Senate Sponsors: CRONIN-WELCH. House Sponsors: WIRSING-ERWIN Short description: COMM COLL-ENERGY CONSERVATION Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Public Community College Act. Supplies a caption to a Section relating to ascertainment of the tax rate in a community college district located in Chicago. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 110 ILCS 805/7-20 Adds reference to: New Act 110 ILCS 947/38 new Changes the title and replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Public University Energy Conservation Act. Authorizes public universities to request and evaluate proposals from qualified providers for energy conservation measures to be furnished under a guaranteed energy savings contract. Defines terms. Provides for the manner in which such a contract is to be awarded by a public university. Specifies that a guaranteed energy savings contract must include the qualified provider's written guarantee that either the energy or operational cost savings or both that result from implementation of the energy saving measures provided under the contract will meet or exceed within 10 years the cost of acquiring and implementing those measures. Adds provisions relative to contract payment methods and funding. Also amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Adds provisions requiring the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to assess the educational persistence and academic success of monetary award program recipients. Provides that an assessment is to include an analysis of such factors as undergraduate educational goals, chosen field of study, retention rates, expected time to complete a degree, grade point average, academic progress, and credit hours earned. Provides that each analysis should consider student class level, dependency types, and type of higher education institution attended. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the General Assembly and Board of Higher Education by February 1, 1999 and at least every 2 years thereafter. Effective July 1, 1997. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 805/2-16.02 from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02 Adds provisions amending the Public Community College Act. Authorizes the Illinois Community College Board to specify the measures that will be used to distribute grants to community colleges. Authorizes the Board to apply a percentage factor to the statewide threshold in determining the level of equalization funding and a minimum equalization grant for a qualifying district that becomes ineligible for any or for full equalization funding due to threshold prorations. Requires community college districts to maintain in-district tuition rates per semester credit hour as determined by the State Board and provides for a reduction in equalization funding for districts that fail to meet the minimum required rate until, by July 1, 2001, districts fail to qualify for equalization funding if they do not meet the required minimum in-district tuition rate. Also revises provisions relative to small district, special populations, and workforce preparation grants and provides for deferred maintenance grants based upon criteria established by the State Board. Eliminates provisions under which a one-time operating expense start-up grant was provided to Community College District No. 540. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0486 Last action date: 97-08-17 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status