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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 9.45 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 205/9.45 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9.45. Statewide Data Dashboard. |
| 8 | | (a) By March 15, 2027 and by March 15 of each year |
| 9 | | thereafter, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois |
| 10 | | Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance |
| 11 | | Commission shall jointly prepare and release a Statewide Data |
| 12 | | Dashboard to include individualized data on each public |
| 13 | | institution of higher education and each private institution |
| 14 | | of higher education on a publicly available website. Current |
| 15 | | dashboard platforms and technology shall be used, unless a |
| 16 | | more effective alternative is identified and practical. |
| 17 | | (b) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community |
| 18 | | College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission |
| 19 | | shall collaborate jointly and determine the indicators and |
| 20 | | presentation of the Statewide Data Dashboard, which must |
| 21 | | include, at a minimum, the most current data collected and |
| 22 | | maintained by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois |
| 23 | | Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance |
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| 1 | | Commission related to the following: |
| 2 | | (1) student demographics, to the extent available, |
| 3 | | including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, |
| 4 | | rural students, English learners, and adult students; |
| 5 | | (2) institution characteristics, including, but not |
| 6 | | limited to, total students and total faculty and staff; |
| 7 | | (3) affordability characteristics, including, but not |
| 8 | | limited to, the cost of attendance, including all |
| 9 | | categories of tuition and fees, on-campus and off-campus |
| 10 | | housing cost averages, if applicable for the institution, |
| 11 | | and loan repayment rates; |
| 12 | | (4) student success factors, including, but not |
| 13 | | limited to, enrollments, retention, completion, and, to |
| 14 | | the extent possible, the student demographic breakdown of |
| 15 | | each category; |
| 16 | | (5) a comparison, if feasible, of data covering a |
| 17 | | 5-year period; |
| 18 | | (6) institutional profile and mission; and |
| 19 | | (7) any additional data as reasonably determined and |
| 20 | | agreed upon by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois |
| 21 | | Community College Board, and the Illinois Student |
| 22 | | Assistance Commission. |
| 23 | | (c) Only aggregate data may be published on the Statewide |
| 24 | | Data Dashboard. |
| 25 | | (d) Data under the purview of the Board of Higher |
| 26 | | Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall remain under the |
| 2 | | authority of their respective agencies. To facilitate the |
| 3 | | development and maintenance of the Statewide Data Dashboard, |
| 4 | | the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College |
| 5 | | Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission may |
| 6 | | enter into memoranda of understanding or interagency |
| 7 | | agreements ensuring compliance with applicable State and |
| 8 | | federal data privacy laws. |
| 9 | | (e) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community |
| 10 | | College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission |
| 11 | | may adopt joint rules as necessary to administer this Section. |