Full Text of SB2597 100th General Assembly
SB2597sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Chapin Rose Filed: 3/2/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2597
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2597 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 1, by replacing line 5 with "changing Sections 2, 3, 4, | 4 | | and 7 and by adding Sections 5.5 and 9.38 as"; and | 5 | | on page 9, immediately below line 8, by inserting the | 6 | | following:
| 7 | | "(110 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 187)
| 8 | | Sec. 7.
The Board of Trustees of the University of | 9 | | Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois | 10 | | University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | 11 | | the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board | 12 | | of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | 13 | | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of | 14 | | Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | 15 | | Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western |
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| 1 | | Illinois University,
the Illinois Community College Board and | 2 | | the campuses under their governance
or supervision shall not | 3 | | hereafter undertake the establishment of any new
unit of | 4 | | instruction, research or public service without the approval of | 5 | | the
Board. The term "new unit of instruction, research or | 6 | | public service"
includes the establishment of a college, | 7 | | school, division, institute,
department or other unit in any | 8 | | field of instruction, research or public
service not | 9 | | theretofore included in the program of the institution, and
| 10 | | includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The | 11 | | term does not
include reasonable and moderate extensions of | 12 | | existing curricula, research,
or public service programs which | 13 | | have a direct relationship to existing
programs; and the Board | 14 | | may, under its rule making power, define the
character of such | 15 | | reasonable and moderate extensions.
| 16 | | Such governing boards shall submit to the Board all | 17 | | proposals for a new
unit of instruction, research, or public | 18 | | service. The Board may approve or
disapprove the proposal in | 19 | | whole or in part or approve modifications
thereof whenever in | 20 | | its judgment such action is consistent with the
objectives of | 21 | | an existing or proposed master plan of higher education.
| 22 | | The Board of Higher Education is authorized to review | 23 | | periodically all
existing programs of instruction, research | 24 | | and public service at the State
universities and colleges and | 25 | | to advise the appropriate board of control if
the contribution | 26 | | of each program is not educationally and economically
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| 1 | | justified. Each State university shall report annually to the | 2 | | Board on programs of instruction, research, or public service | 3 | | that have been terminated, dissolved, reduced, or consolidated | 4 | | by the university. Each State university shall also report to | 5 | | the Board all programs of instruction, research, and public | 6 | | service that exhibit a trend of low performance in enrollments, | 7 | | degree completions, and high expense per degree. The Board may | 8 | | require the elimination of any program of instruction, | 9 | | research, or public service at a State university that exhibits | 10 | | a trend of low performance. The Board shall compile an annual | 11 | | report that shall contain information on new programs created, | 12 | | existing programs that have been closed , eliminated, or | 13 | | consolidated, and programs that exhibit low performance or | 14 | | productivity. The report must be submitted to the General | 15 | | Assembly. The Board shall have the authority to define relevant | 16 | | terms and timelines by rule with respect to this reporting.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 97-610, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 18 | | (110 ILCS 205/9.38 new) | 19 | | Sec. 9.38. Evaluation of programmatic expansions and new | 20 | | programs. In evaluating programmatic expansions and new | 21 | | programs at public institutions of higher education, the Board, | 22 | | prior to approving such expansions or new programs, shall make | 23 | | the following findings: | 24 | | (1) that such an expansion or new program is meeting an | 25 | | unmet need in that region of the State or serving an |
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| 1 | | unserved or underserved population; | 2 | | (2) in cases in which subdivision (1) of this Section | 3 | | cannot be satisfied, that a market-demand analysis has been | 4 | | performed to rationally justify that growth opportunity in | 5 | | the area will be forthcoming in the immediate future; | 6 | | (3) that the institution has the ability, if so | 7 | | approved, to offer a quality program at a price point that | 8 | | is cheaper for students than existing options elsewhere in | 9 | | the area; and | 10 | | (4) that the opening of such a program does not | 11 | | negatively impact the optimal efficiency of the existing | 12 | | higher education infrastructure in this State. ".
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