Bill Amendment: IL SB0888 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: COMMUNITY COLL-NURSING DEGREE

Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0888 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0888-Senate_Amendment_006.html

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Sen. Andy Manar

Filed: 4/30/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 888
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 888, AS AMENDED, by
replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
following:
"Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
adding Section 3-80 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/3-80 new)
Sec. 3-80. Baccalaureate degree in nursing pilot program.
(a) The Board of Trustees of Community College District No.
536 may establish and offer a baccalaureate-level nursing
education pilot program, commonly referred to as a
baccalaureate completion program (RN to BSN), and confer a
bachelor of science degree in nursing if all of the following
conditions are met:
(1) The Board of Trustees meets all of the requirements
as set forth in subsection (b) of this Section and has been

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approved by the State Board to offer a bachelor of science
degree in nursing.
(2) After the program has been approved by the State
Board, the Board of Higher Education shall consider the
program for approval in a manner consistent with new
bachelor's degree programs at public and private
universities in this State.
(3) The Board of Trustees has identified and
documented, in writing, unmet workforce needs in the
subject area of the baccalaureate degree to be offered. The
Board of Trustees shall publish on the district's website
and make publicly available the documentation and shall
present the documentation to the State Board.
(4) The community college shall hold a national
professional nursing accreditation or have applied for the
accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education, the Accreditation Commission for Education in
Nursing, or the Commission for Nursing Education
Accreditation.
(5) The community college district shall offer and
maintain an associate degree in nursing.
(6) The Board of Trustees must demonstrate, in writing,
how the district will enhance future opportunities for
minority and bilingual populations by focusing outreach
efforts and giving preference to those students in order to
meet workforce needs.

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(b) The Board of Trustees shall demonstrate that the
district has the expertise, resources, and student interest to
offer a quality bachelor of science degree in nursing. An
application for approval from the State Board shall include,
but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The Board of Trustees shall describe the labor
market need as specified in paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
of this Section.
(2) The Board of Trustees shall describe the program's
purpose, its target population, related occupations, and
career paths.
(3) The Board of Trustees shall demonstrate the college
has developed quality curricula that aligns with federal,
State, and local requirements and will prepare graduates
with the appropriate level of skill to meet their
educational goals.
(4) The Board of Trustees shall verify the college has
the fiscal resources in place or has budgeted for financial
support for the program in a cost-effective manner.
(5) The Board of Trustees shall identify and document
the faculty available for teaching the program, including
the number of full-time faculty anticipated to teach in the
program, a description of their qualifications (including
highest degree earned), teaching experience, professional
experience, and licenses held. The Board of Trustees must
also indicate how faculty are to be evaluated.

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(c) The community college district shall be prohibited from
using semester credit hours generated in baccalaureate degree
programs for grants received pursuant to Section 2-16.02 of
this Act.
(d) The State Board shall conduct a statewide evaluation of
the pilot program established under this Section. The results
of the evaluation shall be reported, in writing, on or before
July 1, 2023 to all of the following:
(1) The Board of Higher Education.
(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(3) The Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives.
(4) The President of the Senate.
(5) The Minority Leader of the Senate.
(6) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, all of
the following:
(i) Information identifying applicants, admissions,
enrollments, demographic characteristics of students, and
degree recipients.
(ii) The extent to which the program established under
this Section fulfills identified workforce needs.
(iii) Information on the pace of employment of students
and the subsequent job placement of graduates.
(iv) The cost of each bachelor's degree in nursing
program and the funding sources that were used to finance

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the program.
(v) Time-to-degree rates and completion rates for the
program established under this Section.
(vi) The extent to which the program established under
this Section is in compliance with the requirements of this
Section.
The Board of Trustees shall submit the information
necessary to conduct the evaluation required under this
subsection (d), as determined by the evaluator, to the State
Board.".