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Bremen CHSD 228 reports rising AP participation, outlines pathway endorsements required under POWER Act
Summary
District staff reported AP participation rose to 1,020 testers with a 59% overall pass rate and described required pathway endorsements (one required, rising to three by 2031) under the POWER Act; several students were named as earning endorsements.
District staff reported a substantial increase in Advanced Placement participation and pass rates during the spring testing window. The district said it added 53 testers this year, bringing the total to 1,020 students (about 21% of the student population), and reported an overall AP pass rate of 59%.
Under the College and Career Pathway endorsements described by staff, the district must offer at least one pathway endorsement beginning with the class of 2027, two endorsements by 2029 and three by 2031. Staff said Bremen CHSD 228 is submitting the class of 2025 as meeting requirements for pathway endorsements in two areas after students earned at least six college credits, completed a 60-hour career development experience or internship, and demonstrated academic readiness for postsecondary work.
Staff named students who earned endorsements: Jurgen Acevedo, Sadie Benitez, Nicholas Cabral and Christian Cervantes earned the manufacturing engineering technology and trades endorsement for welding; Isabella Estrada (Bremen High School) earned the human and public service endorsement for teaching, and other students at Tinley Park and Oak Forest were also cited.
The district said it added two new courses—precalculus at all campuses and African American studies at one campus—that together accounted for 109 AP exams this year. Officials framed the results as part of ongoing efforts to expand both college-credit opportunities and career-focused pathways for students.
