96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2013

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 805/2-26 new

    Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall implement and administer a grant program, to be referred to as the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program, to help deliver upper division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities at a location geographically convenient to student populations currently being served by existing public community colleges. Provides that a grant application must be jointly submitted by one public community college and one or more public or private, not-for-profit, 4-year colleges or universities. Provides that the Board shall require that each partnering institution (both the community college and the 4-year institution or institutions) also invest in the partnership. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
5 adding Section 2-26 as follows:
 
6     (110 ILCS 805/2-26 new)
7     Sec. 2-26. Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development
8 Grant Program.
9     (a) The State Board shall implement and administer a grant
10 program, subject to appropriation, to be referred to as the
11 Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program,
12 to help deliver upper division courses and bachelor's degree
13 programs offered by bachelor's degree-granting colleges and
14 universities at a location geographically convenient to
15 student populations currently being served by existing public
16 community colleges. The State Board shall adopt rules regarding
17 eligibility criteria and a process for the annual application
18 and awarding of grants. The grant application and award process
19 shall be as efficient as possible to encourage collaborative
20 applications and shall include consideration of existing
21 programs and facilities.
22     (b) A grant application must be jointly submitted by one
23 public community college and one or more public or private,

 

 

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1 not-for-profit, 4-year colleges or universities.
2     (c) Grants may be used for any combination of the
3 following:
4         (1) Instructional space on or near a community college
5     or satellite facility.
6         (2) Required training and advanced education of
7     faculty for the new programs.
8         (3) Instructional technology tools.
9         (4) Marketing and promotion for joint efforts.
10         (5) Other purposes related to the collaboration
11     efforts, as allowed by the State Board's program rules.
12     (d) In order to better ensure the commitment of the
13 partnering institutions, the State Board shall require that
14 each partnering institution (both the community college and the
15 4-year institution or institutions) must also invest in the
16 partnership. Each grant application must include how the
17 State's grant will be matched by dollars from the partner
18 institutions. The combined investment of the partner
19 institutions must equal no less than 50% of the amount of the
20 grant.
21     (e) Public community colleges under the jurisdiction of
22 this Act are prohibited from offering their own baccalaureate
23 degrees.
24     (f) The State Board shall adopt any rules that are
25 necessary for the implementation of this Section.
 
26     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.