Bill Text: IL HB1884 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a community college and rural school district that have a partnership agreement in existence on the effective date of the amendatory Act may amend their partnership agreement to allow high school instructors that do not have a master's degree to otherwise qualify for a professional development plan in accordance with the Act. Provides that any changes to a partnership agreement must be done with the express intent to address the needs of the rural school district and shall be examined by the Illinois Community College Board and State Board of Education to ensure that the quality and instructional rigor of the course meet the requirements of the Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1884 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1884-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1884 Introduced , by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 27/20
Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Provides that a community college and rural school district that have a partnership agreement in existence on the effective date of the amendatory Act may amend their partnership agreement to allow high school instructors that do not have a master's degree to otherwise qualify for a professional development plan in accordance with the Act. Provides that any changes to a partnership agreement must be done with the express intent to address the needs of the rural school district and shall be examined by the Illinois Community College Board and State Board of Education to ensure that the quality and instructional rigor of the course meet the requirements of the Act. 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

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under 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 January 1, 2019 (the
effective date of Public Act 100-1049) 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

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is not approved by 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.
(4) Course content must be equivalent to
credit-bearing college-level courses offered at the
community college.

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(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 consistent with students in traditional
credit-bearing college courses.
(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section, a community college and rural school district, as
defined by the State Board of Education, that have a
partnership agreement in existence on the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly may
amend their partnership agreement to allow high school

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instructors that do not have a master's degree to
otherwise qualify for a professional development plan in
accordance with this Act. Any changes to a partnership
agreement under this paragraph (10) must be done with the
express intent to address the needs of the rural school
district and shall be examined by the Illinois Community
College Board and State Board of Education to ensure that
the quality and instructional rigor of the course meet the
requirements of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-1049, eff. 1-1-19; revised 7-16-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.