Bill Text: IL HB3973 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2022, allocations to public universities based upon performance metrics shall not amount to less than 5% of the overall higher education budget amount for public universities from the General Revenue Fund. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3973 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3973-Introduced.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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 188)
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7 | Sec. 8.
The Board of Trustees of the University of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Illinois University, and
the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | shall submit to the Board not later
than the 15th day of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | November of each year its budget proposals for the
operation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | and capital needs of the institutions under its governance or
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19 | supervision for the ensuing fiscal year. Each budget proposal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | shall conform
to the procedures developed by the Board in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | design of an information
system for State universities and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | colleges.
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23 | In order to maintain a cohesive system of higher |
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1 | education, the Board and
its staff shall communicate on a | ||||||
2 | regular basis with all public university
presidents. They | ||||||
3 | shall meet at least semiannually to achieve economies of
scale | ||||||
4 | where possible and provide the most innovative and efficient | ||||||
5 | programs and
services.
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6 | The Board, in the analysis of formulating the annual | ||||||
7 | budget request,
shall consider rates of tuition and fees and | ||||||
8 | undergraduate tuition and fee waiver programs at the State | ||||||
9 | universities and
colleges. The Board shall also consider the | ||||||
10 | current and projected
utilization of the total physical plant | ||||||
11 | of each campus of a university or
college in approving the | ||||||
12 | capital budget for any new building or facility.
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13 | The Board of Higher Education shall submit to the | ||||||
14 | Governor, to the
General Assembly, and to the appropriate | ||||||
15 | budget agencies of the Governor
and General Assembly its | ||||||
16 | analysis and recommendations on such budget
proposals.
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17 | The Board is directed to form a broad-based group of | ||||||
18 | individuals representing the Office of the Governor, the | ||||||
19 | General Assembly, public institutions of higher education, | ||||||
20 | State agencies, business and industry, statewide organizations | ||||||
21 | representing faculty and staff, and others as the Board shall | ||||||
22 | deem appropriate to devise a system for allocating State | ||||||
23 | resources to public institutions of higher education based | ||||||
24 | upon performance in achieving State goals related to student | ||||||
25 | success and certificate and degree completion. | ||||||
26 | Beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, the Board of Higher |
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1 | Education budget recommendations to the Governor and the | ||||||
2 | General Assembly shall include allocations to public | ||||||
3 | institutions of higher education based upon performance | ||||||
4 | metrics designed to promote and measure student success in | ||||||
5 | degree and certificate completion. Beginning in Fiscal Year | ||||||
6 | 2022, these allocations to public universities shall not | ||||||
7 | amount to less than 5% of the overall higher education budget | ||||||
8 | amount for public universities from the General Revenue Fund. | ||||||
9 | Public university metrics must be adopted by the Board by | ||||||
10 | rule, and public community college metrics must be adopted by | ||||||
11 | the Illinois Community College Board by rule. These metrics | ||||||
12 | must be developed and promulgated in accordance with the | ||||||
13 | following principles: | ||||||
14 | (1) The metrics must be developed in consultation with | ||||||
15 | public institutions of higher education, as well as other | ||||||
16 | State educational agencies and other higher education | ||||||
17 | organizations, associations, interests, and stakeholders | ||||||
18 | as deemed appropriate by the Board. | ||||||
19 | (2) The metrics shall include provisions for | ||||||
20 | recognizing the demands on and rewarding the performance | ||||||
21 | of institutions in advancing the success of students who | ||||||
22 | are academically or financially at risk, including | ||||||
23 | first-generation students, low-income students, and | ||||||
24 | students traditionally underrepresented in higher | ||||||
25 | education, as specified in Section 9.16 of this Act. | ||||||
26 | (3) The metrics shall recognize and account for the |
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1 | differentiated missions of institutions and sectors of | ||||||
2 | higher education. | ||||||
3 | (4) The metrics shall focus on the fundamental goal of | ||||||
4 | increasing completion of college courses, certificates, | ||||||
5 | and degrees. Performance metrics shall recognize the | ||||||
6 | unique and broad mission of public community colleges | ||||||
7 | through consideration of additional factors including, but | ||||||
8 | not limited to, enrollment, progress through key academic | ||||||
9 | milestones, transfer to a baccalaureate institution, and | ||||||
10 | degree completion. | ||||||
11 | (5) The metrics must be designed to maintain the | ||||||
12 | quality of degrees, certificates, courses, and programs. | ||||||
13 | In devising performance metrics, the Board may be guided by | ||||||
14 | the report of the Higher Education Finance Study Commission. | ||||||
15 | Each State university must
submit its plan for capital | ||||||
16 | improvements of non-instructional facilities to
the Board for | ||||||
17 | approval before final commitments are made if the total cost | ||||||
18 | of the project as approved by the institution's board of | ||||||
19 | control is in excess of $2 million. Non-instructional
uses | ||||||
20 | shall include but not be limited to dormitories, union | ||||||
21 | buildings,
field houses, stadium, other recreational | ||||||
22 | facilities and parking lots. The
Board shall determine whether | ||||||
23 | or not any project submitted for approval is
consistent with | ||||||
24 | the master plan for higher education and with instructional
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25 | buildings that are provided for therein. If the project is | ||||||
26 | found by a
majority of the Board not to be consistent, such |
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1 | capital improvement shall
not be constructed.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 99-655, eff. 7-28-16.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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