Bill Text: IL SB2098 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law. Provides that the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law shall develop an additional residential campus in a county with a population less then 400,000. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2098 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2098-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 Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 305/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1503-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 2. Establishment, Funding and Location. There is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | hereby created the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
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| 9 | which shall be a residential institution located in the Fox | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | River Valley in
close proximity to the national science | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | laboratories based in Illinois. The Academy may develop | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | additional campuses throughout the State, however, any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | additional campus does not need to serve as a residential | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | institution.
The Academy shall develop an additional | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | residential campus in a county with a population less then | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 400,000. The Academy shall be a State agency, funded by State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | appropriations,
private contributions
and endowments. Minimal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | fees for residential students may be charged. The
Academy may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | admit those students who have completed the academic
equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | of the 9th grade and may offer a program of secondary and
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| 21 | postsecondary course work.
Admission shall be determined by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | competitive examination.
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| 23 | In order to be eligible for State appropriations, the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Academy shall
submit to the Board of Higher Education not later | ||||||
| 2 | than the 1st day of
October of each year its budget proposal | ||||||
| 3 | for the operation and capital
needs of the Academy for its next | ||||||
| 4 | fiscal year.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
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| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law.
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