Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 1501 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACT
Subpart C - PROGRAMS
Section 1501.313 - Dual Credit
Universal Citation: 23 IL Admin Code ยง 1501.313
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Dual credit courses offered by the college for high school students during the regular school day shall be college-level and shall meet the following requirements:
1) State Laws and Regulations and
Accreditation Standards. All State laws, ICCB regulations, accreditation
standards specified by the Higher Learning Commission and local college
policies that apply to courses, instructional procedures, and academic
standards at the college apply to college-level courses offered by the college
on campus, at off-campus sites, and at secondary schools. These policies,
regulations, instructional procedures, and academic standards apply to
students, faculty and staff associated with these courses. The Board hereby
incorporates by reference the following: Higher Learning Commission Assumed
Practices: Number: CRRT.B.10.020. (2018),
with no later editions or amendments, available from the Higher Learning
Commission (HLC), 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL
60604-1411.
2) Instructors. The
instructors for these courses shall be selected, employed and reviewed by the
community college. They shall be selected from individuals with appropriate
credentials and demonstrated teaching competencies at the college level.
A) For instructors teaching transfer courses
(1.1 PCS (in the ICCB Program
Classification System)), these qualifications shall include a minimum of a
master's degree within the discipline or any master's degree with 18 graduate
hours appropriate to the academic field of study or in the discipline in which
the instructors will be teaching.
B) High school instructors teaching dual
credit transfer courses who do not meet the faculty credential standards of
this subsection (a)(2) to determine minimally qualified faculty may
teach dual credit courses if the instructor has a professional development
plan, approved by the college and shared with the State Board of
Education.
C)
For
a high school instructor entering into a professional development plan
by December 31, 2022, to raise his or her credentials to be in line
with these credentials, the following requirements are in effect.
i)
The college shall have 30 days to
review the plan and approve an instructor professional development plan that is
in line with the credentials appropriate to the discipline being
taught.
ii)
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.
iii)
The instructor shall qualify for a professional development plan if the
instructor 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
* 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
* Agrees to demonstrate his or her progress toward completion to the supervising college, as outlined in the professional development plan. [110 ILCS 27/20(1)(B)]
iv) The provisions of this subsection
(a)(2)(B) and (C) shall not apply after December 31, 2022.
D)
For a high school instructor
entering into a professional development plan on or after January 1, 2023, to
raise his or her credentials to be in line with these credentials, the
following requirements are in effect.
i)
The college shall have 30 days to
review the plan and approve an instructor professional development plan that is
in line with the credentials appropriate to the discipline being
taught.
ii)
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.
iii)
The instructor shall qualify for a professional development plan if the
instructor 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 is a fully licensed instructor in career and technical education who
is halfway toward meeting the institution's requirements for faculty in the
discipline to be taught and agrees to demonstrate his or her progress toward
completion as outline in the professional development plan.
[110 ILCS
27/20]
E) For instructors teaching career and
technical education (1.2 PCS) courses, these
qualifications shall include 2,000 hours of work experience and appropriate
recognizable credentials and demonstrated teaching competencies appropriate to
the field of instruction.
3) Qualification of Students. Students
accepted for enrollment in college-level courses must have appropriate academic
qualifications, a high level of motivation, and adequate time to devote to
studying a college-level course. The students' course selections shall be made
in consultation with high school counselors and/or principals and are
restricted to students who are able to demonstrate readiness for college-level
work, as determined by placement procedures consistent with those that would be
used with college level students. The students shall meet all college criteria
and follow all college procedures for enrolling in courses. Credit hours
generated by freshman and sophomore students for dual credit courses are not
eligible for reimbursement.
4)
Placement Testing and Prerequisites. High school students enrolling in
college-level courses must satisfy the same course placement tests or course
prerequisites as other college level students, when applicable, to assure that
they are qualified and prepared.
5)
Course Offerings. Courses shall be selected from transfer courses that are
direct equivalents of those of baccalaureate institutions in Illinois (i.e.,
have been articulated) (see 23 Ill. Adm. Code
1501.309(d)) or
from courses in ICCB approved certificate or associate in applied science
degree programs.
6) Course
Requirements. The course outlines utilized for these courses shall be the same
as for courses offered on campus and at other off-campus sites and shall
contain the content articulated with colleges and universities in the State.
Course prerequisites, descriptions, outlines, requirements, learning outcomes
and methods of evaluating students shall be the same as for on-campus
offerings.
7) Concurrent Credit.
The determination of whether a college course is offered for concurrent high
school and college credit shall be made at the secondary level, according to
the school's policies and the practices of the district.
b) A community college district shall, upon the request of a school district within the jurisdiction of the community college district, enter into a partnership agreement with the school district to offer dual credit coursework.
1)
A school district may offer any
course identified in the Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education
Core Curriculum package under the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act
[110 ILCS
152 ] as a dual credit course on the campus of
a high school of the school district and may use a high school instructor who
has met the academic credential requirements under this subsection (b)
to teach the dual credit course. [110 ILCS 27
]
2) The partnership agreement
shall include all of the following:
A)
definition of roles and responsibilities for both the college and the high
school;
B) the dual credit courses
that the high school district will offer its students and location of
courses;
C) criteria for
eligibility for high school students to enroll in dual credit
coursework;
D) limitations that the
college or school district may have on course offerings;
E) requirements for academic credentials for
dual credit instructors, consistent with ICCB rules and Higher Learning
Commission standards;
F) criteria
by which the school district shall identify, and the college review and
approve, high school instructors of dual credit on the high school
campus;
G) the collaborative
process and criteria by which the community college district and the school
district will work to ensure students with disabilities have access to dual
credit;
H) criteria as to how the
college will take appropriate steps to ensure that dual credit courses are
equivalent to those offered at the community college; and
I) identification of costs associated with
the dual credit course.
3) The college shall establish a mechanism
for evaluating and documenting on a regular basis the performance of students
who complete dual credit courses consistent with students in traditional
credit-bearing college courses.
4)
A partnership agreement entered into, amended, renewed, or extended after the
December 31, 2022, shall allow a high school student who does not
otherwise meet the community college's academic eligibility requirements to
enroll in a dual credit course taught at the high school, but only for high
school credit. Instructors, in coordination with their higher learning partner,
may differentiate instruction by credit section. However, this shall
not be construed to allow the award of dual credit to a student who does not
meet the requirements of the partnership agreement.
A)
High schools shall establish
procedures, prior to the first day of class, to notify all individual high
school students enrolled in a mixed enrollment dual credit course that includes
students who have and have not met the criteria for dual credit coursework of
whether or not they are eligible to earn college credit for the
course.
B)
The
expectations for maintaining the rigor of dual credit courses that are taught
at the high school and including students not deemed ready for college-level
coursework are set according to the standards of the community
college.
5)
If, within 180 calendar days after the school district's initial
request to enter into a partnership agreement with the community college
district, the school district and the community college district do not reach
agreement on the partnership agreement, then the school district and community
college district shall jointly implement the provisions of the Model
Partnership Agreement, published on the ICCB website. [110 ILCS
27/16]
6)
A college may combine its negotiations with multiple high schools to establish
one multi-district partnership agreement or may negotiate individual
partnership agreements at its discretion.
c) Within 15 days after entering into or renewing a partnership agreement, the institution shall notify its faculty of the agreement, including access to copies of the agreement if requested.
d) The ICCB shall provide a report annually on its website that reports on aspects of professional development plans as specified in P. A. 102-1077
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