SB1621 Summary

• Removes Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) and public community colleges from Board of Higher Education (IBHE) oversight regarding information systems, approval of new instructional units, program reviews, non-instructional capital improvements, and budget submission requirements.

• Transfers authority over community college performance metrics and underrepresentation of minorities/women in higher education from IBHE to ICCB; requires IBHE and ICCB to cooperate on master plan and admission standards for community colleges.

• Eliminates requirement for IBHE approval of new community college districts and educational service contracts (ICCB approval alone now required); removes requirement that ICCB file community college financial statements with IBHE.

• Requires community colleges to report administrator and faculty salaries and benefits to ICCB instead of IBHE; changes educational service contracts with degree-granting institutions to require only ICCB approval after July 1, 2015.

• Effective July 1, 2015.