95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB6324


 
Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Public Community College Act.  From appropriations made for these purposes, requires the Illinois Community College Board to implement a transitional grant program to assist those community colleges that have received less State grant funding in a given fiscal year than they received the previous fiscal year and that are located in regions of this State identified by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as experiencing a cycle of economic or population decline or both.  Effective July 1, 2008.
















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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 5. The Public Community College Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 2-16.02a as follows:
 
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    (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02a  new)
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    Sec. 2-16.02a. Transitional grant program.
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    (a)  The General Assembly finds that community colleges are 
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an important component of this State's economy, system of 
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higher education, and workforce development efforts.  This 
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State's capacity to compete in a global marketplace depends not 
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only on our commitment to adequately fund community colleges, 
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but our ability to produce and maintain a skilled workforce in 
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all regions of the State.  The General Assembly further finds 
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that the majority of State funding to community colleges relies 
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primarily on reported student enrollment and the number of 
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semester credit hours rendered and local revenue.  Community 
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colleges located in areas of this State that are losing their 
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population base and industry are vulnerable to experiencing 
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financial difficulties at a time when there is a growing need 
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to train workers for jobs that require high levels of skills.
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    (b)  To maintain a viable community college system in all 
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regions of this State, the State Board shall implement, from 
 


 






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appropriations made for the purposes of this Section, a 
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transitional grant program to assist those community colleges 
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that have received less grant funding in a given fiscal year 
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than they received the previous fiscal year under Section 
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2-16.02 of this Act and that are located in regions of this 
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State identified by the Department of Commerce and Economic 
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Opportunity as experiencing a cycle of economic or population 
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decline or both.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2008.