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NIU legislative staff say community college baccalaureate bill advancing with guardrails; appropriations advocacy ongoing
Summary
NIU’s state relations director told trustees the university has been active in Springfield pushing the FY26 operating and capital requests and that the community college baccalaureate bill now includes an amendment with guardrails limiting program number and scope.
Katie Davidson, NIU’s state relations director, updated the Research and Innovation Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee on the university's work in Springfield and on the community college baccalaureate (CCB) legislation.
Davidson said she and university leaders prepared testimony for NIU’s appropriations hearings before the Illinois Senate on April 22 and the House on April 24 and emphasized NIU’s contributions to workforce development, affordability and regional innovation. “Our priorities were clearly communicated and university leadership…
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