Bill Text: IL HB5384 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Credit for Prior Learning Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to create an ongoing program of stakeholder meetings between public universities and the employer community to develop standardized credit-hour privileges for prior learning and to better stabilize the number of credentials issued in Illinois. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to create an ongoing program for stakeholder meetings between community colleges and the employer community to develop standardized credit-hour privileges for prior learning and to better stabilize the number of credentials issued in Illinois.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5384 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5384-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5384 Introduced , by Rep. Jeff Keicher - Grant Wehrli - Avery Bourne - Daniel Swanson - Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 160/20 new
Amends the Credit for Prior Learning Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to create an ongoing program of stakeholder meetings between public universities and the employer community to develop standardized credit-hour privileges for prior learning and to better stabilize the number of credentials issued in Illinois. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to create an ongoing program for stakeholder meetings between community colleges and the employer community to develop standardized credit-hour privileges for prior learning and to better stabilize the number of credentials issued in Illinois.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Credit for Prior Learning Act is amended by
adding Section 20 as follows:
(110 ILCS 160/20 new)
Sec. 20. Stakeholder meetings.
(a) The Board of Higher Education shall create an ongoing
program of stakeholder meetings between public universities
and the employer community to develop standardized credit-hour
privileges for prior learning and to better stabilize the
number of credentials issued in Illinois.
(b) The Illinois Community College Board shall create an
ongoing program for stakeholder meetings between community
colleges and the employer community to develop standardized
credit-hour privileges for prior learning and to better
stabilize the number of credentials issued in Illinois.