Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
Applications must be jointly submitted by one or more public
community colleges and one or more public or private, not-for-profit, 4-year
colleges or universities [110
ILCS 205/9.33(b) ].
a) Applications for grant funds shall be made
on prescribed forms developed by the Board and shall include, at a minimum, the
following provisions and information:
1) The
names, addresses, chief officers and general descriptions of the
applicants;
2) The 4-year
degree-granting college or university that will serve as the fiscal
agent;
3) A grant proposal for
which grant funding is requested. A request for proposals (RFP) will provide
any restrictions or priorities regarding the degree program areas as furnished
by the Board at the time the RFP is announced;
4) If the proposal involves an existing
degree program, the grantee will provide a plan describing how the existing
program outcomes will be incorporated into evaluating the proposed degree
program offering;
5) Data from the
partnering institutions for each of the previous 3 academic years, reported
both at the institutional level and at the program level that aligns with this
grant proposal, including the following:
A)
Number of students who enroll in the starting term;
B) Number of students who successfully
complete the academic year; and
C)
Retention rate of students during the academic year;
6) Proposals to continue a program funded by
this grant program for a second or third year will be considered if at least 75
percent of the original cohort is retained or, if approved by IBHE, an
alternative measure demonstrating low student attrition;
7) An annual evaluation of the program as
provided by the grantees at the end of the grant period; and
8) Cost estimates and proposed expenditures
of the program.
b) Grant
applications may be obtained from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, 431
East Adams Street, Second Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62701-1404 or the
Board's website at www.ibhe.org.
c) Completed applications must be submitted
to the Board at the address indicated in subsection (b) and must be received by
the announced deadline for the submission of applications, which shall not be
less than 45 days after the announcement and release of application
materials.
