Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the College Affordability Board to research and recommend to the General Assembly innovative tuition and financial aid policies to keep postsecondary education affordable for Illinois students. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the Board, meetings of the Board, support from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and an annual report to the General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0643
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| Public Act 099-0643
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| HB5566 Enrolled | LRB099 18228 NHT 42598 b |
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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 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
22-45 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/22-45) |
Sec. 22-45. Illinois P-20 Council. |
(a) The General Assembly finds that preparing Illinoisans |
for success in school and the workplace requires a continuum of |
quality education from preschool through graduate school. This |
State needs a framework to guide education policy and integrate |
education at every level. A statewide coordinating council to |
study and make recommendations concerning education at all |
levels can avoid fragmentation of policies, promote improved |
teaching and learning, and continue to cultivate and |
demonstrate strong accountability and efficiency. Establishing |
an Illinois P-20 Council will develop a statewide agenda that |
will move the State towards the common goals of improving |
academic achievement, increasing college access and success, |
improving use of existing data and measurements, developing |
improved accountability, fostering innovative approaches to |
education, promoting lifelong learning, easing the transition |
to college, and reducing remediation. A pre-kindergarten |
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through grade 20 agenda will strengthen this State's economic |
competitiveness by producing a highly-skilled workforce. In |
addition, lifelong learning plans will enhance this State's |
ability to leverage funding. |
(b) There is created the Illinois P-20 Council. The |
Illinois P-20 Council shall include all of the following |
members: |
(1) The Governor or his or her designee, to serve as |
chairperson. |
(2) Four members of the General Assembly, one appointed |
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one |
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
Representatives, one appointed by the President of the |
Senate, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
Senate. |
(3) Six at-large members appointed by the Governor as |
follows, with 2 members being from the City of Chicago, 2
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members being from Lake County, McHenry County, Kane
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County, DuPage County, Will County, or that part of Cook
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County outside of the City of Chicago, and 2 members being
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from the remainder of the State: |
(A) one representative of civic leaders; |
(B) one representative of local government; |
(C) one representative of trade unions; |
(D) one representative of nonprofit organizations |
or foundations; |
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(E) one representative of parents' organizations; |
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(F) one education research expert. |
(4) Five members appointed by statewide business |
organizations and business trade associations. |
(5) Six members appointed by statewide professional |
organizations and associations representing |
pre-kindergarten through grade 20 teachers, community |
college faculty, and public university faculty. |
(6) Two members appointed by associations representing |
local school administrators and school board members. One |
of these members must be a special education administrator. |
(7) One member representing community colleges, |
appointed by the Illinois Council of Community College |
Presidents. |
(8) One member representing 4-year independent |
colleges and universities, appointed by a statewide |
organization representing private institutions of higher |
learning. |
(9) One member representing public 4-year |
universities, appointed jointly by the university |
presidents and chancellors. |
(10) Ex-officio members as follows: |
(A) The State Superintendent of Education or his or |
her designee. |
(B) The Executive Director of the Board of Higher
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Education or his or her designee. |
(C) The Executive Director of the Illinois |
Community College Board or his or her designee. |
(D) The Executive Director of the Illinois Student |
Assistance Commission or his or her designee. |
(E) The Co-chairpersons of the Illinois Workforce |
Investment Board or their designee. |
(F) The Director of Commerce and Economic |
Opportunity or his or her designee. |
(G) The Chairperson of the Illinois Early Learning |
Council or his or her designee. |
(H) The President of the Illinois Mathematics and |
Science Academy or his or her designee. |
(I) The president of an association representing |
educators of adult learners or his or her
designee. |
Ex-officio members shall have no vote on the Illinois P-20 |
Council. |
Appointed members shall serve for staggered terms expiring |
on July 1 of the first, second, or third calendar year |
following their appointments or until their successors are |
appointed and have qualified. Staggered terms shall be |
determined by lot at the organizing meeting of the Illinois |
P-20 Council. |
Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original |
appointments, and any member so appointed shall serve during |
the remainder of the term for which the vacancy occurred. |
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(c) The Illinois P-20 Council shall be funded through State |
appropriations to support staff activities, research, |
data-collection, and dissemination. The Illinois P-20 Council |
shall be staffed by the Office of the Governor, in coordination |
with relevant State agencies, boards, and commissions. The |
Illinois Education Research Council shall provide research and |
coordinate research collection activities for the Illinois |
P-20 Council. |
(d) The Illinois P-20 Council shall have all of the |
following duties: |
(1) To make recommendations to do all of the following: |
(A) Coordinate pre-kindergarten through grade 20 |
(graduate school) education in this State through |
working at the intersections of educational systems to |
promote collaborative infrastructure. |
(B) Coordinate and leverage strategies, actions, |
legislation, policies, and resources of all |
stakeholders to support fundamental and lasting |
improvement in this State's public schools, community |
colleges, and universities. |
(C) Better align the high school curriculum with |
postsecondary expectations. |
(D) Better align assessments across all levels of |
education. |
(E) Reduce the need for students entering |
institutions of higher education to take remedial |
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courses. |
(F) Smooth the transition from high school to |
college. |
(G) Improve high school and college graduation |
rates. |
(H) Improve the rigor and relevance of academic |
standards for college and workforce readiness. |
(I) Better align college and university teaching |
programs with the needs of Illinois schools.
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(2) To advise the Governor, the General Assembly, the |
State's education and higher education agencies, and the
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State's workforce and economic development boards and
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agencies on policies related to lifelong learning for |
Illinois students and families. |
(3) To articulate a framework for systemic educational |
improvement and innovation that will enable every student |
to meet or exceed Illinois learning standards and be |
well-prepared to succeed in the workforce and community. |
(4) To provide an estimated fiscal impact for |
implementation of all Council recommendations.
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(e) The chairperson of the Illinois P-20 Council may |
authorize the creation of working groups focusing on areas of |
interest to Illinois educational and workforce development, |
including without limitation the following areas: |
(1) Preparation, recruitment, and certification of |
highly qualified teachers. |
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(2) Mentoring and induction of highly qualified |
teachers. |
(3) The diversity of highly qualified teachers. |
(4) Funding for highly qualified teachers, including |
developing a strategic and collaborative plan to seek |
federal and private grants to support initiatives |
targeting teacher preparation and its impact on student |
achievement. |
(5) Highly effective administrators. |
(6) Illinois birth through age 3 education, |
pre-kindergarten, and early childhood education. |
(7) The assessment, alignment, outreach, and network |
of college and workforce readiness efforts.
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(8) Alternative routes to college access. |
(9) Research data and accountability. |
(10) Community schools, community participation, and |
other innovative approaches to education that foster |
community partnerships. |
(11) Tuition, financial aid, and other issues related |
to keeping postsecondary education affordable for Illinois |
residents. |
The chairperson of the Illinois P-20 Council may designate |
Council members to serve as working group chairpersons. Working |
groups may invite organizations and individuals representing |
pre-kindergarten through grade 20 interests to participate in |
discussions, data collection, and dissemination.
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(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-719, eff. 1-1-15.)
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