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Tag: Community colleges

State boosts funding for higher education, student tuition help

State boosts funding for higher education, student tuition help

— May 31, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two university campuses Wednesday, May 31 to highlight…

  • Legislation looks to ease community college transfers

    Legislation looks to ease community college transfers

    — May 19, 2023

    A bipartisan bill designed to make transferring to a public university in Illinois from a community college an easier and more cost-effective path will soon be sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker…

  • Community colleges’ $3.5 billion impact on the economy, earnings

    Community colleges’ $3.5 billion impact on the economy, earnings

    — September 30, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD – Illinois community colleges have a multi-billion dollar impact on the state’s economy and will be “integral in making a recovery from the pandemic an equitable one,”…

  • Bill calls for felony for injuring, killing a police dog while DUI

    Bill calls for felony for injuring, killing a police dog while DUI

    — April 16, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday, April 15 to make it a felony offense if a person kills or injures a police animal while driving under the influence of alcohol or…

  • State to fund manufacturing training academies at local colleges

    State to fund manufacturing training academies at local colleges

    — October 27, 2020

    SPRINGFIELD – The state of Illinois plans to invest $15 million to construct two new manufacturing training academies at downstate community colleges. Gov. J.B. Pritzker made that…

  • Pritzker signs package of bills to expand higher education access

    Pritzker signs package of bills to expand higher education access

    — June 9, 2022

    Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation designed to increase access to Illinois’ higher education system, close equity gaps, and improve student protections and operational effectiveness….

  • State commits $10 million to boost training in building trades

    State commits $10 million to boost training in building trades

    — August 9, 2021

    Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have launched a new Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program, leveraging a $10 million commitment…

  • Program would offer early childhood bachelor’s degrees at community colleges

    Program would offer early childhood bachelor’s degrees at community colleges

    — April 7, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would allow community colleges to grant bachelor’s degrees for early childhood education is awaiting consideration before the Senate Higher Education Committee….

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