Public Act 096-0535
 		





SB1883 Enrolled
LRB096 10808 NHT 21024 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:




 
    Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended  by 
adding Section 9.33 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 205/9.33  new)
    Sec. 9.33. Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development 
Grant Program.

    (a) The Board shall implement and administer a grant 
program, to be referred to as the Collaborative Baccalaureate 
Degree Development Grant Program, to help deliver upper 
division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by 
bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities at a 
location geographically convenient to student populations 
currently being served by existing public  community colleges. 
The Board shall adopt rules  regarding eligibility criteria and 
a process for the annual application and awarding of grants.

The grant application and award process shall be as efficient 
as possible to encourage collaborative applications and shall 
include consideration of existing programs and facilities.
    (b) A grant application must be jointly submitted by one 
public  community college and one or more public or private, 
not-for-profit, 4-year colleges or universities.
    (c) Grants may be used for any combination of the 
following:
        (1) Instructional space on or near a community college.
        (2) Required training and advanced education of 
    faculty for the new programs.
        (3) Instructional technology tools.
        (4) Marketing and promotion for joint efforts.
        (5) Other purposes related to the collaboration 
    efforts, as allowed by the Board's program rules.

    (d) In order to better ensure the commitment of the 
partnering institutions, the Board shall require that each 
partnering institution (both the community college and the 
4-year institution or institutions) must also invest in the 
partnership.  Each grant application must include how the 
State's grant will be matched by dollars from the partner 
institutions.  The combined investment of the partner 
institutions must equal no less than 50% of the amount of the 
grant.
    (e) The Board shall adopt any rules that are  necessary for 
the implementation of this Section.


 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.