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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1962 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Provides that, by May 1, 2026 and May 1 of each subsequent year, each public institution of higher education shall provide the Board of Higher Education with a report describing any course for which a student who transfers to a public 4-year institution from another State institution of higher education is not granted: (1) academic credit at the receiving institution; or (2) if the student has declared a major and has not changed majors, academic credit toward the student's major at the receiving institution. Requires the report to include: (1) the course name and type, including program, school, major or minor, and credits or units, if any; (2) which institution of higher education provided academic credit for the course; and (3) the reason why the receiving institution did not grant academic credit for the course. Requires the Board to compile the data and deliver a report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than October 1, 2026 and October 1 of each subsequent year. |
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| | SB1962 | | LRB104 10545 LNS 20621 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 35 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 152/35 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 35. Transfer Credit Report. |
| 8 | | (a) By May 1, 2026, and May 1 of each subsequent year and |
| 9 | | in the form prescribed by the Board of Higher Education, each |
| 10 | | public institution of higher education shall provide the Board |
| 11 | | of Higher Education with a report describing any course for |
| 12 | | which a student who transfers to a public 4-year institution |
| 13 | | from another State institution of higher education is not |
| 14 | | granted: |
| 15 | | (1) academic credit at the receiving institution; or |
| 16 | | (2) if the student has declared a major and has not |
| 17 | | changed majors, academic credit toward the student's major |
| 18 | | at the receiving institution. |
| 19 | | (b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, the |
| 20 | | following: |
| 21 | | (1) the course name and type, including program, |
| 22 | | school, major or minor, and credits or units, if any; |
| 23 | | (2) which institution of higher education provided |