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| Public Act 102-0088 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Student Parent Data Collection Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||
"Parent" means the parent or legal guardian of a child who | ||||
is under the age of 18 years. | ||||
"Public institution of higher education" or "institution" | ||||
means a public community college or public university in this | ||||
State.
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Section 10. Student parent data collection. | ||||
(a) The Board of Higher Education, in consultation with | ||||
the Illinois Community College Board, public institutions of | ||||
higher education, and advocates, shall prepare a question or | ||||
questions to be placed on one or more forms that are used by an | ||||
institution on an annual basis to collect demographic data | ||||
from its students for the purpose of determining the parental | ||||
status or legal guardian status of each of its enrolled | ||||
students. | ||||
(b) The data collected under subsection (a) must be | ||||
disaggregated by all variables collected normally, including, | ||||
but not limited to, the student's race, ethnicity, income, | ||
gender, age, enrollment status, type of credential sought, | ||
receipt of financial aid, grade point average, persistence | ||
toward a degree or credential, and completion outcomes. | ||
Section 15. Campus child care. Beginning September 1, | ||
2021, each public institution of higher education that | ||
operates one or more child care centers or early learning | ||
centers on its campus or is otherwise affiliated with a child | ||
care center or early learning center shall collect all of the | ||
following information: | ||
(1) The total number of children who are served by | ||
each child care center or early learning center per | ||
semester. | ||
(2) The number of children of students who are | ||
enrolled at the institution who are served by each child | ||
care center or early learning center per semester. | ||
Section 20. Reporting requirements. | ||
(a) On or before July 1, 2022 and annually thereafter, | ||
each public university shall report the data collected under | ||
Sections 10 and 15 to the Board of Higher Education, and each | ||
public community college shall report the data collected under | ||
Sections 10 and 15 to the Illinois Community College Board. | ||
(b) Each institution, the Board of Higher Education, and | ||
the Illinois Community College Board shall make the data | ||
reported under subsection (a) publicly available annually on | ||
their Internet websites. | ||
(c) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||
Community College Board, in consultation with public | ||
institutions of higher education and advocates, may adopt | ||
rules concerning the reporting of data to protect student | ||
privacy while satisfying the requirements of this Act. | ||
Section 25. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of | ||
1974. The sharing and reporting of data under this Act must be | ||
in accordance with the requirements of the federal Family | ||
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Nothing in this | ||
Act supersedes the federal Family Educational Rights and | ||
Privacy Act of 1974 or rules adopted pursuant to the federal | ||
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 or any | ||
federal or State laws and rules governing student privacy | ||
rights.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2021.
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