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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 41
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Joint Resolution 41 by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the heading with the following: | ||||||
4 | "WHEREAS, The State has a vested interest in maximizing the | ||||||
5 | number of students who complete credit-bearing certificate | ||||||
6 | programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter | ||||||
7 | into high-skill, high-wage occupations; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, 46% of Illinois high school graduates who enroll | ||||||
9 | in community college are placed into developmental coursework | ||||||
10 | in at least one subject; and | ||||||
11 | WHEREAS, Inconsistent and inadequate approaches to | ||||||
12 | placement have resulted in too many students being placed into | ||||||
13 | developmental education who could succeed in college-level | ||||||
14 | coursework; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The traditional developmental education model | ||||||
2 | costs students time, money, and financial aid; and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, Developmental education does not count as college | ||||||
4 | credit and can be a barrier to retention, persistence, | ||||||
5 | transfer, and certificate or degree completion, particularly | ||||||
6 | for Black, Latino, first generation, and low-income students; | ||||||
7 | and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, There are instructional models of developmental | ||||||
9 | education that have demonstrated improvement in college-level | ||||||
10 | course completion compared to traditional models, including | ||||||
11 | but not limited to corequisite remediation, accelerated | ||||||
12 | coursework, emporium models, and Preparatory Mathematics for | ||||||
13 | General Education (PMGE); and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, Colleges and universities have invested | ||||||
15 | significant time, resources, and money into these different | ||||||
16 | developmental education models; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, The legislature has made significant investments | ||||||
18 | to improve college preparedness; and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Council of Community College | ||||||
20 | Presidents, the Illinois Chief Academic Officers, the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Chief Student Services Officers, and the Illinois Math |
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1 | Association of Community Colleges have already agreed upon a | ||||||
2 | common, multiple measures framework for placement that is | ||||||
3 | currently being implemented; and | ||||||
4 | WHEREAS, To ensure all models of developmental education | ||||||
5 | are maximizing students' likelihood of success, the State must | ||||||
6 | inventory and evaluate all developmental education | ||||||
7 | instructional models offered in the State; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Board and Illinois | ||||||
9 | Board of Higher Education are well positioned to improve | ||||||
10 | placement practices and fully scale developmental education | ||||||
11 | reforms across all State public institutions; therefore, be it | ||||||
12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
14 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||
15 | and the Illinois Board of Higher Education shall establish a | ||||||
16 | joint advisory council to provide a benchmarking report to the | ||||||
17 | General Assembly on or before April 1, 2020, that shall | ||||||
18 | include: | ||||||
19 | (1) An inventory of all instructional models and | ||||||
20 | developmental course sequences employed by Illinois' | ||||||
21 | public colleges and universities for students placed into | ||||||
22 | developmental education or otherwise determined to need | ||||||
23 | additional skills development in math or English; |
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1 | (2) An analysis of all instructional models employed by | ||||||
2 | Illinois' public colleges and universities for students | ||||||
3 | placed into developmental education or otherwise | ||||||
4 | determined to need additional skills development in math or | ||||||
5 | English, including, at a minimum, the number and percentage | ||||||
6 | of students completing gateway courses within their first | ||||||
7 | two semesters under each model; and | ||||||
8 | (3) An inventory and analysis of developmental | ||||||
9 | education placement practices and policies (including cut | ||||||
10 | off scores) employed at all public colleges and | ||||||
11 | universities in the State; and be it further | ||||||
12 | RESOLVED, That on or before July 1, 2020, the advisory | ||||||
13 | council must deliver to the Illinois Community College Board, | ||||||
14 | the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the General | ||||||
15 | Assembly, a detailed plan for scaling developmental education | ||||||
16 | reforms, such that institutions improve developmental | ||||||
17 | education placement measures and such that, within a timeframe | ||||||
18 | to be set by the advisory council, all students who are placed | ||||||
19 | in developmental education are enrolled in a developmental | ||||||
20 | education model that is proven to maximize their likelihood of | ||||||
21 | completing a college-level course within their first two | ||||||
22 | academic semesters; and be it further | ||||||
23 | RESOLVED, That for the purposes of this resolution, | ||||||
24 | "improved placement measures" is defined as measures that give |
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1 | greater opportunities to enroll directly into college-level | ||||||
2 | classes, reducing the overall percent of students placed into | ||||||
3 | developmental education, preferably through decreased reliance | ||||||
4 | on high-stakes tests and increased use of high school GPA as a | ||||||
5 | determining measure; and be it further | ||||||
6 | RESOLVED, The implementation plan should include specific | ||||||
7 | benchmarks and an estimate of funding required to meet | ||||||
8 | established benchmarks that institutions must meet to stay on | ||||||
9 | track to full-scale implementation on the timeframe set by the | ||||||
10 | advisory council; and be it further | ||||||
11 | RESOLVED, That the advisory council should include similar | ||||||
12 | representation from two-year and four-year institutions and, | ||||||
13 | at a minimum, include the following: | ||||||
14 | (1) The Executive Director of the Illinois Community | ||||||
15 | College Board or his or her designee, who shall act as | ||||||
16 | co-chair; | ||||||
17 | (2) The Executive Director of the Illinois Board of | ||||||
18 | Higher Education or his or her designee, who shall act as | ||||||
19 | co-chair; | ||||||
20 | (3) One member appointed by the Governor, who shall act | ||||||
21 | as co-chair; | ||||||
22 | (4) One member from the Illinois Senate appointed by | ||||||
23 | the
President of the Senate, who shall act as co-chair; | ||||||
24 | (5) One member from the Illinois House of |
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1 | Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, who | ||||||
2 | shall act as co-chair; | ||||||
3 | (6) One member from the Illinois Senate appointed by | ||||||
4 | the Senate Minority Leader; | ||||||
5 | (7) One member from the Illinois House of | ||||||
6 | Representatives appointed by the House Minority
Leader; | ||||||
7 | (8) Two public university employees appointed by the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Board of Higher Education Academic Leadership | ||||||
9 | group; | ||||||
10 | (9) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
11 | advocates on behalf of public
university employees | ||||||
12 | appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Board | ||||||
13 | of Higher Education; | ||||||
14 | (10) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
15 | advocates on behalf of community
college employees at City | ||||||
16 | Colleges of Chicago appointed by the Executive Director of | ||||||
17 | the Illinois Community College Board; | ||||||
18 | (11) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
19 | advocates on behalf of community
college employees at a | ||||||
20 | suburban Chicago community college appointed by the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Community College Board; | ||||||
22 | (12) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
23 | advocates on behalf of community
college employees in | ||||||
24 | downstate community colleges appointed by the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Community College Board; | ||||||
26 | (13) One member representing a higher education |
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1 | advocacy organization focused on closing
equity gaps in | ||||||
2 | college completion from low-income and first generation | ||||||
3 | college students
and students of color appointed by the | ||||||
4 | President of the Senate; | ||||||
5 | (14) One member representing a statewide advocacy | ||||||
6 | organization focused on improving
educational and | ||||||
7 | employment opportunities for women and adults appointed by | ||||||
8 | the
Speaker of the House; | ||||||
9 | (15) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
10 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Community College | ||||||
11 | Presidents appointed by the Illinois Community College | ||||||
12 | Board; | ||||||
13 | (16) One member who represents public university | ||||||
14 | presidents appointed by the Illinois Board of Higher | ||||||
15 | Education; | ||||||
16 | (17) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
17 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Community College | ||||||
18 | Chief Academic Officers appointed by the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Community College Board; | ||||||
20 | (18) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
21 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Illinois | ||||||
22 | Community College Student Services Officers appointed by | ||||||
23 | the Illinois Community College Board; | ||||||
24 | (19) One member who represents public university | ||||||
25 | student services administrators
appointed by the Illinois | ||||||
26 | Board of Higher Education; |
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1 | (20) One member who represents Illinois public | ||||||
2 | university provosts appointed by the Illinois Board of | ||||||
3 | Higher Education; | ||||||
4 | (21) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
5 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Community College | ||||||
6 | Trustees appointed by the Illinois Community College | ||||||
7 | Board; and | ||||||
8 | (22) One member who represents public university | ||||||
9 | trustees appointed by the Illinois Board of Higher | ||||||
10 | Education; and be it further | ||||||
11 | RESOLVED, That, of the appointed community college and | ||||||
12 | university employees, at least one must be an English faculty | ||||||
13 | member participating in the Illinois Articulation Initiative | ||||||
14 | and one must be a member of the Illinois Mathematics | ||||||
15 | Association of Community Colleges (IMACC); and be it further | ||||||
16 | RESOLVED, That the chairs of the advisory council shall be | ||||||
17 | responsible for scheduling meetings, setting meeting agendas, | ||||||
18 | ensuring the development and delivery of the final report and | ||||||
19 | implementation plan, and other administrative tasks, in | ||||||
20 | consultation with advisory council members; and be it further | ||||||
21 | RESOLVED, The Council shall produce a final report by | ||||||
22 | January 1, 2021 and upon the filing of this report is | ||||||
23 | dissolved; the report should include, at a minimum, an update |
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1 | on the implementation of corequisite remediation and | ||||||
2 | alternative evidence-based developmental education models at | ||||||
3 | every college and university, and include data on enrollment | ||||||
4 | and throughput, defined as the percent of students initially | ||||||
5 | enrolled who have progressed through gateway-level courses, by | ||||||
6 | institution and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and | ||||||
7 | Pell status; and be it further | ||||||
8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | delivered to the Illinois Community College Board and the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Board of Higher Education."
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