Bill Text: IL SB2358 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2358 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2358-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Student
Transfer Achievement Reform Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 23 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 150/23 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 23. Reverse transfer of credits. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section, "reverse transfer of credit" means the | ||||||
| 9 | transfer of earned academic credit from a State university to a | ||||||
| 10 | community college for the purpose of obtaining an associate | ||||||
| 11 | degree at the community college. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, the Board | ||||||
| 13 | of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||
| 14 | shall develop a policy to foster the reverse transfer of credit | ||||||
| 15 | for any student who has accumulated at least 15 hours of | ||||||
| 16 | academic credit at a community college and a sufficient number | ||||||
| 17 | of hours of academic credit at a State university in the | ||||||
| 18 | prescribed courses necessary to meet a community college's | ||||||
| 19 | requirements to be awarded an associate degree. | ||||||
| 20 | (c) A student wishing to reverse transfer earned academic | ||||||
| 21 | credit under this Section to obtain an associate degree shall | ||||||
| 22 | agree to the exchange of transcript information between each | ||||||
| 23 | community college and State university that he or she has | ||||||
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| 1 | attended. A student must submit an application and his or her | ||||||
| 2 | transcripts to a community college in order to be considered | ||||||
| 3 | for conferral of an associate degree. In awarding an associate | ||||||
| 4 | degree, the community college shall evaluate the applicant's | ||||||
| 5 | coursework completed, along with the transfer credit earned, | ||||||
| 6 | and shall determine whether the associate degree requirements | ||||||
| 7 | have been met. No later than 30 business days after receiving | ||||||
| 8 | an application, a community college shall notify an applicant | ||||||
| 9 | if he or she qualifies for an associate degree based on the | ||||||
| 10 | total earned credits. | ||||||
| 11 | (d) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community | ||||||
| 12 | College Board, and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's | ||||||
| 13 | Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit shall adopt a | ||||||
| 14 | policy regarding the award of academic credit for military | ||||||
| 15 | training applicable to meeting a community college's | ||||||
| 16 | requirements for awarding an associate degree. | ||||||
| 17 | (e) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | Community College Board shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
| 19 | Section.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 21 | 2018.
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