Full Text of HB5025 095th General Assembly
HB5025 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5025
Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 205/7 |
from Ch. 144, par. 187 |
110 ILCS 805/2-26 new |
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110 ILCS 805/3-25.1 |
from Ch. 122, par. 103-25.1 |
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College
Act.
With respect to public community colleges, requires the approval of the establishment of new units of instruction, research, and public service and the review of existing programs of instruction, research, and public service to be made by the Illinois Community College Board rather than the Board of Higher Education. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to develop a comprehensive community college plan. Makes related changes. |
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| AN ACT relating to education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing
Section 7 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 187)
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| Sec. 7. The Board of Trustees of the University
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| 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 Board | 11 |
| of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | 12 |
| Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of | 13 |
| Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | 14 |
| Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | 15 |
| Illinois University,
the Illinois Community College Board and | 16 |
| the campuses under their
governance
or supervision shall not | 17 |
| hereafter undertake the establishment of any new
unit of | 18 |
| instruction, research or public service without the approval of | 19 |
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Board. The term "new unit of instruction, research or | 20 |
| public service"
includes the establishment of a college, | 21 |
| school, division, institute,
department or other unit in any | 22 |
| field of instruction, research or public
service not | 23 |
| theretofore included in the program of the institution, and
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| includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The | 2 |
| term does not
include reasonable and moderate extensions of | 3 |
| existing curricula, research,
or public service programs which | 4 |
| have a direct relationship to existing
programs; and the Board | 5 |
| may, under its rule making power, define the
character of such | 6 |
| reasonable and moderate extensions.
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| Such governing boards shall submit to the Board all | 8 |
| proposals for a new
unit of instruction, research, or public | 9 |
| service. The Board may approve or
disapprove the proposal in | 10 |
| whole or in part or approve modifications
thereof whenever in | 11 |
| its judgment such action is consistent with the
objectives of | 12 |
| an existing or proposed master plan of higher education.
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| The Board of Higher Education is authorized to review | 14 |
| periodically all
existing programs of instruction, research | 15 |
| and public service at the State
universities and colleges and | 16 |
| to advise the appropriate board of control if
the contribution | 17 |
| of each program is not educationally and economically
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| justified.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 21 |
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Section 3-25.1 and adding Section 2-26 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/2-26 new)
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| Sec. 2-26. Comprehensive community college plan. The State | 24 |
| Board shall
analyze the present and future aims, needs, and |
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| requirements of the public
community college system of this | 2 |
| State and develop a comprehensive plan for
the integration, | 3 |
| coordination, efficient utilization, and expansion of the
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| facilities and curricula of public community colleges not only | 5 |
| in those
areas that serve to bridge any gap between the | 6 |
| education and training provided
to students through a secondary | 7 |
| education level and the education and training
required for | 8 |
| gainful career employment, but also in those areas that will
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| promote or encourage freedom of movement and transfer of | 10 |
| students from
public community colleges to public and private | 11 |
| universities. In developing a
comprehensive community college
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| plan under this Section, the State Board shall give due | 13 |
| consideration to the
ability of the plan to complement the | 14 |
| objectives of the master plan for higher
education developed by | 15 |
| the Board of Higher Education. In addition, the State
Board | 16 |
| shall engage in a continuing study, analysis, and evaluation of | 17 |
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comprehensive community college plan developed under this | 18 |
| Section and may from
time to time recommend to the General | 19 |
| Assembly any legislation that it deems
necessary for the | 20 |
| implementation or effective operation of the plan.
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-25.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-25.1)
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| Sec. 3-25.1. Units of instruction.
To evaluate and review | 23 |
| proposals
authorize application to the Illinois Community | 24 |
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Board for the
approval of new units of instruction, | 25 |
| research or public service as defined
in this Section and to |
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| establish
or assist public community colleges in establishing
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| such new units following approval
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accordance with the | 3 |
| provisions of this Act and the Board of Higher Education
Act .
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| No public community college shall hereafter undertake the | 5 |
| establishment of
any new unit of instruction, research, or | 6 |
| public service without the approval
of the State Board. The | 7 |
| governing board of a community college district shall
submit to | 8 |
| the State Board all proposals for a new unit of instruction,
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| research, or public service. The State Board, in cooperation | 10 |
| with the Board of Higher Education, shall evaluate the proposal | 11 |
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reference to any proposed master plan of higher education | 12 |
| developed by the
Board of Higher Education, but the overriding | 13 |
| standard to be applied by the
State Board in determining | 14 |
| whether to approve or disapprove the proposal in
whole or in | 15 |
| part or approve modifications thereof shall be whether, in the
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| judgment of the State Board, the proposal is consistent with | 17 |
| the objectives of
a comprehensive community college plan as | 18 |
| developed by the State Board for the
public community college | 19 |
| system of this State.
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| The State Board is authorized to review periodically all | 21 |
| existing programs of
instruction, research, and public service | 22 |
| at public community colleges and
to advise the board of | 23 |
| trustees of each community college if the contribution
of any | 24 |
| such program offered at the public community college is not
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| educationally and economically justified.
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| The term "new unit of instruction, research or public |
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| service" includes
the establishment of a college, school, | 2 |
| division, institute, department
or other unit including majors | 3 |
| and curricula in any field of instruction,
research, or public | 4 |
| service not theretofore included in the program of the
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| community college, and includes the establishment of any new | 6 |
| branch or campus
of the institution. The term shall not include | 7 |
| reasonable and moderate
extensions
of existing curricula, | 8 |
| research, or public service programs which have a
direct | 9 |
| relationship to existing programs; and the State Board may, | 10 |
| under
its rule making power define the character of reasonable | 11 |
| and moderate
extensions.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-322.)
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