Full Text of HB3973 102nd General Assembly
HB3973 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB3973 Introduced 3/4/2021, by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 205/8 | from Ch. 144, par. 188 |
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2022, allocations to public universities based upon performance metrics shall not amount to less than 5% of the overall higher education budget amount for public universities from the General Revenue Fund. Effective immediately.
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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 188)
| 7 | | Sec. 8.
The Board of Trustees of the University of | 8 | | Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois | 9 | | University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | 10 | | the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the | 11 | | Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | 12 | | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees | 13 | | of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | 14 | | Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | 15 | | Illinois University, and
the Illinois Community College Board | 16 | | shall submit to the Board not later
than the 15th day of | 17 | | November of each year its budget proposals for the
operation | 18 | | and capital needs of the institutions under its governance or
| 19 | | supervision for the ensuing fiscal year. Each budget proposal | 20 | | shall conform
to the procedures developed by the Board in the | 21 | | design of an information
system for State universities and | 22 | | colleges.
| 23 | | In order to maintain a cohesive system of higher |
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| 1 | | education, the Board and
its staff shall communicate on a | 2 | | regular basis with all public university
presidents. They | 3 | | shall meet at least semiannually to achieve economies of
scale | 4 | | where possible and provide the most innovative and efficient | 5 | | programs and
services.
| 6 | | The Board, in the analysis of formulating the annual | 7 | | budget request,
shall consider rates of tuition and fees and | 8 | | undergraduate tuition and fee waiver programs at the State | 9 | | universities and
colleges. The Board shall also consider the | 10 | | current and projected
utilization of the total physical plant | 11 | | of each campus of a university or
college in approving the | 12 | | capital budget for any new building or facility.
| 13 | | The Board of Higher Education shall submit to the | 14 | | Governor, to the
General Assembly, and to the appropriate | 15 | | budget agencies of the Governor
and General Assembly its | 16 | | analysis and recommendations on such budget
proposals.
| 17 | | The Board is directed to form a broad-based group of | 18 | | individuals representing the Office of the Governor, the | 19 | | General Assembly, public institutions of higher education, | 20 | | State agencies, business and industry, statewide organizations | 21 | | representing faculty and staff, and others as the Board shall | 22 | | deem appropriate to devise a system for allocating State | 23 | | resources to public institutions of higher education based | 24 | | upon performance in achieving State goals related to student | 25 | | success and certificate and degree completion. | 26 | | Beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, the Board of Higher |
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| 1 | | Education budget recommendations to the Governor and the | 2 | | General Assembly shall include allocations to public | 3 | | institutions of higher education based upon performance | 4 | | metrics designed to promote and measure student success in | 5 | | degree and certificate completion. Beginning in Fiscal Year | 6 | | 2022, these allocations to public universities shall not | 7 | | amount to less than 5% of the overall higher education budget | 8 | | amount for public universities from the General Revenue Fund. | 9 | | Public university metrics must be adopted by the Board by | 10 | | rule, and public community college metrics must be adopted by | 11 | | the Illinois Community College Board by rule. These metrics | 12 | | must be developed and promulgated in accordance with the | 13 | | following principles: | 14 | | (1) The metrics must be developed in consultation with | 15 | | public institutions of higher education, as well as other | 16 | | State educational agencies and other higher education | 17 | | organizations, associations, interests, and stakeholders | 18 | | as deemed appropriate by the Board. | 19 | | (2) The metrics shall include provisions for | 20 | | recognizing the demands on and rewarding the performance | 21 | | of institutions in advancing the success of students who | 22 | | are academically or financially at risk, including | 23 | | first-generation students, low-income students, and | 24 | | students traditionally underrepresented in higher | 25 | | education, as specified in Section 9.16 of this Act. | 26 | | (3) The metrics shall recognize and account for the |
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| 1 | | differentiated missions of institutions and sectors of | 2 | | higher education. | 3 | | (4) The metrics shall focus on the fundamental goal of | 4 | | increasing completion of college courses, certificates, | 5 | | and degrees. Performance metrics shall recognize the | 6 | | unique and broad mission of public community colleges | 7 | | through consideration of additional factors including, but | 8 | | not limited to, enrollment, progress through key academic | 9 | | milestones, transfer to a baccalaureate institution, and | 10 | | degree completion. | 11 | | (5) The metrics must be designed to maintain the | 12 | | quality of degrees, certificates, courses, and programs. | 13 | | In devising performance metrics, the Board may be guided by | 14 | | the report of the Higher Education Finance Study Commission. | 15 | | Each State university must
submit its plan for capital | 16 | | improvements of non-instructional facilities to
the Board for | 17 | | approval before final commitments are made if the total cost | 18 | | of the project as approved by the institution's board of | 19 | | control is in excess of $2 million. Non-instructional
uses | 20 | | shall include but not be limited to dormitories, union | 21 | | buildings,
field houses, stadium, other recreational | 22 | | facilities and parking lots. The
Board shall determine whether | 23 | | or not any project submitted for approval is
consistent with | 24 | | the master plan for higher education and with instructional
| 25 | | buildings that are provided for therein. If the project is | 26 | | found by a
majority of the Board not to be consistent, such |
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| 1 | | capital improvement shall
not be constructed.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 99-655, eff. 7-28-16.)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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