99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4132
 
Introduced 2/27/2015, by Rep. Esther Golar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 302/30 new
110 ILCS 205/13 new

     Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Provides that a student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public university. Requires each public university to comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 4 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion for a particular major at that public university. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall work with each public university on implementing and communicating the public university's policy for awarding advanced placement credits.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The College and Career Success for All Students 
5Act is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 302/30 new)
7    Sec. 30. Examination; postsecondary level course credit. 
8In this Section, 
9    (a) "Public university" means a State university located in 
10this State.
11    (b) A student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement

12examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the

13examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course

14credit at a public university, if elective credit is part of 
15the student's degree requirement.
16    (c) Each public university shall comply with
the same 
17standard of awarding course credit to any student
receiving a 
18score of 4 or higher on a College Board Advanced
Placement 
19examination and applying the credit to meet a
corresponding 
20course requirement for degree completion for a particular major 
21at that public university. 
 
22    Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended  by 
 
 
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1adding Section 13 as follows:
 
2    (110 ILCS 205/13 new)
3    Sec. 13. Advanced placement credit.      The Board shall work 
4with each public university on implementing and communicating 
5the public university's policy for awarding advanced placement 
6credits.