Illinois House Bill 5784 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Authorizes the governing board of each public university to develop a fixed tuition rate program for qualified students who agree to transfer to the university within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's degree at a public community college in this State. Provides that under the program, the university must (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an associate's degree program at a public community college, on successful completion of the associate's degree program, transfer admission to the university within the 12-month period; and (2) charge tuition to a participating student for any semester or other academic term during a period of at least 24 months following the student's initial enrollment in the university at the same rate the university would have charged to the student during the later of (i) the fall semester of the student's freshman year at the public community college had the student entered the university as a freshman student or (ii) the fall semester of the second academic year preceding the academic year of the student's initial enrollment in the university.

UNIV-FIXED TUITION RATE PROG

Rep. Kay Hatcher [R]

Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Rep. Paul Evans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2012-02-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Evans
2012-02-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
2012-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2012-02-16	House	First Reading
2012-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
110	305	80	New Code	See Bill Text
110	520	65	New Code	See Bill Text
110	660	5-175	New Code	See Bill Text
110	665	10-175	New Code	See Bill Text
110	670	15-175	New Code	See Bill Text
110	675	20-180	New Code	See Bill Text
110	680	25-175	New Code	See Bill Text
110	685	30-185	New Code	See Bill Text
110	690	35-180	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5784&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB5784.htm