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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Student
Transfer Achievement Reform Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 23 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 150/23 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 23. Reverse transfer of credits. | ||||||
8 | (a) In this Section, "reverse transfer of credit" means the | ||||||
9 | transfer of earned academic credit from a State university to a | ||||||
10 | community college for the purpose of obtaining an associate | ||||||
11 | degree at the community college. | ||||||
12 | (b) Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, the Board | ||||||
13 | of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board | ||||||
14 | shall develop a policy to foster the reverse transfer of credit | ||||||
15 | for any student who has accumulated at least 15 hours of | ||||||
16 | academic credit at a community college and a sufficient number | ||||||
17 | of hours of academic credit at a State university in the | ||||||
18 | prescribed courses necessary to meet a community college's | ||||||
19 | requirements to be awarded an associate degree. | ||||||
20 | (c) A student wishing to reverse transfer earned academic | ||||||
21 | credit under this Section to obtain an associate degree shall | ||||||
22 | agree to the exchange of transcript information between each | ||||||
23 | community college and State university that he or she has |
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1 | attended. A student must submit an application and his or her | ||||||
2 | transcripts to a community college in order to be considered | ||||||
3 | for conferral of an associate degree. In awarding an associate | ||||||
4 | degree, the community college shall evaluate the applicant's | ||||||
5 | coursework completed, along with the transfer credit earned, | ||||||
6 | and shall determine whether the associate degree requirements | ||||||
7 | have been met. No later than 30 business days after receiving | ||||||
8 | an application, a community college shall notify an applicant | ||||||
9 | if he or she qualifies for an associate degree based on the | ||||||
10 | total earned credits. | ||||||
11 | (d) The Board of Higher Education, the Illinois Community | ||||||
12 | College Board, and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's | ||||||
13 | Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit shall adopt a | ||||||
14 | policy regarding the award of academic credit for military | ||||||
15 | training applicable to meeting a community college's | ||||||
16 | requirements for awarding an associate degree. | ||||||
17 | (e) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Community College Board shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
19 | Section. | ||||||
20 | Section 10. The Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is | ||||||
21 | amended by adding Section 30 as follows: | ||||||
22 | (110 ILCS 152/30 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 30. Degree program advice. To improve articulation and | ||||||
24 | reduce excess academic credit hours, beginning with the |
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1 | 2019-2020 academic year, each public institution shall require | ||||||
2 | any student who, upon completing 30 academic credit hours, is | ||||||
3 | interested in pursuing an associate degree or baccalaureate | ||||||
4 | degree at the public institution in which he or she is enrolled | ||||||
5 | or at another public institution to indicate to the public | ||||||
6 | institution in which he or she is enrolled all of his or her | ||||||
7 | degree programs of interest. The public institution in which | ||||||
8 | the student is enrolled shall make a reasonable attempt to | ||||||
9 | conduct a meeting with the student and an academic advisor of | ||||||
10 | the public institution, who shall inform the student of the | ||||||
11 | prerequisite requirements for the student's degree programs of | ||||||
12 | interest. | ||||||
13 | Section 15. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||||
14 | adding Section 9.37 as follows: | ||||||
15 | (110 ILCS 205/9.37 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 9.37. Tuition waiver. The Board may not limit the | ||||||
17 | amount of tuition revenue that a public university may waive. | ||||||
18 | Section 20. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | ||||||
19 | changing Section 7f as follows:
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20 | (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
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21 | Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.
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22 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or |
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1 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
2 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
3 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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4 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
5 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
6 | University.
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7 | (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
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8 | Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate | ||||||
9 | education at any
campus under its governance or supervision to | ||||||
10 | the children of employees of
an Illinois college or university | ||||||
11 | who have been employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois | ||||||
12 | college or university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
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13 | years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the | ||||||
14 | child of an
employee of an Illinois college or university (i) | ||||||
15 | must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic | ||||||
16 | year during which the partial tuition waiver
is to be | ||||||
17 | effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to the | ||||||
18 | University of
Illinois
under the same admissions requirements, | ||||||
19 | standards and policies which the
University of Illinois applies | ||||||
20 | to applicants for admission generally to its
respective
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21 | undergraduate colleges and programs.
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22 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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23 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
24 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
25 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
26 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition |
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1 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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2 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
3 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
4 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
5 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
6 | Education.
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7 | (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | ||||||
8 | regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | ||||||
9 | provisions of this Section.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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11 | (110 ILCS 305/7g rep.)
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12 | Section 25. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | ||||||
13 | repealing Section 7g. | ||||||
14 | Section 30. The Southern Illinois University Management | ||||||
15 | Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
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16 | (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
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17 | Sec. 8f. Partial tuition waivers.
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18 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
19 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
20 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
21 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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22 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
23 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois |
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1 | University.
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2 | (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
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3 | University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate | ||||||
4 | education at any
campus under its governance or supervision to | ||||||
5 | the children of employees of
an Illinois college or university | ||||||
6 | who have been employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois | ||||||
7 | college or university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
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8 | years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the | ||||||
9 | child of an
employee of an Illinois college or university (i) | ||||||
10 | must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic | ||||||
11 | year during which the partial tuition waiver
is to be | ||||||
12 | effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Southern
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13 | Illinois University
under the same admissions requirements, | ||||||
14 | standards and policies which Southern
Illinois
University | ||||||
15 | applies to applicants for admission generally to its respective
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16 | undergraduate colleges and programs.
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17 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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18 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
19 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
20 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
21 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
22 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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23 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
24 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
25 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
26 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher |
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1 | Education.
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2 | (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | ||||||
3 | regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | ||||||
4 | provisions of this Section.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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6 | (110 ILCS 520/8g rep.)
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7 | Section 35. The Southern Illinois University Management | ||||||
8 | Act is amended by repealing Section 8g. | ||||||
9 | Section 40. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | ||||||
10 | changing Section 5-90 as follows:
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11 | (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
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12 | Sec. 5-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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13 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
14 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
15 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
16 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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17 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
18 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
19 | University.
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20 | (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State
University shall | ||||||
21 | offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
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22 | campus under its governance to the children of employees of
an | ||||||
23 | Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any |
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1 | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | ||||||
2 | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | ||||||
3 | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | ||||||
4 | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | ||||||
5 | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | ||||||
6 | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | ||||||
7 | qualify for admission to Chicago State University
under the | ||||||
8 | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | ||||||
9 | Chicago
State University applies to applicants for admission | ||||||
10 | generally to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and | ||||||
11 | programs.
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12 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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13 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
14 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
15 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
16 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
17 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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18 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
19 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
20 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
21 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
22 | Education.
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23 | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | ||||||
24 | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | ||||||
25 | Section.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 | (110 ILCS 660/5-91 rep.)
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2 | Section 45. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | ||||||
3 | repealing Section 5-91. | ||||||
4 | Section 50. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Section 10-90 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
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7 | Sec. 10-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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8 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
9 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
10 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
11 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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12 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
13 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
14 | University.
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15 | (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois
University | ||||||
16 | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | ||||||
17 | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
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18 | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | ||||||
19 | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | ||||||
20 | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | ||||||
21 | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | ||||||
22 | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | ||||||
23 | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the |
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1 | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | ||||||
2 | qualify for admission to Eastern Illinois University
under the | ||||||
3 | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | ||||||
4 | Eastern
Illinois University applies to applicants for | ||||||
5 | admission generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges | ||||||
6 | and programs.
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7 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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8 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
9 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
10 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
11 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
12 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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13 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
14 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
15 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
16 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
17 | Education.
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18 | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | ||||||
19 | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | ||||||
20 | Section.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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22 | (110 ILCS 665/10-91 rep.) | ||||||
23 | (110 ILCS 665/10-92 rep.) | ||||||
24 | Section 55. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
25 | by repealing Sections 10-91 and 10-92. |
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1 | Section 60. The Governors State University Law is amended | ||||||
2 | by changing Section 15-90 as follows:
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3 | (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
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4 | Sec. 15-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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5 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
6 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
7 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
8 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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9 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
10 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
11 | University.
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12 | (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University shall | ||||||
13 | offer 50%
tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any | ||||||
14 | campus under its governance
to the children of employees of an | ||||||
15 | Illinois college or university who have been
employed by any | ||||||
16 | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
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17 | aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive | ||||||
18 | a partial
tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | ||||||
19 | Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of 25
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20 | at the commencement of the academic year during which the | ||||||
21 | partial tuition
waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must | ||||||
22 | qualify for admission to Governors
State University under the | ||||||
23 | same admissions requirements, standards and policies
which | ||||||
24 | Governors State University applies to applicants for admission |
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1 | generally
to its respective undergraduate colleges and | ||||||
2 | programs.
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3 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection | ||||||
4 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
5 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
6 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
7 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
8 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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9 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
10 | to any eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
11 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
12 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
13 | Education.
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14 | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are | ||||||
15 | necessary to
implement and administer the provisions of this | ||||||
16 | Section.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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18 | (110 ILCS 670/15-91 rep.) | ||||||
19 | Section 65. The Governors State University Law is amended | ||||||
20 | by repealing Section 15-91. | ||||||
21 | Section 70. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | ||||||
22 | changing Section 20-90 as follows:
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23 | (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
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1 | Sec. 20-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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2 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
3 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
4 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
5 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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6 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
7 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
8 | University.
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9 | (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State
University shall | ||||||
10 | offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
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11 | campus under its governance to the children of employees of
an | ||||||
12 | Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | ||||||
13 | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | ||||||
14 | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | ||||||
15 | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | ||||||
16 | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | ||||||
17 | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | ||||||
18 | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | ||||||
19 | qualify for admission to Illinois State University
under the | ||||||
20 | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | ||||||
21 | Illinois
State University applies to applicants for admission | ||||||
22 | generally to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and | ||||||
23 | programs.
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24 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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25 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
26 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his |
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1 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
2 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
3 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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4 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
5 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
6 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
7 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
8 | Education.
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9 | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | ||||||
10 | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | ||||||
11 | Section.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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13 | (110 ILCS 675/20-91 rep.) | ||||||
14 | Section 75. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | ||||||
15 | repealing Section 20-91. | ||||||
16 | Section 80. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | ||||||
17 | amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:
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18 | (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
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19 | Sec. 25-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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20 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
21 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
22 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
23 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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1 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
2 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
3 | University.
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4 | (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
University | ||||||
5 | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | ||||||
6 | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
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7 | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | ||||||
8 | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | ||||||
9 | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | ||||||
10 | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | ||||||
11 | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | ||||||
12 | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | ||||||
13 | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | ||||||
14 | qualify for admission to Northeastern
Illinois University
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15 | under the same admissions requirements, standards and policies | ||||||
16 | which
Northeastern Illinois University applies to applicants | ||||||
17 | for
admission generally to its respective
undergraduate | ||||||
18 | colleges and programs.
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19 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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20 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
21 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
22 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
23 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
24 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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25 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
26 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of |
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1 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
2 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
3 | Education.
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4 | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | ||||||
5 | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | ||||||
6 | Section.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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8 | (110 ILCS 680/25-91 rep.)
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9 | Section 85. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | ||||||
10 | amended by repealing Section 25-91. | ||||||
11 | Section 90. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
12 | by changing Section 30-90 as follows:
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13 | (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
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14 | Sec. 30-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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15 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
16 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
17 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
18 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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19 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
20 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
21 | University.
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22 | (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois
University | ||||||
23 | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at |
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1 | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
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2 | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | ||||||
3 | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | ||||||
4 | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | ||||||
5 | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | ||||||
6 | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | ||||||
7 | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | ||||||
8 | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | ||||||
9 | qualify for admission to Northern
Illinois University
under the | ||||||
10 | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | ||||||
11 | Northern
Illinois University applies to applicants for | ||||||
12 | admission generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges | ||||||
13 | and programs.
| ||||||
14 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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15 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
16 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
17 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
18 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
19 | waiver benefits under this Section.
| ||||||
20 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
21 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
22 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
23 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
24 | Education.
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25 | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | ||||||
26 | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this |
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1 | Section.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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3 | (110 ILCS 685/30-91 rep.)
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4 | Section 95. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
5 | by repealing Section 30-91. | ||||||
6 | Section 100. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
7 | by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
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8 | (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
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9 | Sec. 35-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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10 | (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | ||||||
11 | university" means any
of the following: the University of | ||||||
12 | Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | ||||||
13 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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14 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
15 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
16 | University.
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17 | (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois
University | ||||||
18 | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | ||||||
19 | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
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20 | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | ||||||
21 | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | ||||||
22 | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | ||||||
23 | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an |
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1 | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | ||||||
2 | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | ||||||
3 | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | ||||||
4 | qualify for admission to Western Illinois University
under the | ||||||
5 | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | ||||||
6 | Western
Illinois University applies to applicants for | ||||||
7 | admission generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges | ||||||
8 | and programs.
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9 | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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10 | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | ||||||
11 | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | ||||||
12 | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | ||||||
13 | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | ||||||
14 | waiver benefits under this Section.
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15 | (d) (Blank). No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated | ||||||
16 | to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
17 | this Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver | ||||||
18 | limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | ||||||
19 | Education.
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20 | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | ||||||
21 | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | ||||||
22 | Section.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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24 | (110 ILCS 690/35-91 rep.)
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25 | Section 105. The Western Illinois University Law is amended |
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1 | by repealing Section 35-91.
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2 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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