100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4103

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish a uniform admission process online, which must be used at all public institutions of higher education; sets forth what components this admission process must include. Requires the Board (i) to ensure that any high school student in this State with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale) receives access to the opportunity of higher education and (ii) to guarantee admission to a public university; requires cooperation by the State Board of Education, high schools, and public universities. Requires the Board to conduct a study of the academic programs offered at each public university campus. Sets forth the Board's duties concerning the study. Requires the Board to use the results of the study and other specified factors to determine which academic programs should be prioritized at campuses of public universities and to create and designate Higher Education Strategic Centers of Excellence. Requires the Board to work with the Illinois Community College Board to develop recommendations to integrate community colleges into this plan. Sets forth additional Board of Higher Education duties concerning evaluating programmatic expansions and new programs and studying student financial aid and multi-year budgeting. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities to make conforming changes.


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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    WHEREAS, The goal of this Act is to protect quality; reduce
3duplication, redundancy, and inefficiency; protect ranked
4programs and the invaluable nature of public higher education
5research; and otherwise ensure that this State is prioritizing
6tax dollars to protect its higher educational strengths,
7eliminate its weaknesses, and ensure that Illinois maintains a
8highly educated, visibly skilled workforce ready to take
9advantage of opportunities for economic and social betterment;
10and
 
11    WHEREAS, According to historical enrollment data contained
12in the State of Illinois Budget Books prepared by the
13respective Governor's Office of Management and Budget, as well
14as full-time-equivalent enrollment figures compiled and
15produced by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
16Community College Board, statewide full-time-equivalent
17enrollment at Illinois public universities and community
18colleges has declined by approximately 50,000 students from
191991 to 2014; and
 
20    WHEREAS, According to an American Academy of Arts and
21Sciences 2015 publication entitled "Public Research
22Universities: Changes in State Funding", nationally, higher
23education's share of nationwide general fund spending has
24fallen significantly since 1990; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The same publication showed, between 2008 and
22013, that, nationally, appropriation support among the 50
3states for public education per full-time-equivalent student
4declined by 26% at the median public research university; and
 
5    WHEREAS, According to the Academy's publication, "[i]n
6all, forty-six states cut support for public higher education
7per FTE student between 2008 and 2014, after adjusting for
8inflation"; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Academy's report notes that "these cuts were
10deep: thirty-six states cut inflation-adjusted spending per
11FTE student by more than 20 percent, nineteen cut by more than
1225 percent, and ten cut by more than 30 percent"; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Academy's analysis observes that "[t]he
14decline in support in part reflects difficult choices states
15have made in response to mandatory spending programs like
16Medicaid, rising pension contributions, and a desire to
17preserve K-12 education"; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The same study found that, nationally, "the
19Medicaid share more than doubled, from 9.5 percent to 19.1
20percent" and "[s]tates now spend more than twice as much on
21Medicaid as they do on higher education"; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, According to data contained in the State of
2Illinois Budget Books prepared by the respective Governor's
3Office of Management and Budget, Illinois spending for higher
4education increased a net $1,100,000,000 from general funds
5from fiscal year 2005 to fiscal year 2015, with all increases
6attributable to rising State Universities Retirement System
7contributions, as during this time funding for operations
8declined; and
 
9    WHEREAS, In a May 3, 2017 U.S. News & World Report article,
10entitled "10 Colleges with the Highest Tuition for In-State
11Students", Jordan Friedman states, "[a]mong the 316 ranked
12public colleges that submitted these data to U.S. News in an
13annual survey, the average tuition was about $8,893 for the
142015-2016 academic year"; and
 
15    WHEREAS, According to the article, for the 2015-2016
16academic year, the amount of in-state tuition and fees charged
17by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was $15,626,
18almost double the national average, which makes the University
19one of the 10 most expensive places in America for in-state
20tuition; and
 
21    WHEREAS, According to the 2015 Senate Democratic Caucus
22Investigative Report on Executive Compensation at Illinois

 

 

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1Higher Education Institutions, in-state tuition nationwide at
2public institutions rose 67% from 2000 to 2011, after adjusting
3for inflation; and
 
4    WHEREAS, This same publication showed that, from 1978 to
52008, the cost of living doubled and medical costs ballooned
6roughly six-fold, but college tuition and fees saw a nearly
7ten-fold increase; even after adjusting for financial aid, the
8amount families have to pay for college has skyrocketed 439%
9since 1982; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Senate Democratic Caucus report noted that,
11while state operating support for public universities has
12declined by 7% between Fiscal Year 2005 and Fiscal Year 2015,
13the corresponding increase in tuition and fee revenue during
14the same time period has not only offset state budget cuts, but
15sustained the annual public university revenue growth rate in
16excess of 5%; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The Executive Compensation report showed that the
18University of Illinois, for example, between Fiscal Year 2005
19and Fiscal Year 2015, has seen a $36,000,000 or -5.2% decline
20in State funding, while revenues from tuition and fees has
21increased $668,000,000 or 155.5% during the same time period;
22and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Since the 1960s, the State of Illinois has been
2the second highest net negative exporter of college students in
3the United States, according to "Residence and Migration of
4First-Time Freshmen Enrolled in Degree-Granting Institutions"
5by Samuel Fall Barbett with the National Center for Education
6Statistics; and
 
7    WHEREAS, According to a 2010 United States Department of
8Education examination, 24% of the 2008 fall freshman class from
9Illinois out-migrated; this was 6% higher than the national
10average of 18%; and
 
11    WHEREAS, In terms of academic preparation, the students
12deemed most ready for college, those with the highest GPA, the
13highest ACT scores (specifically higher ACT mathematics
14scores), and higher aggregate academic performance, generally
15had the highest rates of out-migration, according to "Using
16Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling (HGLM) to Establish
17the Determinants of Out-Migration" by R. Adam Manley, Cecile
18Dietrich, and Eric Lichtenberger); and
 
19    WHEREAS, Manley et al. notes that "[t]hirty percent of high
20school graduates who matriculate to four-year colleges do so at
21out-of-state institutions"; and
 
22    WHEREAS, According to research done by Manley et al.,

 

 

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1"Illinois ranks 49 out of 50 in net migration with [an]
2estimated loss of 9,773 freshmen", making the "outmigration
3rate much higher than the national average"; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Each year, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri,
5and Michigan seem to consistently attract approximately 50% of
6Illinois migrant students according to "Outmigration and Human
7Capital: Homeward Bound or Gone for Good" by Eric Lichtenberger
8and Cecile Dietrich, 2014; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Lichtenberger and Dietrich also note that the
10migration of college students is particularly relevant to
11Illinois, because the state exports more high school students
12to colleges in other states than it imports. The consequences
13of this net-outmigration pattern is important because research
14shows that not only do college students contribute to state and
15local economies through their tuition and daily living
16expenditures while attending college, a majority who attend
17colleges in other states are less likely to return to their
18home state to live and work after graduation; and
 
19    WHEREAS, According to data provided by the Department of
20Employment Security, there are approximately 150,000 job
21openings in Illinois per year that require less than a
22bachelor's degree, but many who would otherwise apply for said
23jobs lack the necessary workforce skills and training to apply;

 

 

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1filling the skills gap will become even more critical in coming
2years, as manufacturing equipment becomes more technical,
3requiring an even higher aptitude for math and computer skills;
4and our community college system fills a critical need in
5quickly training and preparing individuals for these jobs, in
6addition to being a pathway to a bachelor's degree; and
 
7    WHEREAS, As an example of the economic cost of
8out-migration, in 2000, Illinois lost 4,781 students to other
9states, and this out-migration of 4,781 students equated to an
10estimated lifetime loss of $776,400,930 in tax revenue (income &
11 sales tax) to the State of Illinois, according to "Estimating
12the Economic Impact of College Student Migration from Illinois"
13by Ryan Smith and Andrew Wall; and
 
14    WHEREAS, During the same time period that (i) this State
15has seen such significant decreases in enrollment, (ii)
16nationally and in Illinois, funding trends have declined for
17operations, and (iii) educational costs have outpaced
18inflation, all leading to higher and higher tuition costs for
19students, the amount of campuses and course offerings have
20continued to increase across this State and this State has a
21major excess in capacity in its current higher education
22system; and
 
23    WHEREAS, In the University of Illinois's Fiscal Year 2018

 

 

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1capital budget request, one priority is a new $82,600,000
2Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
3building at the Springfield campus, despite the fact that the
4Board of Higher Education's Capital Working Group priorities
5already include $112,000,000 for a new science building at
6Eastern Illinois University, $118,000,000 for a science
7building at Western Illinois University, and $66,000,000 for
8construction of a Computer Science, Health Informatics, and
9Technology Center at Northern Illinois University; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Illinois' public higher education system should
11operate as a cohesive system, creating strong economic engines
12in every region of this State; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Illinois tax dollars should be funding excellence
14within this State's public higher education system; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Nationally, higher education is changing, and
16there is a need for this State's higher education system to
17strategically adapt in order to preserve, protect, and promote
18the vital role it plays in the overall health of the State of
19Illinois and the ability of any Illinois citizen to access
20affordable education; therefore
 
21    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
22represented in the General Assembly:
 

 

 

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1    Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
2adding Sections 9.07a, 9.07b, 9.37, 9.38, 9.39, and 9.40 as
3follows:
 
4    (110 ILCS 205/9.07a new)
5    Sec. 9.07a. Uniform admission process. The Board shall
6establish a uniform admission process online, which must be
7used at all public institutions of higher education. The goal
8of this uniform admission process program is to ensure that no
9matter which institution an applicant initially applies to, if
10that institution denies the applicant acceptance, then the
11applicant will be offered admission to another public
12institution of higher education. This admission process must
13include the following components:
14        (1) The Board shall create a uniform admission
15    application known as the "Common App", to be accepted at
16    all public institutions of higher education. The Board
17    shall make the Common App available online on the Board's
18    website. The Board shall inform all high schools in this
19    State of the availability of the Common App online, and
20    high school personnel shall provide this information to
21    students and their parents or guardian. Common App data
22    must be sent to all public universities. An applicant who
23    is not offered admission to a public university must be
24    automatically referred to the community college district

 

 

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1    where the applicant resides and provided with enrollment
2    information from that district.
3        (2) If a public institution of higher education accepts
4    a person for admission to the institution, the person shall
5    receive a letter of acceptance from the institution, which
6    shall set forth any grant or scholarship offers extended by
7    the institution at that time. However, nothing shall
8    prevent the institution from subsequently enhancing such
9    grant or scholarship offers to the person.
10        (3) The process must be integrated such that if an
11    applicant is not accepted for admission to the public
12    institution of higher education that he or she applied to,
13    then the Board shall forward his or her Common App to other
14    public institutions of higher education whose admission
15    standards are reasonably in line with the applicant's
16    qualifications and who have programs and areas of study
17    that the applicant wishes to enroll in. However, the Board,
18    in so forwarding the Common App to an institution that
19    matches the applicant's qualifications and criteria, shall
20    also ensure that it maximizes the optimal efficiencies of
21    each academic department of an institution and each
22    institution itself by forwarding the Common App to
23    institutions with a goal of ensuring that departments and
24    institutions are operating with a critical mass of students
25    to operate efficiently. The Board shall also forward the
26    Common App to the community college district where the

 

 

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1    applicant resides.
2        (4) All admission decisions, other than under Section
3    9.07b of this Act, shall be made by each public institution
4    of higher education, not the Board.
 
5    (110 ILCS 205/9.07b new)
6    Sec. 9.07b. Access to opportunity and automatic admission.
7The Board shall, as part of the Common App created under
8Section 9.07a of this Act, ensure that any high school student
9in this State with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or
10better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale)
11receives access to the opportunity of higher education and
12shall guarantee admission to a public university. The State
13Board of Education shall cooperate with the Board to ensure
14that each high school student in this State and his or her
15parent or guardian is provided, at the high school level, with
16the knowledge that the student will qualify for automatic
17admission if he or she maintains a 3.0 cumulative grade point
18average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0
19scale) through graduation from high school. While a high school
20student is not required to complete the Common App, all high
21schools in this State shall provide the time, opportunity, and
22guidance to fill out the Common App and a Free Application for
23Federal Student Aid for any student wishing to do so. The Board
24shall work with each public university and each public
25university shall cooperate with the Board to ensure that each

 

 

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1high school student in this State with a 3.0 cumulative grade
2point average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a
35.0 scale) is admitted to a public university that is in line
4with that student's academic interests and that is academically
5appropriate for that student.
 
6    (110 ILCS 205/9.37 new)
7    Sec. 9.37. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
8Excellence Plan.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "campus" includes any campus
10of a public university and public universities with only one
11campus.
12    (b) The Board shall conduct a study of the academic
13programs offered at each public university campus as follows:
14        (1) The Board shall conduct a survey that ranks the
15    departmental quality of each academic department on a
16    campus relative to corresponding departments at other
17    public university campuses. The Board shall rank each
18    academic program in relation to similar programs at other
19    campuses in this State.
20        (2) The Board shall specifically study programmatic
21    expansions, programmatic eliminations, and programs with
22    low enrollment.
23        (3) The Board shall examine those academic areas with
24    an opportunity for growth in relation to workforce demands.
25        (4) The Board shall produce a statement of excellence

 

 

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1    for each campus, determining each campus's greatest
2    academic strengths and guiding the future mission and
3    priorities of each campus.
4        (5) The Board shall institute an economic efficiency
5    review of each campus and also of the top 8 ranked academic
6    departments statewide, as determined in paragraph (1) of
7    this subsection (b), in order to determine the optimal
8    level of student population at each campus and each of the
9    ranked departments, such that each campus and department is
10    operating at maximum efficiency. In completing the review,
11    the goal shall be to maximize the peak operating efficiency
12    of each campus and to enable sustainable and affordable
13    academic programs. The review shall include, but is not
14    limited to, the following:
15            (A) determining the number of students per
16        department necessary for that department to operate at
17        peak efficiency; and
18            (B) determining how many students per campus are
19        necessary for that campus to operate at peak
20        efficiency.
21    The Board shall include the following factors, without
22    limitation, when making its determination or evaluation
23    under subdivisions (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (5):
24            (i) fixed costs;
25            (ii) variable costs;
26            (iii) administrative overhead;

 

 

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1            (iv) ongoing maintenance;
2            (v) labor costs;
3            (vi) the existing physical plant;
4            (vii) deferred maintenance;
5            (viii) on-campus housing availability, the demand
6        for and vacancy rates of such housing, the housing
7        opportunities available, and the appropriate mix of
8        students living on campus and off campus to determine
9        the campus's most efficient mix of student population;
10            (ix) procurement-related costs;
11            (x) the existing debt of the campus and whether the
12        campus would need to issue new debt in order to repair,
13        renovate, or create new programs or rehabilitate the
14        physical plant;
15            (xi) the impact on existing debt of the closure of
16        any department or program; and
17            (xii) any other factor that would bear on the
18        efficient operation of that particular campus or
19        departmental program in order to ensure that the campus
20        or department is operating at maximum efficiency.
21    Each public university shall prepare and present a
22    statement to the Board of what it considers to be the
23    university's areas of accomplishment and excellence within
24    the university. The Board must consider a university's
25    statement as part of the overall analysis involved in this
26    subsection (b). This statement may be supported by whatever

 

 

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1    documentation the university wishes to present. Such
2    documentation may include, but is not required to, nor is
3    it limited to:
4            (I) departmental rankings from outside rankings
5        services;
6            (II) graduation rates;
7            (III) access to an underserved population;
8            (IV) job placement rates;
9            (V) a unique or specific program or qualification
10        of its faculty;
11            (VI) the relative value a student receives
12        relative to the price of his or her degree versus his
13        or her long-term earnings potential in his or her field
14        of study;
15            (VII) research areas and research grants; and
16            (VIII) any other factor the university believes
17        the Board should consider before making any
18        designation.
19    For departments that are not ranked in the top 8 pursuant
20    to paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), the Board shall
21    evaluate the demand for that departmental program in the
22    geographic region of the campus and whether continuing to
23    offer such a program will address an existing market
24    demand, provide access to an underserved population in that
25    region of the State, or address the future demand for that
26    offering in the reasonably foreseeable future.

 

 

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1    (c) After completion of the study, the Board shall use the
2results of the study to determine which academic programs
3should be prioritized at each campus at a public university in
4this State. In determining which academic programs should be
5prioritized at which campuses, the Board shall, in addition to
6the results of the study completed under subsection (b) of this
7Section, consider all of the following factors:
8        (1) Maintaining enough academic programs at each
9    campus to keep all campuses of public universities in this
10    State open and operating at maximum efficiency.
11        (2) The ranking of each academic program at each
12    campus. The Board shall have a goal of maintaining, at a
13    minimum, the top 8 of each type of academic program.
14        (3) Geographic opportunity and access to programs of
15    all types.
16        (4) Diversity of demographic groups served by that
17    campus or department.
18        (5) Prioritizing available State funds to strengthen
19    and buttress successful and academically superior programs
20    while eliminating the subsidization of weaker academic
21    programs.
22        (6) Ensuring continued support for existing medical,
23    dental, pharmacy, nursing, or other health occupation
24    programs or departments.
25        (7) Ensuring that campuses ranked as R1 institutions in
26    the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher

 

 

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1    Education or a similar ranking of top research institutions
2    in the United States retain their ranking and designation;
3        (8) Maintaining science, technology, engineering, and
4    mathematics centers of excellence.
5        (9) The important role that regional universities play
6    in their region and in the overall economy of this State.
7        (10) Ensuring horizontal integration of teaching
8    resources across campuses.
9        (11) Establishing opportunities for vertical
10    integration between community colleges and public
11    universities.
12        (12) Distance learning to optimize educational
13    opportunity while controlling costs.
14        (13) The optimal student population of each campus,
15    with the Board determining enrollment levels necessary for
16    optimum efficiency.
17    The results of this review shall be used to create and
18designate, by program, Higher Education Strategic Centers of
19Excellence.
20    (d) The Board shall designate the Higher Education
21Strategic Centers of Excellence under subsection (c) of this
22Section within 18 months after the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and shall report
24its finding and actions required under this Section to the
25General Assembly within 18 months after the effective date of
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1in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act. The
2report shall be re-evaluated as necessary, but no less than
3every 3 years, to ensure that public universities have a
4sustainable academic plan and that there is a balance of
5academic programs throughout this State.
6    (e) The Board shall, with the Illinois Community College
7Board, develop recommendations to integrate community colleges
8into the plan established under subsection (c) of this Section
9and shall have the authority to implement the recommendations
10as necessary.
 
11    (110 ILCS 205/9.38 new)
12    Sec. 9.38. Evaluation of programmatic expansions and new
13programs. In evaluating programmatic expansions and new
14programs at public institutions of higher education, the Board,
15prior to approving such expansions or new programs, shall make
16the following findings:
17        (1) that such an expansion or new program is meeting an
18    unmet need in that region of the State or serving an
19    unserved or underserved population;
20        (2) in cases in which subdivision (1) of this Section
21    cannot be satisfied, that a market-demand analysis has been
22    performed to rationally justify that growth opportunity in
23    the area will be forthcoming in the immediate future;
24        (3) that the institution has the ability, if so
25    approved, to offer a quality program at a price point that

 

 

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1    is cheaper for students than existing options elsewhere in
2    the area; and
3        (4) that the opening of such a program does not
4    negatively impact the optimal efficiency of the existing
5    higher education infrastructure in this State and that the
6    dedication of resources will not be at the expense of one
7    of the Higher Education Strategic Centers of Excellence
8    created in Section 9.37 of this Act.
 
9    (110 ILCS 205/9.39 new)
10    Sec. 9.39. Student financial aid study and reports.
11    (a) The Board shall study the opportunity for merit-based
12financial aid to be awarded to students within the specific
13budget of a public institution of higher education with the
14goal of inducing students who would otherwise leave this State
15to attend colleges and universities located inside this State
16and increasing marginal revenue to the institution's campus.
17This study must be completed on or before January 1, 2019. Upon
18completion of the study, the Board shall report its
19recommendations to the General Assembly as provided in Section
203.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, including
21specific recommendations on the creation of a statewide
22merit-based financial aid program and how to pay for such a
23program.
24    (b) The Board shall produce a report detailing the last 25
25years of student financial aid grant programs funded by this

 

 

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1State to display factors indicative of a return on investment.
2The report shall, at a minimum, include the following for each
3State-funded grant program:
4        (1) the amount of State funding appropriated and spent
5    each year;
6        (2) the amount of private or non-State revenues also
7    supporting the program;
8        (3) student outcomes, including the number of program
9    graduates; and
10        (4) post-college data detailing how grant recipients
11    are currently benefiting this State.
12    This report must be submitted to the General Assembly, as
13provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
14Act, on or before January 1, 2019.
15    (c) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2020.
 
16    (110 ILCS 205/9.40 new)
17    Sec. 9.40. Multi-year budgeting study.
18    (a) The Board shall study the concept of multi-year
19budgeting in order to bring stability and security to this
20State's budgeting process so that public institutions of higher
21education can better and more efficiently plan their internal
22operations. The Board shall report specific recommendations on
23multi-year budgeting to the General Assembly, as provided in
24Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, no later
25than January 1, 2019.

 

 

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1    (b) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2020.
 
2    Section 10. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
3adding Section 100 as follows:
 
4    (110 ILCS 305/100 new)
5    Sec. 100. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
6Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
7contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
8Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
9Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
10of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
11any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
12Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
13the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
14    Section 15. The Southern Illinois University Management
15Act is amended by adding Section 85 as follows:
 
16    (110 ILCS 520/85 new)
17    Sec. 85. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
18Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
19contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
20Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
21Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
22of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create

 

 

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1any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
2Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
3the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
4    Section 20. The Chicago State University Law is amended by
5adding Section 5-195 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 660/5-195 new)
7    Sec. 5-195. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
8Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
9contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
10Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
11Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
12of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
13any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
14Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
15the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
16    Section 25. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
17by adding Section 10-195 as follows:
 
18    (110 ILCS 665/10-195 new)
19    Sec. 10-195. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
20Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
21contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
22Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the

 

 

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1Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
2of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
3any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
4Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
5the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
6    Section 30. The Governors State University Law is amended
7by adding Section 15-195 as follows:
 
8    (110 ILCS 670/15-195 new)
9    Sec. 15-195. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
10Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
11contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
12Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
13Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
14of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
15any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
16Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
17the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
18    Section 35. The Illinois State University Law is amended by
19adding Section 20-200 as follows:
 
20    (110 ILCS 675/20-200 new)
21    Sec. 20-200. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
22Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the

 

 

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1contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
2Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
3Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
4of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
5any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
6Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
7the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
8    Section 40. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
9amended by adding Section 25-195 as follows:
 
10    (110 ILCS 680/25-195 new)
11    Sec. 25-195. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
12Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
13contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
14Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
15Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
16of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
17any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
18Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
19the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
20    Section 45. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended
21by adding Section 30-205 as follows:
 
22    (110 ILCS 685/30-205 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 30-205. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
2Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
3contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
4Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
5Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
6of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
7any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
8Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
9the Board of Higher Education Act.
 
10    Section 50. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
11by adding Section 35-200 as follows:
 
12    (110 ILCS 690/35-200 new)
13    Sec. 35-200. 2017 Higher Education Strategic Centers of
14Excellence Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
15contrary, the University shall cooperate with the Board of
16Higher Education and comply with any decisions made by the
17Board of Higher Education with respect to this amendatory Act
18of the 100th General Assembly. The University may not create
19any new academic program without the approval of the Board of
20Higher Education, as provided in Sections 7, 9.37, and 9.38 of
21the Board of Higher Education Act.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    110 ILCS 205/9.07a new
4    110 ILCS 205/9.07b new
5    110 ILCS 205/9.37 new
6    110 ILCS 205/9.38 new
7    110 ILCS 205/9.39 new
8    110 ILCS 205/9.40 new
9    110 ILCS 305/100 new
10    110 ILCS 520/85 new
11    110 ILCS 660/5-195 new
12    110 ILCS 665/10-195 new
13    110 ILCS 670/15-195 new
14    110 ILCS 675/20-200 new
15    110 ILCS 680/25-195 new
16    110 ILCS 685/30-205 new
17    110 ILCS 690/35-200 new