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Public Act 099-0636 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. | ||||
Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | ||||
finds and declares that in January of 1993, the Board of Higher | ||||
Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and transfer | ||||
coordinators from Illinois colleges and universities jointly | ||||
launched the Illinois Articulation Initiative to ease the | ||||
transfer of students among Illinois public and independent | ||||
associate and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions. The | ||||
General Assembly finds and declares that the Illinois | ||||
Articulation Initiative was driven by the following | ||||
foundational ideas: | ||||
(1) that associate and baccalaureate degree-granting | ||||
institutions are equal partners in educating college | ||||
freshmen and sophomores; | ||||
(2) that faculties should take primary responsibility | ||||
for developing and maintaining program and course | ||||
articulation; and | ||||
(3) that institutions are expected to work together to | ||||
facilitate transfer for lower-division baccalaureate |
programs. | ||
The General Assembly finds and declares that students have | ||
benefited by receiving the General Education Core Curriculum | ||
and transferring across institutions of higher education. | ||
Section 10. Definition of public institution. In this Act, | ||
"public institution" means a public university or public | ||
community college in this State. | ||
Section 15. Participation. All public institutions shall | ||
participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through | ||
submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer. | ||
All public institutions shall maintain a complete Illinois | ||
Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum | ||
package, and all public institutions shall maintain up to 4 | ||
core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, | ||
provided the public institution has equivalent majors and | ||
courses. All public institutions shall provide faculty, as | ||
appointed by the Board of Higher Education for public | ||
universities and the Illinois Community College Board for | ||
public community colleges, to serve on panels in the review of | ||
courses. | ||
Section 20. Course transferability.
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(a) All courses approved for Illinois Articulation | ||
Initiative General Education codes must be transferable as a |
part of the General Education Core Curriculum package, | ||
consistent with the specific requirements of the package. All | ||
public institutions shall determine if Illinois Articulation | ||
Initiative major courses are direct course equivalents or are | ||
elective credit toward the requirements of the major. If the | ||
receiving institution does not offer the course or does not | ||
offer it at the lower-division level, the student shall receive | ||
elective lower-division major credit toward the requirements | ||
of the major for the course and may be required to take the | ||
course at the upper-division level. | ||
(b) Students receiving the full General Education Core | ||
Curriculum package must not be required to take additional | ||
lower-division general education courses. | ||
Section 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board duties.
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(a) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation, | ||
oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation | ||
Initiative, including determining when panels must be | ||
discontinued or convened and the specific requirements of the | ||
General Education Core Curriculum. Panels must be convened | ||
across the fields of General Education, Communications, | ||
Humanities and Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, | ||
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics, and other fields | ||
as determined by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois |
Community College Board. | ||
(b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an | ||
annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the | ||
Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois | ||
Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.
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