Full Text of SB0122 97th General Assembly
SB0122 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB0122 Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 205/9.16 | from Ch. 144, par. 189.16 |
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. In a Section concerning the underrepresentation of certain groups in higher education, requires the Board of Higher Education to require all public institutions of higher education to track the status of those students who are the first in their family to attend an institution of higher education. With respect to the Board's annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor, requires the report to include, with respect to each public institution of higher education, the status of those students who are the first in their family to attend an institution of higher education.
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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 9.16 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 205/9.16) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.16)
| 7 | | Sec. 9.16. Underrepresentation of certain groups in higher | 8 | | education.
To require public institutions of higher education | 9 | | to develop and implement
methods and strategies to increase the | 10 | | participation of minorities, women
and handicapped individuals | 11 | | who are traditionally underrepresented in
education programs | 12 | | and activities. For the purpose of this Section,
minorities | 13 | | shall mean persons who are citizens of the United States or
| 14 | | lawful permanent resident aliens of the United States and who | 15 | | are: (a) Black (a
person having origins in any of the black | 16 | | racial groups in Africa);
(b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or | 17 | | Portuguese culture with origins in
Mexico, South or Central | 18 | | America, or the Caribbean, regardless of race);
(c) Asian | 19 | | American (a person having origins in any of the original people
| 20 | | of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the | 21 | | Pacific
Islands); or (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a | 22 | | person having
origins in any of the original people of North | 23 | | America).
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| 1 | | The Board shall adopt any rules necessary to administer | 2 | | this Section.
The Board shall also do the following:
| 3 | | ( a) require all public institutions of higher education to | 4 | | develop and
submit plans for the implementation of this | 5 | | Section;
| 6 | | ( b) conduct periodic review of public institutions of | 7 | | higher education to
determine compliance with this Section; and | 8 | | if the Board finds that a public
institution of higher | 9 | | education is not in compliance with this Section,
it shall | 10 | | notify the institution of steps to take to attain compliance;
| 11 | | ( c) provide advice and counsel pursuant to this Section;
| 12 | | ( d) conduct studies of the effectiveness of methods and | 13 | | strategies
designed to increase participation of students in | 14 | | education programs and
activities in which minorities, women | 15 | | and handicapped individuals are
traditionally | 16 | | underrepresented, and monitor the success of students in such
| 17 | | education programs and activities;
| 18 | | ( e) encourage minority student recruitment and retention | 19 | | in colleges
and universities. In implementing this paragraph, | 20 | | the Board shall undertake
but need not be limited to the | 21 | | following: the establishment of guidelines
and plans for public | 22 | | institutions of higher education for minority student
| 23 | | recruitment and retention, the review and monitoring of | 24 | | minority student
programs implemented at public institutions | 25 | | of higher education to
determine their compliance with any | 26 | | guidelines and plans so established,
the determination of the |
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| 1 | | effectiveness and funding requirements of minority
student | 2 | | programs at public institutions of higher education, the
| 3 | | dissemination of successful programs as models, and the | 4 | | encouragement of
cooperative partnerships between community | 5 | | colleges and local school
attendance centers which are | 6 | | experiencing difficulties in enrolling
minority students in | 7 | | four-year colleges and universities;
| 8 | | (e-5) require all public institutions of higher education | 9 | | to track the status of those students who are the first in | 10 | | their family to attend an institution of higher education; | 11 | | ( f) mandate all public institutions of higher education to | 12 | | submit data
and information essential to determine compliance | 13 | | with this Section. The
Board shall prescribe the format and the | 14 | | date for submission of this data
and any other education equity | 15 | | data; and
| 16 | | ( g) report to the General Assembly and the Governor | 17 | | annually with a
description of the plans submitted by each | 18 | | public institution of higher
education for implementation of | 19 | | this Section, including financial data
relating to the most | 20 | | recent fiscal year expenditures for specific minority
| 21 | | programs, the effectiveness of such
plans and programs and the | 22 | | effectiveness of the methods and strategies developed by the
| 23 | | Board in meeting the purposes of this Section, the degree of | 24 | | compliance
with this Section by each public institution of | 25 | | higher education as
determined by the Board pursuant to its | 26 | | periodic review responsibilities,
and the findings made by the |
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| 1 | | Board in conducting its studies and monitoring
student success | 2 | | as required by paragraph d) of this Section. With
respect to | 3 | | each public institution of higher education such report also | 4 | | shall
include, but need not be limited to, information with | 5 | | respect to each
institution's minority program budget | 6 | | allocations; minority student
admission, retention and | 7 | | graduation statistics; number of financial
assistance awards | 8 | | to undergraduate and graduate minority students; and
minority | 9 | | faculty representation ; and the status of those students who | 10 | | are the first in their family to attend an institution of | 11 | | higher education . This paragraph shall not be construed to
| 12 | | prohibit the Board from making, preparing or issuing additional | 13 | | surveys or
studies with respect to minority education in | 14 | | Illinois.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 90-730, eff. 8-10-98.)
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