ||||||
4 | into advanced academic programs when assessing student | ||||||
5 | need for advanced academic or accelerated programming; | ||||||
6 | (B) providing enrichment opportunities starting in | ||||||
7 | the early grades to address achievement gaps that | ||||||
8 | occur at school entry and provide students with | ||||||
9 | opportunities to demonstrate their advanced potential; | ||||||
10 | (C) the use of universal screening combined with | ||||||
11 | local school-based norms for placement in accelerated | ||||||
12 | and advanced learning programs; | ||||||
13 | (D) developing a continuum of services to identify | ||||||
14 | and develop talent in all learners ranging from | ||||||
15 | enriched learning experiences, such as problem-based | ||||||
16 | learning, performance tasks, critical thinking, and | ||||||
17 | career exploration, to accelerated placement and | ||||||
18 | advanced academic programming; and | ||||||
19 | (E) providing professional learning in gifted | ||||||
20 | education for teachers and other appropriate school | ||||||
21 | personnel to appropriately identify and challenge | ||||||
22 | students from diverse cultures and backgrounds who may | ||||||
23 | benefit from accelerated placement or advanced | ||||||
24 | academic programming. | ||||||
25 | (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | ||||||
26 | determine data to be collected and disaggregated by |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including | ||||||
2 | the rates of students who participate in and successfully | ||||||
3 | complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the | ||||||
4 | information available to the public. | ||||||
5 | (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of | ||||||
6 | disaggregated data on the participation and successful | ||||||
7 | completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated | ||||||
8 | placement program, each school district shall develop a plan | ||||||
9 | to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to | ||||||
10 | ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased | ||||||
11 | demand. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 (See Section 5 of P.A. | ||||||
13 | 102-671 for effective date of P.A. 102-209); 103-263, eff. | ||||||
14 | 6-30-23.)
| ||||||
15 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses. | ||||||
17 | (a) (Blank). | ||||||
18 | (b) (Blank). | ||||||
19 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
20 | (d) (Blank). | ||||||
21 | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite | ||||||
22 | to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the | ||||||
23 | 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, | ||||||
24 | successfully complete all of the following courses: | ||||||
25 | (1) Four years of language arts. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | ||||||
2 | which must be English and the other of which may be English | ||||||
3 | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | ||||||
4 | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | ||||||
5 | graduation requirements. | ||||||
6 | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | ||||||
7 | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | ||||||
8 | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | ||||||
9 | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | ||||||
10 | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | ||||||
11 | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | ||||||
12 | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | ||||||
13 | path. | ||||||
14 | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | ||||||
15 | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | ||||||
16 | of a course that includes intensive instruction in | ||||||
17 | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | ||||||
18 | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | ||||||
19 | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | ||||||
20 | (4) Two years of science. | ||||||
21 | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | ||||||
22 | year must be history of the United States or a combination | ||||||
23 | of history of the United States and American government | ||||||
24 | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | ||||||
25 | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | ||||||
26 | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | ||||||
2 | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | ||||||
3 | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | ||||||
4 | content shall focus on government institutions, the | ||||||
5 | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | ||||||
6 | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | ||||||
7 | School districts may utilize private funding available for | ||||||
8 | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with | ||||||
9 | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | ||||||
10 | year, one semester, or part of one semester, may include a | ||||||
11 | financial literacy course. | ||||||
12 | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | ||||||
13 | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | ||||||
14 | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | ||||||
15 | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | ||||||
16 | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | ||||||
17 | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | ||||||
18 | requirement under this subdivision (6). | ||||||
19 | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | ||||||
20 | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | ||||||
21 | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | ||||||
22 | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | ||||||
23 | courses: | ||||||
24 | (1) Four years of language arts. | ||||||
25 | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | ||||||
26 | which must be English and the other of which may be English |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | ||||||
2 | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | ||||||
3 | graduation requirements. | ||||||
4 | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | ||||||
5 | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | ||||||
6 | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | ||||||
7 | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | ||||||
8 | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | ||||||
9 | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | ||||||
10 | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | ||||||
11 | path. | ||||||
12 | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | ||||||
13 | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | ||||||
14 | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | ||||||
15 | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | ||||||
16 | requirements. | ||||||
17 | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | ||||||
18 | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | ||||||
19 | year must be history of the United States or a combination | ||||||
20 | of history of the United States and American government | ||||||
21 | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | ||||||
22 | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | ||||||
23 | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | ||||||
24 | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | ||||||
25 | Civics course content shall focus on government | ||||||
26 | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | ||||||
2 | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | ||||||
3 | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | ||||||
4 | education. One semester, or part of one semester, may | ||||||
5 | include a financial literacy course. | ||||||
6 | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | ||||||
7 | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | ||||||
8 | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | ||||||
9 | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | ||||||
10 | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | ||||||
11 | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | ||||||
12 | requirement under this subdivision (6). | ||||||
13 | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | ||||||
14 | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | ||||||
15 | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | ||||||
16 | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | ||||||
17 | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | ||||||
18 | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | ||||||
19 | the requirement under subdivision (6) of subsection (e-5). | ||||||
20 | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | ||||||
21 | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | ||||||
22 | coursework. | ||||||
23 | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | ||||||
24 | computer science course to high school students, then the | ||||||
25 | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | ||||||
26 | high school mathematics course and must denote on the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | ||||||
2 | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | ||||||
3 | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | ||||||
4 | subsection (e) of this Section. | ||||||
5 | (g) Public Act 83-1082 does not apply to pupils entering | ||||||
6 | the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior school years | ||||||
7 | or to students with disabilities whose course of study is | ||||||
8 | determined by an individualized education program. | ||||||
9 | Public Act 94-676 does not apply to pupils entering the | ||||||
10 | 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school year or a prior school year | ||||||
11 | or to students with disabilities whose course of study is | ||||||
12 | determined by an individualized education program. | ||||||
13 | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply to | ||||||
14 | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | ||||||
15 | prior school year or to students with disabilities whose | ||||||
16 | course of study is determined by an individualized education | ||||||
17 | program. | ||||||
18 | Subsection (e-5) does not apply to pupils entering the 9th | ||||||
19 | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior school year or to | ||||||
20 | students with disabilities whose course of study is determined | ||||||
21 | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | ||||||
22 | not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | ||||||
23 | school year or a prior school year or to students with | ||||||
24 | disabilities whose course of study is determined by an | ||||||
25 | individualized education program. | ||||||
26 | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | provisions of Sections 14A-32 and Section 27-22.05 of this | ||||||
2 | Code and the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. | ||||||
3 | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | ||||||
4 | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | ||||||
5 | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | ||||||
6 | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 102-366, eff. 8-13-21; 102-551, eff. 1-1-22; | ||||||
9 | 102-864, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
|