Bill Text: IL HB4749 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4749 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4749-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 University of Illinois Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 8. Admissions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) (Blank). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | student also has satisfactorily completed: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the following 5 categories: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | and government); | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | fundamentals of computer programming); | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | agricultural sciences); and |
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1 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
2 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
3 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
4 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
5 | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | ||||||
6 | applicants if the institution determines through | ||||||
7 | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | ||||||
8 | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | ||||||
9 | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | ||||||
10 | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | ||||||
11 | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | ||||||
12 | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | ||||||
13 | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | ||||||
14 | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the | ||||||
15 | University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the | ||||||
16 | University's admissions process against an applicant for | ||||||
17 | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | ||||||
18 | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | ||||||
19 | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | ||||||
20 | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | ||||||
21 | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | ||||||
22 | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | ||||||
23 | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | ||||||
24 | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | ||||||
25 | either case, the institution incorporates in the | ||||||
26 | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other |
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1 | academic activities that compensate for course | ||||||
2 | deficiencies; and | ||||||
3 | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | ||||||
4 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
5 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
6 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
7 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
8 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
9 | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
10 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
11 | coursework required by subsection (b). | ||||||
12 | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
13 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
14 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
15 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
16 | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | ||||||
17 | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted | ||||||
18 | to submit an application for admission to the University as a | ||||||
19 | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | ||||||
20 | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | ||||||
21 | University may request that the Department of Veterans' | ||||||
22 | Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably | ||||||
23 | discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall | ||||||
24 | semester. | ||||||
25 | (f) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
26 | of Trustees shall waive any admissions application fee for a |
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1 | student transferring from a public community college in this | ||||||
2 | State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last | ||||||
3 | semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate | ||||||
4 | with a degree. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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6 | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | ||||||
7 | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
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8 | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 8e. Admissions. | ||||||
10 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
11 | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | ||||||
12 | student also has satisfactorily completed: | ||||||
13 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
14 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
15 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
16 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
17 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
18 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
19 | and government); | ||||||
20 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
21 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
22 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
23 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
24 | agricultural sciences); and |
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1 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
2 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
3 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
4 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
5 | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | ||||||
6 | applicants if the institution determines through | ||||||
7 | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | ||||||
8 | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | ||||||
9 | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | ||||||
10 | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | ||||||
11 | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | ||||||
12 | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | ||||||
13 | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | ||||||
14 | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern | ||||||
15 | Illinois University shall not discriminate in the | ||||||
16 | University's admissions process against an applicant for | ||||||
17 | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | ||||||
18 | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | ||||||
19 | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | ||||||
20 | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | ||||||
21 | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | ||||||
22 | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | ||||||
23 | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | ||||||
24 | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | ||||||
25 | either case, the institution incorporates in the | ||||||
26 | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other |
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1 | academic activities that compensate for course | ||||||
2 | deficiencies; and | ||||||
3 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
4 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
5 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
6 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
7 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
8 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
9 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
10 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
11 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
12 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
13 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
14 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
15 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
16 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
17 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
18 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
19 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
20 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
21 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
22 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
23 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
24 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
25 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
26 | transferring from a public community college in this State if |
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1 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
2 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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4 | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 5-85 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 660/5-85) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5-85. Admissions. | ||||||
8 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
9 | of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University | ||||||
10 | unless such student also has satisfactorily completed: | ||||||
11 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
12 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
13 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
14 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
15 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
16 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
17 | and government); | ||||||
18 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
19 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
20 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
21 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
22 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
23 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
24 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
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1 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
2 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
3 | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | ||||||
4 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
5 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
6 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
7 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
8 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
9 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
10 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
11 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
12 | Trustees of Chicago State University shall not | ||||||
13 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
14 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
15 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
16 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State | ||||||
17 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
18 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
19 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
20 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
21 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
22 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
23 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
24 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
25 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
26 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
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1 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
2 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
3 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
4 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
5 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
6 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
7 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
8 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
9 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
10 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
11 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
12 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
13 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
14 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
15 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
16 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
17 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
18 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
19 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
20 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
21 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
22 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
23 | transferring from a public community college in this State if | ||||||
24 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
25 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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1 | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
2 | by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
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3 | (110 ILCS 665/10-85) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 10-85. Admissions. | ||||||
5 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
6 | of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois | ||||||
7 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
8 | completed: | ||||||
9 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
10 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
11 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
12 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
13 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
14 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
15 | and government); | ||||||
16 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
17 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
18 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
19 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
20 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
21 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
22 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
23 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
24 | agricultural education, or art; |
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1 | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | ||||||
2 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
3 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
4 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
5 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
6 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
7 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
8 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
9 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
10 | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not | ||||||
11 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
12 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
13 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
14 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois | ||||||
15 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
16 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
17 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
18 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
19 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
20 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
21 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
22 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
23 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
24 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
25 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
26 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from |
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1 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
2 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
3 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
4 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
5 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
6 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
7 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
8 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
9 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
10 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
11 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
12 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
13 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
14 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
15 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
16 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
17 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
18 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
19 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
20 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
21 | transferring from a public community college in this State if | ||||||
22 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
23 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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25 | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended |
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1 | by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
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2 | (110 ILCS 670/15-85) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 15-85. Admissions. | ||||||
4 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
5 | of the departments or colleges of the Governors State | ||||||
6 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
7 | completed: | ||||||
8 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
9 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
10 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
11 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
12 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
13 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
14 | and government); | ||||||
15 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
16 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
17 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
18 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
19 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
20 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
21 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
22 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
23 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
24 | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | ||||||
25 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment |
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1 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
2 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
3 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
4 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
5 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
6 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
7 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
8 | Trustees of Governors State University shall not | ||||||
9 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
10 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
11 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
12 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State | ||||||
13 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
14 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
15 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
16 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
17 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
18 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
19 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
20 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
21 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
22 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
23 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
24 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
25 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
26 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 |
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1 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
2 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
3 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
4 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
5 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
6 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
7 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
8 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
9 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
10 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
11 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
12 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
13 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
14 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
15 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
16 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
17 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
18 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
19 | transferring from a public community college in this State if | ||||||
20 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
21 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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23 | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | ||||||
24 | by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
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1 | (110 ILCS 675/20-85) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 20-85. Admissions. | ||||||
3 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
4 | of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State | ||||||
5 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
6 | completed: | ||||||
7 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
8 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
9 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
10 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
11 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
12 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
13 | and government); | ||||||
14 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
15 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
16 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
17 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
18 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
19 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
20 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
21 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
22 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
23 | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | ||||||
24 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
25 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
26 | coursework taken, including career and technical education |
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1 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
2 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
3 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
4 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
5 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
6 | Trustees of Illinois State University shall not | ||||||
7 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
8 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
9 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
10 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State | ||||||
11 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
12 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
13 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
14 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
15 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
16 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
17 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
18 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
19 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
20 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
21 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
22 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
23 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
24 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
25 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
26 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
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1 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
2 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
3 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
4 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
5 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
6 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
7 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
8 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
9 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
10 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
11 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
12 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
13 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
14 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
15 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
16 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
17 | transferring from a public community college in this State if | ||||||
18 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
19 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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21 | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | ||||||
22 | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
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23 | (110 ILCS 680/25-85) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 25-85. Admissions. |
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1 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
2 | of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
3 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
4 | completed: | ||||||
5 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
6 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
7 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
8 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
9 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
10 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
11 | and government); | ||||||
12 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
13 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
14 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
15 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
16 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
17 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
18 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
19 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
20 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
21 | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | ||||||
22 | admit individual applicants if it determines through | ||||||
23 | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | ||||||
24 | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | ||||||
25 | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | ||||||
26 | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, |
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1 | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | ||||||
2 | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | ||||||
3 | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | ||||||
4 | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of | ||||||
5 | Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in | ||||||
6 | the University's admissions process against an applicant | ||||||
7 | for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | ||||||
8 | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | ||||||
9 | Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i) | ||||||
10 | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | ||||||
11 | minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and | ||||||
12 | (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are | ||||||
13 | admitted to the formal organized special assistance | ||||||
14 | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | ||||||
15 | providing that in either case, the institution | ||||||
16 | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum | ||||||
17 | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | ||||||
18 | course deficiencies; and | ||||||
19 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
20 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
21 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
22 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
23 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
24 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
25 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
26 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the |
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1 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
2 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
3 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
4 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
5 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
6 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
7 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
8 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
9 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
10 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
11 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
12 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
13 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
14 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
15 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
16 | transferring from a public community college in this State if | ||||||
17 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
18 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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20 | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | ||||||
21 | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
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22 | (110 ILCS 685/30-85) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 30-85. Admissions. | ||||||
24 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any |
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1 | of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | ||||||
2 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
3 | completed: | ||||||
4 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
5 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
6 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
7 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
8 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
9 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
10 | and government); | ||||||
11 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
12 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
13 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
14 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
15 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
16 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
17 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
18 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
19 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
20 | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | ||||||
21 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
22 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
23 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
24 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
25 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
26 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent |
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1 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
2 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
3 | Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not | ||||||
4 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
5 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
6 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
7 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois | ||||||
8 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
9 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
10 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
11 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
12 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
13 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
14 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
15 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
16 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
17 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
18 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
19 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
20 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
21 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
22 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
23 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
24 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
25 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
26 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
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1 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
2 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
3 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
4 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
5 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
6 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
7 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
8 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
9 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
10 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
11 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
12 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
13 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
14 | transferring from a public community college in this State if | ||||||
15 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
16 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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18 | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
19 | by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
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20 | (110 ILCS 690/35-85) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 35-85. Admissions. | ||||||
22 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
23 | of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | ||||||
24 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily |
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1 | completed: | ||||||
2 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
3 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
4 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
5 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
6 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
7 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
8 | and government); | ||||||
9 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
10 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
11 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
12 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
13 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
14 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
15 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
16 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
17 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
18 | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | ||||||
19 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
20 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
21 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
22 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
23 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
24 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
25 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
26 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of |
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1 | Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not | ||||||
2 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
3 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
4 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
5 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois | ||||||
6 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
7 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
8 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
9 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
10 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
11 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
12 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
13 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
14 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
15 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
16 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
17 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
18 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
19 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
20 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
21 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
22 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
23 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
24 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
25 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
26 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
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1 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
2 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
3 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
4 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
5 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
6 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
7 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
8 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
9 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
10 | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | ||||||
11 | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | ||||||
12 | transferring from a public community college in this State if | ||||||
13 | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | ||||||
14 | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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