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| 1 | AN ACT concerning 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Career | ||||||
| 5 | and Workforce Transition Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. | ||||||
| 7 | "Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
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| 8 | "Institution" means a non-degree granting institution that | ||||||
| 9 | is regulated and approved by the Board under the Private | ||||||
| 10 | Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012 and that is | ||||||
| 11 | nationally accredited by an accreditor approved by the U.S. | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Education.
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| 13 | Section 10. Transfer of credits. A public community college | ||||||
| 14 | district shall accept up to 30 credit hours transferred from an | ||||||
| 15 | institution that has been approved under Section 15 of this Act | ||||||
| 16 | if a student has completed one of the following programs at | ||||||
| 17 | that institution: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) Medical Assisting. | ||||||
| 19 | (2) Medical Coding. | ||||||
| 20 | (3) Dental Assisting. | ||||||
| 21 | (4) HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning). | ||||||
| 22 | (5) Welding. | ||||||
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| 1 | (6) Pharmacy Technician. | ||||||
| 2 | The program must, at a minimum, be a 9-month program and use a | ||||||
| 3 | credit-hour system. | ||||||
| 4 | Section 15. Board approval. The Board may approve an | ||||||
| 5 | institution as an institution from which credits may be | ||||||
| 6 | transferred under Section 10 of this Act if all of the | ||||||
| 7 | following conditions are met: | ||||||
| 8 | (1) The institution has submitted all proper | ||||||
| 9 | documentation that the Board requests. | ||||||
| 10 | (2) The institution has paid a fee to the Board, in an | ||||||
| 11 | amount as determined by Board rule. | ||||||
| 12 | (3) The institution has successfully completed a full | ||||||
| 13 | term of national accreditation without probation, without | ||||||
| 14 | being denied accreditation, and without withdrawing an | ||||||
| 15 | application and has completed all of the necessary | ||||||
| 16 | requirements to be approved by the Board under the Private | ||||||
| 17 | Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. | ||||||
| 18 | (4) The Board has verified the institution's good | ||||||
| 19 | standing during the period of its national accreditation. | ||||||
| 20 | Credit transfers from the institution may be made only | ||||||
| 21 | during the verified accreditation period. An institution | ||||||
| 22 | that is under review due to probation, that is denied | ||||||
| 23 | accreditation, or that withdraws an application for | ||||||
| 24 | national accreditation may not be approved under this | ||||||
| 25 | Section. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 90. Rulemaking. The Board shall adopt any rules | ||||||
| 2 | necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Act.
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