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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Student Parent Data Collection Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
| 7 | | "Parent" means the parent or legal guardian of a child who |
| 8 | | is under the age of 18 years. |
| 9 | | "Public institution of higher education" or "institution" |
| 10 | | means a public community college or public university in this |
| 11 | | State.
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| 12 | | Section 10. Student parent data collection. |
| 13 | | (a) The Board of Higher Education, in consultation with |
| 14 | | the Illinois Community College Board, public institutions of |
| 15 | | higher education, and advocates, shall prepare a question or |
| 16 | | questions to be placed on one or more forms that are used by an |
| 17 | | institution on an annual basis to collect demographic data |
| 18 | | from its students for the purpose of determining the parental |
| 19 | | status or legal guardian status of each of its enrolled |
| 20 | | students. |
| 21 | | (b) The data collected under subsection (a) must be |
| 22 | | disaggregated by all variables collected normally, including, |
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| 1 | | but not limited to, the student's race, ethnicity, income, |
| 2 | | gender, age, enrollment status, type of credential sought, |
| 3 | | receipt of financial aid, grade point average, persistence |
| 4 | | toward a degree or credential, and completion outcomes.
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| 5 | | Section 15. Campus child care. Beginning September 1, |
| 6 | | 2021, each public institution of higher education that |
| 7 | | operates one or more child care centers or early learning |
| 8 | | centers on its campus or is otherwise affiliated with a child |
| 9 | | care center or early learning center shall collect all of the |
| 10 | | following information: |
| 11 | | (1) The total number of children who are served by |
| 12 | | each child care center or early learning center per |
| 13 | | semester. |
| 14 | | (2) The number of children of students who are |
| 15 | | enrolled at the institution who are served by each child |
| 16 | | care center or early learning center per semester.
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| 17 | | Section 20. Reporting requirements. |
| 18 | | (a) On or before July 1, 2022 and annually thereafter, |
| 19 | | each public university shall report the data collected under |
| 20 | | Sections 10 and 15 to the Board of Higher Education, and each |
| 21 | | public community college shall report the data collected under |
| 22 | | Sections 10 and 15 to the Illinois Community College Board. |
| 23 | | (b) Each institution, the Board of Higher Education, and |
| 24 | | the Illinois Community College Board shall make the data |
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| 1 | | reported under subsection (a) publicly available annually on |
| 2 | | their Internet websites. |
| 3 | | (c) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois |
| 4 | | Community College Board, in consultation with public |
| 5 | | institutions of higher education and advocates, may adopt |
| 6 | | rules concerning the reporting of data to protect student |
| 7 | | privacy while satisfying the requirements of this Act.
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| 8 | | Section 25. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of |
| 9 | | 1974. The sharing and reporting of data under this Act must be |
| 10 | | in accordance with the requirements of the federal Family |
| 11 | | Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Nothing in this |
| 12 | | Act supersedes the federal Family Educational Rights and |
| 13 | | Privacy Act of 1974 or rules adopted pursuant to the federal |
| 14 | | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 or any |
| 15 | | federal or State laws and rules governing student privacy |
| 16 | | rights.
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
| 18 | | 2021.
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