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| the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. |
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| 512. Two members of the panel shall be university officials |
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| with expertise in the applicable field of study, appointed |
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| by the board of trustees of the university submitting the |
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| program proposal. One member shall be a Community College |
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| District No. 512 official with expertise in the applicable |
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| field of study, appointed by the Board of Trustees of |
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| Community College District No. 512. Community College |
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| District No. 512 may only proceed with the pilot program if |
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| a majority of the panel rules that the university's |
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| proposed program on Community College District No. 512's |
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| campus or extension site does not reasonably meet local |
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| workforce needs. |
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| (2) The Board of Trustees has determined that it has |
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| the expertise, resources, and interest to offer quality |
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| Bachelor of Applied Science Degree programs and the |
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| programs are consistent with existing board policy. |
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| (3) The district has identified and documented unmet |
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| workforce needs. |
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| (4) The degree programs will not compete with any |
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| nearby public university. |
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| (5) The degree programs will not require any additional |
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| funding from local taxes, the State, or Community College |
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| District No. 512 students not enrolled in the pilot |
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| program. At the completion of the Community College |
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| District No. 512 pilot program, an independent audit must |
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| be conducted to determine if any of the funding for the |
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| pilot program was provided by local taxes, the State, or |
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| the community college students not enrolled in the program. |
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| (6) The Board of Higher Education has approved the |
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| offering of the degree programs in a manner consistent with |
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| approving new bachelor's degree programs at all State |
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| public universities. |
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| (7) The pilot program will expire 4 years after the |
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| initial offering of the degree programs, unless otherwise |
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| extended by law. |
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| The intention of this Section is to allow Community College |
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| District No. 512 to meet specific, documented workforce needs |
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| in the district. Community College District No. 512 is |
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| prohibited from becoming a primarily baccalaureate |
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| degree-granting, 4-year institution of higher learning.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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| 2009.
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