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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Career and Workforce Transition Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 10 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (110 ILCS 151/10) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10. Transfer of credits. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A public community college district shall accept up to | ||||||
| 9 | 30 credit hours transferred from an institution that has been | ||||||
| 10 | approved under Section 15 of this Act if a student has | ||||||
| 11 | completed one of the following programs at that institution: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) Medical Assisting. | ||||||
| 13 | (2) Medical Coding. | ||||||
| 14 | (3) Dental Assisting. | ||||||
| 15 | (4) HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning). | ||||||
| 16 | (5) Welding. | ||||||
| 17 | (6) Pharmacy Technician. | ||||||
| 18 | (7) General Carpentry. | ||||||
| 19 | (8) Interior Systems Carpentry. | ||||||
| 20 | (9) Drywall. | ||||||
| 21 | (10) Floor Covering. | ||||||
| 22 | (11) Mill-cabinetry. | ||||||
| 23 | (12) Millwright. | ||||||
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| 1 | (13) Insulation/Spray Foam. | ||||||
| 2 | (14) Siding Installation. | ||||||
| 3 | (15) Roofing. | ||||||
| 4 | (16) Lathing. | ||||||
| 5 | (17) Pile Driving. | ||||||
| 6 | (18) Concrete Forming. | ||||||
| 7 | (19) Scaffolding. | ||||||
| 8 | (20) Residential Electrical Construction. | ||||||
| 9 | (21) Commercial Electrical Construction. | ||||||
| 10 | (22) Industrial Electrical Construction. | ||||||
| 11 | (23) Renewable Energy Technology. | ||||||
| 12 | (24) Energy Efficiency Concepts. | ||||||
| 13 | (25) Electrical Manufacturing Sector. | ||||||
| 14 | (26) Communications Systems. | ||||||
| 15 | (27) Life Safety Systems. | ||||||
| 16 | (28) Security Systems. | ||||||
| 17 | (29) Sound Alarms. | ||||||
| 18 | (30) Electrical Work Safety Practices. | ||||||
| 19 | (31) Electrical Maintenance. | ||||||
| 20 | (32) Fire Alarms. | ||||||
| 21 | (33) Motor Controls. | ||||||
| 22 | (34) Transformers. | ||||||
| 23 | (35) Variable Speed Drive Systems. | ||||||
| 24 | (36) Rigging. | ||||||
| 25 | (37) Masonry. | ||||||
| 26 | The program must, at a minimum, be a 9-month program and use a | ||||||
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| 1 | credit-hour system. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) The public community college district may accept the | ||||||
| 3 | credits as direct equivalent credits or prior learning | ||||||
| 4 | credits, as determined by the district and consistent with the | ||||||
| 5 | accrediting standards and institutional and residency | ||||||
| 6 | requirements of the Board, the Higher Learning Commission, | ||||||
| 7 | other State and national accreditors, and State licensing | ||||||
| 8 | bodies, as appropriate. | ||||||
| 9 | (c) Any designation given by the Board of credit hour | ||||||
| 10 | value for items (1) through (6) under subsection (a) shall be | ||||||
| 11 | applied by the community college district as direct or | ||||||
| 12 | elective credit toward an associate degree of applied science | ||||||
| 13 | or its equivalent as determined by the community college | ||||||
| 14 | district. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 100-569, eff. 12-15-17; 101-194, eff. 8-2-19.) | ||||||