99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6077

 

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires all public institutions of higher education to participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer consistency. Requires (i) all sending and receiving institutions to maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless transfer; (ii) all institutions to maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, provided the institution has equivalent majors and courses; and (iii) all institutions to provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, to serve on panels in the review of courses. Provides that all courses approved for Illinois Articulation Initiative codes must be directly transferable either as a part of the General Education Core Curriculum package or as equivalent major courses, insofar as a specific major is offered at the receiving institution. Provides that students receiving the General Education Core Curriculum package must not be required to take additional freshmen or sophomore level general education courses and must be able to transfer seamlessly. Sets forth the duties of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Articulation Initiative Act.
 
6    Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
7finds and declares that in January of 1993, the Board of Higher
8Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and transfer
9coordinators from Illinois colleges and universities jointly
10launched the Illinois Articulation Initiative to ease the
11transfer of students among Illinois public and independent
12associate and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions. The
13General Assembly finds and declares that the Illinois
14Articulation Initiative was driven by the following
15foundational ideas:
16        (1) that associate and baccalaureate degree-granting
17    institutions are equal partners in educating college
18    freshmen and sophomores;
19        (2) that faculties should take primary responsibility
20    for developing and maintaining program and course
21    articulation; and
22        (3) that institutions are expected to work together to
23    ensure that lower-division baccalaureate programs are

 

 

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1    comparable in scope, quality, and academic rigor.
2    The General Assembly finds and declares that students have
3benefited by receiving the General Education Core Curriculum
4and transferring seamlessly across institutions of higher
5education.
 
6    Section 10. Definition of public institution. In this Act,
7"public institution" means a public university or public
8community college in this State.
 
9    Section 15. Participation. All public institutions shall
10participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through
11submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer
12consistency. All sending and receiving public institutions
13shall maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative
14General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless
15transfer, and all public institutions shall maintain up to 4
16core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major,
17provided the public institution has equivalent majors and
18courses. All public institutions shall provide faculty, as
19appointed by the Board of Higher Education for public
20universities and the Illinois Community College Board for
21public community colleges, to serve on panels in the review of
22courses.
 
23    Section 20. Course transferability.

 

 

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1    (a) All courses approved for Illinois Articulation
2Initiative codes must be directly transferable either as a part
3of the General Education Core Curriculum package or as
4equivalent major courses, insofar as a specific major is
5offered at the receiving public institution.
6    (b) Students receiving the General Education Core
7Curriculum package must not be required to take additional
8freshmen or sophomore level general education courses and must
9be able to transfer seamlessly.
 
10    Section 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
11Community College Board duties.
12    (a) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
13Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation,
14oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation
15Initiative, including determining when panels must be
16discontinued or convened. Panels must be convened across the
17fields of General Education, Communications, Humanities and
18Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social and
19Behavioral Sciences, and General Education Mathematics.
20    (b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
21Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an
22annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the
23Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois
24Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.