Full Text of SB0122 97th General Assembly
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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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