Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 512 may establish and offer a pilot program under which the district may offer bachelor's degrees in 2 fields of study if certain conditions are met, including requiring (i) that the degree programs not compete with any nearby public university and the public universities in this State have the right of first refusal to offer the Bachelor of Applied Science Degree programs on the community college campus or a community college extension site, (ii) that the district identify and document unmet workforce needs, (iii) that the degree programs not require any additional funding from local taxes, the State, or the community college students not enrolled in the program, (iv) that the Board of Higher Education approve the offering of the degree programs, and (v) that the pilot program expire 4 years after the initial offering of the degree programs, unless otherwise extended by law. Prohibits Community College District No. 512 from becoming a primarily baccalaureate degree-granting, 4-year institution of higher learning. Effective July 1, 2009.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Re-referred to Assignments; Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b). [HB0656 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Cynthia Soto [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Suzanne Bassi [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sidney Mathias [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Froehlich [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Boland [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mark Walker [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Lang [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-083	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Fred Crespo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Black [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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