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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 9.30 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 205/9.30 new) |
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| Sec. 9.30. Course transferability program. |
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| (a) Subject to appropriation, the Board shall implement and |
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| administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to |
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| assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from |
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| public and private institutions of higher education in |
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| obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer |
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| courses and their applicability towards degree completion by |
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| publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, |
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| courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree |
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| requirements. |
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| (b) Under the program, the Board shall provide appropriate |
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| assistance and support to participating public and private |
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| institutions of higher education. The Board shall designate |
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| participants based on which institutions apply to be part of |
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| the program. However, all data shall be managed by each |
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| institution of higher education and each institution shall |
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| retain complete ownership of the data submitted. |
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| (c) The program's Internet website shall contain the |
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| following: |
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| (1) Transfer course articulations, which shall be |
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| updated annually. |
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| (2) Institutional reference tables. |
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| (3) Degree requirements, which shall be updated |
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| annually. |
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| (4) Course banks, which shall be updated annually. |
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| (5) Academic program pull down menus, which shall be |