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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 41

2WHEREAS, The State has a vested interest in maximizing the3number of students who complete credit-bearing certificate

4

programs and two-year or four-year degree programs and enter

5into high-skill, high-wage occupations; and6

WHEREAS, 46% of Illinois high school graduates who enroll

7in community college are placed into developmental coursework

8in at least one subject; and9WHEREAS,Inconsistentandinadequate

approaches

to10placement have resulted in too many students being placed into

11

developmental education who could succeed in college-level

12coursework; and13WHEREAS,

14

The

traditional developmental education

model

costs students time, money, and financial aid; and15

WHEREAS, Developmental education does not count as college

16

credit17transfer, and certificate or degree completion, particularly

18for Black, Latino, first generation, and low-income students;

19and

20

andcanbeabarrier

toretention,

persistence,WHEREAS, There are instructional models of developmental

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education that have demonstrated improvement in college-level2

course completion compared to traditional models, including

3but

4

coursework, emporium models, and Preparatory Mathematics for

5

General Education (PMGE); and6notlimited

WHEREAS,

tocorequisiteColleges

andremediation,

universities

accelerated

haveinvested

7

significant time, resources, and money into these different8developmental education models; and910

11WHEREAS, The legislature has made significant investments
to improve college preparedness; andWHEREAS,The

Illinois

CouncilofCommunity

College12Presidents, the Illinois Chief Academic Officers, the Illinois

13Chief

14

Association of Community Colleges have already agreed upon a15common, multiple measures framework for placement that is16

currently being implemented; andStudentServicesOfficers,

andtheIllinois

Math

17

WHEREAS, To ensure all models of developmental education18

are maximizing students' likelihood of success, the State must

19

inventory

20

instructional models offered in the State; and21

andevaluate

alldevelopmental

education

WHEREAS, The Illinois Community College Board and Illinois

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Board of2placement practices and fully scale developmental education

3reforms across all State public institutions; therefore, be it

Higher Education arewellpositioned toimprove

4RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL

5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

6

CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Community College Board

7and the Illinois Board of Higher Education shall establish a8

joint advisory council to provide a benchmarking report to the9General

10include:

Assembly onorbeforeApril

1,2020,thatshall11(1)12developmental13

public colleges and universities for students placed into

14

developmental education or otherwise determined to need15

additional skills development in math or English;Aninventory
courseofall

instructionalsequences

employedmodelsbyandIllinois'

16(2) An analysis of all instructional models employed by

17

Illinois' public colleges and universities for students

18

placed19

determined to need additional skills development in math or

20

English, including, at a minimum, the number and percentage

21of students completing gateway courses within their first22

two semesters under each model; and23(3)intoAndevelopmental

inventory

andeducation

analysisoforotherwise

developmental

24

education placement practices and policies (including cut25offscores)

employedatall

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universities in the State; and be it further

2

RESOLVED, That on or before July 1, 2020, the advisory3

council must deliver to the Illinois Community College Board,

4

the5

Assembly, a detailed plan for scaling developmental education

6reforms,

7

education placement measures and such that, within a timeframe

8

to be set by the advisory council, all students who are placed

9

in developmental education are enrolled in a developmental

10

education model that is proven to maximize their likelihood of

11completing

12

academic semesters; and be it further

13

Illinois

Board

such

aRESOLVED,

of

that

Higherinstitutions

college-level

That

forEducation,

thecourse

andimprovewithinpurposesof

theGeneraldevelopmental

their

first

two

this

resolution,

14"improved placement measures" is defined as measures that give15

greater opportunities to enroll directly into college-level

16

classes, reducing the overall percent of students placed into

17

developmental education, preferably through decreased reliance18

on high-stakes tests and increased use of high school GPA as a19

determining measure; and be it further

20

RESOLVED, The implementation plan should include specific21benchmarks

22

established benchmarks that institutions must meet to stay on

23

track to full-scale implementation on the timeframe set by theandanestimateoffunding

requiredtomeet

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RESOLVED, That the advisory council should include similar

3representation from two-year and four-year institutions and,

4at a minimum, include the following:

5(1) The Executive Director of the Illinois Community

6College Board or his or her designee, who shall act as

7co-chair;8(2) The Executive Director of the Illinois Board of

9Higher Education or his or her designee, who shall act as

10co-chair;

1112131415(3) One member appointed by the Governor, who shall act
as co-chair;(4) One member from the Illinois Senate appointed by
the President of the Senate, who shall act as co-chair;(5)

OnememberfromtheIllinois

Houseof16

Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, who17

shall act as co-chair;

18192021(6) One member from the Illinois Senate appointed by
the Senate Minority Leader;(7)

OnememberfromtheIllinois

HouseofRepresentatives appointed by the House Minority Leader;

22(8) Two public university employees appointed by the23

Illinois Board of Higher Education Academic Leadership24group;25(9) One member who represents an organization that

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1advocates2

appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Board

3of Higher Education;onbehalfofpublicuniversity

employees

4(10) One member who represents an organization that

5advocates on behalf of community college employees at City

6

Colleges of Chicago appointed by the Executive Director of7

the Illinois Community College Board;8(11) One member who represents an organization that

9advocates on behalf of community college employees at a10suburban

11Illinois Community College Board;

Chicagocommunitycollege

appointedbythe12(12) One member who represents an organization that13

advocates on behalf of community college employees in

14

downstate community colleges appointed by the Illinois

15

Community College Board;

16(13)

One

memberrepresenting

ahigher

education

17

advocacy organization focused on closing equity gaps in18

college completion from low-income and first generation

19

college students and students of color appointed by the20

President of the Senate;

21

(14)

One

member22

organization

focused23

employment opportunities for women and adults appointed by24

the Speaker of the House;25
26(15)

One

representing

memberon

whoa

improvingstatewide

advocacy

educational

represents

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Presidents appointed by the Illinois Community College2

Board;

3(16)4presidents

5

Education;

6(17)

One

memberwhoappointed

Oneby

memberrepresents

publictheIllinois

Board

whorepresents

auniversityofHigher

statewide

7organization that advocates on behalf of Community College8Chief

9Community College Board;

AcademicOfficers

appointedbytheIllinoisrepresents

astatewide

onofIllinois

10(18)

11organization

12

Community College Student Services Officers appointed by

13

the Illinois Community College Board;14(19)

One

One

memberthat

whoadvocates

memberwhobehalfrepresents

publicuniversity

15

student services administrators appointed by the Illinois

16

Board of Higher Education;

17(20)

One

memberwhorepresents

Illinois

public18

university provosts appointed by the Illinois Board of19

Higher Education;

20

(21)

One

memberwhorepresents

astatewide

21organization that advocates on behalf of Community College

22

Trustees

23

Board; and24(22)25

trustees

26

Education; and be it further

appointed

Onebymember

appointed

thewhobyIllinois

represents

theIllinois

Community

Collegepublicuniversity

BoardofHigher

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RESOLVED, That, of the appointed community college and2university employees, at least one must be an English faculty3

member participating in the Illinois Articulation Initiative

4and

5

Association of Community Colleges (IMACC); and be it furtheronemustbeamemberoftheIllinois

Mathematics

6

RESOLVED, That the chairs of the advisory council shall be

7

responsible for scheduling meetings, setting meeting agendas,

8ensuring the development and delivery of the final report and

9implementation10

consultation with advisory council members; and be it further

11plan,

and

other

administrativetasks,

inRESOLVED, The Council shall produce a final report by

12

January13

dissolved; the report should include, at a minimum, an update

14on

15

alternative evidence-based developmental education models at

16

every college and university, and include data on enrollment

17and throughput, defined as the percent of students initially18

enrolled who have progressed through gateway-level courses, by

19

institution and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and20

Pell status; and be it further

21
22

the1,2021

anduponimplementation

RESOLVED,

Thatofsuitablethefilingofcorequisite

copiesofthisreportremediation

thisresolution

isandbedelivered to the Illinois Community College Board and the10100SJ0041 Enrolled
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