Public Act 102-0088
 
SB0267 EnrolledLRB102 12018 CMG 17354 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
Student Parent Data Collection Act.
 
    Section 5. Definitions.  In this Act:
    "Parent" means the parent or legal guardian of a child who 
is under the age of 18 years.
    "Public institution of higher education" or "institution" 
means a public community college or public university in this 
State.

 
    Section 10. Student parent data collection.
    (a)  The Board of Higher Education, in consultation with 
the Illinois Community College Board, public institutions of 
higher education, and advocates, shall prepare a question or 
questions to be placed on one or more forms that are used by an 
institution on an annual basis to collect demographic data 
from its students for the purpose of determining the parental 
status or legal guardian status of each of its enrolled 
students.
    (b) The data collected under subsection (a) must be 
disaggregated by all variables collected normally, including, 
but not limited to, the student's race, ethnicity, income, 
gender, age, enrollment status, type of credential sought, 
receipt of financial aid, grade point average, persistence 
toward a degree or credential, and completion outcomes.
 
    Section 15. Campus child care.  Beginning September 1, 
2021, each public institution of higher education that 
operates one or more child care centers or early learning 
centers on its campus or is otherwise affiliated with a child 
care center or early learning center shall collect all of the 
following information:
        (1) The total number of children who are served by 
    each child care center or early learning center per 
    semester.
        (2) The number of children of students who are 
    enrolled at the institution who are served by each child 
    care center or early learning center per semester.
 
    Section 20. Reporting requirements. 
    (a) On or before July 1, 2022 and annually thereafter, 
each public university shall report the data collected under 
Sections 10 and 15 to the Board of Higher Education, and each 
public community college shall report the data collected under 
Sections 10 and 15 to the Illinois Community College Board.
    (b) Each institution, the Board of Higher Education, and 
the Illinois Community College Board shall make the data 
reported under subsection (a) publicly available annually on 
their Internet websites.
    (c) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois 
Community College Board, in consultation with public 
institutions of higher education and advocates, may adopt 
rules concerning the reporting of data to protect student 
privacy while satisfying the requirements of this Act.
 
    Section 25. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 
1974. The sharing and reporting of data under this Act must be 
in accordance with the requirements of the federal Family 
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Nothing in this 
Act supersedes the federal Family Educational Rights and 
Privacy Act of 1974 or rules adopted pursuant to the federal 
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 or any 
federal or State laws and rules governing student privacy 
rights.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2021.