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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 Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act is
5 amended by changing Section 23 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 150/23)
7 Sec. 23. Reverse transfer of credits.
8 (a) In this Section, "reverse transfer of credit" means
9 the transfer of earned academic credit from a State university
10 to a community college for the purpose of obtaining an
11 associate degree at the community college.
12 (b) The Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, the
13 Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College
14 Board shall develop a policy to foster the reverse transfer of
15 credit for any student who has accumulated at least 15 hours of
16 academic credit at a community college and a sufficient number
17 of hours of academic credit at a State university in the
18 prescribed courses necessary to meet a community college's
19 requirements to be awarded an associate degree.
20 (b-5) Beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, each
21 State university shall automatically provide, to any transfer
22 student who is accepted to the State university with at least
23 30 hours of academic credit at a community college, notice of
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1 the option for the reverse transfer of credit after the
2 transfer student has earned a combined total of 60 hours of
3 academic credit at the community college and the State
4 university. The notice shall include the State university's
5 opt-in process for reverse transfer that provides for the
6 sharing of the student's transcript information between the
7 community college and State university.
8 (c) A student wishing to reverse transfer earned academic
9 credit under this Section to obtain an associate degree shall
10 agree to the exchange of transcript information between each
11 community college and State university that he or she has
12 attended. The community college shall provide notice to the
13 student with instructions on application for conferral of an
14 associate degree. The A student must submit the an application
15 and his or her transcripts to a community college in order to
16 be considered for conferral of an associate degree. In
17 awarding an associate degree, the community college shall
18 evaluate the applicant's coursework completed, along with the
19 transfer credit earned, and shall determine whether the
20 associate degree requirements have been met. No later than 30
21 business days after receiving the an application, the a
22 community college shall notify the an applicant if he or she
23 qualifies for an associate degree based on the total earned
24 credits.
25 (d) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community
26 College Board, and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's
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1 Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit shall adopt a
2 policy regarding the award of academic credit for military
3 training applicable to meeting a community college's
4 requirements for awarding an associate degree.
5 (d-5) A community college or State university may not
6 charge an application, transfer evaluation, or graduation fee
7 or any other fee associated with conferral of an associate
8 degree through reverse transfer under this Section.
9 (d-10) A community college shall include in its student
10 information system each student awarded an associate degree
11 through reverse transfer under this Section.
12 (e) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
13 Community College Board shall adopt rules to implement this
14 Section.
15 (Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.