Bill Text: IL HB0524 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning gender equity in intercollegiate athletics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0524 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0524-Introduced.html
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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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 9.24 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 205/9.24)
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7 | Sec. 9.24. Sports Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics. For | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | the
the purpose of
attaining gender equity in intercollegiate | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | athletics, public institutions of
higher education may grant, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | in addition to any such amounts previously
authorized by the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Board, tuition waivers in an amount not to exceed 1% of all
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12 | tuition income. Intercollegiate athletics, for purposes of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | this Section, shall
include only those sports sanctioned by the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | National Collegiate Athletic
Association and the National | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, but
shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | include club sports. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Before issuing any such tuition waiver, public | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | institutions of higher
education shall place on file with the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Board a plan for achieving gender equity
in intercollegiate | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | athletics. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:
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21 | (1) intercollegiate sports opportunities available to | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | both men and women;
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23 | (2) activities to be undertaken by the institution to |
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1 | achieve gender
equity in intercollegiate athletics;
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2 | (3) identification of the barriers to achieving and | ||||||
3 | maintaining equitable
intercollegiate athletic | ||||||
4 | opportunities for men and women;
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5 | (4) progress in achieving sports equity in compliance | ||||||
6 | with Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972; and
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7 | (5) the use of tuition waivers for attaining gender | ||||||
8 | equity in
intercollegiate sports.
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9 | The Board shall report every 3 years to the General | ||||||
10 | Assembly and
the
Governor, on or before the second Wednesday of | ||||||
11 | April,
beginning in 2002,
with a description of the plans | ||||||
12 | submitted by each public institution of higher
education | ||||||
13 | relative to attainment of gender equity in intercollegiate | ||||||
14 | sports.
The report shall include financial data on tuition | ||||||
15 | waivers and other
intercollegiate athletic expenditures for | ||||||
16 | men and women, the effectiveness of
the plans, and the degree | ||||||
17 | of compliance with Title IX of the Higher Education
Act of | ||||||
18 | 1965.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 91-792, eff. 6-9-00.)
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