Bill Text: IL SJR0041 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Directs the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Board of Higher Education to establish a joint advisory council to study how Illinois can maximize the number of students completing credit-bearing certificate programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter into high-skill, high-wage occupations and to develop a plan to increase those numbers.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Adopted Both Houses [SJR0041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0041-Enrolled.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 41
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2 | WHEREAS, The State has a vested interest in maximizing the | ||||||
3 | number of students who complete credit-bearing certificate | ||||||
4 | programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter | ||||||
5 | into high-skill, high-wage occupations; and
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6 | WHEREAS, 46% of Illinois high school graduates who enroll | ||||||
7 | in community college are placed into developmental coursework | ||||||
8 | in at least one subject; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Inconsistent and inadequate approaches to | ||||||
10 | placement have resulted in too many students being placed into | ||||||
11 | developmental education who could succeed in college-level | ||||||
12 | coursework; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The traditional developmental education model | ||||||
14 | costs students time, money, and financial aid; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Developmental education does not count as college | ||||||
16 | credit and can be a barrier to retention, persistence, | ||||||
17 | transfer, and certificate or degree completion, particularly | ||||||
18 | for Black, Latino, first generation, and low-income students; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | WHEREAS, There are instructional models of developmental |
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1 | education that have demonstrated improvement in college-level | ||||||
2 | course completion compared to traditional models, including | ||||||
3 | but not limited to corequisite remediation, accelerated | ||||||
4 | coursework, emporium models, and Preparatory Mathematics for | ||||||
5 | General Education (PMGE); and
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6 | WHEREAS, Colleges and universities have invested | ||||||
7 | significant time, resources, and money into these different | ||||||
8 | developmental education models; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The legislature has made significant investments | ||||||
10 | to improve college preparedness; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Council of Community College | ||||||
12 | Presidents, the Illinois Chief Academic Officers, the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Chief Student Services Officers, and the Illinois Math | ||||||
14 | Association of Community Colleges have already agreed upon a | ||||||
15 | common, multiple measures framework for placement that is | ||||||
16 | currently being implemented; and
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17 | WHEREAS, To ensure all models of developmental education | ||||||
18 | are maximizing students' likelihood of success, the State must | ||||||
19 | inventory and evaluate all developmental education | ||||||
20 | instructional models offered in the State; and
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21 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Board and Illinois |
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1 | Board of Higher Education are well positioned to improve | ||||||
2 | placement practices and fully scale developmental education | ||||||
3 | reforms across all State public institutions; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
6 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||
7 | and the Illinois Board of Higher Education shall establish a | ||||||
8 | joint advisory council to provide a benchmarking report to the | ||||||
9 | General Assembly on or before April 1, 2020, that shall | ||||||
10 | include: | ||||||
11 | (1) An inventory of all instructional models and | ||||||
12 | developmental course sequences employed by Illinois' | ||||||
13 | public colleges and universities for students placed into | ||||||
14 | developmental education or otherwise determined to need | ||||||
15 | additional skills development in math or English; | ||||||
16 | (2) An analysis of all instructional models employed by | ||||||
17 | Illinois' public colleges and universities for students | ||||||
18 | placed into developmental education or otherwise | ||||||
19 | determined to need additional skills development in math or | ||||||
20 | English, including, at a minimum, the number and percentage | ||||||
21 | of students completing gateway courses within their first | ||||||
22 | two semesters under each model; and | ||||||
23 | (3) An inventory and analysis of developmental | ||||||
24 | education placement practices and policies (including cut | ||||||
25 | off scores) employed at all public colleges and |
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1 | universities in the State; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That on or before July 1, 2020, the advisory | ||||||
3 | council must deliver to the Illinois Community College Board, | ||||||
4 | the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the General | ||||||
5 | Assembly, a detailed plan for scaling developmental education | ||||||
6 | reforms, such that institutions improve developmental | ||||||
7 | education placement measures and such that, within a timeframe | ||||||
8 | to be set by the advisory council, all students who are placed | ||||||
9 | in developmental education are enrolled in a developmental | ||||||
10 | education model that is proven to maximize their likelihood of | ||||||
11 | completing a college-level course within their first two | ||||||
12 | academic semesters; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That for the purposes of this resolution, | ||||||
14 | "improved placement measures" is defined as measures that give | ||||||
15 | greater opportunities to enroll directly into college-level | ||||||
16 | classes, reducing the overall percent of students placed into | ||||||
17 | developmental education, preferably through decreased reliance | ||||||
18 | on high-stakes tests and increased use of high school GPA as a | ||||||
19 | determining measure; and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, The implementation plan should include specific | ||||||
21 | benchmarks and an estimate of funding required to meet | ||||||
22 | established benchmarks that institutions must meet to stay on | ||||||
23 | track to full-scale implementation on the timeframe set by the |
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1 | advisory council; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That the advisory council should include similar | ||||||
3 | representation from two-year and four-year institutions and, | ||||||
4 | at a minimum, include the following: | ||||||
5 | (1) The Executive Director of the Illinois Community | ||||||
6 | College Board or his or her designee, who shall act as | ||||||
7 | co-chair; | ||||||
8 | (2) The Executive Director of the Illinois Board of | ||||||
9 | Higher Education or his or her designee, who shall act as | ||||||
10 | co-chair; | ||||||
11 | (3) One member appointed by the Governor, who shall act | ||||||
12 | as co-chair; | ||||||
13 | (4) One member from the Illinois Senate appointed by | ||||||
14 | the
President of the Senate, who shall act as co-chair; | ||||||
15 | (5) One member from the Illinois House of | ||||||
16 | Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, who | ||||||
17 | shall act as co-chair; | ||||||
18 | (6) One member from the Illinois Senate appointed by | ||||||
19 | the Senate Minority Leader; | ||||||
20 | (7) One member from the Illinois House of | ||||||
21 | Representatives appointed by the House Minority
Leader; | ||||||
22 | (8) Two public university employees appointed by the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Board of Higher Education Academic Leadership | ||||||
24 | group; | ||||||
25 | (9) One member who represents an organization that |
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1 | advocates on behalf of public
university employees | ||||||
2 | appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Board | ||||||
3 | of Higher Education; | ||||||
4 | (10) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
5 | advocates on behalf of community
college employees at City | ||||||
6 | Colleges of Chicago appointed by the Executive Director of | ||||||
7 | the Illinois Community College Board; | ||||||
8 | (11) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
9 | advocates on behalf of community
college employees at a | ||||||
10 | suburban Chicago community college appointed by the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Community College Board; | ||||||
12 | (12) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
13 | advocates on behalf of community
college employees in | ||||||
14 | downstate community colleges appointed by the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Community College Board; | ||||||
16 | (13) One member representing a higher education | ||||||
17 | advocacy organization focused on closing
equity gaps in | ||||||
18 | college completion from low-income and first generation | ||||||
19 | college students
and students of color appointed by the | ||||||
20 | President of the Senate; | ||||||
21 | (14) One member representing a statewide advocacy | ||||||
22 | organization focused on improving
educational and | ||||||
23 | employment opportunities for women and adults appointed by | ||||||
24 | the
Speaker of the House; | ||||||
25 | (15) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
26 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Community College |
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1 | Presidents appointed by the Illinois Community College | ||||||
2 | Board; | ||||||
3 | (16) One member who represents public university | ||||||
4 | presidents appointed by the Illinois Board of Higher | ||||||
5 | Education; | ||||||
6 | (17) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
7 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Community College | ||||||
8 | Chief Academic Officers appointed by the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Community College Board; | ||||||
10 | (18) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
11 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Illinois | ||||||
12 | Community College Student Services Officers appointed by | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Community College Board; | ||||||
14 | (19) One member who represents public university | ||||||
15 | student services administrators
appointed by the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Board of Higher Education; | ||||||
17 | (20) One member who represents Illinois public | ||||||
18 | university provosts appointed by the Illinois Board of | ||||||
19 | Higher Education; | ||||||
20 | (21) One member who represents a statewide | ||||||
21 | organization that advocates on behalf of
Community College | ||||||
22 | Trustees appointed by the Illinois Community College | ||||||
23 | Board; and | ||||||
24 | (22) One member who represents public university | ||||||
25 | trustees appointed by the Illinois Board of Higher | ||||||
26 | Education; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That, of the appointed community college and | ||||||
2 | university employees, at least one must be an English faculty | ||||||
3 | member participating in the Illinois Articulation Initiative | ||||||
4 | and one must be a member of the Illinois Mathematics | ||||||
5 | Association of Community Colleges (IMACC); and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That the chairs of the advisory council shall be | ||||||
7 | responsible for scheduling meetings, setting meeting agendas, | ||||||
8 | ensuring the development and delivery of the final report and | ||||||
9 | implementation plan, and other administrative tasks, in | ||||||
10 | consultation with advisory council members; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, The Council shall produce a final report by | ||||||
12 | January 1, 2021 and upon the filing of this report is | ||||||
13 | dissolved; the report should include, at a minimum, an update | ||||||
14 | on the implementation of corequisite remediation and | ||||||
15 | alternative evidence-based developmental education models at | ||||||
16 | every college and university, and include data on enrollment | ||||||
17 | and throughput, defined as the percent of students initially | ||||||
18 | enrolled who have progressed through gateway-level courses, by | ||||||
19 | institution and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and | ||||||
20 | Pell status; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | delivered to the Illinois Community College Board and the |
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1 | Illinois Board of Higher Education.
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