Full Text of SB3069 101st General Assembly
SB3069ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kelly M. Burke Filed: 1/5/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3069
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3069 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 9.40 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 205/9.40 new) | 7 | | Sec. 9.40. College course materials access and | 8 | | affordability study. | 9 | | (a) To examine the cost-saving methods and practices | 10 | | utilized by each public institution of higher education for | 11 | | improving students' timely access to required course materials | 12 | | and the affordability of required course materials, each public | 13 | | institution, after consultation with administrators, faculty, | 14 | | campus bookstores, and publishers, shall conduct a course | 15 | | materials access and affordability study and shall submit a | 16 | | report of the study's findings to the Board of Higher Education |
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| 1 | | if the public institution is a university and to the Illinois | 2 | | Community College Board if the public institution is a | 3 | | community college. | 4 | | (b) The report shall include all of the following areas: | 5 | | (1) A list of cost-saving methods available to | 6 | | students, including, but not limited to, inclusive access | 7 | | programs developed by publishers, textbook subscription | 8 | | programs, textbook rental programs, used textbooks, and | 9 | | other institutional textbook cost-saving methods, such as | 10 | | open educational resources. | 11 | | (2) The total amount of cost savings achieved by the | 12 | | public institution and the total number of students that | 13 | | utilized each cost-saving method. | 14 | | (3) A description of the process required to implement | 15 | | each cost-saving method listed in paragraph (1) of this | 16 | | subsection. | 17 | | (4) A description of the process by which students | 18 | | obtain required course materials. | 19 | | (5) The identification of best practices resulting | 20 | | from the cost-saving methods listed in paragraph (1) of | 21 | | this subsection. | 22 | | (6) An examination of the following areas: | 23 | | (A) whether the methods improved access to | 24 | | required course materials by the first day of class; | 25 | | (B) whether the methods increased the | 26 | | affordability of required course materials; and |
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| 1 | | (C) whether the methods improved access to | 2 | | learning materials and improved student outcomes for | 3 | | minority, low-income, and first generation students. | 4 | | (7) A description of the ways students and faculty are | 5 | | utilizing or have utilized inclusive access programs, | 6 | | subscription programs, textbook rental programs, used | 7 | | textbooks, and open educational resources for the purposes | 8 | | of remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic | 9 | | health crisis. | 10 | | (c) Each public university shall submit its report to the | 11 | | Board of Higher Education and each public community college | 12 | | shall submit its report to the Illinois Community College Board | 13 | | no later than August 1, 2021. | 14 | | (d) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | 15 | | Community College Board shall review each submitted report to | 16 | | ensure that each report addresses all of the areas listed in | 17 | | subsection (b). The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | 18 | | Community College Board shall post the reports on their | 19 | | respective websites no later than October 1, 2021. | 20 | | (e) No later than February 1, 2022, the Board of Higher | 21 | | Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall submit | 22 | | a joint report to the Governor and General Assembly that | 23 | | summarizes the findings from the reports submitted by public | 24 | | institutions of higher education, including the areas listed in | 25 | | subsection (b). | 26 | | (f) No later than February 1, 2022, the Board of Higher |
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| 1 | | Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall post | 2 | | the joint report on their respective websites.
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.".
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