There's good news for high school students taking advanced placement courses: Thanks to a new law, they'll get more credit for passing AP tests than before.
Advanced placement courses end with a College Board test, and a score of 3 is a passing grade. Universities in nearby states automatically grant credit for those scores, but many Illinois colleges require higher AP test scores of 4 or 5. Rep. Mark Batinick, a Plainfield Republican, says that contributes to Illinois' brain drain.
"We have a net out-migration of 16,500 higher-ed students per year, so we're losing the equivalent of two Eastern Illinois Universities annually," Batinick said.
He co-sponsored a new law that requires Illinois public colleges and universities to award credit for AP test scores of 3 or above, beginning in the fall of 2016.
