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1		SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, In 1993, the Illinois Board of Higher Education,
3		the Illinois Community College Board, and the Transfer
4		Coordinators of Illinois Colleges and Universities brought
5		together faculty from public and independent, associate and
6		baccalaureate degree-granting institutions across the state to
7		develop the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI); and
8		WHEREAS, The goal of IAI is to facilitate the transfer of
9		courses from one participating college or university to another
10		in order to complete a baccalaureate degree; the three key
11		concepts providing the underlying foundation for IAI are: (1)
12		that "associate and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions
13		are equal partners" in educating college freshmen and
14		sophomores, (2) that "faculties should take primary
15		responsibility for developing and maintaining program and
16		course articulation", and (3) that "institutions are expected
17		to work together to assure that lower-division baccalaureate
18		programs are comparable in scope, quality, and academic rigor";
19		and
20		WHEREAS, Today's college students can get the degree they
21		desire, close to home, and with the assurance of a successful
22		career right here in Illinois; and

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1		WHEREAS, Cutting-edge academic programs, such as
2		iTransfer.org and MyCreditsTransfer, are available to serve
3		recent high school graduates and those who are balancing their
4		education with working, parenting, and service to our country;
5		and
6		WHEREAS, While Illinois is a leading state for college
7		completion rates for adult learners and transfer students from
8		community colleges, Illinois needs to increase the number of
9		high-quality postsecondary credentials to meet the demands of
10		the economy and an increasingly global society; and
11		WHEREAS, With the rising costs of higher education for
12		Illinois students and families, the State needs to ensure that
13		the General Education Core Curriculum courses Illinois
14		residents enroll in at higher education institutions and as a
15		part of dual credit in high school in Illinois will transfer
16		with full credit for the student and be accepted at an Illinois
17		public or private institution as they pursue a baccalaureate
18		degree; and
19		WHEREAS, Illinois can do this by improving transitions all
20		along the education pipeline; for postsecondary education,
21		this means strengthening articulation through stable funding
22		and the expansion of transfer tools, such as Transferology and
23		the IAI through development of an objective measure of transfer

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1		and acceptance of credits; therefore, be it
2		RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
3		ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4		CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Board of Higher Education and the
5		Illinois Community College Board jointly identify any
6		shortcomings in attaining the goals of Public Act 99-636 that
7		the General Education Core Curriculum courses transfer between
8		institutions with full credit towards a baccalaureate degree;
9		and be it further
10		RESOLVED, That we direct each four-year institution within
11		the IAI to review the transfer credits of all incoming transfer
12		students at its institution to find any instances where courses
13		are not deemed transferable with full credit, including those
14		courses that serve as prerequisites within a major; and be it
15		further
16		RESOLVED, That we direct each public institution that
17		participates in the Illinois Articulation Initiative to work
18		with the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
19		Community College Board to assure their compliance with the law
20		that their General Education Core curricula: (1) are aligned
21		with the IAI course codes, (2) accept, with full credit, toward
22		a baccalaureate degree any courses students have taken in the
23		General Education Core Curriculum Package for other public

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1		institutions in Illinois, (3) do not require transferring
2		students to retake general education as prerequisites core
3		curriculum courses that were part of the IAI curriculum
4		packages, or take additional general education courses beyond
5		the package, and (4) the course numbering systems at each
6		institution adequately reflect the corresponding course codes
7		used by the Illinois Articulation Initiative; and be it further
8		RESOLVED, That we direct the Illinois Board of Higher
9		Education and the Illinois Community College Board to work with
10		the Illinois State Board of Education and each institution to
11		educate and inform high school counselors across the State on
12		the workings of the IAI and the General Education Core
13		Curriculum and its course transferability processes and
14		procedures; and be it further
15		RESOLVED, That we direct the Illinois Board of Higher
16		Education and the Illinois Community College Board to develop a
17		report on the results of this review of the Illinois
18		Articulation Initiative and recommend to the Governor and the
19		General Assembly any actions necessary to achieve the stated
20		goals of this resolution by January 9, 2020.