Public Act 094-0534
 		





SB0574 Enrolled
LRB094 10884 RAS 41430 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 

 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
College and Career Success for All Students Act.
 
    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to ensure 
that each Illinois student has a sufficient education for 
success after high school and that all students have equal 
access to a substantive and rigorous curriculum that is 
designed to challenge their minds, enhance their knowledge and 
skills, and prepare them for success in college and work.
 
    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
    
"Advanced Placement course" means a course sponsored by 
the College Board and offered for college credit at the high 
school level.
      "Advanced Placement teacher" means a teacher of an 
Advanced Placement course.
    
"Pre-Advanced Placement" means set professional 
development resources and services that equip all middle and 
high school teachers with the strategies and tools they need to 
engage their students in active, high-level learning, thereby 
ensuring that every middle and high school student develops the 
skills, habits of mind, and concepts they need to succeed in 
Advanced Placement courses.
    
"Vertical Team" means a group of teachers and educators 
from different grade levels in a given discipline who work 
cooperatively to develop and implement a vertically aligned 
program aimed at helping students from diverse backgrounds 
acquire the academic skills necessary for success in Advanced 
Placement courses and other challenging courses.
 
    Section 15. Teacher training. 
    (a)  Subject to appropriation, a teacher of an Advanced 
Placement course must obtain appropriate training.  Subject to 
appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish 
clear, specific, and challenging training guidelines that 
require teachers of Advanced Placement courses to obtain 
recognized Advanced Placement training endorsed by the College 
Board.
    (b)  Advanced Placement and Pre-Advanced Placement training 
to teachers in Illinois high schools must do all of the 
following:
        (1)  Provide teachers of Advanced Placement and 
    teachers in courses that lead to Advanced Placement with 
    the necessary content knowledge and instructional skills 
    to prepare students for success in Advanced Placement 
    courses and examinations and other advanced course 
    examinations and mastery of postsecondary course content.
        (2)  Provide administrators, including principals and 
    counselors, with professional development that will enable 
    them to create strong and effective Advanced Placement 
    programs in their schools.
        (3)  Provide middle grade, junior high, and high school 
    teachers with Advanced Placement Vertical Team training 
    and other Pre-Advanced Placement professional development 
    that prepares students for success in Advanced Placement 
    courses.
        (4)  Support the implementation of an instructional 
    program for students in grades 6 through 12 that provides 
    an integrated set of instructional materials, diagnostic 
    assessments, and teacher professional development in 
    reading, writing, and mathematics that prepares all 
    students for enrollment and success in Advanced Placement 
    courses and in college.
 
    Section 20. Duties of the State Board. 
    (a)  In order to fulfill the purposes of this Act, the State 
Board of Education shall encourage school districts to offer 
rigorous courses in grades 6 through 11 that prepare students 
for the demands of Advanced Placement course work.  The State 
Board of Education shall also encourage school districts to 
make it a goal that all 10th graders take the Preliminary 
SAT/National Merit Scholars Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) so 
that test results will provide each high school with a database 
of student assessment data that guidance counselors and 
teachers will be able to use to identify students who are 
prepared or who need additional work to be prepared to enroll 
and be successful in Advanced Placement courses, using a 
research-based Advanced Placement identification program 
provided by the College Board.
    (b)  The State Board of Education shall do all of the 
following:
        (1)  Seek federal funding through the Advanced 
    Placement Incentive Program and the Math-Science 
    Partnership Program and use it to support Advanced 
    Placement and Pre-Advanced Placement teacher professional 
    development and to support the implementation of an 
    integrated instructional program for students in grades 6 
    through 12 in reading, writing, and mathematics that 
    prepares all students for enrollment and success in 
    Advanced Placement courses and in college.
        (2)  Focus State and federal funding with the intent to 
    carry out activities that target school districts serving 
    high concentrations of low-income students.
        (3)  Subject to appropriation, provide a plan of 
    communication that includes without limitation 
    disseminating to parents materials that emphasize the 
    importance of Advanced Placement or other advanced courses 
    to a student's ability to gain access to and to succeed in 
    postsecondary education and materials that emphasize the 
    importance of the PSAT/NMSQT, which provides diagnostic 
    feedback on skills and relates student scores to the 
    probability of success in Advanced Placement courses and 
    examinations, and disseminating this information to 
    students, teachers, counselors, administrators, school 
    districts, public community colleges, and State 
    universities.
        (4)  Subject to appropriation, annually evaluate the 
    impact of this Act on rates of student enrollment and 
    success in Advanced Placement courses, on high school 
    graduation rates, and on college enrollment rates.