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

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 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.