Bill Text: IL SB2288 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Provides that all public institutions shall submit and maintain up to 4 core courses in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors (instead of all public institutions shall maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major). Provides that all public institutions' Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses must be transferable as direct course equivalents toward the requirements of the major (instead of 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). Provides that an elementary and secondary education panel shall be convened by the Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0469 [SB2288 Detail]

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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 5. The Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is
amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
(110 ILCS 152/15)
Sec. 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 submit and maintain
up to 4 core courses in each of the an Illinois Articulation
Initiative majors 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.
(Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)
(110 ILCS 152/20)
Sec. 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.
Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education courses
taken during the public health emergency declared by
proclamation of the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic
during calendar year 2020 must be transferable for students
receiving a grade of "pass", "credit", or "satisfactory" and
shall fulfill the prerequisite requirements for advanced
courses.
(a-5) All public institutions' institutions shall
determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses
must be transferable as 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.
(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
(110 ILCS 152/25)

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Sec. 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 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, Elementary and
Secondary Education, 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.
(Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)