IL SB4034

Authorizes Illinois community college district boards of trustees to establish baccalaureate degree programs and confer bachelor's degrees, specifically Bachelor of Applied Science degrees designed for workforce entry or career advancement

Requires community colleges to demonstrate expertise, resources, and student demand through a feasibility study identifying unmet workforce needs, and must obtain approval from both the Illinois Community College Board and Board of Higher Education

Caps upper-division tuition and fees at 150% of lower-division rates and freezes tuition for state residents at the rate when they first entered the upper-division program

Establishes a 60-day good faith collaboration process with universities before application submission, with geographic proximity rules (20-mile radius for City Colleges of Chicago, 40-mile for others) to evaluate whether proposed programs duplicate existing offerings

Mandates annual reporting by participating community colleges and a statewide evaluation of all baccalaureate programs within 5 years of the effective date, with results to be made publicly available online