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91_SB1589
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1 AN ACT to amend the Board of Higher Education Act by
2 changing Section 9.24.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
6 by changing Section 9.24 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 205/9.24)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2000)
9 Sec. 9.24. Sports Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics.
10 For the purpose of attaining gender equity in intercollegiate
11 athletics, public institutions of higher education may grant,
12 in addition to any such amounts previously authorized by the
13 Board, tuition waivers in an amount not to exceed 1% of all
14 tuition income. Intercollegiate athletics, for purposes of
15 this Section, shall include only those sports sanctioned by
16 the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National
17 Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, but shall not
18 include club sports.
19 Before issuing any such tuition waiver, public
20 institutions of higher education shall place on file with the
21 Board a plan for achieving gender equity in intercollegiate
22 athletics. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:
23 (1) intercollegiate sports opportunities available
24 to both men and women;
25 (2) activities to be undertaken by the institution
26 to achieve gender equity in intercollegiate athletics;
27 (3) identification of the barriers to achieving and
28 maintaining equitable intercollegiate athletic
29 opportunities for men and women;
30 (4) progress in achieving sports equity in
31 compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of
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1 1972; and
2 (5) the use of tuition waivers for attaining gender
3 equity in intercollegiate sports.
4 The Board shall report every 3 2 years to the General
5 Assembly and the Governor, on or before the second Wednesday
6 of April December, beginning in 2002 1995, with a description
7 of the plans submitted by each public institution of higher
8 education relative to attainment of gender equity in
9 intercollegiate sports. The report shall include financial
10 data on tuition waivers and other intercollegiate athletic
11 expenditures for men and women, the effectiveness of the
12 plans, and the degree of compliance with Title IX of the
13 Higher Education Act of 1965.
14 This Section is repealed on December 31, 2000.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-166, eff. 7-19-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.