Bill Text: IL HB4300 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Removes a provision providing that the variable tuition rates and fees established by the board of trustees of a community college district for students attending a public community college shall not exceed 1/3 of the per capita cost of the college.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4300 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4300-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4300 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 805/6-4 from Ch. 122, par. 106-4
Amends the Public Community College Act. Removes a provision providing that the variable tuition rates and fees established by the board of trustees of a community college district for students attending a public community college shall not exceed 1/3 of the per capita cost of the college.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
changing Section 6-4 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/6-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-4)
Sec. 6-4. Variable rates and fees. Any community college
district, by resolution of the board, may establish variable
tuition rates and fees for students attending its college in an
amount not to exceed 1/3 of the per capita cost as defined in
Section 6-2, provided that voluntary contributions, as defined
in Section 65 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act,
shall not be included in any calculation of community college
tuition and fee rates for the purpose of this Section.
Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, if a person is
utilizing benefits under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans
Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or any subsequent variation
of that Act, then the board shall deem that person an
in-district resident for tuition purposes. Beginning with the
2015-2016 academic year, if a person is utilizing benefits
under the federal All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance
Program, then the board shall deem that person an in-district
resident for tuition purposes.

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(Source: P.A. 98-306, eff. 8-12-13; 99-309, eff. 8-7-15.)