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| Public Act 098-1100 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||
by changing Section 10-92 as follows: | ||||
(110 ILCS 665/10-92) | ||||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2019) | ||||
Sec. 10-92. Tuition affordability discount waiver | ||||
limitation pilot program. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | ||||
findings: | ||||
(1) Both access and affordability are important points | ||||
in the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career | ||||
Success. | ||||
(2) This State is in the top quartile with respect to | ||||
the percentage of family income needed to pay for college. | ||||
(3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase, | ||||
versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college | ||||
attendance decreases. | ||||
(4) There is further research indicating socioeconomic | ||||
status may affect the willingness of students to use loans | ||||
to attend college. | ||||
(5) Strategic use of tuition discounting waivers will | ||||
decrease the amount of loans that students must use to pay | ||
for tuition. | ||
(6) A modest, individually tailored tuition discount | ||
waiver can make the difference in choosing to attend | ||
college and would enhance college access for low (up to | ||
150% of the federal poverty level) and middle income (151% | ||
to 300% of the federal poverty level) families. | ||
(7) Even if the federally calculated financial need for | ||
college attendance is met, the federally determined | ||
Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting | ||
amount. | ||
(8) This State is the second largest exporter of | ||
students in the country. | ||
(9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State. | ||
State universities in other states have adopted pricing and | ||
incentives that make college expenses for residents of this | ||
State less than in this State. | ||
(10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of | ||
Illinois students to institutions in other states, | ||
assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly | ||
trained workforce. | ||
(11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, this | ||
State can bring out-of-state students to this State. | ||
(12) The pilot program established under this Section | ||
will allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for | ||
highly qualified students who may reside in other states by | ||
mitigating the effect of cost differences. | ||
(13) Modest tuition discounts waivers, individually | ||
targeted and tailored, result in enhanced revenue for | ||
university programs. | ||
(14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's | ||
capacity to strategically use tuition discounting waivers, | ||
the University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition | ||
revenue by increasing enrollment yields. | ||
(15) The Board of Higher Education's current | ||
institutional tuition waiver limitation is 3% of total | ||
available undergraduate tuition revenue. | ||
(b) The Board shall establish a pilot program to increase | ||
the Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | ||
limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase | ||
access to college and make college more affordable for | ||
undergraduate students. Under the pilot program, the | ||
institutional tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2 | ||
percentage points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage | ||
points in the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in | ||
the 2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the | ||
2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition | ||
waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot | ||
program and thereafter. | ||
(c) The pilot program shall require that students who | ||
receive a tuition discount waiver under the pilot program be | ||
accepted to the university through normal admissions standards | ||
and processes. Individual tuition discounts waivers granted | ||
under the pilot program must not exceed $2,500 per academic | ||
year. The pilot program shall provide a maximum of one discount | ||
waiver per academic year for a maximum of 4 years to each | ||
student in the pilot program who maintains satisfactory | ||
academic progress. The pilot program shall be terminated after | ||
the 2018-2019 2015-2016 academic year, with no new students | ||
receiving discounts waivers. However, notwithstanding the | ||
Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | ||
limitation, existing students receiving discounts waivers | ||
under the pilot program are eligible to maintain those | ||
discounts waivers, with satisfactory academic progress, under | ||
the 4-year limitation, after the 2018-2019 2015-2016 academic | ||
year due to maintenance of effort within their 4-year window. | ||
Sunset dates for discounted waiver support shall be based upon | ||
the first academic year in which a student receives a discount | ||
waiver. The sunset dates are as follows for each annual cohort | ||
of pilot program participants: | ||
(1) Cohort 1: the beginning year is 2012-2013 and the | ||
terminal year is 2015-2016. | ||
(2) Cohort 2: the beginning year is 2013-2014 and the | ||
terminal year is 2016-2017. | ||
(3) Cohort 3: the beginning year is 2014-2015 and the | ||
terminal year is 2017-2018. | ||
(4) Cohort 4: the beginning year is 2015-2016 and the | ||
terminal year is 2018-2019. | ||
(d) Every 2 years, the The Board shall annually report to | ||
the Board of Higher Education on the pilot program's impact on | ||
tuition revenue, enrollment goals, and increasing access and | ||
affordability on such dates as the Board of Higher Education | ||
shall determine. | ||
(e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that | ||
are necessary to implement this Section. | ||
(f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2022 2019.
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(Source: P.A. 97-290, eff. 8-10-11.)
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