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HB 3040

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2025 Regular Session

HB 3040 requires Illinois higher ed agencies to publish a public statewide and per-institution dashboard with key metrics on enrollment, affordability, and student success.

Chapter 571, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
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Bill Summary · HB 3040

Summary — HB 3040 (IBHE — Statewide Data Dashboard Report)

Status: House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Rule 19(c)) — Re‑referred to Rules Committee
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Nabeela Syed; Co‑sponsor: Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Introduced: February 2025

Purpose

HB 3040 requires Illinois higher education agencies to create and publish a consolidated, publicly available Statewide Data Dashboard and institution‑level dashboard(s) so policymakers, students, families, and the public can compare institutions and monitor key metrics about enrollment, affordability, student success, and institutional characteristics.

Key provisions

  • Agencies required: Board of Higher Education (IBHE), Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), and Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) jointly prepare and release the dashboard.
  • Timing: Dashboards to be published by March 15, 2027, and by March 15 of each year thereafter (House Amendment No. 1). (The bill as introduced originally used January 15; Amendment 1 changes to March 15.)
  • Coverage: A statewide dashboard plus a dashboard for each public and each private institution of higher education in Illinois.
  • Content (minimum required):
    • Student demographics (race, ethnicity, gender, rural status, English learners, adult students, etc.).
    • Institution characteristics (total students, faculty, staff).
    • Affordability details (cost of attendance, tuition and fee categories, on‑ and off‑campus housing averages where applicable, loan repayment rates).
    • Student success metrics (applications, enrollments, retention, completion), with demographic breakdowns "to the extent possible."
    • A 5‑year comparative view where feasible.
    • Institutional profile/mission and other data as jointly agreed.
  • Publication: Dashboards to be published on a publicly available website using existing dashboard platforms unless a more effective alternative is identified.
  • Privacy and data safeguards:
    • House Amendment No. 2 adds an explicit prohibition against disaggregating data to a level that would identify individual students or disclose personally identifying information.
    • Agencies may enter interagency agreements and memoranda to ensure compliance with federal and state data‑privacy laws.
  • Administration: IBHE, ICCB, and ISAC may adopt joint rules or other necessary rules to implement the section.

Who is affected

  • State agencies: IBHE, ICCB, ISAC (responsible for producing and maintaining dashboards).
  • Public and private higher education institutions in Illinois (data reporting and representation on dashboards).
  • Stakeholders: students, families, researchers, policymakers, institutional administrators, and the general public.

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Transparency and comparability: Improves public access to standardized higher education data for decision‑making and oversight.
  • Administrative workload and costs: Agencies and institutions may incur costs to assemble, standardize, and publish data annually.
  • Privacy protections: Amendment No. 2 addresses identification risks by barring disaggregation that could identify individuals; additional privacy compliance steps (agreements/rules) are authorized.
  • Data completeness: Some metrics include "to the extent possible" or "if feasible," so comparability across institutions may vary depending on data availability.

Legislative status (selected actions)

  • Filed Feb 2025; read and referred to committees in March–April 2025.
  • Passed out of Higher Education Committee (Do Pass, 12–0) on 2025‑03‑12.
  • House Floor Amendments 001 and 002 filed and currently returned to Rules Committee (Rule 19(c)).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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