Bill Text: IL SB3301 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Creates the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires all public institutions of higher education to participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer consistency. Requires (i) all sending and receiving institutions to maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless transfer; (ii) all institutions to maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, provided the institution has equivalent majors and courses; and (iii) all institutions to provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, to serve on panels in the review of courses. Provides that all courses approved for Illinois Articulation Initiative codes must be directly transferable either as a part of the General Education Core Curriculum package or as equivalent major courses, insofar as a specific major is offered at the receiving institution. Provides that students receiving the General Education Core Curriculum package must not be required to take additional freshmen or sophomore level general education courses and must be able to transfer seamlessly. Sets forth the duties of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0636 [SB3301 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3301-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0636 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Illinois Articulation Initiative Act.
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Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | ||||
finds and declares that in January of 1993, the Board of Higher | ||||
Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and transfer | ||||
coordinators from Illinois colleges and universities jointly | ||||
launched the Illinois Articulation Initiative to ease the | ||||
transfer of students among Illinois public and independent | ||||
associate and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions. The | ||||
General Assembly finds and declares that the Illinois | ||||
Articulation Initiative was driven by the following | ||||
foundational ideas: | ||||
(1) that associate and baccalaureate degree-granting | ||||
institutions are equal partners in educating college | ||||
freshmen and sophomores; | ||||
(2) that faculties should take primary responsibility | ||||
for developing and maintaining program and course | ||||
articulation; and | ||||
(3) that institutions are expected to work together to | ||||
facilitate transfer for lower-division baccalaureate | ||||
programs. | ||
The General Assembly finds and declares that students have | ||
benefited by receiving the General Education Core Curriculum | ||
and transferring across institutions of higher education.
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Section 10. Definition of public institution. In this Act, | ||
"public institution" means a public university or public | ||
community college in this State.
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Section 15. Participation. All public institutions shall | ||
participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through | ||
submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer. | ||
All public institutions shall maintain a complete Illinois | ||
Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum | ||
package, and all public institutions shall maintain up to 4 | ||
core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, | ||
provided the public institution has equivalent majors and | ||
courses. All public institutions shall provide faculty, as | ||
appointed by the Board of Higher Education for public | ||
universities and the Illinois Community College Board for | ||
public community colleges, to serve on panels in the review of | ||
courses.
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Section 20. Course transferability.
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(a) All courses approved for Illinois Articulation | ||
Initiative General Education codes must be transferable as a | ||
part of the General Education Core Curriculum package, | ||
consistent with the specific requirements of the package. All | ||
public institutions shall determine if Illinois Articulation | ||
Initiative major courses are direct course equivalents or are | ||
elective credit toward the requirements of the major. If the | ||
receiving institution does not offer the course or does not | ||
offer it at the lower-division level, the student shall receive | ||
elective lower-division major credit toward the requirements | ||
of the major for the course and may be required to take the | ||
course at the upper-division level. | ||
(b) Students receiving the full General Education Core | ||
Curriculum package must not be required to take additional | ||
lower-division general education courses.
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Section 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board duties.
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(a) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation, | ||
oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation | ||
Initiative, including determining when panels must be | ||
discontinued or convened and the specific requirements of the | ||
General Education Core Curriculum. Panels must be convened | ||
across the fields of General Education, Communications, | ||
Humanities and Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, | ||
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics, and other fields | ||
as determined by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board. | ||
(b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an | ||
annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the | ||
Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois | ||
Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.
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