HB3648sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas

Filed: 4/21/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3648

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3648 on page 3, by replacing lines 5 through 17 with the following:

"(d) To facilitate the collection of information on higher education in prison (HEP) programs, each 4-year public or private institution of higher education with HEP degree or certificate programs shall provide the Board of Higher Education with student-level information as part of its regular agency data-collection processes. Each public community college with HEP degree or certificate programs shall provide the Illinois Community College Board with student-level information as part of its regular agency data-collection processes. Upon request, the student-level information shall include the correctional facility in which the HEP program is being offered. The information provided to the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall include HEP enrollment and completion data disaggregated by variables, including but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, age, and type of degree or certificate. The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall annually make HEP program data publicly available on their Internet websites.".