Full Text of SJR0041 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 41 | 2 | | (As Amended by Senate Amendment No. 1)
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The State has a vested interest in maximizing the | 4 | | number of students who complete credit-bearing certificate | 5 | | programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter | 6 | | into high-skill, high-wage occupations; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, 46% of Illinois high school graduates who enroll | 8 | | in community college are placed into developmental coursework | 9 | | in at least one subject; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Inconsistent and inadequate approaches to | 11 | | placement have resulted in too many students being placed into | 12 | | developmental education who could succeed in college-level | 13 | | coursework; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The traditional developmental education model | 15 | | costs students time, money, and financial aid; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Developmental education does not count as college | 17 | | credit and can be a barrier to retention, persistence, | 18 | | transfer, and certificate or degree completion, particularly | 19 | | for Black, Latino, first generation, and low-income students; | 20 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, There are instructional models of developmental | 2 | | education that have demonstrated improvement in college-level | 3 | | course completion compared to traditional models, including | 4 | | but not limited to corequisite remediation, accelerated | 5 | | coursework, emporium models, and Preparatory Mathematics for | 6 | | General Education (PMGE); and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Colleges and universities have invested | 8 | | significant time, resources, and money into these different | 9 | | developmental education models; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, The legislature has made significant investments | 11 | | to improve college preparedness; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Council of Community College | 13 | | Presidents, the Illinois Chief Academic Officers, the Illinois | 14 | | Chief Student Services Officers, and the Illinois Math | 15 | | Association of Community Colleges have already agreed upon a | 16 | | common, multiple measures framework for placement that is | 17 | | currently being implemented; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, To ensure all models of developmental education | 19 | | are maximizing students' likelihood of success, the State must | 20 | | inventory and evaluate all developmental education | 21 | | instructional models offered in the State; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Board and Illinois | 2 | | Board of Higher Education are well positioned to improve | 3 | | placement practices and fully scale developmental education | 4 | | reforms across all State public institutions; therefore, be it | 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 7 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Community College Board | 8 | | (ICCB) and the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) shall | 9 | | establish a joint advisory council to provide a benchmarking | 10 | | report to the General Assembly on or before April 1, 2020, that | 11 | | shall include: | 12 | | (1) An inventory of all instructional models and | 13 | | developmental course sequences employed by Illinois' | 14 | | public colleges and universities for students placed into | 15 | | developmental education or otherwise determined to need | 16 | | additional skills development in math or English; | 17 | | (2) An analysis of all instructional models employed by | 18 | | Illinois' public colleges and universities for students | 19 | | placed into developmental education or otherwise | 20 | | determined to need additional skills development in math or | 21 | | English, including, at a minimum, the number and percentage | 22 | | of students completing gateway courses within their first | 23 | | two semesters under each model; and | 24 | | (3) An inventory and analysis of developmental | 25 | | education placement practices and policies (including cut |
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| 1 | | off scores) employed at all public colleges and | 2 | | universities in the State; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That on or before July 1, 2020, the advisory | 4 | | council must deliver to ICCB, IBHE, and the General Assembly, a | 5 | | detailed plan for scaling developmental education reforms, | 6 | | such that institutions improve developmental education | 7 | | placement measures and such that, within a timeframe to be set | 8 | | by the advisory council, all students who are placed in | 9 | | developmental education are enrolled in a developmental | 10 | | education model that is proven to maximize their likelihood of | 11 | | completing a college-level course within their first two | 12 | | academic semesters; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That for the purposes of this resolution, | 14 | | "improved placement measures" is defined as measures that give | 15 | | greater opportunities to enroll directly into college-level | 16 | | classes, reducing the overall percent of students placed into | 17 | | developmental education, preferably through decreased reliance | 18 | | on high-stakes tests and increased use of high school GPA as a | 19 | | determining measure; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, The implementation plan should include specific | 21 | | benchmarks and an estimate of funding required to meet | 22 | | established benchmarks that institutions must meet to stay on | 23 | | track to full-scale implementation on the timeframe set by the |
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| 1 | | advisory council; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That the advisory council should include similar | 3 | | representation from two-year and four-year institutions and, | 4 | | at a minimum, include the following: | 5 | | (1) One member representing ICCB to act as chair of the | 6 | | council; | 7 | | (2) One member representing IBHE to act as co-chair of | 8 | | the council; | 9 | | (3) One member from the Illinois Senate to act as | 10 | | co-chair of the council; | 11 | | (4) One member from the Illinois House of | 12 | | Representatives; | 13 | | (5) Two public university employees recommended by the | 14 | | IBHE Academic Leadership group; | 15 | | (6) One public university employee recommended by a | 16 | | statewide organization representing public university | 17 | | employees; | 18 | | (7) A community college employee recommended by a | 19 | | statewide organization representing the City Colleges of | 20 | | Chicago; | 21 | | (8) A community college employee recommended by a | 22 | | statewide organization representing a suburban Chicago | 23 | | community college; | 24 | | (9) A community college employee recommended by a | 25 | | statewide organization representing a downstate community |
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| 1 | | college; | 2 | | (10) One member representing a higher education | 3 | | advocacy organization focused on closing equity gaps in | 4 | | college completion from low-income and first generation | 5 | | college students, and students of color; | 6 | | (11) One member representing a statewide advocacy | 7 | | organization focused on improving educational and | 8 | | employment opportunities for women and adults; | 9 | | (12) One member representing each of the following | 10 | | entities: | 11 | | (a) Illinois Council of Community College | 12 | | Presidents (ICCCP) appointed by ICCCP; | 13 | | (b) Illinois public university presidents | 14 | | appointed by IBHE; | 15 | | (c) Illinois Community College Chief Academic | 16 | | Officers (ICCCAO) appointed by ICCCAO; | 17 | | (d) Illinois Community College Student Services | 18 | | Officers (ICCCSSO) appointed by ICCCSSO; | 19 | | (e) Illinois public university student services | 20 | | administrators appointed by IBHE; | 21 | | (f) Illinois public university provosts appointed | 22 | | by IBHE; | 23 | | (g) Illinois Community College Trustee Association | 24 | | (ICCTA) appointed by ICCTA; | 25 | | (h) Illinois public university trustees appointed | 26 | | by IBHE; and |
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| 1 | | (13) One member to be appointed by the Governor; and be | 2 | | it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That, of the appointed community college and | 4 | | university employees, at least one must be an English faculty | 5 | | member participating in the Illinois Articulation Initiative | 6 | | and one must be a member of the Illinois Mathematics | 7 | | Association of Community Colleges (IMACC); and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the chairs of the advisory council shall be | 9 | | responsible for scheduling meetings, setting meeting agendas, | 10 | | ensuring the development and delivery of the final report and | 11 | | implementation plan, and other administrative tasks, in | 12 | | consultation with advisory council members; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, The Council shall produce a final report by | 14 | | January 1, 2021 and upon the filing of this report is | 15 | | dissolved; the report should include, at a minimum, an update | 16 | | on the implementation of corequisite remediation and | 17 | | alternative evidence-based developmental education models at | 18 | | every college and university, and include data on enrollment | 19 | | and throughput, defined as the percent of students initially | 20 | | enrolled who have progressed through gateway-level courses, by | 21 | | institution and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and | 22 | | Pell status; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the ICCB and IBHE.
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