Full Text of SB2288 103rd 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 Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 152/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Participation. All public institutions shall | 8 | | participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through | 9 | | submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer. | 10 | | All public institutions shall maintain a complete Illinois | 11 | | Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum | 12 | | package, and all public institutions shall submit and maintain | 13 | | up to 4 core courses in each of the an Illinois Articulation | 14 | | Initiative majors major , provided the public institution has | 15 | | equivalent majors and courses. All public institutions shall | 16 | | provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education | 17 | | for public universities and the Illinois Community College | 18 | | Board for public community colleges, to serve on panels in the | 19 | | review of courses.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17 .) | 21 | | (110 ILCS 152/20)
| 22 | | Sec. 20. Course transferability.
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| 1 | | (a) All courses approved for Illinois Articulation | 2 | | Initiative General Education codes must be transferable as a | 3 | | part of the General Education Core Curriculum package, | 4 | | consistent with the specific requirements of the package. | 5 | | Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education courses | 6 | | taken during the public health emergency declared by | 7 | | proclamation of the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 8 | | during calendar year 2020 must be transferable for students | 9 | | receiving a grade of "pass", "credit", or "satisfactory" and | 10 | | shall fulfill the prerequisite requirements for advanced | 11 | | courses. | 12 | | (a-5) All public institutions' institutions shall | 13 | | determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses | 14 | | must be transferable as are direct course equivalents or are | 15 | | elective credit toward the requirements of the major. If the | 16 | | receiving institution does not offer the course or does not | 17 | | offer it at the lower-division level, the student shall | 18 | | receive elective lower-division major credit toward the | 19 | | requirements of the major for the course and may be required to | 20 | | take the course at the upper-division level. | 21 | | (b) Students receiving the full General Education Core | 22 | | Curriculum package must not be required to take additional | 23 | | lower-division general education courses.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.) | 25 | | (110 ILCS 152/25)
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| 1 | | Sec. 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | 2 | | Community College Board duties.
| 3 | | (a) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | 4 | | Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation, | 5 | | oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation | 6 | | Initiative, including determining when panels must be | 7 | | discontinued or convened and the specific requirements of the | 8 | | General Education Core Curriculum. Panels must be convened | 9 | | across the fields of General Education, Communications, | 10 | | Humanities and Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, | 11 | | Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics, Elementary and | 12 | | Secondary Education, and other fields as determined by the | 13 | | Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College | 14 | | Board. | 15 | | (b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | 16 | | Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an | 17 | | annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the | 18 | | Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois | 19 | | Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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