Bill Text: IL HB2503 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Adds language to provide that if a resident of a community college district wants to attend the community college maintained by the district of his or her residence, but the student wants to enroll in a program that is not offered by that community college and the community college does not have a contractual agreement for such a program, then the student may attend any recognized public community college in any other district and shall pay tuition and fees at the rate of the sending college. Sets forth provisions concerning financial assistance, a program directory, programmatic differences, application, enrollment, and completion of coursework, records and transcripts, the provision of services, athletic and other eligibility, and State grants. Makes conforming changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0159 [HB2503 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2503-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Adds language to provide that if a resident of a community college district wants to attend the community college maintained by the district of his or her residence, but the student wants to enroll in a program that is not offered by that community college and the community college does not have a contractual agreement for such a program, then the student may attend any recognized public community college in any other district and shall pay tuition and fees at the rate of the sending college. Sets forth provisions concerning financial assistance, a program directory, programmatic differences, application, enrollment, and completion of coursework, records and transcripts, the provision of services, athletic and other eligibility, and State grants. Makes conforming changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0159 [HB2503 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2503-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 6-1.5 and by changing Sections 6-2 and 6-4.1 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (110 ILCS 805/6-1.5 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 6-1.5. Attending community college outside of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | resident district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) The purpose of this Section is to expand educational | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | services to the greatest number of students in each community | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | college district and maximize the utilization of the finances, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | facilities, equipment, and personnel of each district to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | provide educational services that might otherwise be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | impracticable for a district individually. This Section is not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | intended to limit the ability of any community college | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | district to establish new units of instruction, research, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | public service under Section 3-25.1 of this Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) In this Section: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Receiving college" means the community college | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | district receiving a student from another community | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | college district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Sending college" means the community college district |
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1 | sending a student to another community college district. | ||||||
2 | (c) Pursuant to this Section, if a resident of a community | ||||||
3 | college district wants to attend the community college | ||||||
4 | maintained by the district of his or her residence, but the | ||||||
5 | student wants to enroll in a program that is not offered by | ||||||
6 | that community college and the community college does not have | ||||||
7 | a contractual agreement under Section 3-40 of this Act for | ||||||
8 | such a program, then the student, subject to Section 3-17, may | ||||||
9 | attend any recognized public community college in any other | ||||||
10 | district and shall pay tuition and fees at the in-district | ||||||
11 | rate of the receiving college. If the student is seeking State | ||||||
12 | or federal financial assistance, then the student shall apply | ||||||
13 | for assistance at the receiving college. | ||||||
14 | (d) The State Board shall maintain a program directory on | ||||||
15 | the State Board's website to assist community colleges in | ||||||
16 | determining which programs are offered at each community | ||||||
17 | college. At a minimum, this directory shall provide a | ||||||
18 | comparison of program titles and classification of | ||||||
19 | instructional program codes.
Delivery methods and minor | ||||||
20 | program differences, such as the length of a semester, online | ||||||
21 | versus in-person instruction, competency-based instruction, | ||||||
22 | and program credit hours, and minor course requirement | ||||||
23 | differences do not constitute a difference in a program for | ||||||
24 | purposes of attending another community college under this | ||||||
25 | Section. Programmatic differences shall be based upon | ||||||
26 | classification of instructional program codes, the |
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1 | occupational outlook for completers, or other substantial | ||||||
2 | programmatic differences. Determinations regarding | ||||||
3 | programmatic differences shall be first determined by the | ||||||
4 | sending college. The State Board shall establish a process for | ||||||
5 | resolving disputes between community college districts | ||||||
6 | regarding programmatic differences. | ||||||
7 | (e) Students who want to enroll at a receiving college | ||||||
8 | shall make an application to their sending college in | ||||||
9 | accordance with rules and procedures established and published | ||||||
10 | by their sending college. Community colleges shall make every | ||||||
11 | attempt to review such requests in a timely manner so as to not | ||||||
12 | impede the students' educational progress. Students shall | ||||||
13 | secure from their sending college a letter designating them as | ||||||
14 | participants in an approved program. A copy of such letter | ||||||
15 | shall be sent to the receiving college.
A student may not | ||||||
16 | enroll under the provisions of this Section in a program of a | ||||||
17 | receiving college at the in-district tuition rate if the | ||||||
18 | student's educational objectives can be met at the sending | ||||||
19 | college. | ||||||
20 | (f) Upon written approval from the sending college, a | ||||||
21 | student shall register at the receiving college and shall be a | ||||||
22 | member of the receiving college's district for the term of the | ||||||
23 | student's enrollment. A student may choose to complete any | ||||||
24 | required general education coursework and may take approved | ||||||
25 | courses at the sending college or at the receiving college. | ||||||
26 | Upon successful completion, courses taken at either the |
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1 | sending college or the receiving college shall be acceptable | ||||||
2 | for transfer to the sending college or receiving college for | ||||||
3 | completion of any program. The receiving college shall | ||||||
4 | maintain admission records and transcripts and issue any | ||||||
5 | degrees or certificates to the student upon completing the | ||||||
6 | educational program. The receiving college shall provide | ||||||
7 | copies of such records to the sending college at the student's | ||||||
8 | request or as part of any program verification for the sending | ||||||
9 | college. | ||||||
10 | (g) The receiving college shall provide access to its | ||||||
11 | learning resources center and other instructional resources | ||||||
12 | for students from the sending college, equal to those provided | ||||||
13 | for any other student at the receiving college. The receiving | ||||||
14 | college shall also provide counseling and guidance and other | ||||||
15 | services that facilitate the learning process. | ||||||
16 | (h) The receiving college shall be considered the | ||||||
17 | student's district for athletic eligibility, for any activity | ||||||
18 | in which the student officially represents a community | ||||||
19 | college, for the military, and for scholarships offered by the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Other athletic | ||||||
21 | eligibility requirements shall be determined by the rules of | ||||||
22 | the receiving college's athletic conference. Students from any | ||||||
23 | sending college are eligible at the receiving college for any | ||||||
24 | other extracurricular activities, scholarships, or other | ||||||
25 | recognition of excellence in the program for which they are | ||||||
26 | attending at the receiving college. |
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1 | (i) Except for equalization grants, the receiving college | ||||||
2 | is eligible to file claims for State grants under Section | ||||||
3 | 2-16.02 of this Act for any student from the sending college | ||||||
4 | enrolled in courses offered at the receiving college. The | ||||||
5 | receiving college shall provide the sending college with the | ||||||
6 | semester credit hours taken by each student from the sending | ||||||
7 | college for purposes of equalization grants. If the student | ||||||
8 | enrolls in courses offered at the sending college, the sending | ||||||
9 | college shall claim semester credit hours provided to the | ||||||
10 | student in attendance at the sending college.
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11 | (110 ILCS 805/6-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-2)
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12 | Sec. 6-2.
Any graduate of a recognized high school or | ||||||
13 | student otherwise
qualified to attend a public community | ||||||
14 | college and residing outside a
community college district but | ||||||
15 | within this State may, subject to Section 3-17, attend any | ||||||
16 | recognized public
community college in the State at the | ||||||
17 | tuition rate of a student residing in the district. Subject to | ||||||
18 | appropriation, the State Board shall pay the difference | ||||||
19 | between the in-district and out-of-district tuition amounts to | ||||||
20 | the community college district for any
semester or term of | ||||||
21 | that academic year.
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22 | If he or
she becomes a resident of a community college | ||||||
23 | district, he or she shall be
classified as a resident of that | ||||||
24 | district at the beginning of any semester or term following | ||||||
25 | that change of residence and the State Board shall no longer |
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1 | pay the difference in tuition rates.
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2 | If a resident of a community college district wishes to | ||||||
3 | attend the
community college maintained by the district of his | ||||||
4 | or her residence
but the program in which the student wishes to | ||||||
5 | enroll is not offered by that
community college, and the | ||||||
6 | community college maintained by the district
of his residence | ||||||
7 | does not have a contractual agreement under Section
3-40 of | ||||||
8 | this Act for such program, the student may attend any | ||||||
9 | recognized
public community college in some other district, | ||||||
10 | subject to the
provisions of Section 3-17, and have his or her | ||||||
11 | tuition, as defined
herein, paid by the community college | ||||||
12 | district of his or her residence
while enrolled in a program at | ||||||
13 | that college which is not offered by his or
her home community | ||||||
14 | college if he or she makes application to his or her
home board | ||||||
15 | at least 30 days prior to the beginning of any semester, | ||||||
16 | quarter
or term in accordance with rules, regulations and | ||||||
17 | procedures established
and published by his or her home board. | ||||||
18 | The payment of tuition by his or
her district of residence may | ||||||
19 | not exceed the per Per capita cost shall of the
community | ||||||
20 | college attended for the previous year, less certain
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21 | deductions, to be computed by adding all of the non-capital | ||||||
22 | expenditures for the previous year, including interest, to the | ||||||
23 | depreciation on the capital outlay expenditures paid from | ||||||
24 | sources other than State and federal funds, less any payments | ||||||
25 | toward non-capital expenditures received from State and | ||||||
26 | federal sources for the previous year (except for grants |
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1 | through the State Board under Section 2-16.02 of this Act), | ||||||
2 | and dividing that amount by the number of full-time equivalent | ||||||
3 | students for that fiscal year as defined under this Section. | ||||||
4 | This average per student computation shall be converted to a | ||||||
5 | semester hour base and further reduced by the combined rate of | ||||||
6 | State grants, other than equalization grants for the current | ||||||
7 | year as provided under Section 2-16.02 of this Act, and any | ||||||
8 | rate of tuition and fees assessed for all students for the | ||||||
9 | current year as authorized under Section 6-4 of this Act.
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10 | Payment shall be made hereunder to the community college | ||||||
11 | district of
attendance immediately upon receipt, by the | ||||||
12 | district liable for the
payment, of a statement from that | ||||||
13 | community college district of the
amount due it. Before | ||||||
14 | sending such a statement requesting payment,
however, the | ||||||
15 | community college district of attendance shall make all
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16 | calculations and deductions required under this Section so | ||||||
17 | that the
amount requested for payment is the exact amount | ||||||
18 | required under this
Section to be paid by the district liable | ||||||
19 | for payment.
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20 | If the moneys in the educational fund are insufficient to | ||||||
21 | meet such payments, the district liable for
such payments may | ||||||
22 | issue tax anticipation warrants as provided in Section
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23 | 3-20.10.
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24 | A full-time equivalent student for a semester or term is
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25 | defined as a student doing 15 semester hours of work per | ||||||
26 | semester or the equivalent thereof, and the
number of |
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1 | full-time equivalent students enrolled per term shall be
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2 | determined by dividing by 15 the total number of semester | ||||||
3 | hours for which State Board grants are received, or the
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4 | equivalent thereof, carried by all students of the college | ||||||
5 | through the
mid-term of each semester or term. The number of | ||||||
6 | full-time
equivalent students for a fiscal year shall be | ||||||
7 | computed by adding the total
number of semester hours of work | ||||||
8 | or the equivalent thereof
carried by all students of the | ||||||
9 | college through the mid-term of each
semester or term during | ||||||
10 | that fiscal year and dividing that sum by
30 semester hours. | ||||||
11 | Tuition of students
carrying more or less than 15 semester | ||||||
12 | hours of work per semester or the equivalent thereof shall be
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13 | computed in the proportion which the number of hours so | ||||||
14 | carried bears to 15
semester hours or the equivalent thereof.
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15 | If the United States Government, the State of Illinois, or | ||||||
16 | any agency
pays tuition for any community college student, | ||||||
17 | neither the district of
residence of the student nor the | ||||||
18 | student may be required to pay that
tuition or such part | ||||||
19 | thereof as is otherwise paid. No part of the
State's financial | ||||||
20 | responsibility provided for in Section 2-16
may be transferred | ||||||
21 | to a student's district of residence under this Section.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 100-884, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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23 | (110 ILCS 805/6-4.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-4.1)
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24 | Sec. 6-4.1.
If a resident of Illinois qualifies for | ||||||
25 | admission to a public
community college under Section 3-17 but |
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1 | does not qualify for financial
support under Section 6-1.5 or | ||||||
2 | 6-2, that person he may be enrolled in the college upon payment
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3 | of the difference between the per capita cost as defined in | ||||||
4 | Section 6-2
less any payments toward noncapital expenditures | ||||||
5 | received from State and
federal sources for the previous year | ||||||
6 | except grants through the State Board
as authorized in Section | ||||||
7 | 2-16 or 2-16.02, as the case may be, converted
to a semester | ||||||
8 | hour
base, and the combined rate of State grants other than | ||||||
9 | equalization grants
for the current year as authorized in | ||||||
10 | Section 2-16.02,
notwithstanding tuition
limits of Section | ||||||
11 | 6-4. Subject to Section 3-17, a public community college
may | ||||||
12 | accept out-of-state students upon payment of the per capita | ||||||
13 | cost as
defined in Section 6-2. Notwithstanding the provisions | ||||||
14 | of this Section, the
out-of-district or out-of-state tuition, | ||||||
15 | whichever is applicable, may be
waived for a student who is | ||||||
16 | employed for at least 35 hours per week by
an entity located
in | ||||||
17 | the district or is enrolled in a course that is being provided
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18 | under terms of a contract for services between the employing | ||||||
19 | entity and the college.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 100-884, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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