103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2288 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 152/15110 ILCS 152/20110 ILCS 152/25 Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Provides that all public institutions shall submit and maintain up to 4 core courses in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors (instead of all public institutions shall maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major). Provides that all public institutions' Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses must be transferable as direct course equivalents toward the requirements of the major (instead of all public institutions shall determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses are direct course equivalents or are elective credit toward the requirements of the major). Provides that an elementary and secondary education panel shall be convened by the Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board. LRB103 27463 RJT 53835 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2288 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 152/15110 ILCS 152/20110 ILCS 152/25 110 ILCS 152/15 110 ILCS 152/20 110 ILCS 152/25 Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Provides that all public institutions shall submit and maintain up to 4 core courses in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors (instead of all public institutions shall maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major). Provides that all public institutions' Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses must be transferable as direct course equivalents toward the requirements of the major (instead of all public institutions shall determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses are direct course equivalents or are elective credit toward the requirements of the major). Provides that an elementary and secondary education panel shall be convened by the Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board. LRB103 27463 RJT 53835 b LRB103 27463 RJT 53835 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2288 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 152/15110 ILCS 152/20110 ILCS 152/25 110 ILCS 152/15 110 ILCS 152/20 110 ILCS 152/25
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Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Provides that all public institutions shall submit and maintain up to 4 core courses in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors (instead of all public institutions shall maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major). Provides that all public institutions' Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses must be transferable as direct course equivalents toward the requirements of the major (instead of all public institutions shall determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses are direct course equivalents or are elective credit toward the requirements of the major). Provides that an elementary and secondary education panel shall be convened by the Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board.
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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.
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2288 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 152/15110 ILCS 152/20110 ILCS 152/25 110 ILCS 152/15 110 ILCS 152/20 110 ILCS 152/25
110 ILCS 152/15
110 ILCS 152/20
110 ILCS 152/25
Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Provides that all public institutions shall submit and maintain up to 4 core courses in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors (instead of all public institutions shall maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major). Provides that all public institutions' Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses must be transferable as direct course equivalents toward the requirements of the major (instead of all public institutions shall determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses are direct course equivalents or are elective credit toward the requirements of the major). Provides that an elementary and secondary education panel shall be convened by the Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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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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