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Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 3/23/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 424
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 424, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 27-22.10 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-22.10 new) |
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| Sec. 27-22.10. Course credit for high school diploma. |
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| (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the |
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| school board of a school district that maintains any of grades |
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| 9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy under which a |
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| student enrolled in grade 7 or 8 who is enrolled in the unit |
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| school district or would be enrolled in the high school |
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| district upon completion of elementary school, whichever is |
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| applicable, may enroll in a course required under Section 27-22 |
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| of this Code, provided that (i) the course is offered by the |
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| high school that the student would attend, (ii) the student |
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| participates in the course at the location of the high school, |
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| and (iii) the elementary student's enrollment in the course |
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| would not prevent a high school student from being able to |
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| enroll. |
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| (b) A school board that adopts a policy pursuant to |
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| subsection (a) of this Section must grant academic credit to an |
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| elementary school student who successfully completes the high |
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| school course, and that credit shall satisfy the requirements |
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| of Section 27-22 of this Code for that course. |
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| (c) A school board must award high school course credit to |
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| a student transferring to its school district for any course |
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| that the student successfully completed pursuant to subsection |
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| (a) of this Section, unless evidence about the course's rigor |
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| and content shows that it does not address the relevant |
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| Illinois Learning Standard at the level appropriate for the |
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| high school grade during which the course is usually taken, and |
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| that credit shall satisfy the requirements of Section 27-22 of |
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| this Code for that course. |
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| (d) A student's grade in any course successfully completed |
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| under this Section must be included in his or her grade point |
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| average in accordance with the school board's policy for making |
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| that calculation.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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