Bill Text: IL HR0670 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges all public and private colleges and universities in Illinois to freeze tuition costs during the entire length of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR0670 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0670-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Many public and private colleges and universities | ||||||
3 | across the country have frozen or lowered tuition and fees in | ||||||
4 | recent academic years in order to attract and retain students | ||||||
5 | in the middle of a historic health crisis; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Tuition freezing has been important in light of | ||||||
7 | the adverse impacts the coronavirus has had on students and | ||||||
8 | their families; and
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9 | WHEREAS, During the pandemic, students have faced a host | ||||||
10 | of devastating setbacks, including losing jobs that help them | ||||||
11 | pay for school, dealing with feelings of isolation and | ||||||
12 | loneliness, and experiencing the loss of family and friends to | ||||||
13 | COVID-19; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Despite many major U.S. colleges and universities | ||||||
15 | freezing tuition, the average tuition price has nonetheless | ||||||
16 | increased across public and private, two-year and four-year | ||||||
17 | institutions, as detailed in the College Board's Trends in | ||||||
18 | College Pricing and Student Aid 2021 report; the nonprofit's | ||||||
19 | annual report pulls from the latest available data on tuition | ||||||
20 | and fees, net college costs, student federal aid, education | ||||||
21 | borrowing and student loan debt, state and federal higher | ||||||
22 | education funding, and more; and
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1 | WHEREAS, For the 2021-2022 school year, the average | ||||||
2 | published tuition and fees for full-time undergraduate | ||||||
3 | students for public four-year in-state was $10,740, an | ||||||
4 | increase of $170 from 2020-2021 or 1.6% before adjusting for | ||||||
5 | inflation; for public four-year out-of-state, it was $27,560, | ||||||
6 | an increase of $410 or 1.5% before adjusting for inflation; | ||||||
7 | for public two-year in-district, it was $3,800, an increase of | ||||||
8 | $50 or 1.3% before adjusting for inflation; for private | ||||||
9 | nonprofit four-year, it was $38,070, an increase of $800 or | ||||||
10 | 2.1% before adjusting for inflation; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Increasing tuition costs as students grapple with | ||||||
12 | the repercussions of a global pandemic may make higher | ||||||
13 | education financially unfeasible for many; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
15 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
16 | we urge all public and private colleges and universities in | ||||||
17 | Illinois to freeze tuition costs during the entire length of | ||||||
18 | the COVID-19 pandemic; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | delivered to Governor JB Pritzker, House Speaker Emanuel | ||||||
21 | "Chris" Welch, Senate President Don Harmon, and Chair John | ||||||
22 | Atkinson of the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
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