The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees met Tuesday night and approved a program articulation agreement with Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri.  The agreement allows students to complete an Associate Degree at Rend Lake College and transfer seamlessly to CMU in good standing so long as they have successfully completed the agreed-upon coursework.  RLC programs included in the agreement are Radiologic Technology, Certified Medical Assistant, Health Information Technology, Nursing, Criminal Justice and Early Childhood Education.  The Board approved the Resource Allocation Management Plan for transmittal to the Illinois Community College Board.  The college is required to submit the RAMP document each year.  This is a type of “wish list” submitted by higher education institutions throughout the state, with the various lists then combined at the state level and prioritized for possible funding.  Projects on the list include a new Allied Health building, a Student Center addition and an Applied Science Center addition.  The board granted permission to submit to the Illinois Community College Board a Protection, Health and Safety levy project application to replace exterior metal halide lighting with LED lighting and permission to bid, pending ICCB approval.  In other business, the board approved the inactivation of four curricula and the withdrawal of several classes and authorized their submission to the Illinois Community College Board for action. The curricula were the four Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees of Secondary Math, Special Education, Secondary Science and Early Childhood Education, which have not been offered in recent years.  In addition, changes to the credit hour totals for two accounting classes and a change to the Architectural Technology occupational certificate were approved and authorized for ICCB submission.  The Board approved trading in 10 electric golf carts and two gas golf carts and entering a tax-exempt agreement with Battery Specialists and Golf Cars of Mount Vernon on a five-year municipal lease / purchase agreement for 14 newer electric carts.  They also approved the prevailing rate of hourly wages resolution.