Full Text of SB3023 99th 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 Higher Education Cooperation Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 and by adding Section 2.5 | 6 | | as follows:
| 7 | | (110 ILCS 220/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 282)
| 8 | | Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | 9 | | requires:
| 10 | | "Board" means the Board of Higher Education . ;
| 11 | | "Nonpublic institution of higher education" means a | 12 | | nonpublic college or university that (i) has been authorized to | 13 | | operate within the State of Illinois pursuant to the Private | 14 | | College Act or the Academic Degree Act, (ii) has been in | 15 | | continuous operation and has granted degrees within the State | 16 | | of Illinois since before the effective date of both the Private | 17 | | College Act and the Academic Degree Act and has not modified | 18 | | the business entity since the effective date of both the | 19 | | Private College Act and the Academic Degree Act, or (iii) has | 20 | | been authorized pursuant to the Private Business and Vocational | 21 | | Schools Act of 2012. an educational
organization, other than a | 22 | | public institution of higher education, which
provides a | 23 | | minimum of an organized 2 year program at the private junior |
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| 1 | | college
level or higher and which operates not-for-profit and | 2 | | in conformity with
standards substantially equivalent to those | 3 | | of the public institutions of
higher education;
| 4 | | "Private partner" means a private business, industry, | 5 | | labor organization, not-for-profit organization, association, | 6 | | foundation, or corporation that partners with one or more | 7 | | public institutions of higher education or with one or more | 8 | | nonpublic institutions of higher education or with both public | 9 | | and nonpublic institutions of higher education pursuant to an | 10 | | agreement under this Act. | 11 | | "Private resources" means support, whether financial or | 12 | | in-kind assistance, from a private partner that may be used to | 13 | | provide matching support under this Act. | 14 | | "Public institution of higher education" means the | 15 | | University of
Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago | 16 | | State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 17 | | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 18 | | University,
Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois | 19 | | University, the public community
colleges of
this State, and | 20 | | any
other public universities, colleges and community colleges
| 21 | | now or hereafter
established or authorized by the General | 22 | | Assembly.
| 23 | | "Public-private partnership" means an agreement pursuant | 24 | | to this Act between one or more public institutions of higher | 25 | | education and a nonpublic institution of higher education, a | 26 | | private partner, or a combination of both that leverages |
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| 1 | | resources from all parties to improve higher education | 2 | | outcomes. | 3 | | "Public resources" means support, whether financial or | 4 | | in-kind assistance, from a public entity that may be used to | 5 | | provide matching support under this Act. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
| 7 | | (110 ILCS 220/2.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2.5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to promote | 9 | | interinstitutional cooperation and public-private partnerships | 10 | | in order to leverage the use of public and private resources to | 11 | | provide workforce-valuable postsecondary education to improve | 12 | | outcomes for the higher educational system in this State.
| 13 | | (110 ILCS 220/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 283)
| 14 | | Sec. 3.
Any public institution of higher education may | 15 | | participate in the
establishment and operation of programs of | 16 | | interinstitutional cooperation
with other public institutions | 17 | | of higher education , or with nonpublic
institutions of higher | 18 | | education , or with both public and nonpublic
institutions of | 19 | | higher education , or with private partners . Such participation | 20 | | may be by contract or
by other means , including , but not | 21 | | limited to , the designation of
representatives of the | 22 | | institution as directors of not-for-profit
corporations | 23 | | organized for the governance or administration of any such
| 24 | | program. Public institutions of higher education may |
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| 1 | | participate in programs of
interinstitutional cooperation or | 2 | | public-private partnerships that programs which involve | 3 | | institutions or private partners based outside this
State.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 77-2813.)
| 5 | | (110 ILCS 220/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 284)
| 6 | | Sec. 4.
A program of financial assistance to programs of | 7 | | interinstitutional
cooperation and public-private | 8 | | partnerships , in higher education is established to implement | 9 | | the policy of
encouraging such cooperation in order to achieve | 10 | | an efficient use of
educational resources, an equitable | 11 | | distribution of educational services,
the development of | 12 | | innovative concepts and applications, and other public
| 13 | | purposes.
| 14 | | The Board of Higher Education shall administer this program | 15 | | of financial
assistance and shall distribute the funds | 16 | | appropriated by the General
Assembly for this purpose in the | 17 | | form of grants to not-for-profit
corporations organized to | 18 | | administer programs of interinstitutional
cooperation in | 19 | | higher education or to public or nonpublic institutions of
| 20 | | higher education participating in such programs .
| 21 | | In awarding grants to interinstitutional programs and | 22 | | public-private partnerships under this Act, the
Board shall | 23 | | consider in relation to each such program whether it serves the
| 24 | | public purposes expressed in this Act, whether the local | 25 | | community is
substantially involved, whether its function |
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| 1 | | could be performed better by a
single existing institution, | 2 | | whether the program is consistent with the
Illinois master plan | 3 | | for higher education, and such other criteria as it
determines | 4 | | to be appropriate.
| 5 | | No grant may be awarded under this Section for any program | 6 | | of sectarian
instruction or for any program designed to serve a | 7 | | sectarian purpose.
| 8 | | As a part of its administration of this Act , the Board may | 9 | | require
audits or reports in relation to the administrative, | 10 | | fiscal , and academic aspects of
any program of | 11 | | interinstitutional cooperation or public-private partnership | 12 | | program for which a grant is awarded under this Act. The Board | 13 | | may require the contribution of matching resources.
The Board | 14 | | shall annually submit to the Governor and the General Assembly | 15 | | a
budgetary recommendation for grants under this Act.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 85-244.)
| 17 | | (110 ILCS 220/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 285)
| 18 | | Sec. 5.
Any not-for-profit corporation organized to | 19 | | administer a program of an
interinstitutional cooperation | 20 | | program of higher education or public-private partnership may | 21 | | be recognized under this
Section if it has been in existence | 22 | | for 3 years or longer, it is structured
for continuing | 23 | | operation, it is substantial in scope, it is oriented to and
| 24 | | supported by the community in which it is located , and it is | 25 | | consistent with
the Illinois master plan for higher education.
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| 1 | | In each request of the Board of Higher Education to the | 2 | | General Assembly
for the appropriation of funds for the purpose | 3 | | of making grants under this
Act the Board shall specify the | 4 | | amount of the grant proposed for each
not-for-profit | 5 | | corporation recognized under this Section.
| 6 | | The following not-for-profit corporations are recognized | 7 | | for the
purposes of this Section:
| 8 | | The Quad Cities Graduate Study Center.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 77-2813.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 11 | | 2016.
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