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Full Text of HB1434  95th General Assembly

HB1434sam002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 5/7/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1434

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1434 as follows:
 
3 on page 1, line 12, by replacing "The public universities" with
4 "Public and private universities and colleges"; and
 
5 on page 1, line 14, after "campus", by inserting "or a
6 community college extension site"; and
 
7 on page 1, by replacing line 16 with the following:
8 "university or college. If there is a disagreement on whether
9 the university or college program meets local workforce needs,
10 a 5-person panel shall be appointed to determine if the
11 university's or college's proposed program on the community
12 college campus or extension site reasonably meets local
13 workforce needs. Two members of the panel shall be from local
14 employers representing the applicable field of study,
15 appointed by the Board of Trustees of Community College

 

 

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1 District No. 512. Two members of the panel shall be university
2 or college officials with expertise in the applicable field of
3 study, appointed by the governing board of the university or
4 college submitting the program proposal. One member shall be a
5 Community College District No. 512 official with expertise in
6 the applicable field of study, appointed by the Board of
7 Trustees of Community College District No. 512. Community
8 College District No. 512 may only proceed with the pilot
9 program if a majority of the panel rules that the university's
10 or college's proposed program on Community College District No.
11 512's campus or extension site does not reasonably meet local
12 workforce needs."; and
 
13 on page 2, line 1, by replacing "university" with "or private
14 university or college"; and
 
15 on page 2, line 3, by replacing "or the State." with the
16 following:
17 ", the State, or Community College District No. 512 students
18 not enrolled in the pilot program. At the completion of the
19 Community College District No. 512 pilot program, the Illinois
20 Auditor General shall conduct an audit to determine if any
21 funding for the pilot program was provided by local taxes, the
22 State, or the community college students not enrolled in the
23 program."; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 2, line 4, by deleting "State Board and the"; and
 
2 on page 2, line 5, by replacing "have" with "has"; and
 
3 on page 2, line 5, after "programs", by inserting the
4 following:
5 "in a manner consistent with approving new bachelor's degree
6 programs at all State public universities"; and
 
7 on page 2, line 8, after the period, by inserting the
8 following:
9 "Credits obtained by any student in the pilot program prior to
10 the sunset date shall be automatically transferable to any
11 public or private university or college offering the same or a
12 similar program."; and
 
13 on page 2, immediately below line 8, by inserting the
14 following:
15     "The intention of this Section is to allow Community
16 College District No. 512 to meet specific, documented workforce
17 needs in the district that no public or private university or
18 college is willing and able to reasonably meet. Community
19 College District No. 512 is prohibited from becoming a
20 primarily baccalaureate degree-granting, 4-year institution of
21 higher learning."; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 2, lines 9 and 10, by replacing "upon becoming law"
2 with "July 1, 2008".