HB3520 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3520

Introduced , by Rep. Diane Pappas

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 205/9.30

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. With regard to the course transferability program, provides that beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each public institution of higher education must participate in the program and must share any information and data on transfer courses and their applicability toward degree completion with newly admitted students of the public institution to assist those students in course enrollment.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by changing Section 9.30 as follows:

(110 ILCS 205/9.30)

Sec. 9.30. Course transferability program.

(a) Subject to appropriation, the Board shall implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements.

(b) Under the program, the Board shall provide appropriate assistance and support to participating public and private institutions of higher education. The Board shall designate participants based on which institutions apply to be part of the program. However, all data shall be managed by each institution of higher education and each institution shall retain complete ownership of the data submitted.

(c) The program's Internet website shall contain the following:

(1) Transfer course articulations, which shall be updated annually.

(2) Institutional reference tables.

(3) Degree requirements, which shall be updated annually.

(4) Course banks, which shall be updated annually.

(5) Academic program pull down menus, which shall be updated annually.

(d) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each public institution of higher education must participate in the program implemented by the Board under this Section and must share any information and data on transfer courses and their applicability toward degree completion with newly admitted students of the public institution to assist those students in course enrollment.

(Source: P.A. 94-420, eff. 8-2-05.)