Bill Amendment: IL HB3818 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: COMMISSION ON HIGHER ED-PRISON
Status: 2023-04-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [HB3818 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3818-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: COMMISSION ON HIGHER ED-PRISON
Status: 2023-04-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [HB3818 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3818-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3818
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3818 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by adding Section 9.43 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 205/9.43 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 9.43. Commission on Higher Education in Prison. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Commission" means the Commission on Higher Education in | ||||||
10 | Prison established by this Section. | ||||||
11 | "Higher education in prison" means post-secondary academic | ||||||
12 | education at the undergraduate and graduate level in both | ||||||
13 | community college and university settings. | ||||||
14 | (b) The Board shall establish the Commission on Higher | ||||||
15 | Education in Prison. The Commission shall be responsible for | ||||||
16 | assisting the Board in implementing and coordinating the |
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1 | recommendations of the Illinois Higher Education in Prison | ||||||
2 | Task Force. Within the first 3 months after its first meeting, | ||||||
3 | the Commission shall identify recommendations to implement, | ||||||
4 | with a minimum of 3 recommendations per year. Any | ||||||
5 | recommendations that are identified shall expand access to | ||||||
6 | quality higher education in prison in this State and propel | ||||||
7 | this State to being a national exemplar in the area. | ||||||
8 | (c) The Commission shall be composed of all of the | ||||||
9 | following members: | ||||||
10 | (1) The Executive Director of the Board or the | ||||||
11 | Executive Director's designee, who shall serve as a | ||||||
12 | co-chairperson of the Commission. | ||||||
13 | (2) The Executive Director of the Illinois Community | ||||||
14 | College Board or the Executive Director's designee, who | ||||||
15 | shall serve as a co-chairperson of the Commission. | ||||||
16 | (3) A representative from the Department of | ||||||
17 | Corrections, appointed by the Director of Corrections. | ||||||
18 | (4) A representative from the Illinois Student | ||||||
19 | Assistance Commission, appointed by Illinois Student | ||||||
20 | Assistance Commission. | ||||||
21 | (5) A representative from the Illinois Coalition for | ||||||
22 | Higher Ed in Prison, appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
23 | (6) A representative from the John Howard Association, | ||||||
24 | appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
25 | (7) One member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
26 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, |
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1 | one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by | ||||||
2 | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, one | ||||||
3 | member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the | ||||||
4 | Senate, and one member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
5 | Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
6 | (8) Six formerly incarcerated students, one of whom | ||||||
7 | must have served time in a female-designated facility, or | ||||||
8 | administrators of higher education in prison programs, | ||||||
9 | each representing a different program and Department of | ||||||
10 | Corrections facility, appointed by Illinois Community | ||||||
11 | College Board. | ||||||
12 | (9) One administrator of a higher education in prison | ||||||
13 | program of a 4-year institution of higher education who | ||||||
14 | represents a program at a Department of Corrections | ||||||
15 | facility not already represented on the Commission, | ||||||
16 | appointed by the Board. | ||||||
17 | (10) One administrator of a higher education in prison | ||||||
18 | program of a 2-year institution of higher education, | ||||||
19 | including a public community college, who represents a | ||||||
20 | program at a Department of Corrections facility not | ||||||
21 | already represented on the Commission, appointed by the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Community College Board. | ||||||
23 | Members of the Commission shall serve without | ||||||
24 | compensation. | ||||||
25 | (d) Appointment of members to the Commission shall be made | ||||||
26 | within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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1 | of the 103rd General Assembly, with the first meeting of the | ||||||
2 | Commission to be held at a reasonable period of time | ||||||
3 | thereafter. The Commission shall hold at least 6 meetings each | ||||||
4 | year. Additional meetings may be scheduled at the call of the | ||||||
5 | chairperson. | ||||||
6 | (e) The term of membership on the Commission shall be for 3 | ||||||
7 | years. | ||||||
8 | (f) The responsibilities of the Commission shall include | ||||||
9 | all of the following: | ||||||
10 | (1) Identifying resources, strategies, and legislative | ||||||
11 | proposals to support the administration and implementation | ||||||
12 | of the Illinois Higher Education in Prison Task Force's | ||||||
13 | recommendations. | ||||||
14 | (2) Exploring the advisability of creating a permanent | ||||||
15 | statewide higher education in prison commission or | ||||||
16 | advising body and making final recommendations to the | ||||||
17 | General Assembly regarding such a body. | ||||||
18 | (3) Ensuring that currently incarcerated individuals | ||||||
19 | have the opportunity to meaningfully participate in the | ||||||
20 | work of the Commission on a regular basis and provide | ||||||
21 | critical input about the direction of any statewide policy | ||||||
22 | related to higher education in prison. | ||||||
23 | (4) Presenting, at an annual subject matter hearing, | ||||||
24 | to the General Assembly a report on the Commission's | ||||||
25 | progress and the state of policy and practice in this | ||||||
26 | State. The chairperson of the Commission shall be |
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1 | responsible for fulfilling this obligation. Any | ||||||
2 | accompanying materials shall be made available to the | ||||||
3 | general public on the Board's website. | ||||||
4 | (5) Issuing a final report to the Board, the Governor | ||||||
5 | and the General Assembly. The final report shall capture | ||||||
6 | the full progress of the Commission and how the Commission | ||||||
7 | has fulfilled its responsibilities. This report must be | ||||||
8 | made available to the general public on the Board's | ||||||
9 | website. | ||||||
10 | (g) The Commission members appointed by a State agency | ||||||
11 | shall report back to their respective agency on the progress | ||||||
12 | of the Commission in fulfilling its responsibilities. | ||||||
13 | (h) The Board shall provide administrative and technical | ||||||
14 | support to the Commission and be responsible for administering | ||||||
15 | the Commission's operations and ensuring that the | ||||||
16 | responsibilities of the Commission are met. | ||||||
17 | (i) Upon the release of its final report, the Commission | ||||||
18 | shall be dissolved. ".
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