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1 AN ACT relating to 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. Full tuition discount 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 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition
17 waivers for undergraduate education at any campus under its
18 governance or supervision to the children of employees,
19 including retired employees, of an Illinois college or
20 university who have been employed by any one or by more than
21 one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
22 at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person receiving
23 a retirement or disability retirement annuity under the
24 Illinois Pension Code based on at least 7 years of service
25 with one or more than one Illinois college or university,
26 including a person who already is receiving such an annuity
27 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
28 General Assembly. To be eligible to receive a full tuition
29 discount partial tuition waiver, the child of any such an
30 employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
31 under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
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1 during which the full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
2 is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to
3 the University of Illinois under the same admissions
4 requirements, standards and policies which the University of
5 Illinois applies to applicants for admission generally to its
6 respective undergraduate colleges 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 full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
11 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
12 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
13 benefits under this Section.
14 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
15 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
16 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
17 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
18 Board of Higher Education.
19 (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
20 regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
21 provisions of this Section.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
23 Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
24 Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
25 (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
26 Sec. 8f. Full tuition discount Partial tuition waivers.
27 (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
28 university" means any of the following: the University of
29 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
30 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
31 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
32 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
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1 Illinois University.
2 (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
3 University shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition
4 waivers for undergraduate education at any campus under its
5 governance or supervision to the children of employees,
6 including retired employees, of an Illinois college or
7 university who have been employed by any one or by more than
8 one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
9 at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person receiving
10 a retirement or disability retirement annuity under the
11 Illinois Pension Code based on at least 7 years of service
12 with one or more than one Illinois college or university,
13 including a person who already is receiving such an annuity
14 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
15 General Assembly. To be eligible to receive a full tuition
16 discount partial tuition waiver, the child of any such an
17 employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
18 under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
19 during which the full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
20 is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to
21 Southern Illinois University under the same admissions
22 requirements, standards and policies which Southern Illinois
23 University applies to applicants for admission generally to
24 its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
25 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
26 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
27 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
28 have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
29 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
30 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
31 benefits under this Section.
32 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
33 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
34 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
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1 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
2 Board of Higher Education.
3 (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
4 regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
5 provisions of this Section.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
7 Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended
8 by changing Section 5-90 as follows:
9 (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
10 Sec. 5-90. Full tuition discount Partial tuition
11 waivers.
12 (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
13 university" means any of the following: the University of
14 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
15 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
16 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
17 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
18 Illinois University.
19 (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State University
20 shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
21 undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
22 the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
23 Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
24 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
25 aggregate period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee"
26 means a person receiving a retirement or disability
27 retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on
28 at least 7 years of service with one or more than one
29 Illinois college or university, including a person who
30 already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
31 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. To be
32 eligible to receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
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1 waiver, the child of any such an employee of an Illinois
2 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
3 commencement of the academic year during which the full
4 tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
5 and (ii) must qualify for admission to Chicago State
6 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
7 and policies which Chicago State University applies to
8 applicants for admission generally to its respective
9 undergraduate colleges and programs.
10 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
11 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
12 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
13 have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
14 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
15 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
16 benefits under this Section.
17 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
18 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
19 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
20 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
21 Board of Higher 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 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is
27 amended by changing Section 10-90 as follows:
28 (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
29 Sec. 10-90. Full tuition discount Partial tuition
30 waivers.
31 (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
32 university" means any of the following: the University of
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1 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
2 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
3 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
4 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
5 Illinois University.
6 (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois University
7 shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
8 undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
9 the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
10 Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
11 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
12 aggregate period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee"
13 means a person receiving a retirement or disability
14 retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on
15 at least 7 years of service with one or more than one
16 Illinois college or university, including a person who
17 already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
18 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. To be
19 eligible to receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
20 waiver, the child of any such an employee of an Illinois
21 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
22 commencement of the academic year during which the full
23 tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
24 and (ii) must qualify for admission to Eastern Illinois
25 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
26 and policies which Eastern Illinois University applies to
27 applicants for admission generally to its respective
28 undergraduate colleges and programs.
29 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
30 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
31 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
32 have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
33 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
34 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
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1 benefits under this Section.
2 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
3 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
4 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
5 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
6 Board of Higher 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 25. The Governors State University Law is
12 amended by changing Section 15-90 as follows:
13 (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
14 Sec. 15-90. Full tuition discount Partial tuition
15 waivers.
16 (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
17 university" means any of the following: the University of
18 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
19 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
20 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
21 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
22 Illinois University.
23 (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University
24 shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
25 undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
26 the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
27 Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
28 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
29 aggregate period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee"
30 means a person receiving a retirement or disability
31 retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on
32 at least 7 years of service with one or more than one
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1 Illinois college or university, including a person who
2 already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
3 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. To be
4 eligible to receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
5 waiver, the child of any such an employee of an Illinois
6 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
7 commencement of the academic year during which the full
8 tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
9 and (ii) must qualify for admission to Governors State
10 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
11 and policies which Governors State University applies to
12 applicants for admission generally to its respective
13 undergraduate colleges and programs.
14 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
15 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
16 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
17 have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
18 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
19 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
20 benefits under this Section.
21 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
22 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
23 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
24 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
25 Board of Higher 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 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended
31 by changing Section 20-90 as follows:
32 (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
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1 Sec. 20-90. Full tuition discount Partial tuition
2 waivers.
3 (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
4 university" means any of the following: the University of
5 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
6 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
7 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
8 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
9 Illinois University.
10 (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State University
11 shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
12 undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
13 the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
14 Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
15 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
16 aggregate period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee"
17 means a person receiving a retirement or disability
18 retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on
19 at least 7 years of service with one or more than one
20 Illinois college or university, including a person who
21 already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
22 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. To be
23 eligible to receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
24 waiver, the child of any such an employee of an Illinois
25 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
26 commencement of the academic year during which the full
27 tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
28 and (ii) must qualify for admission to Illinois State
29 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
30 and policies which Illinois State University applies to
31 applicants for admission generally to its respective
32 undergraduate colleges and programs.
33 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
34 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
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1 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
2 have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
3 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
4 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
5 benefits under this Section.
6 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
7 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
8 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
9 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
10 Board of Higher 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 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
16 amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:
17 (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
18 Sec. 25-90. Full tuition discount Partial tuition
19 waivers.
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
24 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
25 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
26 Illinois University.
27 (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
28 University shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition
29 waivers for undergraduate education at any campus under its
30 governance to the children of employees, including retired
31 employees, of an Illinois college or university who have been
32 employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or
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1 university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years.
2 "Retired employee" means a person receiving a retirement or
3 disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code
4 based on at least 7 years of service with one or more than
5 one Illinois college or university, including a person who
6 already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
7 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. To be
8 eligible to receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
9 waiver, the child of any such an employee of an Illinois
10 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
11 commencement of the academic year during which the full
12 tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
13 and (ii) must qualify for admission to Northeastern Illinois
14 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
15 and policies which Northeastern Illinois University applies
16 to applicants for admission generally to its respective
17 undergraduate colleges and programs.
18 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
19 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
20 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
21 have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
22 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
23 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
24 benefits under this Section.
25 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
26 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
27 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
28 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
29 Board of Higher Education.
30 (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
31 are necessary to implement and administer the provisions of
32 this Section.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is
2 amended by changing Section 30-90 as follows:
3 (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
4 Sec. 30-90. Full tuition discount Partial tuition
5 waivers.
6 (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
7 university" means any of the following: the University of
8 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
9 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
10 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
11 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
12 Illinois University.
13 (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois University
14 shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
15 undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
16 the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
17 Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
18 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
19 aggregate period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee"
20 means a person receiving a retirement or disability
21 retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on
22 at least 7 years of service with one or more than one
23 Illinois college or university, including a person who
24 already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
25 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. To be
26 eligible to receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
27 waiver, the child of any such an employee of an Illinois
28 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
29 commencement of the academic year during which the full
30 tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
31 and (ii) must qualify for admission to Northern Illinois
32 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
33 and policies which Northern Illinois University applies to
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1 applicants for admission generally to its respective
2 undergraduate colleges and programs.
3 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
4 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
5 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
6 have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
7 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
8 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
9 benefits under this Section.
10 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
11 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
12 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
13 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
14 Board of Higher Education.
15 (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
16 are necessary to implement and administer the provisions of
17 this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
19 Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is
20 amended by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
21 (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
22 Sec. 35-90. Full tuition discount Partial tuition
23 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 Western Illinois University
32 shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
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1 undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
2 the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
3 Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
4 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
5 aggregate period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee"
6 means a person receiving a retirement or disability
7 retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on
8 at least 7 years of service with one or more than one
9 Illinois college or university, including a person who
10 already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
11 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. To be
12 eligible to receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
13 waiver, the child of any such an employee of an Illinois
14 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
15 commencement of the academic year during which the full
16 tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
17 and (ii) must qualify for admission to Western Illinois
18 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
19 and policies which Western Illinois University applies to
20 applicants for admission generally to its respective
21 undergraduate colleges 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 full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
26 renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
27 undergraduate full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
28 benefits under this Section.
29 (d) No full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
30 offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
31 with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
32 any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois
33 Board of Higher Education.
34 (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
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1 are necessary to implement and administer the provisions of
2 this Section.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.