Sen. Andy Manar
Filed: 3/7/2017
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 888
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 888 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 3-80 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (110 ILCS 805/3-80 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3-80. Baccalaureate degree in nursing program. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A board of trustees may establish and offer a | ||||||
| 9 | baccalaureate-level nursing education program and confer a | ||||||
| 10 | bachelor of science degree in nursing if all of the following | ||||||
| 11 | conditions are met: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) The board meets all of the requirements as set | ||||||
| 13 | forth in subsection (b) of this Section and has been | ||||||
| 14 | approved by the State Board to offer a bachelor of science | ||||||
| 15 | degree in nursing. | ||||||
| 16 | (2) After the program has been approved by the State | ||||||
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| 1 | Board, the Board of Higher Education shall consider the | ||||||
| 2 | program for approval in a manner consistent with new | ||||||
| 3 | bachelor's degree programs at public and private | ||||||
| 4 | universities in this State. | ||||||
| 5 | (3) The board has been approved by the Division of | ||||||
| 6 | Professional Regulation of the Department of Financial and | ||||||
| 7 | Professional Regulation, as provided under Nurse Practice | ||||||
| 8 | Act, to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing. | ||||||
| 9 | (4) The board has identified and documented, in | ||||||
| 10 | writing, unmet workforce needs in the subject area of the | ||||||
| 11 | baccalaureate degree to be offered. The board shall publish | ||||||
| 12 | on its website and make publicly available the | ||||||
| 13 | documentation and shall present the documentation to the | ||||||
| 14 | State Board. | ||||||
| 15 | (5) The community college shall hold a national | ||||||
| 16 | professional nursing accreditation, hold candidacy status | ||||||
| 17 | for the accreditation, or have applied for the | ||||||
| 18 | accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing | ||||||
| 19 | Education, the Accreditation Commission for Education in | ||||||
| 20 | Nursing, or the Commission for Nursing Education | ||||||
| 21 | Accreditation. | ||||||
| 22 | (6) The community college district shall offer and | ||||||
| 23 | maintain an associate degree in nursing. | ||||||
| 24 | (b) The board shall demonstrate that the district has the | ||||||
| 25 | expertise, resources, and student interest to offer a quality | ||||||
| 26 | bachelor of science degree in nursing. An application for | ||||||
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| 1 | approval from the State Board shall include, but is not limited | ||||||
| 2 | to, all of the following: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) The board shall describe the labor market need as | ||||||
| 4 | specified in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this | ||||||
| 5 | Section. | ||||||
| 6 | (2) The board shall describe the program's purpose, its | ||||||
| 7 | target population, related occupations, and career paths. | ||||||
| 8 | (3) The board shall demonstrate the college has | ||||||
| 9 | developed quality curricula that aligns with federal, | ||||||
| 10 | State, and local requirements and will prepare graduates | ||||||
| 11 | with the appropriate level of skill to meet their | ||||||
| 12 | educational goals. | ||||||
| 13 | (4) The board shall verify the college has the fiscal | ||||||
| 14 | resources in place or has budgeted for financial support | ||||||
| 15 | for the program in a cost-effective manner. | ||||||
| 16 | (5) The board shall identify and document the faculty | ||||||
| 17 | available for teaching the program, including the number of | ||||||
| 18 | full-time and part-time faculty anticipated to teach in the | ||||||
| 19 | program, a description of their qualifications (including | ||||||
| 20 | highest degree earned), teaching experience, professional | ||||||
| 21 | experience, and licenses held. The board must also indicate | ||||||
| 22 | how faculty are to be evaluated. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) Community college districts shall be prohibited from | ||||||
| 24 | using semester credit hours generated in baccalaureate degree | ||||||
| 25 | programs for grants received pursuant to Section 2-16.02 of | ||||||
| 26 | this Act. | ||||||
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| 1 | (d) Until August 31, 2022, the number of bachelor's degree | ||||||
| 2 | in nursing programs approved by the State Board and the Board | ||||||
| 3 | of Higher Education shall not exceed 20. | ||||||
| 4 | (e) The State Board shall conduct a statewide evaluation of | ||||||
| 5 | all nursing programs established under this Section. The | ||||||
| 6 | results of the evaluation shall be reported, in writing, on or | ||||||
| 7 | before July 1, 2022 to all of the following: | ||||||
| 8 | (1) The Board of Higher Education. | ||||||
| 9 | (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 10 | (3) The Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 11 | Representatives. | ||||||
| 12 | (4) The President of the Senate. | ||||||
| 13 | (5) The Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
| 14 | (6) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget. | ||||||
| 15 | The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, all of | ||||||
| 16 | the following: | ||||||
| 17 | (i) The number of new programs established under this | ||||||
| 18 | Section, including information identifying applicants, | ||||||
| 19 | admissions, enrollments, demographic characteristics of | ||||||
| 20 | students, and degree recipients. | ||||||
| 21 | (ii) The extent to which the programs established under | ||||||
| 22 | this Section fulfill identified workforce needs. | ||||||
| 23 | (iii) Information on the pace of employment of students | ||||||
| 24 | and the subsequent job placement of graduates. | ||||||
| 25 | (iv) Which districts applied for a bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 26 | nursing program but were denied and why were they denied. | ||||||
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| 1 | (v) The cost of each bachelor's degree in nursing | ||||||
| 2 | program and the funding sources that were used to finance | ||||||
| 3 | these programs. | ||||||
| 4 | (vi) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for | ||||||
| 5 | each new program established under this Section. | ||||||
| 6 | (vii) The extent to which the programs established | ||||||
| 7 | under this Section are in compliance with the requirements | ||||||
| 8 | of this Section. | ||||||
| 9 | Boards of trustees shall submit the information necessary | ||||||
| 10 | to conduct the evaluation required under this subsection (e), | ||||||
| 11 | as determined by the evaluators, to the State Board.
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.".
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