SB2354sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Pat McGuire

Filed: 5/15/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2354

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2354 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is amended by adding Section 30 as follows:

(110 ILCS 152/30 new)

Sec. 30. Degree program advice. To improve articulation and reduce excess academic credit hours, beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, each public institution shall require any student who, upon completing 30 academic credit hours, is interested in pursuing an associate degree or baccalaureate degree at the public institution in which he or she is enrolled or at another public institution to indicate to the public institution in which he or she is enrolled all of his or her degree programs of interest. The public institution in which the student is enrolled shall make a reasonable attempt to conduct a meeting with the student and an academic advisor of the public institution, who shall inform the student of the prerequisite requirements for the student's degree programs of interest.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".