Full Text of HB3998 99th General Assembly
HB3998 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3998 Introduced , by Rep. Jeanne M Ives SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 805/2-12 | from Ch. 122, par. 102-12 |
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Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board's uniform financial accounting standards and principles shall prohibit community colleges from holding more than 4 months of expenses in cash or cash equivalents. Effective immediately.
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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 Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2-12 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/2-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-12)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-12. The State Board shall have the power and it | 8 | | shall be its duty:
| 9 | | (a) To provide statewide planning for community colleges as
| 10 | | institutions of higher education and co-ordinate the programs, | 11 | | services
and activities of all community colleges in the State | 12 | | so as to encourage
and establish a system of locally initiated | 13 | | and administered
comprehensive community colleges.
| 14 | | (b) To organize and conduct feasibility surveys for new | 15 | | community
colleges or for the inclusion of existing | 16 | | institutions as community
colleges and the locating of new | 17 | | institutions.
| 18 | | (c) To approve all locally funded capital projects for | 19 | | which no
State monies are required, in accordance with | 20 | | standards established by rule.
| 21 | | (d) To cooperate with the community colleges in continuing | 22 | | studies
of student characteristics, admission standards, | 23 | | grading policies,
performance of transfer students, |
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| 1 | | qualification and certification of
facilities and any other | 2 | | problem of community college education.
| 3 | | (e) To enter into contracts with other governmental | 4 | | agencies and eligible
providers, such as local educational | 5 | | agencies, community-based
organizations of demonstrated | 6 | | effectiveness, volunteer literacy organizations
of | 7 | | demonstrated effectiveness, institutions of higher education, | 8 | | public and
private nonprofit agencies, libraries, and public | 9 | | housing authorities; to
accept federal funds and to plan with | 10 | | other State agencies when appropriate for
the allocation of | 11 | | such federal funds for instructional programs and student
| 12 | | services including such funds for adult education and adult | 13 | | literacy,
vocational and technical education, and retraining | 14 | | as may be allocated by
state and federal agencies for the aid | 15 | | of community colleges. To receive,
receipt for, hold in trust, | 16 | | expend and administer, for all purposes of this
Act, funds and | 17 | | other aid made available by the federal government or by other
| 18 | | agencies public or private, subject to appropriation by the | 19 | | General Assembly.
The changes to this subdivision (e) made by | 20 | | this amendatory Act of the 91st
General
Assembly apply on and | 21 | | after July 1, 2001.
| 22 | | (f) To determine efficient and adequate standards for | 23 | | community
colleges for the physical plant, heating, lighting, | 24 | | ventilation,
sanitation, safety, equipment and supplies, | 25 | | instruction and teaching,
curriculum, library, operation, | 26 | | maintenance, administration and
supervision, and to grant |
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| 1 | | recognition certificates to community colleges
meeting such | 2 | | standards.
| 3 | | (g) To determine the standards for establishment of | 4 | | community
colleges and the proper location of the site in | 5 | | relation to existing
institutions of higher education offering | 6 | | academic, occupational and
technical training curricula, | 7 | | possible enrollment, assessed valuation,
industrial, business, | 8 | | agricultural, and other conditions reflecting
educational | 9 | | needs in the area to be served; however, no community
college | 10 | | may be considered as being recognized nor may the establishment
| 11 | | of any community college be authorized in any district which | 12 | | shall be
deemed inadequate for the maintenance, in accordance | 13 | | with the desirable
standards thus determined, of a community | 14 | | college offering the basic
subjects of general education and | 15 | | suitable vocational and
semiprofessional and technical | 16 | | curricula.
| 17 | | (h) To approve or disapprove new units of instruction, | 18 | | research or
public service as defined in Section 3-25.1
of this | 19 | | Act submitted by the
boards of trustees of the respective | 20 | | community college districts of this
State. The State Board may | 21 | | discontinue programs which fail to reflect
the educational | 22 | | needs of the area being served.
The community college district | 23 | | shall be granted 60 days following the
State Board staff | 24 | | recommendation and prior to the State Board's action to
respond | 25 | | to concerns regarding the program in question. If the State | 26 | | Board
acts to abolish a community college program, the |
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| 1 | | community college district
has a right to appeal the decision | 2 | | in accordance with administrative rules
promulgated by the | 3 | | State Board under the provisions of the Illinois
Administrative | 4 | | Procedure Act.
| 5 | | (i) To participate in, to recommend approval or | 6 | | disapproval, and to
assist in the coordination of the programs
| 7 | | of community colleges participating in programs of | 8 | | interinstitutional
cooperation with other public or nonpublic | 9 | | institutions of higher education.
If the State Board does not | 10 | | approve a particular cooperative agreement,
the community | 11 | | college district has a right to appeal the decision in
| 12 | | accordance with administrative rules promulgated by the State | 13 | | Board under
the provisions of the Illinois Administrative | 14 | | Procedure Act.
| 15 | | (j) To establish guidelines regarding sabbatical leaves.
| 16 | | (k) To establish guidelines for the admission into special,
| 17 | | appropriate programs conducted or created by community | 18 | | colleges for
elementary and secondary school dropouts who have | 19 | | received truant status
from the school districts of this State | 20 | | in compliance with Section 26-14 of
The School Code.
| 21 | | (l) The Community College Board shall conduct a study of | 22 | | community
college teacher education courses to determine how | 23 | | the community college
system can increase its participation in | 24 | | the preparation of elementary and
secondary teachers.
| 25 | | (m) To establish by July 1, 1997 uniform financial | 26 | | accounting and reporting
standards
and principles for |
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| 1 | | community colleges and develop procedures and systems
for | 2 | | community colleges for reporting financial data to the State | 3 | | Board. The uniform financial accounting standards and | 4 | | principles shall prohibit community colleges from holding more | 5 | | than 4 months of expenses in cash or cash equivalents.
| 6 | | (n) To create and participate in the conduct and operation | 7 | | of any
corporation, joint venture, partnership, association, | 8 | | or other organizational
entity that has the power: (i) to | 9 | | acquire land, buildings, and other capital
equipment for the | 10 | | use and benefit of the community colleges or their students;
| 11 | | (ii) to accept gifts and make grants for the use and benefit of | 12 | | the community
colleges or their students; (iii) to aid in the | 13 | | instruction and education of
students of community colleges; | 14 | | and (iv) to promote activities to acquaint
members of the | 15 | | community with the facilities of the various community
| 16 | | colleges.
| 17 | | (o) On and after July 1, 2001, to ensure the effective | 18 | | teaching of adults
and to prepare them
for success in | 19 | | employment and lifelong learning by administering a
network of | 20 | | providers, programs, and services to provide adult basic
| 21 | | education, adult secondary and high school equivalency testing | 22 | | education, English as a
second language, and any other | 23 | | instruction designed to prepare adult
students to function | 24 | | successfully in society and to experience success in
| 25 | | postsecondary education and the world of work.
| 26 | | (p) On and after July 1, 2001, to supervise the |
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| 1 | | administration of adult
education and adult literacy programs, | 2 | | to establish the standards for such
courses of instruction and | 3 | | supervise the administration thereof, to contract
with other | 4 | | State and local agencies and eligible providers, such as local
| 5 | | educational agencies, community-based organizations of | 6 | | demonstrated
effectiveness, volunteer literacy organizations | 7 | | of demonstrated effectiveness,
institutions of higher | 8 | | education, public and private nonprofit agencies,
libraries, | 9 | | and public housing authorities, for the purpose of promoting | 10 | | and
establishing classes for instruction under these programs, | 11 | | to contract with
other State and local agencies to accept and | 12 | | expend appropriations for
educational purposes to reimburse | 13 | | local eligible providers for the cost of
these programs, and to | 14 | | establish an advisory council consisting of all
categories of | 15 | | eligible providers; agency partners, such as the State Board of
| 16 | | Education, the Department of Human Services, the Department of | 17 | | Employment
Security, and the Secretary of State literacy | 18 | | program; and other
stakeholders to identify, deliberate, and | 19 | | make recommendations to the State
Board on adult education | 20 | | policy and priorities. The State Board shall support statewide | 21 | | geographic distribution;
diversity of eligible providers; and | 22 | | the adequacy, stability, and
predictability of funding so as | 23 | | not to disrupt or diminish, but rather to
enhance, adult | 24 | | education by this change of administration.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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