Bill Text: IL HB3596 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board's uniform financial accounting standards and principles shall prohibit community colleges from using imprest or petty cash accounting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3596 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3596-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 2-12 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 805/2-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-12)
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7 | Sec. 2-12. The State Board shall have the power and it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | shall be its duty:
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9 | (a) To provide statewide planning for community colleges as
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10 | institutions of higher education and co-ordinate the programs, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | services
and activities of all community colleges in the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | so as to encourage
and establish a system of locally initiated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | and administered
comprehensive community colleges.
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14 | (b) To organize and conduct feasibility surveys for new | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | community
colleges or for the inclusion of existing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | institutions as community
colleges and the locating of new | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | institutions.
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18 | (c) To approve all locally funded capital projects for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | which no
State monies are required, in accordance with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | standards established by rule.
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21 | (d) To cooperate with the community colleges in continuing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | studies
of student characteristics, admission standards, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | grading policies,
performance of transfer students, |
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1 | qualification and certification of
facilities and any other | ||||||
2 | problem of community college education.
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3 | (e) To enter into contracts with other governmental | ||||||
4 | agencies and eligible
providers, such as local educational | ||||||
5 | agencies, community-based
organizations of demonstrated | ||||||
6 | effectiveness, volunteer literacy organizations
of | ||||||
7 | demonstrated effectiveness, institutions of higher education, | ||||||
8 | public and
private nonprofit agencies, libraries, and public | ||||||
9 | housing authorities; to
accept federal funds and to plan with | ||||||
10 | other State agencies when appropriate for
the allocation of | ||||||
11 | such federal funds for instructional programs and student
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12 | services including such funds for adult education and adult | ||||||
13 | literacy,
vocational and technical education, and retraining | ||||||
14 | as may be allocated by
state and federal agencies for the aid | ||||||
15 | of community colleges. To receive,
receipt for, hold in trust, | ||||||
16 | expend and administer, for all purposes of this
Act, funds and | ||||||
17 | other aid made available by the federal government or by other
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18 | agencies public or private, subject to appropriation by the | ||||||
19 | General Assembly.
The changes to this subdivision (e) made by | ||||||
20 | this amendatory Act of the 91st
General
Assembly apply on and | ||||||
21 | after July 1, 2001.
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22 | (f) To determine efficient and adequate standards for | ||||||
23 | community
colleges for the physical plant, heating, lighting, | ||||||
24 | ventilation,
sanitation, safety, equipment and supplies, | ||||||
25 | instruction and teaching,
curriculum, library, operation, | ||||||
26 | maintenance, administration and
supervision, and to grant |
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1 | recognition certificates to community colleges
meeting such | ||||||
2 | standards.
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3 | (g) To determine the standards for establishment of | ||||||
4 | community
colleges and the proper location of the site in | ||||||
5 | relation to existing
institutions of higher education offering | ||||||
6 | academic, occupational and
technical training curricula, | ||||||
7 | possible enrollment, assessed valuation,
industrial, business, | ||||||
8 | agricultural, and other conditions reflecting
educational | ||||||
9 | needs in the area to be served; however, no community
college | ||||||
10 | may be considered as being recognized nor may the establishment
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11 | of any community college be authorized in any district which | ||||||
12 | shall be
deemed inadequate for the maintenance, in accordance | ||||||
13 | with the desirable
standards thus determined, of a community | ||||||
14 | college offering the basic
subjects of general education and | ||||||
15 | suitable vocational and
semiprofessional and technical | ||||||
16 | curricula.
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17 | (h) To approve or disapprove new units of instruction, | ||||||
18 | research or
public service as defined in Section 3-25.1
of this | ||||||
19 | Act submitted by the
boards of trustees of the respective | ||||||
20 | community college districts of this
State. The State Board may | ||||||
21 | discontinue programs which fail to reflect
the educational | ||||||
22 | needs of the area being served.
The community college district | ||||||
23 | shall be granted 60 days following the
State Board staff | ||||||
24 | recommendation and prior to the State Board's action to
respond | ||||||
25 | to concerns regarding the program in question. If the State | ||||||
26 | Board
acts to abolish a community college program, the |
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1 | community college district
has a right to appeal the decision | ||||||
2 | in accordance with administrative rules
promulgated by the | ||||||
3 | State Board under the provisions of the Illinois
Administrative | ||||||
4 | Procedure Act.
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5 | (i) To participate in, to recommend approval or | ||||||
6 | disapproval, and to
assist in the coordination of the programs
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7 | of community colleges participating in programs of | ||||||
8 | interinstitutional
cooperation with other public or nonpublic | ||||||
9 | institutions of higher education.
If the State Board does not | ||||||
10 | approve a particular cooperative agreement,
the community | ||||||
11 | college district has a right to appeal the decision in
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12 | accordance with administrative rules promulgated by the State | ||||||
13 | Board under
the provisions of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
14 | Procedure Act.
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15 | (j) To establish guidelines regarding sabbatical leaves.
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16 | (k) To establish guidelines for the admission into special,
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17 | appropriate programs conducted or created by community | ||||||
18 | colleges for
elementary and secondary school dropouts who have | ||||||
19 | received truant status
from the school districts of this State | ||||||
20 | in compliance with Section 26-14 of
The School Code.
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21 | (l) The Community College Board shall conduct a study of | ||||||
22 | community
college teacher education courses to determine how | ||||||
23 | the community college
system can increase its participation in | ||||||
24 | the preparation of elementary and
secondary teachers.
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25 | (m) To establish by July 1, 1997 uniform financial | ||||||
26 | accounting and reporting
standards
and principles for |
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1 | community colleges and develop procedures and systems
for | ||||||
2 | community colleges for reporting financial data to the State | ||||||
3 | Board. The uniform financial accounting standards and | ||||||
4 | principles shall prohibit community colleges from using | ||||||
5 | imprest or petty cash accounting.
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6 | (n) To create and participate in the conduct and operation | ||||||
7 | of any
corporation, joint venture, partnership, association, | ||||||
8 | or other organizational
entity that has the power: (i) to | ||||||
9 | acquire land, buildings, and other capital
equipment for the | ||||||
10 | use and benefit of the community colleges or their students;
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11 | (ii) to accept gifts and make grants for the use and benefit of | ||||||
12 | the community
colleges or their students; (iii) to aid in the | ||||||
13 | instruction and education of
students of community colleges; | ||||||
14 | and (iv) to promote activities to acquaint
members of the | ||||||
15 | community with the facilities of the various community
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16 | colleges.
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17 | (o) On and after July 1, 2001, to ensure the effective | ||||||
18 | teaching of adults
and to prepare them
for success in | ||||||
19 | employment and lifelong learning by administering a
network of | ||||||
20 | providers, programs, and services to provide adult basic
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21 | education, adult secondary and high school equivalency testing | ||||||
22 | education, English as a
second language, and any other | ||||||
23 | instruction designed to prepare adult
students to function | ||||||
24 | successfully in society and to experience success in
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25 | postsecondary education and the world of work.
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26 | (p) On and after July 1, 2001, to supervise the |
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1 | administration of adult
education and adult literacy programs, | ||||||
2 | to establish the standards for such
courses of instruction and | ||||||
3 | supervise the administration thereof, to contract
with other | ||||||
4 | State and local agencies and eligible providers, such as local
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5 | educational agencies, community-based organizations of | ||||||
6 | demonstrated
effectiveness, volunteer literacy organizations | ||||||
7 | of demonstrated effectiveness,
institutions of higher | ||||||
8 | education, public and private nonprofit agencies,
libraries, | ||||||
9 | and public housing authorities, for the purpose of promoting | ||||||
10 | and
establishing classes for instruction under these programs, | ||||||
11 | to contract with
other State and local agencies to accept and | ||||||
12 | expend appropriations for
educational purposes to reimburse | ||||||
13 | local eligible providers for the cost of
these programs, and to | ||||||
14 | establish an advisory council consisting of all
categories of | ||||||
15 | eligible providers; agency partners, such as the State Board of
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16 | Education, the Department of Human Services, the Department of | ||||||
17 | Employment
Security, and the Secretary of State literacy | ||||||
18 | program; and other
stakeholders to identify, deliberate, and | ||||||
19 | make recommendations to the State
Board on adult education | ||||||
20 | policy and priorities. The State Board shall support statewide | ||||||
21 | geographic distribution;
diversity of eligible providers; and | ||||||
22 | the adequacy, stability, and
predictability of funding so as | ||||||
23 | not to disrupt or diminish, but rather to
enhance, adult | ||||||
24 | education by this change of administration.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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