Rep. Will Guzzardi
Filed: 4/12/2021
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2878
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2878 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Student Parent Data Collection Act. | ||||||
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 |
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1 | questions to be placed on one or more forms that are used by an | ||||||
2 | institution on an annual basis to collect demographic data | ||||||
3 | from its students for the purpose of determining the parental | ||||||
4 | status or legal guardian status of each of its enrolled | ||||||
5 | students. | ||||||
6 | (b) The data collected under subsection (a) must be | ||||||
7 | disaggregated by all variables collected normally, including, | ||||||
8 | but not limited to, the student's race, ethnicity, income, | ||||||
9 | gender, age, enrollment status, type of credential sought, | ||||||
10 | receipt of financial aid, grade point average, persistence | ||||||
11 | toward a degree or credential, and completion outcomes. | ||||||
12 | Section 15. Campus child care. Beginning September 1, | ||||||
13 | 2021, each public institution of higher education that | ||||||
14 | operates one or more child care centers or early learning | ||||||
15 | centers on its campus or is otherwise affiliated with a child | ||||||
16 | care center or early learning center shall collect all of the | ||||||
17 | following information: | ||||||
18 | (1) The total number of children who are served by | ||||||
19 | each child care center or early learning center per | ||||||
20 | semester. | ||||||
21 | (2) The number of children of students who are | ||||||
22 | enrolled at the institution who are served by each child | ||||||
23 | care center or early learning center per semester. | ||||||
24 | Section 20. Reporting requirements. |
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1 | (a) On or before July 1, 2022 and annually thereafter, | ||||||
2 | each public university shall report the data collected under | ||||||
3 | Sections 10 and 15 to the Board of Higher Education, and each | ||||||
4 | public community college shall report the data collected under | ||||||
5 | Sections 10 and 15 to the Illinois Community College Board. | ||||||
6 | (b) Each institution, the Board of Higher Education, and | ||||||
7 | the Illinois Community College Board shall make the data | ||||||
8 | reported under subsection (a) publicly available annually on | ||||||
9 | their Internet websites. | ||||||
10 | (c) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Community College Board, in consultation with public | ||||||
12 | institutions of higher education and advocates, may adopt | ||||||
13 | rules concerning the reporting of data to protect student | ||||||
14 | privacy while satisfying the requirements of this Act. | ||||||
15 | Section 25. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of | ||||||
16 | 1974. The sharing and reporting of data under this Act must be | ||||||
17 | in accordance with the requirements of the federal Family | ||||||
18 | Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Nothing in this | ||||||
19 | Act supersedes the federal Family Educational Rights and | ||||||
20 | Privacy Act of 1974 or rules adopted pursuant to the federal | ||||||
21 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 or any | ||||||
22 | federal or State laws and rules governing student privacy | ||||||
23 | rights.
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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1 | 2021.".
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