104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1859

 

Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 805/3-29.28 new

    Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a community college district shall require the primary instructor of a course to meet specified qualifications set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code and any other applicable rules adopted by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that a course may not, in lieu of a primary instructor, use artificial intelligence or a generative artificial intelligence program.


LRB104 05178 LNS 15207 b

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1859LRB104 05178 LNS 15207 b

1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
5adding Section 3-29.28 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 805/3-29.28 new)
7    Sec. 3-29.28. Primary instructor qualifications. Each
8board shall require the primary instructor of a course to be an
9individual who meets the qualifications set forth in 23 Ill.
10Adm. Code 1501.303(f) and any other applicable rules adopted
11by the State Board. A course may not, in lieu of a primary
12instructor, use artificial intelligence or a generative
13artificial intelligence program, as defined in Section 2-101
14of the Illinois Human Rights Act.