IBHE-DATA DASHBOARD REPORT, the official text

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1   AN ACT concerning 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 by

5 adding Section 9.45 as follows:

6   (110 ILCS 205/9.45 new)

7   Sec. 9.45. Statewide Data Dashboard.

8   (a) By March 15, 2027 and by March 15 of each year

9 thereafter, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois

10 Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance

11 Commission shall jointly prepare and release a Statewide Data

12 Dashboard to include individualized data on each public

13 institution of higher education and each private institution

14 of higher education on a publicly available website. Current

15 dashboard platforms and technology shall be used, unless a

16 more effective alternative is identified and practical. The

17 Statewide Data Dashboard shall be publicly accessible on a

18 publicly available website in a manner that allows for

19 centralized access in downloadable data files of the data

20 available on the website.

21  (b) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community

22 College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission,

23 in consultation with stakeholders, shall collaborate jointly
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1 and determine the indicators and presentation of the Statewide

2 Data Dashboard, which must include, at a minimum, the most

3 current data collected and maintained by the Board of Higher

4 Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the

5 Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to the

6 following:

7   (1) student demographics, to the extent available,

8   including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender,

9   rural students, federal Pell Grant status, adult students,

10  students with disabilities, transfer students, and

11  first-generation students;

12  (2) faculty and staff demographics, to the extent

13  available, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity,

14  academic rank, and gender;

15  (3) institution characteristics, including, but not

16  limited to, total students, total faculty and staff, and

17  the demographic breakdown of each category to the extent

18  available;

19  (4) affordability characteristics, including, but not

20  limited to, the cost of attendance, including all

21  categories of tuition and fees, on-campus and off-campus

22  housing cost averages if applicable to the institution,

23  loan repayment rates to the extent available, and the

24  average net price of attendance if applicable to the

25  institution and to the extent available;

26  (5) student success factors, including, but not
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1   limited to, enrollments, retention, completion within

2   standard and extended timeframes, and the student

3   demographic breakdown of each category to the extent

4   possible;

5   (6) a comparison of data covering a 5-year period if

6   feasible;

7   (7) institutional profile and mission, including, but

8   not limited to, Hispanic-serving institutions,

9   minority-serving institutions, and the Carnegie

10  Classification of institutions; and

11  (8) any additional data as reasonably determined and

12  agreed upon by the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois

13  Community College Board, and the Illinois Student

14  Assistance Commission.

15  (c) The Statewide Data Dashboard may not disaggregate data

16 to a level that would allow the identification of individual

17 students or disclose their personally identifying information.

18  (d) Data under the purview of the Board of Higher

19 Education, the Illinois Community College Board, or the

20 Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall remain under the

21 authority of the respective agency. To facilitate the

22 development and maintenance of the Statewide Data Dashboard,

23 the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community College

24 Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission may

25 enter into memoranda of understanding or interagency

26 agreements ensuring compliance with applicable State and
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1 federal data privacy laws.

2  (e) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community

3 College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission

4 may adopt joint rules as necessary to administer this Section.