Sen. Matt Murphy
Filed: 4/23/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1434
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1434 as follows:
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3 | on page 1, line 14, after " campus ", by inserting " or a | ||||||
4 | community college extension site "; and | ||||||
5 | on page 1, line 16, after the period, by inserting the | ||||||
6 | following: | ||||||
7 | " If there is a disagreement on whether the university program | ||||||
8 | meets local workforce needs, a 5-person panel shall be | ||||||
9 | appointed to determine if the university's proposed program on | ||||||
10 | the community college campus reasonably meets local workforce | ||||||
11 | needs. Two members of the panel shall be from local employers | ||||||
12 | representing the applicable field of study, appointed by the | ||||||
13 | Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 512. Two | ||||||
14 | members of the panel shall be university officials with | ||||||
15 | expertise in the applicable field of study, appointed by the | ||||||
16 | Board of Trustees of the university submitting the program |
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1 | proposal. One member shall be a Community College District No. | ||||||
2 | 512 official with expertise in the applicable field of study, | ||||||
3 | appointed by the Board of Trustees of Community College | ||||||
4 | District No. 512. Community College District No. 512 may only | ||||||
5 | proceed with the pilot program if a majority of the panel rules | ||||||
6 | that the university's proposed program on Community College | ||||||
7 | District No. 512's campus does not reasonably meet local | ||||||
8 | workforce needs. "; and | ||||||
9 | on page 2, line 3, by replacing " or the State " with the | ||||||
10 | following: | ||||||
11 | " , the State, or Community College District No. 512 students | ||||||
12 | not enrolled in the pilot program. At the completion of the | ||||||
13 | Community College District No. 512 pilot program, the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Auditor General shall conduct an audit to determine if any | ||||||
15 | funding for the pilot program was provided by local taxes, the | ||||||
16 | State, or the community college students not enrolled in the | ||||||
17 | program. "; and | ||||||
18 | on page 2, line 4, by deleting " State Board and the "; and | ||||||
19 | on page 2, line 5, by replacing " have " with " has "; and | ||||||
20 | on page 2, line 5, after " programs ", by inserting the | ||||||
21 | following: | ||||||
22 | " in a manner consistent with approving new bachelor's degree |
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1 | programs at all State public universities "; and | ||||||
2 | on page 2, line 8, after the period, by inserting the | ||||||
3 | following: | ||||||
4 | " Credits obtained by any student in the pilot program prior to | ||||||
5 | the sunset date shall be automatically transferable to any | ||||||
6 | public university offering the same or a similar program. "; and | ||||||
7 | on page 2, immediately below line 8, by inserting the | ||||||
8 | following: | ||||||
9 | " The intention of this Section is to allow Community | ||||||
10 | College District No. 512 to meet specific, documented workforce | ||||||
11 | needs in the district that no public university is willing and | ||||||
12 | able to reasonably meet. Community College District No. 512 is | ||||||
13 | prohibited from becoming a primarily baccalaureate | ||||||
14 | degree-granting, 4-year institution of higher learning. "; and | ||||||
15 | on page 2, lines 9 and 10, by replacing "upon becoming law" | ||||||
16 | with "July 1, 2008".
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