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1		AN ACT concerning education.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is
5		amended by changing Sections 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
6		(110 ILCS 152/15)
7		Sec. 15. Participation. All public institutions shall
8		participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through
9		submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer.
10		All public institutions shall maintain a complete Illinois
11		Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum
12		package, and all public institutions shall submit and maintain
13		up to 4 core courses in each of the an Illinois Articulation
14		Initiative majors major, provided the public institution has
15		equivalent majors and courses. All public institutions shall
16		provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education
17		for public universities and the Illinois Community College
18		Board for public community colleges, to serve on panels in the
19		review of courses.
20		(Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)
21		(110 ILCS 152/20)
22		Sec. 20. Course transferability.

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1		(a) All courses approved for Illinois Articulation
2		Initiative General Education codes must be transferable as a
3		part of the General Education Core Curriculum package,
4		consistent with the specific requirements of the package.
5		Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education courses
6		taken during the public health emergency declared by
7		proclamation of the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic
8		during calendar year 2020 must be transferable for students
9		receiving a grade of "pass", "credit", or "satisfactory" and
10		shall fulfill the prerequisite requirements for advanced
11		courses.
12		(a-5) All public institutions' institutions shall
13		determine if Illinois Articulation Initiative major courses
14		must be transferable as are direct course equivalents or are
15		elective credit toward the requirements of the major. If the
16		receiving institution does not offer the course or does not
17		offer it at the lower-division level, the student shall
18		receive elective lower-division major credit toward the
19		requirements of the major for the course and may be required to
20		take the course at the upper-division level.
21		(b) Students receiving the full General Education Core
22		Curriculum package must not be required to take additional
23		lower-division general education courses.
24		(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)
25		(110 ILCS 152/25)

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1		Sec. 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
2		Community College Board duties.
3		(a) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
4		Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation,
5		oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation
6		Initiative, including determining when panels must be
7		discontinued or convened and the specific requirements of the
8		General Education Core Curriculum. Panels must be convened
9		across the fields of General Education, Communications,
10		Humanities and Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences,
11		Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics, Elementary and
12		Secondary Education, and other fields as determined by the
13		Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College
14		Board.
15		(b) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
16		Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an
17		annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the
18		Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois
19		Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.
20		(Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)