103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3881 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 205/9.43 new110 ILCS 205/9.44 new Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall require all public institutions which have a Benefits Navigator to operate a Benefits Navigation Center. Provides that the Benefits Navigator may train and supervise students in case management, and may develop a peer-to-peer student navigator network to staff the Benefits Navigation Center. Sets forth requirements for the Benefits Navigation Centers, services to be provided by the Benefits Navigation Centers, costs, and data collection. Provides that the requirement to operate a Benefits Navigation Center are repealed August 1, 2028. Establishes the Student Navigator Advisory Board. Provides that the Advisory Board shall research, review, and recommend best practices to the individual benefits navigation centers. Provides for the membership and support of the Advisory Board. Provides the that the Advisory Board shall host a statewide consortium of the Benefits Navigators. Provides that the Advisory Board shall issue a report after the Benefits Navigation Center requirements are repealed. Provides that the provisions establishing the Advisory Board are repealed on September 1, 2028. Effective August 1, 2023. LRB103 29870 RJT 56279 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3881 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 205/9.43 new110 ILCS 205/9.44 new 110 ILCS 205/9.43 new 110 ILCS 205/9.44 new Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall require all public institutions which have a Benefits Navigator to operate a Benefits Navigation Center. Provides that the Benefits Navigator may train and supervise students in case management, and may develop a peer-to-peer student navigator network to staff the Benefits Navigation Center. Sets forth requirements for the Benefits Navigation Centers, services to be provided by the Benefits Navigation Centers, costs, and data collection. Provides that the requirement to operate a Benefits Navigation Center are repealed August 1, 2028. Establishes the Student Navigator Advisory Board. Provides that the Advisory Board shall research, review, and recommend best practices to the individual benefits navigation centers. Provides for the membership and support of the Advisory Board. Provides the that the Advisory Board shall host a statewide consortium of the Benefits Navigators. Provides that the Advisory Board shall issue a report after the Benefits Navigation Center requirements are repealed. Provides that the provisions establishing the Advisory Board are repealed on September 1, 2028. Effective August 1, 2023. LRB103 29870 RJT 56279 b LRB103 29870 RJT 56279 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3881 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall require all public institutions which have a Benefits Navigator to operate a Benefits Navigation Center. Provides that the Benefits Navigator may train and supervise students in case management, and may develop a peer-to-peer student navigator network to staff the Benefits Navigation Center. Sets forth requirements for the Benefits Navigation Centers, services to be provided by the Benefits Navigation Centers, costs, and data collection. Provides that the requirement to operate a Benefits Navigation Center are repealed August 1, 2028. Establishes the Student Navigator Advisory Board. Provides that the Advisory Board shall research, review, and recommend best practices to the individual benefits navigation centers. Provides for the membership and support of the Advisory Board. Provides the that the Advisory Board shall host a statewide consortium of the Benefits Navigators. Provides that the Advisory Board shall issue a report after the Benefits Navigation Center requirements are repealed. Provides that the provisions establishing the Advisory Board are repealed on September 1, 2028. Effective August 1, 2023.
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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
5 adding Sections 9.43 and 9.44 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 205/9.43 new)
7 Sec. 9.43. Benefits Navigator Center.
8 (a) The Board of Higher Education shall require all public
9 institutions which have a Benefits Navigator to operate a
10 Benefits Navigation Center. The Benefits Navigator may train
11 and supervise students in case management, and may develop a
12 peer-to-peer student navigator network to staff the benefits
13 navigation center. Student navigators may be paid by
14 institutional funds from student affairs or institutional
15 foundation grants, or from funds from the federal work study's
16 community service jobs program.
17 (b) The Benefits Navigation Center shall be in a visible
18 and easily accessible location on campus. Benefits navigation
19 services may be rendered through the use of virtual
20 appointments. The Benefits Navigation Center must have
21 flexible hours that cater to its student population, and have
22 its hours and services posted in prominent locations on the
23 university's Internet website, and on the Internet webpages
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3881 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall require all public institutions which have a Benefits Navigator to operate a Benefits Navigation Center. Provides that the Benefits Navigator may train and supervise students in case management, and may develop a peer-to-peer student navigator network to staff the Benefits Navigation Center. Sets forth requirements for the Benefits Navigation Centers, services to be provided by the Benefits Navigation Centers, costs, and data collection. Provides that the requirement to operate a Benefits Navigation Center are repealed August 1, 2028. Establishes the Student Navigator Advisory Board. Provides that the Advisory Board shall research, review, and recommend best practices to the individual benefits navigation centers. Provides for the membership and support of the Advisory Board. Provides the that the Advisory Board shall host a statewide consortium of the Benefits Navigators. Provides that the Advisory Board shall issue a report after the Benefits Navigation Center requirements are repealed. Provides that the provisions establishing the Advisory Board are repealed on September 1, 2028. Effective August 1, 2023.
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1 for other departments, including, but not limited to,
2 advising, counseling, health and wellness, and student
3 affairs. The Benefits Navigation Center shall develop an
4 intake form for receiving case management services. The
5 benefits navigation center shall also:
6 (1) identify the student populations unique to the
7 institution most at risk of basic needs insecurity;
8 (2) have thorough knowledge of basic needs insecurity
9 among college students;
10 (3) possess knowledge of State and federal policies
11 for student eligibility for government benefits or
12 assistance programs;
13 (4) aid and train students and young adults in
14 completing applications for school and government benefits
15 and appeal decisions;
16 (5) possess knowledge of their university's existing
17 basic needs programming, including, but not limited to,
18 basic needs resource centers, food pantries, emergency
19 housing, clothing closets, substance abuse recovery
20 programs, food recovery programs, child care programs,
21 transportation assistance, counseling services, and
22 institutional and departmental emergency funds;
23 (6) develop relationships with key university
24 stakeholders and related programs or organizations,
25 including, but not limited to, student affairs, financial
26 aid, counseling and psychological services, health and
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1 wellness services, advising, Greek life, residential life,
2 dining services, career services, academic departments or
3 faculty members, transportation services, and student
4 conduct officers;
5 (7) possess specialized culturally appropriate
6 training in case management, helping skills,
7 trauma-informed and strength-based practices, public
8 benefits research, cultural competence, and
9 non-traditional students;
10 (8) possess specialized skills in targeted marketing,
11 communication, and outreach to the entire campus
12 community;
13 (9) provide individualized personal one-on-one ongoing
14 assistance and emotional support to students; and
15 (10) identify and develop relationships with
16 culturally appropriate community organizations, mutual aid
17 organizations, and social service agencies that students
18 may be referred to. A Benefits Navigator shall identify
19 community partners who specialize in the following areas:
20 (A) affordable or free child care;
21 (B) transportation;
22 (C) clothing;
23 (D) personal care and hygiene items;
24 (E) homelessness or housing insecurity;
25 (F) food insecurity;
26 (G) affordable inclusive health care;
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1 (H) sexual violence;
2 (I) substance abuse and addiction;
3 (J) trauma-informed affordable or free mental
4 health services; and
5 (K) reproductive health care, including affordable
6 or free HIV/AIDS testing, access to PrEP and PEP,
7 affordable or free sexually transmitted infection
8 testing, affordable or free access to pregnancy tests,
9 and resources pertaining to all options regarding
10 pregnancy.
11 (c) Accommodations shall be made for students who do not
12 have English proficiency or who have disabilities.
13 (d) Benefits navigation services must remain free to all
14 students seeking to utilize these services, and may not be
15 funded by any student fees created on or before the effective
16 date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
17 (e) Benefits navigators may be a licensed social worker.
18 (f) Benefits navigation centers shall collect data on:
19 (1) student demographics;
20 (2) presenting concerns or type of student needs, per
21 student;
22 (3) prior service and benefits utilization, per
23 student;
24 (4) types of referrals made, per student;
25 (5) types of services received, per student;
26 (6) new benefit amounts, where applicable, per
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1 student;
2 (7) number of navigator-student meetings and
3 interactions per student; and
4 (8) student satisfaction with the student navigator
5 network, the Benefits Navigator, and the benefits
6 navigation center, at each institution, per student.
7 This data shall be reported to the Student Navigator
8 Advisory Board and the Board of Higher Education. All
9 interactions between students and Benefits Navigators must be
10 kept confidential unless a student poses a direct harm to
11 themselves or others
12 (g) This Section is repealed on August 1, 2028.
13
14 (110 ILCS 205/9.44 new)
15 Sec. 9.44. Student Navigator Advisory Board.
16 (a) A Student Navigator Advisory Board shall be
17 established with the explicit goal of researching, reviewing,
18 and recommending best practices to the individual benefits
19 navigation centers established under Section 9.42. The Board
20 of Higher Education shall provide staff and support to the
21 Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall meet a minimum of 4
22 times per year. The Advisory Board shall have emergency
23 rulemaking authority.
24 (b) The Advisory Board shall be reflective of the cultural
25 diversity of students who come from marginalized communities
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1 and who are particularly vulnerable to basic needs insecurity,
2 including race and ethnicity, immigrants, first generation
3 student, gender and gender expression, sexual orientation,
4 experience in the foster care system, first language, and
5 low-income background.
6 The Advisory Board shall be composed of:
7 (1) a member appointed by the Governor;
8 (2) a member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;
9 (3) a member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
10 Representatives;
11 (4) a member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
12 House of Representatives;
13 (5) a member appointed by the President of the Senate;
14 (6) a member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
15 Senate;
16 (7) a member appointed by the Director of the Board of
17 Higher Education;
18 (8) a member appointed by the Director of the Illinois
19 Student Assistance Commission;
20 (9) a member appointed by the Director of the Illinois
21 Community College Board;
22 (10) a student member who is seeking a degree from a
23 4-year public institution in the State, and has had
24 experience with basic needs insecurity, appointed by the
25 Director of the Board of Higher Education;
26 (11) a student member who is seeking a degree from a
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1 2-year public institution in the State, and has had
2 experience with basic needs insecurity, appointed by the
3 Director of the Board of Higher Education;
4 (12) a member of a national student and youth led
5 nonprofit organization with regional presence whose
6 mission statement is to make higher education free and
7 help all young people participate in democracy, appointed
8 by the Director of the Board of Higher Education; and
9 (13) a member of a national nonprofit advocate
10 organization with regional presence whose mission
11 statement is to amplify the voices of young adults in the
12 political process and expand economic opportunity
13 appointed, by the Director of the Board of Higher
14 Education.
15 (c) The Advisory Board shall, at its first meeting,
16 appoint an individual to serve as the Chair of the Advisory
17 Board. The Chair may call the Advisory Board to meet.
18 (d) The meetings of the Advisory Board may meet virtually.
19 (e) The Advisory Board shall be responsible for hosting a
20 statewide consortium of Benefits Navigators. The consortium
21 shall include those responsible for the Benefits Navigation
22 Center of each individual public university and community
23 college. The goal of the consortium is to share resources and
24 best practices found to be effective. The consortium must meet
25 at least once every academic semester.
26 (f) The Advisory Board shall select an experienced
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1 evaluator to assess program effectiveness. Impact surveys
2 shall be conducted twice during the first year, and annually
3 thereafter, and a final evaluation shall be conducted at the
4 end of the fifth and final year.
5 (g) The Advisory Board shall:
6 (1) oversee the creation, administration, and analysis
7 of program evaluation surveys twice in the first year, and
8 annually thereafter;
9 (2) write reports after each evaluation which describe
10 program activities and challenges and analyze the survey
11 data, and make recommendations every 6 months, resulting
12 in semiannual reports; and
13 (3) provide a final written program evaluation report,
14 including recommendations, no later than 4 weeks after the
15 program has concluded.
16 (h) This Section is repealed on September 1, 2028.
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August
18 1, 2023.
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