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Public Act 104-0405
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| SB2039 Enrolled | LRB104 10572 LNS 20648 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by |
adding Section 9.45 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 205/9.45 new) |
Sec. 9.45. Statewide Data Dashboard. |
(a) By March 15, 2027 and by March 15 of each year |
thereafter, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois |
Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance |
Commission shall jointly prepare and release a Statewide Data |
Dashboard to include individualized data on each public |
institution of higher education and each private institution |
of higher education on a publicly available website. Current |
dashboard platforms and technology shall be used, unless a |
more effective alternative is identified and practical. The |
Statewide Data Dashboard shall be publicly accessible on a |
publicly available website in a manner that allows for |
centralized access in downloadable data files of the data |
available on the website. |
(b) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community |
College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, |
in consultation with stakeholders, shall collaborate jointly |
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and determine the indicators and presentation of the Statewide |
Data Dashboard, which must include, at a minimum, the most |
current data collected and maintained by the Board of Higher |
Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the |
Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to the |
following: |
(1) student demographics, to the extent available, |
including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, |
rural students, federal Pell Grant status, adult students, |
students with disabilities, transfer students, and |
first-generation students; |
(2) faculty and staff demographics, to the extent |
available, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, |
academic rank, and gender; |
(3) institution characteristics, including, but not |
limited to, total students, total faculty and staff, and |
the demographic breakdown of each category to the extent |
available; |
(4) affordability characteristics, including, but not |
limited to, the cost of attendance, including all |
categories of tuition and fees, on-campus and off-campus |
housing cost averages if applicable to the institution, |
loan repayment rates to the extent available, and the |
average net price of attendance if applicable to the |
institution and to the extent available; |
(5) student success factors, including, but not |
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limited to, enrollments, retention, completion within |
standard and extended timeframes, and the student |
demographic breakdown of each category to the extent |
possible; |
(6) a comparison of data covering a 5-year period if |
feasible; |
(7) institutional profile and mission, including, but |
not limited to, Hispanic-serving institutions, |
minority-serving institutions, and the Carnegie |
Classification of institutions; and |
(8) any additional data as reasonably determined and |
agreed upon by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois |
Community College Board, and the Illinois Student |
Assistance Commission. |
(c) The Statewide Data Dashboard may not disaggregate data |
to a level that would allow the identification of individual |
students or disclose their personally identifying information. |
(d) Data under the purview of the Board of Higher |
Education, the Illinois Community College Board, or the |
Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall remain under the |
authority of the respective agency. To facilitate the |
development and maintenance of the Statewide Data Dashboard, |
the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College |
Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission may |
enter into memoranda of understanding or interagency |
agreements ensuring compliance with applicable State and |