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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State appropriations to public colleges and |
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| universities have historically been made on the bases of |
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| enrollments rather than completions; and
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| WHEREAS, The current and future workforce needs, combined |
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| with Illinois' financial difficulties, compel the State of |
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| Illinois to examine higher education funding based on course |
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| completion rates or other similar indicators of success; and
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| WHEREAS, Increasing the number of high quality |
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| post-secondary credentials to meet the demands of the economy |
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| and an increasingly global society is Goal 3 of the Illinois |
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| Public Agenda for College and Career Success; and
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| WHEREAS, Many of the several states in the United States |
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| are considering ways to provide an incentive to institutions of |
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| higher learning not just to enroll students, but also to ensure |
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| that they earn the credentials required by the workplace; and
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| WHEREAS, Performance-based funding may represent a |
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| relatively small percentage of a state's higher education |
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| budget which some experts assert that it can lead to remarkable |
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| results; and
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| WHEREAS, The challenge for states is to create a financing |
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| system that is clearly understood and yet flexible enough to |
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| account for differences in institutional mission and |
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| demographics; and
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| WHEREAS, The same set of guidelines and performance targets |
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| should probably not be applied similarly to community colleges, |
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| bachelor's and master's degree institutions, and research |
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| universities; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Board of Higher Education, |
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| working in concert with the Illinois Community College Board |
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| and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, shall |
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| undertake a study of the implementation of performance-based |
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| funding for higher education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois |
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| Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance |
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| Commission shall prepare a report by June 1, 2010 with findings |
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| and submit that report to the General Assembly; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, that the Board of Higher Education shall provide |
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| administrative support for the study and report; and be it |