Public Act 104-0267
 
HB3039 EnrolledLRB104 09488 LNS 19549 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 
27-22.10 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/27-22.10)
    Sec. 27-22.10. Course credit for high school diploma.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the 
school board of a school district that maintains any of grades 
9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a 
student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit 
school district or would be enrolled in the high school 
district upon completion of elementary school, whichever is 
applicable, may enroll in a course required under Section 
27-22 of this Code, provided that the course is offered by the 
high school that the student would attend, and (i) the student 
participates in the course at the location of the high school, 
and the elementary student's enrollment in the course would 
not prevent a high school student from being able to enroll, or 
(ii) the student participates in the course where the student 
attends school as long as the student passes the course and the 
end-of-course examination given at the high school granting 
the credit for the same course, demonstrating proficiency at 
the high school level, or (iii) the course is taught by a 
teacher who holds a professional educator license issued under 
Article 21B of this Code and endorsed for the grade level and 
content area of the course.
    (b) A school board that adopts a policy pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this Section must grant academic credit to 
an elementary school student who successfully completes the 
high school course, and that credit shall satisfy the 
requirements of Section 27-22 of this Code for that course.
    (c) A school board must award high school course credit to 
a student transferring to its school district for any course 
that the student successfully completed pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this Section, unless evidence about the course's rigor 
and content shows that it does not address the relevant 
Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate for the 
high school grade during which the course is usually taken, 
and that credit shall satisfy the requirements of Section 
27-22 of this Code for that course.
    (d) A student's grade in any course successfully completed 
under this Section must be included in his or her grade point 
average in accordance with the school board's policy for 
making that calculation. 
(Source: P.A. 99-189, eff. 7-30-15.)