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1 | AN ACT relating to education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing
Section 7 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 187)
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7 | Sec. 7. The Board of Trustees of the University
of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Illinois University,
the Illinois Community College Board and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the campuses under their
governance
or supervision shall not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | hereafter undertake the establishment of any new
unit of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | instruction, research or public service without the approval of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | the
Board. The term "new unit of instruction, research or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | public service"
includes the establishment of a college, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | school, division, institute,
department or other unit in any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | field of instruction, research or public
service not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | theretofore included in the program of the institution, and
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1 | includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The | ||||||
2 | term does not
include reasonable and moderate extensions of | ||||||
3 | existing curricula, research,
or public service programs which | ||||||
4 | have a direct relationship to existing
programs; and the Board | ||||||
5 | may, under its rule making power, define the
character of such | ||||||
6 | reasonable and moderate extensions.
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7 | Such governing boards shall submit to the Board all | ||||||
8 | proposals for a new
unit of instruction, research, or public | ||||||
9 | service. The Board may approve or
disapprove the proposal in | ||||||
10 | whole or in part or approve modifications
thereof whenever in | ||||||
11 | its judgment such action is consistent with the
objectives of | ||||||
12 | an existing or proposed master plan of higher education.
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13 | The Board of Higher Education is authorized to review | ||||||
14 | periodically all
existing programs of instruction, research | ||||||
15 | and public service at the State
universities and colleges and | ||||||
16 | to advise the appropriate board of control if
the contribution | ||||||
17 | of each program is not educationally and economically
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18 | justified.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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20 | Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
21 | changing
Section 3-25.1 and adding Section 2-26 as follows:
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22 | (110 ILCS 805/2-26 new)
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23 | Sec. 2-26. Comprehensive community college plan. The State | ||||||
24 | Board shall
analyze the present and future aims, needs, and |
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1 | requirements of the public
community college system of this | ||||||
2 | State and develop a comprehensive plan for
the integration, | ||||||
3 | coordination, efficient utilization, and expansion of the
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4 | facilities and curricula of public community colleges not only | ||||||
5 | in those
areas that serve to bridge any gap between the | ||||||
6 | education and training provided
to students through a secondary | ||||||
7 | education level and the education and training
required for | ||||||
8 | gainful career employment, but also in those areas that will
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9 | promote or encourage freedom of movement and transfer of | ||||||
10 | students from
public community colleges to public and private | ||||||
11 | universities. In developing a
comprehensive community college
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12 | plan under this Section, the State Board shall give due | ||||||
13 | consideration to the
ability of the plan to complement the | ||||||
14 | objectives of the master plan for higher
education developed by | ||||||
15 | the Board of Higher Education. In addition, the State
Board | ||||||
16 | shall engage in a continuing study, analysis, and evaluation of | ||||||
17 | the
comprehensive community college plan developed under this | ||||||
18 | Section and may from
time to time recommend to the General | ||||||
19 | Assembly any legislation that it deems
necessary for the | ||||||
20 | implementation or effective operation of the plan.
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21 | (110 ILCS 805/3-25.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-25.1)
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22 | Sec. 3-25.1. Units of instruction.
To evaluate and review | ||||||
23 | proposals
authorize application to the Illinois Community | ||||||
24 | College
Board for the
approval of new units of instruction, | ||||||
25 | research or public service as defined
in this Section and to |
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1 | establish
or assist public community colleges in establishing
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2 | such new units following approval
in
accordance with the | ||||||
3 | provisions of this Act and the Board of Higher Education
Act .
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4 | No public community college shall hereafter undertake the | ||||||
5 | establishment of
any new unit of instruction, research, or | ||||||
6 | public service without the approval
of the State Board. The | ||||||
7 | governing board of a community college district shall
submit to | ||||||
8 | the State Board all proposals for a new unit of instruction,
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9 | research, or public service. The State Board, in cooperation | ||||||
10 | with the Board of Higher Education, shall evaluate the proposal | ||||||
11 | with
reference to any proposed master plan of higher education | ||||||
12 | developed by the
Board of Higher Education, but the overriding | ||||||
13 | standard to be applied by the
State Board in determining | ||||||
14 | whether to approve or disapprove the proposal in
whole or in | ||||||
15 | part or approve modifications thereof shall be whether, in the
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16 | judgment of the State Board, the proposal is consistent with | ||||||
17 | the objectives of
a comprehensive community college plan as | ||||||
18 | developed by the State Board for the
public community college | ||||||
19 | system of this State.
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20 | The State Board is authorized to review periodically all | ||||||
21 | existing programs of
instruction, research, and public service | ||||||
22 | at public community colleges and
to advise the board of | ||||||
23 | trustees of each community college if the contribution
of any | ||||||
24 | such program offered at the public community college is not
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25 | educationally and economically justified.
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26 | The term "new unit of instruction, research or public |
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1 | service" includes
the establishment of a college, school, | ||||||
2 | division, institute, department
or other unit including majors | ||||||
3 | and curricula in any field of instruction,
research, or public | ||||||
4 | service not theretofore included in the program of the
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5 | community college, and includes the establishment of any new | ||||||
6 | branch or campus
of the institution. The term shall not include | ||||||
7 | reasonable and moderate
extensions
of existing curricula, | ||||||
8 | research, or public service programs which have a
direct | ||||||
9 | relationship to existing programs; and the State Board may, | ||||||
10 | under
its rule making power define the character of reasonable | ||||||
11 | and moderate
extensions.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 88-322.)
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