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| 4 | - | AN ACT concerning education. | |
| 5 | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 6 | - | represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 7 | - | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | |
| 8 | - | 14A-32 and 27-22 as follows: | |
| 9 | - | (105 ILCS 5/14A-32) | |
| 10 | - | Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district | |
| 11 | - | responsibilities. | |
| 12 | - | (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows | |
| 13 | - | for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by | |
| 14 | - | reference the following components: | |
| 15 | - | (1) a provision that provides that participation in | |
| 16 | - | accelerated placement is not limited to those children who | |
| 17 | - | have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is | |
| 18 | - | open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who | |
| 19 | - | may benefit from accelerated placement; | |
| 20 | - | (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that | |
| 21 | - | involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents | |
| 22 | - | or guardians; | |
| 23 | - | (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a | |
| 24 | - | child of a decision affecting that child's participation | |
| 25 | - | in an accelerated placement program; and | |
| 26 | - | (4) an assessment process that includes multiple | |
| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning education. | |
| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | |
| 7 | + | 5 14A-32 and 27-22 as follows: | |
| 8 | + | 6 (105 ILCS 5/14A-32) | |
| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 14A-32. Accelerated placement; school district | |
| 10 | + | 8 responsibilities. | |
| 11 | + | 9 (a) Each school district shall have a policy that allows | |
| 12 | + | 10 for accelerated placement that includes or incorporates by | |
| 13 | + | 11 reference the following components: | |
| 14 | + | 12 (1) a provision that provides that participation in | |
| 15 | + | 13 accelerated placement is not limited to those children who | |
| 16 | + | 14 have been identified as gifted and talented, but rather is | |
| 17 | + | 15 open to all children who demonstrate high ability and who | |
| 18 | + | 16 may benefit from accelerated placement; | |
| 19 | + | 17 (2) a fair and equitable decision-making process that | |
| 20 | + | 18 involves multiple persons and includes a student's parents | |
| 21 | + | 19 or guardians; | |
| 22 | + | 20 (3) procedures for notifying parents or guardians of a | |
| 23 | + | 21 child of a decision affecting that child's participation | |
| 24 | + | 22 in an accelerated placement program; and | |
| 25 | + | 23 (4) an assessment process that includes multiple | |
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| 33 | - | valid, reliable indicators. | |
| 34 | - | (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 | |
| 35 | - | school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 36 | - | shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following | |
| 37 | - | school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of | |
| 38 | - | advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student | |
| 39 | - | meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts, | |
| 40 | - | mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | |
| 41 | - | under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | |
| 42 | - | (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | |
| 43 | - | English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into | |
| 44 | - | the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | |
| 45 | - | English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | |
| 46 | - | (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | |
| 47 | - | mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next | |
| 48 | - | most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | |
| 49 | - | (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | |
| 50 | - | science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most | |
| 51 | - | rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | |
| 52 | - | (a-10) By no later than the beginning of the 2027-2028 | |
| 53 | - | school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 54 | - | shall allow for automatic eligibility, in the following school | |
| 55 | - | term, for a student to enroll in the next most rigorous level | |
| 56 | - | of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the | |
| 57 | - | student meets State standards in English language arts, | |
| 58 | - | mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | |
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| 34 | + | 1 valid, reliable indicators. | |
| 35 | + | 2 (a-5) By no later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 | |
| 36 | + | 3 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 37 | + | 4 shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following | |
| 38 | + | 5 school term, of a student into the next most rigorous level of | |
| 39 | + | 6 advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student | |
| 40 | + | 7 meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts, | |
| 41 | + | 8 mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | |
| 42 | + | 9 under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | |
| 43 | + | 10 (1) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | |
| 44 | + | 11 English language arts shall be automatically enrolled into | |
| 45 | + | 12 the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | |
| 46 | + | 13 English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | |
| 47 | + | 14 (2) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | |
| 48 | + | 15 mathematics shall be automatically enrolled into the next | |
| 49 | + | 16 most rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | |
| 50 | + | 17 (3) A student who meets or exceeds State standards in | |
| 51 | + | 18 science shall be automatically enrolled into the next most | |
| 52 | + | 19 rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | |
| 53 | + | 20 (a-10) By no later than the beginning of the 2027-2028 | |
| 54 | + | 21 school year, a school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 55 | + | 22 shall allow for automatic eligibility, in the following school | |
| 56 | + | 23 term, for a student to enroll in the next most rigorous level | |
| 57 | + | 24 of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the | |
| 58 | + | 25 student meets State standards in English language arts, | |
| 59 | + | 26 mathematics, or science on a State assessment administered | |
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| 61 | - | under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | |
| 62 | - | (1) A student who meets State standards in English | |
| 63 | - | language arts shall be automatically eligible to enroll in | |
| 64 | - | the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | |
| 65 | - | English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | |
| 66 | - | (2) A student who meets State standards in mathematics | |
| 67 | - | shall be automatically eligible to enroll in the next most | |
| 68 | - | rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | |
| 69 | - | (3) A student who meets State standards in science | |
| 70 | - | shall be automatically eligible to enroll in the next most | |
| 71 | - | rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | |
| 72 | - | (a-15) For a student entering grade 12, the next most | |
| 73 | - | rigorous level of advanced coursework in English language arts | |
| 74 | - | or mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the | |
| 75 | - | Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced Placement course, as | |
| 76 | - | defined in Section 10 of the College and Career Success for All | |
| 77 | - | Students Act, or an International Baccalaureate course; | |
| 78 | - | otherwise, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework | |
| 79 | - | under this subsection (a-15) (a-5) may include a dual credit | |
| 80 | - | course, as defined in the Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced | |
| 81 | - | Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and | |
| 82 | - | Career Success for All Students Act, an International | |
| 83 | - | Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment | |
| 84 | - | opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by | |
| 85 | - | the district. | |
| 86 | - | A school district may use the student's most recent State | |
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| 89 | - | assessment results to determine whether a student meets or | |
| 90 | - | exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9, | |
| 91 | - | results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8 | |
| 92 | - | may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a | |
| 93 | - | locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used | |
| 94 | - | instead of the State assessment if those results are the most | |
| 95 | - | recent. | |
| 96 | - | (a-20) A school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 97 | - | may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction | |
| 98 | - | completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit | |
| 99 | - | of instruction is required by this Code or rules adopted by the | |
| 100 | - | State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high | |
| 101 | - | school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined | |
| 102 | - | that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in | |
| 103 | - | the content of the course or unit of instruction. The school | |
| 104 | - | district shall maintain documentation of this determination of | |
| 105 | - | mastery or competency for each student, that shall include | |
| 106 | - | identification of the learning standards or competencies | |
| 107 | - | reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student | |
| 108 | - | performance, the date of the determination, and identification | |
| 109 | - | of the district personnel involved in the determination | |
| 110 | - | process. | |
| 111 | - | (a-25) A school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 112 | - | must include a process through which the parent or guardian of | |
| 113 | - | each student who meets State standards is provided | |
| 114 | - | notification in writing of the student's eligibility for | |
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| 117 | - | enrollment in accelerated courses. This notification must | |
| 118 | - | provide details on the procedures for the parent or guardian | |
| 119 | - | to enroll or not enroll the student in accelerated courses, in | |
| 120 | - | writing, on forms the school district makes available. If no | |
| 121 | - | course selection is made by the parent or guardian in | |
| 122 | - | accordance with procedures set forth by the school district, | |
| 123 | - | the student shall be automatically enrolled in the next most | |
| 124 | - | rigorous level of coursework. A school district must provide | |
| 125 | - | the parent or guardian of a student eligible for automatic | |
| 126 | - | enrollment under this subsection (a-5) or (a-10) with the | |
| 127 | - | option to instead have the student enroll in alternative | |
| 128 | - | coursework that better aligns with the student's postsecondary | |
| 129 | - | education or career goals. If applicable, a school district | |
| 130 | - | must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian | |
| 131 | - | that the student will receive a waiver of a course or unit of | |
| 132 | - | instruction completion requirement under subsections (a-5) or | |
| 133 | - | (a-10). | |
| 134 | - | Nothing in subsection this subsection (a-5) or (a-10) may | |
| 135 | - | be interpreted to preclude other students from enrolling in | |
| 136 | - | advanced coursework per the policy of a school district. | |
| 137 | - | (a-30) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the | |
| 138 | - | implementation of policies that allow for automatic enrollment | |
| 139 | - | of students who meet standards on State assessments into the | |
| 140 | - | next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by a | |
| 141 | - | high school. | |
| 142 | - | (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement | |
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| 70 | + | 1 under Section 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | |
| 71 | + | 2 (1) A student who meets State standards in English | |
| 72 | + | 3 language arts shall be automatically eligible to enroll in | |
| 73 | + | 4 the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework in | |
| 74 | + | 5 English, social studies, humanities, or related subjects. | |
| 75 | + | 6 (2) A student who meets State standards in mathematics | |
| 76 | + | 7 shall be automatically eligible to enroll in the next most | |
| 77 | + | 8 rigorous level of advanced coursework in mathematics. | |
| 78 | + | 9 (3) A student who meets State standards in science | |
| 79 | + | 10 shall be automatically eligible to enroll in the next most | |
| 80 | + | 11 rigorous level of advanced coursework in science. | |
| 81 | + | 12 (a-15) For a student entering grade 12, the next most | |
| 82 | + | 13 rigorous level of advanced coursework in English language arts | |
| 83 | + | 14 or mathematics shall be a dual credit course, as defined in the | |
| 84 | + | 15 Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced Placement course, as | |
| 85 | + | 16 defined in Section 10 of the College and Career Success for All | |
| 86 | + | 17 Students Act, or an International Baccalaureate course; | |
| 87 | + | 18 otherwise, the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework | |
| 88 | + | 19 under this subsection (a-15) (a-5) may include a dual credit | |
| 89 | + | 20 course, as defined in the Dual Credit Quality Act, an Advanced | |
| 90 | + | 21 Placement course, as defined in Section 10 of the College and | |
| 91 | + | 22 Career Success for All Students Act, an International | |
| 92 | + | 23 Baccalaureate course, an honors class, an enrichment | |
| 93 | + | 24 opportunity, a gifted program, or another program offered by | |
| 94 | + | 25 the district. | |
| 95 | + | 26 A school district may use the student's most recent State | |
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| 145 | - | policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not | |
| 146 | - | be limited to, the following components: | |
| 147 | - | (1) procedures for annually informing the community | |
| 148 | - | at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based | |
| 149 | - | organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs, | |
| 150 | - | about the accelerated placement program and the methods | |
| 151 | - | used for the identification of children eligible for | |
| 152 | - | accelerated placement, including strategies to reach | |
| 153 | - | groups of students and families who have been historically | |
| 154 | - | underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and | |
| 155 | - | advanced coursework; | |
| 156 | - | (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple | |
| 157 | - | referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other | |
| 158 | - | referrers may include licensed education professionals, | |
| 159 | - | the child, with the written consent of a parent or | |
| 160 | - | guardian, a peer, through a licensed education | |
| 161 | - | professional who has knowledge of the referred child's | |
| 162 | - | abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a | |
| 163 | - | preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who | |
| 164 | - | knows the child; | |
| 165 | - | (3) a provision that provides that children | |
| 166 | - | participating in an accelerated placement program and | |
| 167 | - | their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan | |
| 168 | - | detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive | |
| 169 | - | and strategies to support the child; | |
| 170 | - | (4) procedures to provide support and promote success | |
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| 173 | - | for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated | |
| 174 | - | placement program; | |
| 175 | - | (5) a process for the school district to review and | |
| 176 | - | utilize disaggregated data on participation in an | |
| 177 | - | accelerated placement program to address gaps among | |
| 178 | - | demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities; | |
| 179 | - | and | |
| 180 | - | (6) procedures to promote equity, which may | |
| 181 | - | incorporate one or more of the following evidence-based | |
| 182 | - | practices: | |
| 183 | - | (A) the use of multiple tools to assess | |
| 184 | - | exceptional potential and provide several pathways | |
| 185 | - | into advanced academic programs when assessing student | |
| 186 | - | need for advanced academic or accelerated programming; | |
| 187 | - | (B) providing enrichment opportunities starting in | |
| 188 | - | the early grades to address achievement gaps that | |
| 189 | - | occur at school entry and provide students with | |
| 190 | - | opportunities to demonstrate their advanced potential; | |
| 191 | - | (C) the use of universal screening combined with | |
| 192 | - | local school-based norms for placement in accelerated | |
| 193 | - | and advanced learning programs; | |
| 194 | - | (D) developing a continuum of services to identify | |
| 195 | - | and develop talent in all learners ranging from | |
| 196 | - | enriched learning experiences, such as problem-based | |
| 197 | - | learning, performance tasks, critical thinking, and | |
| 198 | - | career exploration, to accelerated placement and | |
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| 201 | - | advanced academic programming; and | |
| 202 | - | (E) providing professional learning in gifted | |
| 203 | - | education for teachers and other appropriate school | |
| 204 | - | personnel to appropriately identify and challenge | |
| 205 | - | students from diverse cultures and backgrounds who may | |
| 206 | - | benefit from accelerated placement or advanced | |
| 207 | - | academic programming. | |
| 208 | - | (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | |
| 209 | - | determine data to be collected and disaggregated by | |
| 210 | - | demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including | |
| 211 | - | the rates of students who participate in and successfully | |
| 212 | - | complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the | |
| 213 | - | information available to the public. | |
| 214 | - | (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of | |
| 215 | - | disaggregated data on the participation and successful | |
| 216 | - | completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated | |
| 217 | - | placement program, each school district shall develop a plan | |
| 218 | - | to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to | |
| 219 | - | ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased | |
| 220 | - | demand. | |
| 221 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 (See Section 5 of P.A. | |
| 222 | - | 102-671 for effective date of P.A. 102-209); 103-263, eff. | |
| 223 | - | 6-30-23.) | |
| 224 | - | (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22) | |
| 225 | - | Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses. | |
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| 106 | + | 1 assessment results to determine whether a student meets or | |
| 107 | + | 2 exceeds State standards. For a student entering grade 9, | |
| 108 | + | 3 results from the State assessment taken in grades 6 through 8 | |
| 109 | + | 4 may be used. For other high school grades, the results from a | |
| 110 | + | 5 locally selected, nationally normed assessment may be used | |
| 111 | + | 6 instead of the State assessment if those results are the most | |
| 112 | + | 7 recent. | |
| 113 | + | 8 (a-20) A school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 114 | + | 9 may allow for the waiver of a course or unit of instruction | |
| 115 | + | 10 completion requirement if (i) completion of the course or unit | |
| 116 | + | 11 of instruction is required by this Code or rules adopted by the | |
| 117 | + | 12 State Board of Education as a prerequisite to receiving a high | |
| 118 | + | 13 school diploma and (ii) the school district has determined | |
| 119 | + | 14 that the student has demonstrated mastery of or competency in | |
| 120 | + | 15 the content of the course or unit of instruction. The school | |
| 121 | + | 16 district shall maintain documentation of this determination of | |
| 122 | + | 17 mastery or competency for each student, that shall include | |
| 123 | + | 18 identification of the learning standards or competencies | |
| 124 | + | 19 reviewed, the methods of measurement used, student | |
| 125 | + | 20 performance, the date of the determination, and identification | |
| 126 | + | 21 of the district personnel involved in the determination | |
| 127 | + | 22 process. | |
| 128 | + | 23 (a-25) A school district's accelerated placement policy | |
| 129 | + | 24 must include a process through which the parent or guardian of | |
| 130 | + | 25 each student who meets State standards is provided | |
| 131 | + | 26 notification in writing of the student's eligibility for | |
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| 228 | - | (a) (Blank). | |
| 229 | - | (b) (Blank). | |
| 230 | - | (c) (Blank). | |
| 231 | - | (d) (Blank). | |
| 232 | - | (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite | |
| 233 | - | to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the | |
| 234 | - | 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, | |
| 235 | - | successfully complete all of the following courses: | |
| 236 | - | (1) Four years of language arts. | |
| 237 | - | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | |
| 238 | - | which must be English and the other of which may be English | |
| 239 | - | or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | |
| 240 | - | courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | |
| 241 | - | graduation requirements. | |
| 242 | - | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | |
| 243 | - | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | |
| 244 | - | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | |
| 245 | - | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | |
| 246 | - | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | |
| 247 | - | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | |
| 248 | - | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | |
| 249 | - | path. | |
| 250 | - | (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | |
| 251 | - | 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | |
| 252 | - | of a course that includes intensive instruction in | |
| 253 | - | computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | |
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| 256 | - | or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | |
| 257 | - | fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | |
| 258 | - | (4) Two years of science. | |
| 259 | - | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | |
| 260 | - | year must be history of the United States or a combination | |
| 261 | - | of history of the United States and American government | |
| 262 | - | and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | |
| 263 | - | 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | |
| 264 | - | least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | |
| 265 | - | people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | |
| 266 | - | attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | |
| 267 | - | responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | |
| 268 | - | content shall focus on government institutions, the | |
| 269 | - | discussion of current and controversial issues, service | |
| 270 | - | learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | |
| 271 | - | School districts may utilize private funding available for | |
| 272 | - | the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with | |
| 273 | - | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | |
| 274 | - | year, one semester, or part of one semester, may include a | |
| 275 | - | financial literacy course. | |
| 276 | - | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | |
| 277 | - | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | |
| 278 | - | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | |
| 279 | - | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | |
| 280 | - | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | |
| 281 | - | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | |
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| 284 | - | requirement under this subdivision (6). | |
| 285 | - | (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | |
| 286 | - | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | |
| 287 | - | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | |
| 288 | - | requirements, successfully complete all of the following | |
| 289 | - | courses: | |
| 290 | - | (1) Four years of language arts. | |
| 291 | - | (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | |
| 292 | - | which must be English and the other of which may be English | |
| 293 | - | or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | |
| 294 | - | courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | |
| 295 | - | graduation requirements. | |
| 296 | - | (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | |
| 297 | - | Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | |
| 298 | - | one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | |
| 299 | - | course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | |
| 300 | - | content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | |
| 301 | - | interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | |
| 302 | - | course that prepares a student for a career readiness | |
| 303 | - | path. | |
| 304 | - | (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | |
| 305 | - | instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | |
| 306 | - | social studies, or any other subject and which may be | |
| 307 | - | counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | |
| 308 | - | requirements. | |
| 309 | - | (4) Two years of laboratory science. | |
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| 142 | + | 1 enrollment in accelerated courses. This notification must | |
| 143 | + | 2 provide details on the procedures for the parent or guardian | |
| 144 | + | 3 to enroll or not enroll the student in accelerated courses, in | |
| 145 | + | 4 writing, on forms the school district makes available. If no | |
| 146 | + | 5 course selection is made by the parent or guardian in | |
| 147 | + | 6 accordance with procedures set forth by the school district, | |
| 148 | + | 7 the student shall be automatically enrolled in the next most | |
| 149 | + | 8 rigorous level of coursework. A school district must provide | |
| 150 | + | 9 the parent or guardian of a student eligible for automatic | |
| 151 | + | 10 enrollment under this subsection (a-5) or (a-10) with the | |
| 152 | + | 11 option to instead have the student enroll in alternative | |
| 153 | + | 12 coursework that better aligns with the student's postsecondary | |
| 154 | + | 13 education or career goals. If applicable, a school district | |
| 155 | + | 14 must provide notification to a student's parent or guardian | |
| 156 | + | 15 that the student will receive a waiver of a course or unit of | |
| 157 | + | 16 instruction completion requirement under subsections (a-5) or | |
| 158 | + | 17 (a-10). | |
| 159 | + | 18 Nothing in subsection this subsection (a-5) or (a-10) may | |
| 160 | + | 19 be interpreted to preclude other students from enrolling in | |
| 161 | + | 20 advanced coursework per the policy of a school district. | |
| 162 | + | 21 (a-30) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the | |
| 163 | + | 22 implementation of policies that allow for automatic enrollment | |
| 164 | + | 23 of students who meet standards on State assessments into the | |
| 165 | + | 24 next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by a | |
| 166 | + | 25 high school. | |
| 167 | + | 26 (b) Further, a school district's accelerated placement | |
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| 312 | - | (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | |
| 313 | - | year must be history of the United States or a combination | |
| 314 | - | of history of the United States and American government | |
| 315 | - | and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | |
| 316 | - | young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | |
| 317 | - | knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | |
| 318 | - | competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | |
| 319 | - | Civics course content shall focus on government | |
| 320 | - | institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | |
| 321 | - | issues, service learning, and simulations of the | |
| 322 | - | democratic process. School districts may utilize private | |
| 323 | - | funding available for the purposes of offering civics | |
| 324 | - | education. One semester, or part of one semester, may | |
| 325 | - | include a financial literacy course. | |
| 326 | - | (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | |
| 327 | - | foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | |
| 328 | - | American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | |
| 329 | - | forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | |
| 330 | - | course used to satisfy the course requirement under | |
| 331 | - | subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | |
| 332 | - | requirement under this subdivision (6). | |
| 333 | - | (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | |
| 334 | - | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | |
| 335 | - | entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | |
| 336 | - | requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | |
| 337 | - | language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | |
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| 340 | - | pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | |
| 341 | - | the requirement under subdivision (6) of subsection (e-5). | |
| 342 | - | (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | |
| 343 | - | school districts of standards for writing-intensive | |
| 344 | - | coursework. | |
| 345 | - | (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | |
| 346 | - | computer science course to high school students, then the | |
| 347 | - | school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | |
| 348 | - | high school mathematics course and must denote on the | |
| 349 | - | student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | |
| 350 | - | science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | |
| 351 | - | course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | |
| 352 | - | subsection (e) of this Section. | |
| 353 | - | (g) Public Act 83-1082 does not apply to pupils entering | |
| 354 | - | the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior school years | |
| 355 | - | or to students with disabilities whose course of study is | |
| 356 | - | determined by an individualized education program. | |
| 357 | - | Public Act 94-676 does not apply to pupils entering the | |
| 358 | - | 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school year or a prior school year | |
| 359 | - | or to students with disabilities whose course of study is | |
| 360 | - | determined by an individualized education program. | |
| 361 | - | Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply to | |
| 362 | - | pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | |
| 363 | - | prior school year or to students with disabilities whose | |
| 364 | - | course of study is determined by an individualized education | |
| 365 | - | program. | |
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| 368 | - | Subsection (e-5) does not apply to pupils entering the 9th | |
| 369 | - | grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior school year or to | |
| 370 | - | students with disabilities whose course of study is determined | |
| 371 | - | by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | |
| 372 | - | not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | |
| 373 | - | school year or a prior school year or to students with | |
| 374 | - | disabilities whose course of study is determined by an | |
| 375 | - | individualized education program. | |
| 376 | - | (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | |
| 377 | - | provisions of Sections 14A-32 and Section 27-22.05 of this | |
| 378 | - | Code and the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. | |
| 379 | - | (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | |
| 380 | - | the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | |
| 381 | - | grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | |
| 382 | - | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
| 383 | - | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | |
| 384 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-366, eff. 8-13-21; 102-551, eff. 1-1-22; | |
| 385 | - | 102-864, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) | |
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| 178 | + | 1 policy may include or incorporate by reference, but need not | |
| 179 | + | 2 be limited to, the following components: | |
| 180 | + | 3 (1) procedures for annually informing the community | |
| 181 | + | 4 at-large, including parents or guardians, community-based | |
| 182 | + | 5 organizations, and providers of out-of-school programs, | |
| 183 | + | 6 about the accelerated placement program and the methods | |
| 184 | + | 7 used for the identification of children eligible for | |
| 185 | + | 8 accelerated placement, including strategies to reach | |
| 186 | + | 9 groups of students and families who have been historically | |
| 187 | + | 10 underrepresented in accelerated placement programs and | |
| 188 | + | 11 advanced coursework; | |
| 189 | + | 12 (2) a process for referral that allows for multiple | |
| 190 | + | 13 referrers, including a child's parents or guardians; other | |
| 191 | + | 14 referrers may include licensed education professionals, | |
| 192 | + | 15 the child, with the written consent of a parent or | |
| 193 | + | 16 guardian, a peer, through a licensed education | |
| 194 | + | 17 professional who has knowledge of the referred child's | |
| 195 | + | 18 abilities, or, in case of possible early entrance, a | |
| 196 | + | 19 preschool educator, pediatrician, or psychologist who | |
| 197 | + | 20 knows the child; | |
| 198 | + | 21 (3) a provision that provides that children | |
| 199 | + | 22 participating in an accelerated placement program and | |
| 200 | + | 23 their parents or guardians will be provided a written plan | |
| 201 | + | 24 detailing the type of acceleration the child will receive | |
| 202 | + | 25 and strategies to support the child; | |
| 203 | + | 26 (4) procedures to provide support and promote success | |
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| 214 | + | 1 for students who are newly enrolled in an accelerated | |
| 215 | + | 2 placement program; | |
| 216 | + | 3 (5) a process for the school district to review and | |
| 217 | + | 4 utilize disaggregated data on participation in an | |
| 218 | + | 5 accelerated placement program to address gaps among | |
| 219 | + | 6 demographic groups in accelerated placement opportunities; | |
| 220 | + | 7 and | |
| 221 | + | 8 (6) procedures to promote equity, which may | |
| 222 | + | 9 incorporate one or more of the following evidence-based | |
| 223 | + | 10 practices: | |
| 224 | + | 11 (A) the use of multiple tools to assess | |
| 225 | + | 12 exceptional potential and provide several pathways | |
| 226 | + | 13 into advanced academic programs when assessing student | |
| 227 | + | 14 need for advanced academic or accelerated programming; | |
| 228 | + | 15 (B) providing enrichment opportunities starting in | |
| 229 | + | 16 the early grades to address achievement gaps that | |
| 230 | + | 17 occur at school entry and provide students with | |
| 231 | + | 18 opportunities to demonstrate their advanced potential; | |
| 232 | + | 19 (C) the use of universal screening combined with | |
| 233 | + | 20 local school-based norms for placement in accelerated | |
| 234 | + | 21 and advanced learning programs; | |
| 235 | + | 22 (D) developing a continuum of services to identify | |
| 236 | + | 23 and develop talent in all learners ranging from | |
| 237 | + | 24 enriched learning experiences, such as problem-based | |
| 238 | + | 25 learning, performance tasks, critical thinking, and | |
| 239 | + | 26 career exploration, to accelerated placement and | |
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| 250 | + | 1 advanced academic programming; and | |
| 251 | + | 2 (E) providing professional learning in gifted | |
| 252 | + | 3 education for teachers and other appropriate school | |
| 253 | + | 4 personnel to appropriately identify and challenge | |
| 254 | + | 5 students from diverse cultures and backgrounds who may | |
| 255 | + | 6 benefit from accelerated placement or advanced | |
| 256 | + | 7 academic programming. | |
| 257 | + | 8 (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | |
| 258 | + | 9 determine data to be collected and disaggregated by | |
| 259 | + | 10 demographic group regarding accelerated placement, including | |
| 260 | + | 11 the rates of students who participate in and successfully | |
| 261 | + | 12 complete advanced coursework, and a method of making the | |
| 262 | + | 13 information available to the public. | |
| 263 | + | 14 (d) On or before November 1, 2022, following a review of | |
| 264 | + | 15 disaggregated data on the participation and successful | |
| 265 | + | 16 completion rates of students enrolled in an accelerated | |
| 266 | + | 17 placement program, each school district shall develop a plan | |
| 267 | + | 18 to expand access to its accelerated placement program and to | |
| 268 | + | 19 ensure the teaching capacity necessary to meet the increased | |
| 269 | + | 20 demand. | |
| 270 | + | 21 (Source: P.A. 102-209, eff. 11-30-21 (See Section 5 of P.A. | |
| 271 | + | 22 102-671 for effective date of P.A. 102-209); 103-263, eff. | |
| 272 | + | 23 6-30-23.) | |
| 273 | + | 24 (105 ILCS 5/27-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22) | |
| 274 | + | 25 Sec. 27-22. Required high school courses. | |
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| 285 | + | 1 (a) (Blank). | |
| 286 | + | 2 (b) (Blank). | |
| 287 | + | 3 (c) (Blank). | |
| 288 | + | 4 (d) (Blank). | |
| 289 | + | 5 (e) Through the 2023-2024 school year, as a prerequisite | |
| 290 | + | 6 to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the | |
| 291 | + | 7 9th grade must, in addition to other course requirements, | |
| 292 | + | 8 successfully complete all of the following courses: | |
| 293 | + | 9 (1) Four years of language arts. | |
| 294 | + | 10 (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | |
| 295 | + | 11 which must be English and the other of which may be English | |
| 296 | + | 12 or any other subject. When applicable, writing-intensive | |
| 297 | + | 13 courses may be counted towards the fulfillment of other | |
| 298 | + | 14 graduation requirements. | |
| 299 | + | 15 (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | |
| 300 | + | 16 Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | |
| 301 | + | 17 one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | |
| 302 | + | 18 course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | |
| 303 | + | 19 content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | |
| 304 | + | 20 interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | |
| 305 | + | 21 course that prepares a student for a career readiness | |
| 306 | + | 22 path. | |
| 307 | + | 23 (3.5) For pupils entering the 9th grade in the | |
| 308 | + | 24 2022-2023 school year and 2023-2024 school year, one year | |
| 309 | + | 25 of a course that includes intensive instruction in | |
| 310 | + | 26 computer literacy, which may be English, social studies, | |
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| 321 | + | 1 or any other subject and which may be counted toward the | |
| 322 | + | 2 fulfillment of other graduation requirements. | |
| 323 | + | 3 (4) Two years of science. | |
| 324 | + | 4 (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | |
| 325 | + | 5 year must be history of the United States or a combination | |
| 326 | + | 6 of history of the United States and American government | |
| 327 | + | 7 and, beginning with pupils entering the 9th grade in the | |
| 328 | + | 8 2016-2017 school year and each school year thereafter, at | |
| 329 | + | 9 least one semester must be civics, which shall help young | |
| 330 | + | 10 people acquire and learn to use the skills, knowledge, and | |
| 331 | + | 11 attitudes that will prepare them to be competent and | |
| 332 | + | 12 responsible citizens throughout their lives. Civics course | |
| 333 | + | 13 content shall focus on government institutions, the | |
| 334 | + | 14 discussion of current and controversial issues, service | |
| 335 | + | 15 learning, and simulations of the democratic process. | |
| 336 | + | 16 School districts may utilize private funding available for | |
| 337 | + | 17 the purposes of offering civics education. Beginning with | |
| 338 | + | 18 pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school | |
| 339 | + | 19 year, one semester, or part of one semester, may include a | |
| 340 | + | 20 financial literacy course. | |
| 341 | + | 21 (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | |
| 342 | + | 22 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | |
| 343 | + | 23 American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | |
| 344 | + | 24 forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | |
| 345 | + | 25 course used to satisfy the course requirement under | |
| 346 | + | 26 subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | |
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| 357 | + | 1 requirement under this subdivision (6). | |
| 358 | + | 2 (e-5) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, as a | |
| 359 | + | 3 prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | |
| 360 | + | 4 entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | |
| 361 | + | 5 requirements, successfully complete all of the following | |
| 362 | + | 6 courses: | |
| 363 | + | 7 (1) Four years of language arts. | |
| 364 | + | 8 (2) Two years of writing intensive courses, one of | |
| 365 | + | 9 which must be English and the other of which may be English | |
| 366 | + | 10 or any other subject. If applicable, writing-intensive | |
| 367 | + | 11 courses may be counted toward the fulfillment of other | |
| 368 | + | 12 graduation requirements. | |
| 369 | + | 13 (3) Three years of mathematics, one of which must be | |
| 370 | + | 14 Algebra I, one of which must include geometry content, and | |
| 371 | + | 15 one of which may be an Advanced Placement computer science | |
| 372 | + | 16 course. A mathematics course that includes geometry | |
| 373 | + | 17 content may be offered as an integrated, applied, | |
| 374 | + | 18 interdisciplinary, or career and technical education | |
| 375 | + | 19 course that prepares a student for a career readiness | |
| 376 | + | 20 path. | |
| 377 | + | 21 (3.5) One year of a course that includes intensive | |
| 378 | + | 22 instruction in computer literacy, which may be English, | |
| 379 | + | 23 social studies, or any other subject and which may be | |
| 380 | + | 24 counted toward the fulfillment of other graduation | |
| 381 | + | 25 requirements. | |
| 382 | + | 26 (4) Two years of laboratory science. | |
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| 393 | + | 1 (5) Two years of social studies, of which at least one | |
| 394 | + | 2 year must be history of the United States or a combination | |
| 395 | + | 3 of history of the United States and American government | |
| 396 | + | 4 and at least one semester must be civics, which shall help | |
| 397 | + | 5 young people acquire and learn to use the skills, | |
| 398 | + | 6 knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be | |
| 399 | + | 7 competent and responsible citizens throughout their lives. | |
| 400 | + | 8 Civics course content shall focus on government | |
| 401 | + | 9 institutions, the discussion of current and controversial | |
| 402 | + | 10 issues, service learning, and simulations of the | |
| 403 | + | 11 democratic process. School districts may utilize private | |
| 404 | + | 12 funding available for the purposes of offering civics | |
| 405 | + | 13 education. One semester, or part of one semester, may | |
| 406 | + | 14 include a financial literacy course. | |
| 407 | + | 15 (6) One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) | |
| 408 | + | 16 foreign language, which shall be deemed to include | |
| 409 | + | 17 American Sign Language, (D) vocational education, or (E) | |
| 410 | + | 18 forensic speech (speech and debate). A forensic speech | |
| 411 | + | 19 course used to satisfy the course requirement under | |
| 412 | + | 20 subdivision (1) may not be used to satisfy the course | |
| 413 | + | 21 requirement under this subdivision (6). | |
| 414 | + | 22 (e-10) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year, as a | |
| 415 | + | 23 prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | |
| 416 | + | 24 entering the 9th grade must, in addition to other course | |
| 417 | + | 25 requirements, successfully complete 2 years of foreign | |
| 418 | + | 26 language courses, which may include American Sign Language. A | |
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| 429 | + | 1 pupil may choose a third year of foreign language to satisfy | |
| 430 | + | 2 the requirement under subdivision (6) of subsection (e-5). | |
| 431 | + | 3 (f) The State Board of Education shall develop and inform | |
| 432 | + | 4 school districts of standards for writing-intensive | |
| 433 | + | 5 coursework. | |
| 434 | + | 6 (f-5) If a school district offers an Advanced Placement | |
| 435 | + | 7 computer science course to high school students, then the | |
| 436 | + | 8 school board must designate that course as equivalent to a | |
| 437 | + | 9 high school mathematics course and must denote on the | |
| 438 | + | 10 student's transcript that the Advanced Placement computer | |
| 439 | + | 11 science course qualifies as a mathematics-based, quantitative | |
| 440 | + | 12 course for students in accordance with subdivision (3) of | |
| 441 | + | 13 subsection (e) of this Section. | |
| 442 | + | 14 (g) Public Act 83-1082 does not apply to pupils entering | |
| 443 | + | 15 the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior school years | |
| 444 | + | 16 or to students with disabilities whose course of study is | |
| 445 | + | 17 determined by an individualized education program. | |
| 446 | + | 18 Public Act 94-676 does not apply to pupils entering the | |
| 447 | + | 19 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school year or a prior school year | |
| 448 | + | 20 or to students with disabilities whose course of study is | |
| 449 | + | 21 determined by an individualized education program. | |
| 450 | + | 22 Subdivision (3.5) of subsection (e) does not apply to | |
| 451 | + | 23 pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2021-2022 school year or a | |
| 452 | + | 24 prior school year or to students with disabilities whose | |
| 453 | + | 25 course of study is determined by an individualized education | |
| 454 | + | 26 program. | |
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| 465 | + | 1 Subsection (e-5) does not apply to pupils entering the 9th | |
| 466 | + | 2 grade in the 2023-2024 school year or a prior school year or to | |
| 467 | + | 3 students with disabilities whose course of study is determined | |
| 468 | + | 4 by an individualized education program. Subsection (e-10) does | |
| 469 | + | 5 not apply to pupils entering the 9th grade in the 2027-2028 | |
| 470 | + | 6 school year or a prior school year or to students with | |
| 471 | + | 7 disabilities whose course of study is determined by an | |
| 472 | + | 8 individualized education program. | |
| 473 | + | 9 (h) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | |
| 474 | + | 10 provisions of Sections 14A-32 and Section 27-22.05 of this | |
| 475 | + | 11 Code and the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act. | |
| 476 | + | 12 (i) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to modify | |
| 477 | + | 13 the requirements of this Section for any students enrolled in | |
| 478 | + | 14 grades 9 through 12 if the Governor has declared a disaster due | |
| 479 | + | 15 to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | |
| 480 | + | 16 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | |
| 481 | + | 17 (Source: P.A. 102-366, eff. 8-13-21; 102-551, eff. 1-1-22; | |
| 482 | + | 18 102-864, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) | |
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