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92_HB2395
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1 AN ACT relating to higher education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
5 by adding Section 9.30 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 205/9.30 new)
7 Sec. 9.30. Critical worker shortage grant program. To
8 establish and administer a program of grants to
9 degree-granting institutions of higher education for the
10 purpose of responding promptly to new workforce needs for
11 educated employees in specific high demand fields. These
12 grants may be awarded to public institutions of higher
13 education or nonpublic degree-granting institutions or both.
14 These grants may be made to institutions to develop new
15 educational programs in specifically designated high demand
16 fields or to support expansion of existing educational
17 programs in those fields of worker shortages. The Board shall
18 take into consideration labor information from the Illinois
19 Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, the
20 Department of Employment Security, and its own market
21 research in responding and establishing a grant program to
22 meet critical workforce needs. The Board may designate funds
23 appropriated for this purpose to establish a program of
24 competitive grants for new and expanded educational program
25 development or may allocate funds available on the basis of
26 degrees conferred or program enrollments in order to
27 encourage development of increased educational program
28 capacity.
29 Section 10. The Illinois Financial Assistance Act for
30 Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Learning is amended by
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1 changing Sections 3, 4, 5, and 7 as follows:
2 (110 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 1333)
3 Sec. 3. For the academic year beginning in 2002
4 September 1, 1977, institutional grants may shall be made for
5 that and for each succeeding academic year to each nonpublic
6 institution of higher learning in an amount determined by
7 allocating amounts for funding this Act among the eligible
8 institutions in accordance with a formula or formulae based
9 upon one or more of the following factors: on the number of
10 undergraduate degrees granted to students who are residents
11 of the State of Illinois enrolled as students at each such
12 institution; the number of full-time equivalent undergraduate
13 students who are residents of the State of Illinois enrolled
14 as students at each such institution; and the number of ,
15 with double credit being given to the full-time equivalent of
16 such students who are junior or senior students at such
17 institutions. The number of full-time equivalent
18 undergraduate students enrolled at eligible nonpublic
19 institutions of higher learning shall be determined as of the
20 first day of the fourth week of classes of the fall term.
21 The Board of Higher Education shall establish formula
22 allocations guidelines and adopt rules necessary for the
23 administration of this Act.
24 Conditions of institutional eligibility for these grants
25 shall include but need not be limited to the following:
26 (1) That the governing board of the institution possess
27 its own sovereignty.
28 (2) That the governing board, or its delegated
29 institutional officials, possess final authority in all
30 matters of local control, including educational policy,
31 choice of personnel, determination of program, and financial
32 management.
33 (3) That the institution possess and maintain an open
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1 policy with respect to race, creed and color as to admission
2 of students, appointment of faculty and employment of staff.
3 (4) That the institution be able to show its current
4 financial stability and reasonable prospects for its future
5 stability.
6 (5) That the institution not be operated for profit.
7 (6) That the institution provide a full financial report
8 including a certified audit, and participate in the unit cost
9 study and other studies conducted annually by the Board of
10 Higher Education.
11 (7) If required by rule of the Board, that the
12 institution submit to an additional annual external audit of
13 its enrollment records and nonsectarian use of funds.
14 (Source: P.A. 84-834.)
15 (110 ILCS 210/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 1334)
16 Sec. 4. For the academic year beginning in 2002
17 1971-1972 and each academic year thereafter, each eligible
18 institution of higher learning shall prepare and certify to
19 the Board in writing any information required by the Board to
20 justify the grants of Higher Education, on the basis of
21 enrollment at that institution on October 1 of that year, a
22 list of the names, addresses and classification of each
23 resident of Illinois enrolled as a full-time freshman or
24 sophomore and of each resident of Illinois enrolled as a
25 full-time junior or senior at that institution and a similar
26 list of the names, addresses, and classifications of
27 residents of Illinois enrolled as part-time freshmen and
28 sophomores, and as part-time juniors and seniors at such
29 institution, together with a certification of the number of
30 credit hours for which such students are enrolled. This
31 information certified list shall be signed and furnished to
32 the Board by the chief administrative officer of the
33 institution.
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1 (Source: P.A. 80-289.)
2 (110 ILCS 210/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 1335)
3 Sec. 5. The Board shall prescribe and advise such
4 institutions as to the form of certificate or certificates to
5 be submitted under Section 4 of this Act, and promptly upon
6 receipt of such certificates from the institutions shall
7 certify to the State Comptroller Treasurer the aggregate
8 amount of the grant allocable to and to be paid to each such
9 institution. The Board shall examine the certificates
10 furnished by the institutions and may require such further
11 data and information as the Board may request. Upon written
12 notice by the Board to any institution, the Board may examine
13 the institution's student enrollment records for the purpose
14 of verification, amendment or correction of any such
15 certificate.
16 (Source: P.A. 77-273.)
17 (110 ILCS 210/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 1337)
18 Sec. 7. The Board shall keep an accurate record of all
19 its activities under this Act and by February 15, 1972 and
20 each year thereafter, shall make a report to its members, to
21 the Governor and to the General Assembly Auditor of Public
22 Accounts, such report to be a part of its annual report in a
23 form prescribed by its members, with the written approval of
24 the Auditor of Public Accounts.
25 (Source: P.A. 77-273.)
26 Section 15. The Health Services Education Grants Act is
27 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
28 (110 ILCS 215/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 824)
29 Sec. 4. Grants may be made to medical, dental, pharmacy,
30 optometry, and nursing schools, to physician assistant
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1 programs, to other health-related schools and programs, and
2 to hospitals and clinical facilities used in health service
3 training programs.
4 Qualification for grants shall be on the basis of either
5 the number of Illinois resident enrollees or the number of
6 degrees granted to students who are residents of this State ,
7 an increase in the number of Illinois resident enrollees, or
8 both. The grant amount or proportion of increase required to
9 qualify shall be determined by the Board of Higher Education
10 for each class of institution. However, in no case shall an
11 institution qualify for grants unless the increase in its
12 number of Illinois resident enrollees is at least equal to
13 the increase in total enrollment made possible through such
14 grants.
15 At the discretion of the Board of Higher Education grants
16 may be made for each class of institution in any or all of
17 the following forms:
18 (1) Single nonrecurring grants for planning and capital
19 expense based on the increase in the number of Illinois
20 resident enrollees;
21 (2) Annual grants based on the increase in the number of
22 degrees granted to (a) Illinois resident enrollees, or (b)
23 Illinois resident enrollees from minority racial and ethnic
24 groups, or both (a) and (b); and
25 (3) Annual stabilization grants based on the number of
26 (a) Illinois residents already enrolled, or (b) Illinois
27 residents already enrolled from minority racial and ethnic
28 groups, or both (a) and (b).
29 In awarding grants to nursing schools and to hospital
30 schools of nursing, the Board of Higher Education may also
31 consider whether the nursing program is located in a
32 certified nurse shortage area. For purposes of this Section
33 "certified nurse shortage area" means an area certified by
34 the Director of the Department of Public Health as a nurse
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1 shortage area based on the most reliable data available to
2 the Director.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-1032; 87-1087.)
4 Section 20. The Illinois Consortium for Educational
5 Opportunity Act is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 930/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 2309)
7 Sec. 9. Terms of award. After a person has been
8 accepted into the ICEOP, the individual shall be eligible for
9 an annual up to a $10,000 award annually which shall be
10 renewable for up to an additional 3 years provided that he or
11 she makes satisfactory progress toward completing his or her
12 degree. The Consortium Board shall determine the award amount
13 annually.
14 (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
16 July 1, 2002.