Bill Text: IL SB3301 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB3301 Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
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.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Illinois Articulation Initiative Act.
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
ensure that lower-division baccalaureate programs are

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comparable in scope, quality, and academic rigor.
The General Assembly finds and declares that students have
benefited by receiving the General Education Core Curriculum
and transferring seamlessly across institutions of higher
education.
Section 10. Definition of public institution. In this Act,
"public institution" means a public university or public
community college in this State.
Section 15. Participation. All public institutions shall
participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through
submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer
consistency. All sending and receiving public institutions
shall maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative
General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless
transfer, 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.
Section 20. Course transferability.

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(a) 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 public institution.
(b) 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.
Section 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
Community College Board duties.
(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. Panels must be convened across the
fields of General Education, Communications, Humanities and
Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social and
Behavioral Sciences, and General Education Mathematics.
(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.