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Short title. This Act may be cited as the College and Career Success for All Students Act. (Source: P.A. 94-534, eff. 1-1-06.)
Illinois · statute · 105 ILCS 302 · 7 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the College and Career Success for All Students Act. (Source: P.A. 94-534, eff. 1-1-06.)
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 i…
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 th…
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…
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 di…
AP exam fee reduction program. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall create, under the College and Career Success for All Students program set forth in this Act, a program in public schools where any student who qualifies for free or reduced-price lunches will have fees charged by the College Boa…
Postsecondary-level course credit. (a) In this Section: "Institution of higher education" means a public university or public community college located in this State. "International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme subject" means an International Baccalaureate course taken by either International Baccalaureate diploma c…