Section 1075.200  Definitions

"Board" means the Board of Higher Education.

"Public University" means Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois, and Western Illinois University.

"Standard Tuition and Fee Waiver Chart of Accounts" means the standardized list of waiver programs approved by the Board as outlined in Section 1075.500 and used for reporting purposes to the Board and the General Assembly. The Standard Tuition and Fee Waiver Chart of Accounts includes the following general categories:

"Mandatory Waiver" means a waiver that an institution is required by State statute to grant to students that meet the specific parameters and criteria included in statute.

"Discretionary Waiver" means a waiver that is granted at the discretion of the institution. Discretionary waivers include the following categories:

"Faculty and Staff Waiver" means a discretionary waiver awarded to public university faculty, staff, or other employees or their dependents.

"Student Talent or Merit Waiver" means a discretionary waiver awarded to students based on talent in a particular field, academic merit, or special status.

"Student Need Waiver" means a discretionary waiver granted to students demonstrating financial need.

"Student Service Waiver" means a discretionary waiver granted to students to support the university mission, goals, and objectives through participation in outside contracts; graduate or undergraduate research, teaching, or other assignments; training or grant programs; external internship programs; clinical portions of degree programs conducted at other institutions; or other student experiences.

"Waiver" means the amount of revenue that the public university intentionally relinquishes for one of the purposes included in the Standard Tuition and Fee Waiver Chart of Accounts and should be recorded as an expenditure.

"Waiver Accounting Classifications" means the following categories of waivers used for accounting purposes:

"Budgeted Waiver" means an estimated amount identified by the university as the total amount available to students in a particular fiscal year. Budgeted waivers are not identified with specific students or student positions. 

"Granted Waiver" means a waiver that has been allocated to specific students or student positions. Granted waivers are available to students as reductions in tuition and/or fee charges.

"Expended Waiver" means that an individual student has been identified as the recipient of a granted waiver and the student's financial obligation account has been reduced by the granted waiver amount. Expended waivers may not exceed granted waivers. In instances when a student withdraws from class and is entitled to a reduction in tuition charges, a concurrent reduction in the expended tuition waiver may be recorded to recognize the reduction in remised tuition.

"Waiver Agreement" means an agreement between the public university and the student to reduce or eliminate the tuition and/or fees that normally would be charged to the student.