SB0888sam006 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Andy Manar

Filed: 4/30/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 888

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 888, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
6adding Section 3-80 as follows:
 
7    (110 ILCS 805/3-80 new)
8    Sec. 3-80. Baccalaureate degree in nursing pilot program.
9    (a) The Board of Trustees of Community College District No.
10536 may establish and offer a baccalaureate-level nursing
11education pilot program, commonly referred to as a
12baccalaureate completion program (RN to BSN), and confer a
13bachelor of science degree in nursing if all of the following
14conditions are met:
15        (1) The Board of Trustees meets all of the requirements
16    as set forth in subsection (b) of this Section and has been

 

 

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1    approved by the State Board to offer a bachelor of science
2    degree in nursing.
3        (2) After the program has been approved by the State
4    Board, the Board of Higher Education shall consider the
5    program for approval in a manner consistent with new
6    bachelor's degree programs at public and private
7    universities in this State.
8        (3) The Board of Trustees has identified and
9    documented, in writing, unmet workforce needs in the
10    subject area of the baccalaureate degree to be offered. The
11    Board of Trustees shall publish on the district's website
12    and make publicly available the documentation and shall
13    present the documentation to the State Board.
14        (4) The community college shall hold a national
15    professional nursing accreditation or have applied for the
16    accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
17    Education, the Accreditation Commission for Education in
18    Nursing, or the Commission for Nursing Education
19    Accreditation.
20        (5) The community college district shall offer and
21    maintain an associate degree in nursing.
22        (6) The Board of Trustees must demonstrate, in writing,
23    how the district will enhance future opportunities for
24    minority and bilingual populations by focusing outreach
25    efforts and giving preference to those students in order to
26    meet workforce needs.

 

 

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1    (b) The Board of Trustees shall demonstrate that the
2district has the expertise, resources, and student interest to
3offer a quality bachelor of science degree in nursing. An
4application for approval from the State Board shall include,
5but is not limited to, all of the following:
6        (1) The Board of Trustees shall describe the labor
7    market need as specified in paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
8    of this Section.
9        (2) The Board of Trustees shall describe the program's
10    purpose, its target population, related occupations, and
11    career paths.
12        (3) The Board of Trustees shall demonstrate the college
13    has developed quality curricula that aligns with federal,
14    State, and local requirements and will prepare graduates
15    with the appropriate level of skill to meet their
16    educational goals.
17        (4) The Board of Trustees shall verify the college has
18    the fiscal resources in place or has budgeted for financial
19    support for the program in a cost-effective manner.
20        (5) The Board of Trustees shall identify and document
21    the faculty available for teaching the program, including
22    the number of full-time faculty anticipated to teach in the
23    program, a description of their qualifications (including
24    highest degree earned), teaching experience, professional
25    experience, and licenses held. The Board of Trustees must
26    also indicate how faculty are to be evaluated.

 

 

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1    (c) The community college district shall be prohibited from
2using semester credit hours generated in baccalaureate degree
3programs for grants received pursuant to Section 2-16.02 of
4this Act.
5    (d) The State Board shall conduct a statewide evaluation of
6the pilot program established under this Section. The results
7of the evaluation shall be reported, in writing, on or before
8July 1, 2023 to all of the following:
9        (1) The Board of Higher Education.
10        (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
11        (3) The Minority Leader of the House of
12    Representatives.
13        (4) The President of the Senate.
14        (5) The Minority Leader of the Senate.
15        (6) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
16    The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, all of
17the following:
18        (i) Information identifying applicants, admissions,
19    enrollments, demographic characteristics of students, and
20    degree recipients.
21        (ii) The extent to which the program established under
22    this Section fulfills identified workforce needs.
23        (iii) Information on the pace of employment of students
24    and the subsequent job placement of graduates.
25        (iv) The cost of each bachelor's degree in nursing
26    program and the funding sources that were used to finance

 

 

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1    the program.
2        (v) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for the
3    program established under this Section.
4        (vi) The extent to which the program established under
5    this Section is in compliance with the requirements of this
6    Section.
7    The Board of Trustees shall submit the information
8necessary to conduct the evaluation required under this
9subsection (d), as determined by the evaluator, to the State
10Board.".