LLCC receives grant to expand dual credit program

Springfield, IL (wtax.com) – Lincoln Land Community College is one of many community colleges in the state set to receive grant money to increase access to the Dual Credit Program.  The program lets students earn college-level credits while they are still attending high school. The Illinois Community College Board announced Friday that $3 million dollars in state grants will help expand the program that has increased by 29% cumulatively over the last five years and 65% cumulatively over the last decade.

“We know students who take dual credit courses are significantly more likely to earn a college degree than those that don’t.  This is especially true for students from underserved communities.  This grant funding will increase access to dual credit and help more students earn college credit before graduating from high school thus savings students time and money in college,” said ICCB Executive Director Brian Durham.

According to a new report from the ICCB, in Illinois (during fiscal year 2023) a total of 82,602 individual (i.e., “unduplicated”) high school students enrolled in one or more community college dual credit courses.  Lincoln Land Community College will receive $105,000 this year.