Full Text of HB0332 102nd General Assembly
HB0332ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kelly M. Burke Filed: 3/15/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 332
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 332 immediately | 3 | | above the enacting clause by inserting the following:
| 4 | | "WHEREAS, Postsecondary education is increasingly | 5 | | necessary for success in the modern workforce; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The affordability of college is an ongoing | 7 | | concern for students, families, and State policymakers; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The equitable first-day-of-class access to | 9 | | effective textbooks and other learning materials plays a | 10 | | critical role in a student's postsecondary educational | 11 | | experience; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Institutions of higher learning within and | 13 | | outside of this State are utilizing online educational | 14 | | software to enhance and personalize a student's learning |
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| 1 | | experience while driving down the costs of attending college; | 2 | | therefore,"; and | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 | | College Course Materials Affordability and Equitable Access | 7 | | Collaborative Study Act. | 8 | | Section 5. College Course Materials Affordability and | 9 | | Equitable Access Task Force; membership. | 10 | | (a) The College Course Materials Affordability and | 11 | | Equitable Access Task Force is created within the Illinois | 12 | | Student Assistance Commission. | 13 | | (b) The Task Force shall consist of all of the following | 14 | | members: | 15 | | (1) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 16 | | the President of the Senate. | 17 | | (2) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 18 | | the Minority Leader of the Senate. | 19 | | (3) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 20 | | the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 21 | | (4) One member of the General Assembly appointed by | 22 | | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | 23 | | (5) One member of the public appointed by the |
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| 1 | | President of the Senate. | 2 | | (6) One member of the public appointed by the Minority | 3 | | Leader of the Senate. | 4 | | (7) One member of the public appointed by the Speaker | 5 | | of the House of Representatives. | 6 | | (8) One member of the public appointed by the Minority | 7 | | Leader of the House of Representatives. | 8 | | (9) One member representing an institution of higher | 9 | | learning appointed by the President of the Senate. | 10 | | (10) One member representing an institution of higher | 11 | | learning appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. | 12 | | (11) One member representing an institution of higher | 13 | | learning appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 14 | | Representatives. | 15 | | (12) One member representing an institution of higher | 16 | | learning appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 17 | | Representatives. | 18 | | (13) The following members appointed by the Governor: | 19 | | (A) One member representing the Board of Higher | 20 | | Education. | 21 | | (B) One member representing the Illinois Community | 22 | | College Board. | 23 | | (C) One member representing the Illinois Student | 24 | | Assistance Commission. | 25 | | (D) One member representing the Faculty Advisory | 26 | | Council of the Board of Higher Education. |
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| 1 | | (E) One member representing the Student Advisory | 2 | | Council of the Board of Higher Education. | 3 | | (F) One member who is a librarian or online | 4 | | education specialist. | 5 | | (G) One member representing a national association | 6 | | representing the higher education textbook publishing | 7 | | industry. | 8 | | (H) One member representing a statewide | 9 | | professional organization that advocates on behalf of | 10 | | public university employees. | 11 | | (I) One member representing a statewide | 12 | | professional organization that advocates on behalf of | 13 | | public community college employees. | 14 | | (J) One member representing a national association | 15 | | representing higher education book stores in this | 16 | | State. | 17 | | (K) One member representing a higher education | 18 | | digital content platform provider with offices located | 19 | | within this State. | 20 | | (b) Appointments to the Task Force shall be made within 90 | 21 | | days after the effective date of this Act. | 22 | | (c) The Task Force shall meet initially at the call of the | 23 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission, shall elect a | 24 | | chairperson from among the appointed members at the Task | 25 | | Force's initial meeting, and shall thereafter meet at the call | 26 | | of the chairperson. |
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| 1 | | (d) The chairperson and other members of the Task Force | 2 | | shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for | 3 | | their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds | 4 | | appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for | 5 | | that purpose, including travel, subject to the rules of the | 6 | | appropriate travel control board. | 7 | | Section 10. Illinois Student Assistance Commission | 8 | | assistance. | 9 | | (a) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall | 10 | | provide administrative support, staff support, and other | 11 | | resources necessary for the College Course Materials | 12 | | Affordability and Equitable Access Task Force to fulfill the | 13 | | Task Force's obligations under this Act. | 14 | | (b) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall | 15 | | designate a staff member to serve as a point of contact between | 16 | | the Task Force and the public and to serve as a technology and | 17 | | policy advisor to assist the Task Force. The Commission shall | 18 | | provide a public website or web page for the Task Force to | 19 | | publish digital meeting notices, minutes, commentary, draft | 20 | | reports, reports, and other relevant documents and information | 21 | | online. | 22 | | Section 15. Meetings. | 23 | | (a) Meetings of the College Course Materials Affordability | 24 | | and Equitable Access Task Force are subject to the Open |
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| 1 | | Meetings Act. The Task Force shall make available to the | 2 | | public online meeting notices at least 10 days in advance of | 3 | | any Task Force meeting and shall publish meeting minutes that | 4 | | are available to the public within 14 days after the meeting to | 5 | | allow for structured written and verbal commentary by the | 6 | | public throughout the process. | 7 | | (b) The Task Force shall establish and maintain a contact | 8 | | list of all members of the public who seek to be apprised of | 9 | | the work of the Task Force to allow for electronic | 10 | | notification, by email or by any other mutually agreed-upon | 11 | | method, of Task Force meetings, agendas, minutes, draft | 12 | | reports, reports, and other communications regarding the work | 13 | | of the Task Force. | 14 | | (c) The Task Force may conduct its work remotely via | 15 | | telephone and online video broadcasting, including through | 16 | | audio and video conferencing applications. The Task Force | 17 | | shall allow for public observation and structured | 18 | | participation via telephone and online video broadcasting for | 19 | | all meetings conducted by the Task Force. | 20 | | Section 20. Duties. | 21 | | (a) The duties of the College Course Materials | 22 | | Affordability and Equitable Access Task Force are to: | 23 | | (1) conduct a collaborative college course materials | 24 | | affordability and equitable access study; | 25 | | (2) examine the cost-saving methods and practices |
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| 1 | | utilized by public and private institutions of higher | 2 | | learning in this State and throughout the United States | 3 | | for improving students' equitable first-day-of-class | 4 | | access to required course materials and conduct an | 5 | | affordability comparison of providing students' course | 6 | | materials, including digital learning tools; and | 7 | | (3) submit a report of its findings to the Governor, | 8 | | the General Assembly, and the Illinois Student Assistance | 9 | | Commission. | 10 | | (b) The report required to be submitted under subsection | 11 | | (a) shall include all of the following items: | 12 | | (1) A list of cost-saving methods available to | 13 | | students, including, but not limited to: | 14 | | (A) inclusive access programs; | 15 | | (B) textbook subscription programs; | 16 | | (C) textbook rental programs; | 17 | | (D) used textbooks; and | 18 | | (E) other institutional textbook cost-saving | 19 | | methods, such as open educational resources. | 20 | | (2) The total amount of cost savings achieved by | 21 | | public and private institutions of higher learning and the | 22 | | total number of students that utilize each cost-saving | 23 | | method. | 24 | | (3) The equitable access achieved for students by | 25 | | providing all students with access to course materials on | 26 | | the first day of class. |
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| 1 | | (4) The potential impact on academic freedom of | 2 | | faculty to be able to choose the most appropriate | 3 | | materials for their courses for each of the various | 4 | | methods of providing course materials. | 5 | | (5) A description of the process required to implement | 6 | | each cost-saving method listed in paragraph (1) of this | 7 | | subsection (b). | 8 | | (6) A description of the process by which students | 9 | | obtain required course materials. | 10 | | (7) The current, future, and potential costs of the | 11 | | development and maintenance necessary for the utilization | 12 | | of any course material that is provided to students at no | 13 | | charge. | 14 | | (8) The identification of best practices resulting | 15 | | from the cost-saving methods listed in paragraph (1) of | 16 | | this subsection (b). | 17 | | (9) An examination of the following areas in relation | 18 | | to improving equity in higher education to determine | 19 | | whether the methods: | 20 | | (A) improved equitable access to required course | 21 | | materials by the first day of class; | 22 | | (B) increased the affordability of required course | 23 | | materials; and | 24 | | (C) improved access to learning materials and | 25 | | improved student outcomes for minority, low-income, | 26 | | and first-generation students. |
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| 1 | | (10) A description of the ways students and faculty | 2 | | are utilizing or have utilized inclusive access programs, | 3 | | subscription programs, textbook rental programs, used | 4 | | textbooks, and open educational resources for the purposes | 5 | | of remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic | 6 | | health crisis. | 7 | | Section 25. Collaboration. As part of the College Course | 8 | | Materials Affordability and Equitable Access Task Force's | 9 | | information gathering process to prepare its report under | 10 | | Section 20, the Task Force shall engage and consult with | 11 | | higher education administrators, faculty, campus bookstores, | 12 | | publishers, librarians, and other online education specialists | 13 | | for their perspectives on the topics covered by this Act. The | 14 | | Task Force may also seek advice and input from such other | 15 | | persons and entities as the Task Force finds helpful to its | 16 | | work as outlined in this Act. | 17 | | Section 30. Reporting; dissolution. | 18 | | (a) No later than October 1, 2022, the Task Force shall | 19 | | submit an initial collaborative report of its findings to the | 20 | | Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Student | 21 | | Assistance Commission. The Illinois Student Assistance | 22 | | Commission shall publish the initial collaborative report of | 23 | | the Task Force's findings on the Commission's website. Members | 24 | | of the public and other interested parties shall have until |
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| 1 | | February 1, 2023 to submit written comments with regard to the | 2 | | initial collaborative report. The Commission shall publish | 3 | | comments submitted by members of the public or other | 4 | | interested parties on its website. | 5 | | (b) No later than March 31, 2023, the Task Force shall | 6 | | submit a final collaborative report of its findings to the | 7 | | Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Student | 8 | | Assistance Commission. The Illinois Student Assistance | 9 | | Commission shall publish the final collaborative report of the | 10 | | Task Force's findings on the Commission's website. | 11 | | (c) The Task Force is dissolved on March 31, 2024. | 12 | | Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on March 31, | 13 | | 2025.
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.".
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