SB0267sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Celina Villanueva

Filed: 4/8/2021

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 267

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 267 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Student Parent Data Collection Act.

Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:

"Parent" means the parent or legal guardian of a child who is under the age of 18 years.

"Public institution of higher education" or "institution" means a public community college or public university in this State.

Section 10. Student parent data collection.

(a) The Board of Higher Education, in consultation with the Illinois Community College Board, public institutions of higher education, and advocates, shall prepare a question or questions to be placed on one or more forms that are used by an institution on an annual basis to collect demographic data from its students for the purpose of determining the parental status or legal guardian status of each of its enrolled students.

(b) The data collected under subsection (a) must be disaggregated by all variables collected normally, including, but not limited to, the student's race, ethnicity, income, gender, age, enrollment status, type of credential sought, receipt of financial aid, grade point average, persistence toward a degree or credential, and completion outcomes.

Section 15. Campus child care. Beginning September 1, 2021, each public institution of higher education that operates one or more child care centers or early learning centers on its campus or is otherwise affiliated with a child care center or early learning center shall collect all of the following information:

(1) The total number of children who are served by each child care center or early learning center per semester.

(2) The number of children of students who are enrolled at the institution who are served by each child care center or early learning center per semester.

Section 20. Reporting requirements.

(a) On or before July 1, 2022 and annually thereafter, each public university shall report the data collected under Sections 10 and 15 to the Board of Higher Education, and each public community college shall report the data collected under Sections 10 and 15 to the Illinois Community College Board.

(b) Each institution, the Board of Higher Education, and the Illinois Community College Board shall make the data reported under subsection (a) publicly available annually on their Internet websites.

(c) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, in consultation with public institutions of higher education and advocates, may adopt rules concerning the reporting of data to protect student privacy while satisfying the requirements of this Act.

Section 25. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. The sharing and reporting of data under this Act must be in accordance with the requirements of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Nothing in this Act supersedes the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 or rules adopted pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 or any federal or State laws and rules governing student privacy rights.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2021.".