Sen. Matt Murphy

Filed: 4/23/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1434

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1434 as follows:
 
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".