Full Text of HB0332 102nd General Assembly
HB0332eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Postsecondary education is increasingly necessary | 3 | | for success in the modern workforce; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The affordability of college is an ongoing | 5 | | concern for students, families, and State policymakers; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The equitable first-day-of-class access to | 7 | | effective textbooks and other learning materials plays a | 8 | | critical role in a student's postsecondary educational | 9 | | experience; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Institutions of higher learning within and | 11 | | outside of this State are utilizing online educational | 12 | | software to enhance and personalize a student's learning | 13 | | experience while driving down the costs of attending college; | 14 | | therefore, | 15 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 16 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 17 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 18 | | College Course Materials Affordability and Equitable Access | 19 | | Collaborative Study Act. |
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| 1 | | Section 5. College Course Materials Affordability and | 2 | | Equitable Access Task Force; membership. | 3 | | (a) The College Course Materials Affordability and | 4 | | Equitable Access Task Force is created within the Illinois | 5 | | Student Assistance Commission. | 6 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of all of the following | 7 | | members: | 8 | | (1) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 9 | | the President of the Senate. | 10 | | (2) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 11 | | the Minority Leader of the Senate. | 12 | | (3) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 13 | | the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 14 | | (4) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 15 | | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | 16 | | (5) One member of the public appointed by the | 17 | | President of the Senate. | 18 | | (6) One member of the public appointed by the Minority | 19 | | Leader of the Senate. | 20 | | (7) One member of the public appointed by the Speaker | 21 | | of the House of Representatives. | 22 | | (8) One member of the public appointed by the Minority | 23 | | Leader of the House of Representatives. | 24 | | (9) One member representing an institution of higher | 25 | | learning appointed by the President of the Senate. | 26 | | (10) One member representing an institution of higher |
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| 1 | | learning appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. | 2 | | (11) One member representing an institution of higher | 3 | | learning appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 4 | | Representatives. | 5 | | (12) One member representing an institution of higher | 6 | | learning appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 7 | | Representatives. | 8 | | (13) The following members appointed by the Governor: | 9 | | (A) One member representing the Board of Higher | 10 | | Education. | 11 | | (B) One member representing the Illinois Community | 12 | | College Board. | 13 | | (C) One member representing the Illinois Student | 14 | | Assistance Commission. | 15 | | (D) One member representing the Faculty Advisory | 16 | | Council of the Board of Higher Education. | 17 | | (E) One member representing the Student Advisory | 18 | | Council of the Board of Higher Education. | 19 | | (F) One member who is a librarian or online | 20 | | education specialist. | 21 | | (G) One member representing a national association | 22 | | representing the higher education textbook publishing | 23 | | industry. | 24 | | (H) One member representing a statewide | 25 | | professional organization that advocates on behalf of | 26 | | public university employees. |
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| 1 | | (I) One member representing a statewide | 2 | | professional organization that advocates on behalf of | 3 | | public community college employees. | 4 | | (J) One member representing a national association | 5 | | representing higher education book stores in this | 6 | | State. | 7 | | (K) One member representing a higher education | 8 | | digital content platform provider with offices located | 9 | | within this State. | 10 | | (b) Appointments to the Task Force shall be made within 90 | 11 | | days after the effective date of this Act. | 12 | | (c) The Task Force shall meet initially at the call of the | 13 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission, shall elect a | 14 | | chairperson from among the appointed members at the Task | 15 | | Force's initial meeting, and shall thereafter meet at the call | 16 | | of the chairperson. | 17 | | (d) The chairperson and other members of the Task Force | 18 | | shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for | 19 | | their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds | 20 | | appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for | 21 | | that purpose, including travel, subject to the rules of the | 22 | | appropriate travel control board. | 23 | | Section 10. Illinois Student Assistance Commission | 24 | | assistance. | 25 | | (a) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall |
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| 1 | | provide administrative support, staff support, and other | 2 | | resources necessary for the College Course Materials | 3 | | Affordability and Equitable Access Task Force to fulfill the | 4 | | Task Force's obligations under this Act. | 5 | | (b) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall | 6 | | designate a staff member to serve as a point of contact between | 7 | | the Task Force and the public and to serve as a technology and | 8 | | policy advisor to assist the Task Force. The Commission shall | 9 | | provide a public website or web page for the Task Force to | 10 | | publish digital meeting notices, minutes, commentary, draft | 11 | | reports, reports, and other relevant documents and information | 12 | | online. | 13 | | Section 15. Meetings. | 14 | | (a) Meetings of the College Course Materials Affordability | 15 | | and Equitable Access Task Force are subject to the Open | 16 | | Meetings Act. The Task Force shall make available to the | 17 | | public online meeting notices at least 10 days in advance of | 18 | | any Task Force meeting and shall publish meeting minutes that | 19 | | are available to the public within 14 days after the meeting to | 20 | | allow for structured written and verbal commentary by the | 21 | | public throughout the process. | 22 | | (b) The Task Force shall establish and maintain a contact | 23 | | list of all members of the public who seek to be apprised of | 24 | | the work of the Task Force to allow for electronic | 25 | | notification, by email or by any other mutually agreed-upon |
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| 1 | | method, of Task Force meetings, agendas, minutes, draft | 2 | | reports, reports, and other communications regarding the work | 3 | | of the Task Force. | 4 | | (c) The Task Force may conduct its work remotely via | 5 | | telephone and online video broadcasting, including through | 6 | | audio and video conferencing applications. The Task Force | 7 | | shall allow for public observation and structured | 8 | | participation via telephone and online video broadcasting for | 9 | | all meetings conducted by the Task Force. | 10 | | Section 20. Duties. | 11 | | (a) The duties of the College Course Materials | 12 | | Affordability and Equitable Access Task Force are to: | 13 | | (1) conduct a collaborative college course materials | 14 | | affordability and equitable access study; | 15 | | (2) examine the cost-saving methods and practices | 16 | | utilized by public and private institutions of higher | 17 | | learning in this State and throughout the United States | 18 | | for improving students' equitable first-day-of-class | 19 | | access to required course materials and conduct an | 20 | | affordability comparison of providing students' course | 21 | | materials, including digital learning tools; and | 22 | | (3) submit a report of its findings to the Governor, | 23 | | the General Assembly, and the Illinois Student Assistance | 24 | | Commission. | 25 | | (b) The report required to be submitted under subsection |
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| 1 | | (a) shall include all of the following items: | 2 | | (1) A list of cost-saving methods available to | 3 | | students, including, but not limited to: | 4 | | (A) inclusive access programs; | 5 | | (B) textbook subscription programs; | 6 | | (C) textbook rental programs; | 7 | | (D) used textbooks; and | 8 | | (E) other institutional textbook cost-saving | 9 | | methods, such as open educational resources. | 10 | | (2) The total amount of cost savings achieved by | 11 | | public and private institutions of higher learning and the | 12 | | total number of students that utilize each cost-saving | 13 | | method. | 14 | | (3) The equitable access achieved for students by | 15 | | providing all students with access to course materials on | 16 | | the first day of class. | 17 | | (4) The potential impact on academic freedom of | 18 | | faculty to be able to choose the most appropriate | 19 | | materials for their courses for each of the various | 20 | | methods of providing course materials. | 21 | | (5) A description of the process required to implement | 22 | | each cost-saving method listed in paragraph (1) of this | 23 | | subsection (b). | 24 | | (6) A description of the process by which students | 25 | | obtain required course materials. | 26 | | (7) The current, future, and potential costs of the |
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| 1 | | development and maintenance necessary for the utilization | 2 | | of any course material that is provided to students at no | 3 | | charge. | 4 | | (8) The identification of best practices resulting | 5 | | from the cost-saving methods listed in paragraph (1) of | 6 | | this subsection (b). | 7 | | (9) An examination of the following areas in relation | 8 | | to improving equity in higher education to determine | 9 | | whether the methods: | 10 | | (A) improved equitable access to required course | 11 | | materials by the first day of class; | 12 | | (B) increased the affordability of required course | 13 | | materials; and | 14 | | (C) improved access to learning materials and | 15 | | improved student outcomes for minority, low-income, | 16 | | and first-generation students. | 17 | | (10) A description of the ways students and faculty | 18 | | are utilizing or have utilized inclusive access programs, | 19 | | subscription programs, textbook rental programs, used | 20 | | textbooks, and open educational resources for the purposes | 21 | | of remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic | 22 | | health crisis. | 23 | | Section 25. Collaboration. As part of the College Course | 24 | | Materials Affordability and Equitable Access Task Force's | 25 | | information gathering process to prepare its report under |
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| 1 | | Section 20, the Task Force shall engage and consult with | 2 | | higher education administrators, faculty, campus bookstores, | 3 | | publishers, librarians, and other online education specialists | 4 | | for their perspectives on the topics covered by this Act. The | 5 | | Task Force may also seek advice and input from such other | 6 | | persons and entities as the Task Force finds helpful to its | 7 | | work as outlined in this Act. | 8 | | Section 30. Reporting; dissolution. | 9 | | (a) No later than October 1, 2022, the Task Force shall | 10 | | submit an initial collaborative report of its findings to the | 11 | | Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Student | 12 | | Assistance Commission. The Illinois Student Assistance | 13 | | Commission shall publish the initial collaborative report of | 14 | | the Task Force's findings on the Commission's website. Members | 15 | | of the public and other interested parties shall have until | 16 | | February 1, 2023 to submit written comments with regard to the | 17 | | initial collaborative report. The Commission shall publish | 18 | | comments submitted by members of the public or other | 19 | | interested parties on its website. | 20 | | (b) No later than March 31, 2023, the Task Force shall | 21 | | submit a final collaborative report of its findings to the | 22 | | Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Student | 23 | | Assistance Commission. The Illinois Student Assistance | 24 | | Commission shall publish the final collaborative report of the | 25 | | Task Force's findings on the Commission's website. |
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| 1 | | (c) The Task Force is dissolved on March 31, 2024. | 2 | | Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on March 31, | 3 | | 2025.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law. |
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