Illinois Senate Bill 2234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish a uniform admission process online, which must be used at all public institutions of higher education; sets forth what components this admission process must include. Requires the Board (i) to ensure that any high school student in this State with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale) receives access to the opportunity of higher education and (ii) to guarantee admission to a public university; requires cooperation by the State Board of Education, high schools, and public universities. Requires the Board to conduct a study of the academic programs offered at each public university campus. Sets forth the Board's duties concerning the study. Requires the Board to use the results of the study and other specified factors to determine which academic programs should be prioritized at campuses of public universities and to create and designate Higher Education Strategic Centers of Excellence. Requires the Board to work with the Illinois Community College Board to develop recommendations to integrate community colleges into this plan. Sets forth additional Board of Higher Education duties concerning evaluating programmatic expansions and new programs and studying student financial aid and multi-year budgeting. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities to make conforming changes.

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Sen. Chapin Rose [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-04-13	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-01-30	Senate	Postponed - Higher Education
2018-01-24	Senate	Assigned to Higher Education
2017-10-18	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-10-18	Senate	First Reading
2017-10-18	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
110	205	9.07a	New Code	See Bill Text
110	205	9.07b	New Code	See Bill Text
110	205	9.37	New Code	See Bill Text
110	205	9.38	New Code	See Bill Text
110	205	9.39	New Code	See Bill Text
110	205	9.40	New Code	See Bill Text
110	305	100	New Code	See Bill Text
110	520	85	New Code	See Bill Text
110	660	5-195	New Code	See Bill Text
110	665	10-195	New Code	See Bill Text
110	670	15-195	New Code	See Bill Text
110	675	20-200	New Code	See Bill Text
110	680	25-195	New Code	See Bill Text
110	685	30-205	New Code	See Bill Text
110	690	35-200	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2234&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB2234.htm