Illinois Senate Bill 3300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 19 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Credit for Prior Learning Act. Requires each public university to submit its policies and procedures for students to earn credit for prior learning to the Board of Higher Education for review and approval and each community college to submit its policies and procedures for students to earn credit for prior learning to the Illinois Community College Board for review and approval. Provides that, at a minimum, these procedures shall include a listing of the types of documentation acceptable and the dates of inclusion for which prior learning is acceptable. Requires the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board to adopt rules to permit public higher education institutions to award credit for prior learning after the assessment of prior learning experiences for documented learning that demonstrates achievement of all terminal objectives for a specific course or courses.

CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING

Sen. Chapin Rose [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-08	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2016-03-08	Senate	Assigned to Higher Education
2016-02-19	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2016-02-19	Senate	First Reading
2016-02-19	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3300&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB3300.htm