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 1        AN ACT concerning higher education.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 7f as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
 7        Sec. 7f.  Partial tuition waivers.
 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
12    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
13    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
14    Illinois University.
15        (b)  Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
16    Illinois shall offer 50% tuition  waivers  for  undergraduate
17    education  at  any campus under its governance or supervision
18    to the children of (i) employees of an  Illinois  college  or
19    university  who have been employed by any one or by more than
20    one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
21    at least 7 years or (ii) persons receiving  a  retirement  or
22    disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code
23    based  on  at least 20 years of service with one or more than
24    one Illinois college or  university,  including  persons  who
25    already  are  receiving such an annuity on the effective date
26    of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.   To  be
27    eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
28    employee  of  an  Illinois  college or university (i) must be
29    under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic  year
30    during  which  the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
31    and (ii) must qualify for  admission  to  the  University  of
 
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 1    Illinois  under  the  same admissions requirements, standards
 2    and policies which the  University  of  Illinois  applies  to
 3    applicants   for   admission   generally  to  its  respective
 4    undergraduate colleges and programs.
 5        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
 6    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
 7    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
 8    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
 9    as he or she has expended 4 years  of  undergraduate  partial
10    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
11        (d)  No  partial  tuition  waiver offered or allocated to
12    any eligible applicant in accordance with the  provisions  of
13    this  Section  shall  be  charged  against any tuition waiver
14    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
15    Education.
16        (e)  The Board of  Trustees  shall  prescribe  rules  and
17    regulations  as are necessary to implement and administer the
18    provisions of this Section.
19    (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

20        Section 10.  The Southern Illinois University  Management
21    Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:

22        (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
23        Sec. 8f.  Partial tuition waivers.
24        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
25    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
26    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
27    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
28    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
29    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
30    Illinois University.
31        (b)  Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
32    University  shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
 
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 1    education at any campus under its governance  or  supervision
 2    to  the  children  of (i) employees of an Illinois college or
 3    university who have been employed by any one or by more  than
 4    one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
 5    at  least  7  years or (ii) persons receiving a retirement or
 6    disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code
 7    based on at least 20 years of service with one or  more  than
 8    one  Illinois  college  or  university, including persons who
 9    already are receiving such an annuity on the  effective  date
10    of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.  To be
11    eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
12    employee of an Illinois college or  university  (i)  must  be
13    under  the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
14    during which the partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
15    and  (ii)  must  qualify  for  admission to Southern Illinois
16    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
17    and  policies  which  Southern Illinois University applies to
18    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
19    undergraduate colleges and programs.
20        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
21    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
22    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
23    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
24    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
25    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
26        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
27    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
28    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
29    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
30    Education.
31        (e)  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  prescribe rules and
32    regulations as are necessary to implement and administer  the
33    provisions of this Section.
34    (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
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 1        Section  15.  The Chicago State University Law is amended
 2    by changing Section 5-90 as follows:

 3        (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
 4        Sec. 5-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
 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
 9    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
10    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
11    Illinois University.
12        (b)  Each year the  Board  of  Chicago  State  University
13    shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education
14    at any campus under its governance to  the  children  of  (i)
15    employees  of an Illinois college or university who have been
16    employed by any one or by more than one Illinois  college  or
17    university  for  an  aggregate  period of at least 7 years or
18    (ii) persons receiving a retirement or disability  retirement
19    annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20
20    years of service with one or more than one  Illinois  college
21    or  university,  including  persons who already are receiving
22    such an annuity on the effective date of this amendatory  Act
23    of  the  92nd  General Assembly.  To be eligible to receive a
24    partial tuition waiver,  the  child  of  an  employee  of  an
25    Illinois  college  or university (i) must be under the age of
26    25 at the commencement of the academic year during which  the
27    partial  tuition  waiver  is  to  be effective, and (ii) must
28    qualify for admission to Chicago State University  under  the
29    same  admissions  requirements,  standards and policies which
30    Chicago State University applies to applicants for  admission
31    generally   to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges  and
32    programs.
33        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
 
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 1    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
 2    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
 3    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
 4    as he or she has expended 4 years  of  undergraduate  partial
 5    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
 6        (d)  No  partial  tuition  waiver offered or allocated to
 7    any eligible applicant in accordance with the  provisions  of
 8    this  Section  shall  be  charged  against any tuition waiver
 9    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
10    Education.
11        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
12    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
13    this Section.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

15        Section 20.   The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law  is
16    amended by changing Section 10-90 as follows:

17        (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
18        Sec. 10-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
19        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
20    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
21    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
22    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
23    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
24    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
25    Illinois University.
26        (b)  Each  year  the Board of Eastern Illinois University
27    shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate  education
28    at  any  campus  under  its governance to the children of (i)
29    employees of an Illinois college or university who have  been
30    employed  by  any one or by more than one Illinois college or
31    university for an aggregate period of at  least  7  years  or
32    (ii)  persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement
 
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 1    annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least  20
 2    years  of  service with one or more than one Illinois college
 3    or university, including persons who  already  are  receiving
 4    such  an annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act
 5    of the 92nd General Assembly.  To be eligible  to  receive  a
 6    partial  tuition  waiver,  the  child  of  an  employee of an
 7    Illinois college or university (i) must be under the  age  of
 8    25  at the commencement of the academic year during which the
 9    partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,  and  (ii)  must
10    qualify  for  admission  to Eastern Illinois University under
11    the same  admissions  requirements,  standards  and  policies
12    which  Eastern  Illinois University applies to applicants for
13    admission generally to its respective undergraduate  colleges
14    and programs.
15        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
16    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
17    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
18    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
19    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
20    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
21        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
22    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
23    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
24    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
25    Education.
26        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
27    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
28    this Section.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

30        Section  25.   The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
31    amended by changing Section 15-90 as follows:

32        (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
 
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 1        Sec. 15-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
 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
 6    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
 7    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
 8    Illinois University.
 9        (b)  Each  year  the  Board of Governors State University
10    shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate  education
11    at  any  campus  under  its governance to the children of (i)
12    employees of an Illinois college or university who have  been
13    employed  by  any one or by more than one Illinois college or
14    university for an aggregate period of at  least  7  years  or
15    (ii)  persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement
16    annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least  20
17    years  of  service with one or more than one Illinois college
18    or university, including persons who  already  are  receiving
19    such  an annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act
20    of the 92nd General Assembly.  To be eligible  to  receive  a
21    partial  tuition  waiver,  the  child  of  an  employee of an
22    Illinois college or university (i) must be under the  age  of
23    25  at the commencement of the academic year during which the
24    partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,  and  (ii)  must
25    qualify for admission to Governors State University under the
26    same  admissions  requirements,  standards and policies which
27    Governors  State  University  applies   to   applicants   for
28    admission  generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
29    and programs.
30        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
31    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
32    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
33    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
34    as he or she has expended 4 years  of  undergraduate  partial
 
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 1    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
 2        (d)  No  partial  tuition  waiver offered or allocated to
 3    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.
 7        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
 8    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
 9    this Section.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

11        Section 30.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
12    by changing Section 20-90 as follows:

13        (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
14        Sec. 20-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
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
19    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
20    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
21    Illinois University.
22        (b)  Each year the Board  of  Illinois  State  University
23    shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education
24    at any campus under its governance to  the  children  of  (i)
25    employees  of an Illinois college or university who have been
26    employed by any one or by more than one Illinois  college  or
27    university  for  an  aggregate  period of at least 7 years or
28    (ii) persons receiving a retirement or disability  retirement
29    annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20
30    years of service with one or more than one  Illinois  college
31    or  university,  including  persons who already are receiving
32    such an annuity on the effective date of this amendatory  Act
 
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 1    of  the  92nd  General Assembly.  To be eligible to receive a
 2    partial tuition waiver,  the  child  of  an  employee  of  an
 3    Illinois  college  or university (i) must be under the age of
 4    25 at the commencement of the academic year during which  the
 5    partial  tuition  waiver  is  to  be effective, and (ii) must
 6    qualify for admission to Illinois State University under  the
 7    same  admissions  requirements,  standards and policies which
 8    Illinois State University applies to applicants for admission
 9    generally  to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges   and
10    programs.
11        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
12    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
13    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
14    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
15    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
16    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
17        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
18    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
19    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
20    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
21    Education.
22        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
23    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
24    this Section.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

26        Section  35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
27    amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:

28        (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
29        Sec. 25-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
30        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
31    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
32    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
 
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 1    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
 2    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
 3    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
 4    Illinois University.
 5        (b)  Each  year  the  Board  of   Northeastern   Illinois
 6    University  shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
 7    education at any campus under its governance to the  children
 8    of  (i)  employees  of  an Illinois college or university who
 9    have been employed by any one or by more  than  one  Illinois
10    college  or  university for an aggregate period of at least 7
11    years or (ii) persons receiving a  retirement  or  disability
12    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
13    at least 20 years of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
14    Illinois college or university, including persons who already
15    are  receiving  such an annuity on the effective date of this
16    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.  To be  eligible
17    to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee
18    of  an  Illinois  college or university (i) must be under the
19    age of 25 at the commencement of  the  academic  year  during
20    which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii)
21    must   qualify   for   admission   to  Northeastern  Illinois
22    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
23    and  policies  which Northeastern Illinois University applies
24    to applicants  for  admission  generally  to  its  respective
25    undergraduate colleges and programs.
26        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
27    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
28    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
29    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
30    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
31    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
32        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
33    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
34    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
 
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 1    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 2    Education.
 3        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
 4    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
 5    this Section.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

 7        Section  40.   The  Northern  Illinois  University Law is
 8    amended by changing Section 30-90 as follows:

 9        (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
10        Sec. 30-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
11        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
12    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
13    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
14    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
15    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
16    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
17    Illinois University.
18        (b)  Each year the Board of Northern Illinois  University
19    shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education
20    at any campus under its governance to  the  children  of  (i)
21    employees  of an Illinois college or university who have been
22    employed by any one or by more than one Illinois  college  or
23    university  for  an  aggregate  period of at least 7 years or
24    (ii) persons receiving a retirement or disability  retirement
25    annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20
26    years of service with one or more than one  Illinois  college
27    or  university,  including  persons who already are receiving
28    such an annuity on the effective date of this amendatory  Act
29    of  the  92nd  General Assembly.  To be eligible to receive a
30    partial tuition waiver,  the  child  of  an  employee  of  an
31    Illinois  college  or university (i) must be under the age of
32    25 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 Northern Illinois  University  under
 3    the  same  admissions  requirements,  standards  and policies
 4    which Northern Illinois University applies to applicants  for
 5    admission  generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
 6    and programs.
 7        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
 8    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
 9    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
10    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
11    as he or she has expended 4 years  of  undergraduate  partial
12    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
13        (d)  No  partial  tuition  waiver offered or allocated to
14    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.
18        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
19    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
20    this Section.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

22        Section 45.   The  Western  Illinois  University  Law  is
23    amended by changing Section 35-90 as follows:

24        (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
25        Sec. 35-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
26        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
27    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
28    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
29    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
30    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
31    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
32    Illinois University.
 
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 1        (b)  Each  year  the Board of Western Illinois University
 2    shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate  education
 3    at  any  campus  under  its governance to the children of (i)
 4    employees of an Illinois college or university who have  been
 5    employed  by  any one or by more than one Illinois college or
 6    university for an aggregate period of at  least  7  years  or
 7    (ii)  persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement
 8    annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least  20
 9    years  of  service with one or more than one Illinois college
10    or university, including persons who  already  are  receiving
11    such  an annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act
12    of the 92nd General Assembly.  To be eligible  to  receive  a
13    partial  tuition  waiver,  the  child  of  an  employee of an
14    Illinois college or university (i) must be under the  age  of
15    25  at the commencement of the academic year during which the
16    partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,  and  (ii)  must
17    qualify  for  admission  to Western Illinois University under
18    the same  admissions  requirements,  standards  and  policies
19    which  Western  Illinois University applies to applicants for
20    admission generally to its respective undergraduate  colleges
21    and programs.
22        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
23    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
24    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
25    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
26    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
27    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
28        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
29    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
30    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
31    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
32    Education.
33        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
34    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
 
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 1    this Section.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

 3        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
 4    July 1, 2002.

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