104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2039
 
Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Celina Villanueva
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 205/17 new
    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, by January 15, 2027 and January 15 of each subsequent school year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, shall prepare and release a State Data Dashboard Report and Data Dashboard Report for each public institution of higher education and each private college and university in the State. Lists the data required to be collected by the report. Requires the Board to publish the report on a publicly available website. Allows the Board to adopt rules to administer the provisions.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by 
5adding Section 17 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 205/17 new)
7    Sec. 17. Illinois Higher Education Data Dashboard Report.
8    (a) By January 15, 2027 and January 15 of each subsequent 
9school year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration 
10with the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois 
11Student Assistance Commission, shall prepare and release a 
12State Data Dashboard Report and Data Dashboard Report for each 
13public institution of higher education and each private 
14college and university in the State.
15    (b) The Board, in collaboration with the Illinois 
16Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance 
17Commission, shall determine the indicators and presentation of 
18the State and institution data dashboard, which must include, 
19at a minimum, the most current data collected and maintained 
20by the Board, the Illinois Community College Board, and the 
21Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to the 
22following:
23        (1) student demographics, including, but not limited 
 
 
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1    to, racial, ethnic, gender, rural, English learners, and 
2    adult students;
3        (2) institution characteristics, including, but not 
4    limited to, total students and total faculty and staff;
5        (3) affordability characteristics, including, but not 
6    limited to, cost of attendance including all categories of 
7    tuition and fees, on-campus and off-campus housing cost 
8    averages, and loan repayment rates;
9        (4) student success factors, including, but not 
10    limited to, applications, enrollments, retention, 
11    completion, and to the extent possible the student 
12    demographic breakdown of each category;
13        (5) a comparison, where feasible, of data covering a 
14    5-year period; and
15        (6) any additional data as reasonably determined by 
16    the Board.
17    (c) The Board, in collaboration with the Illinois 
18Community College Board and the Illinois Student Assistance 
19Commission, shall publish a State Data Dashboard Report and 
20Data Dashboard Report for each public institution of higher 
21education and each private college and university in the State 
22on a publicly available website.
23    The Board may adopt any rules necessary to administer this 
24Section.