Bill Text: IL SB2765 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Eastern Illinois University Law. Makes changes in provisions concerning the tuition waiver limitation pilot program. Removes language referring to the program as a pilot program, terminating the program after the 2015-2016 academic year, and repealing the provisions on July 1, 2019. Provides for an institutional tuition waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the program and thereafter (instead of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot program). Requires the Board of Trustees to report to the Board of Higher Education every 2 years instead of annually.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1100 [SB2765 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2765-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB2765 Introduced 1/30/2014, by Sen. Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 665/10-92
Amends the Eastern Illinois University Law. Makes changes in provisions concerning the tuition waiver limitation pilot program. Removes language referring to the program as a pilot program, terminating the program after the 2015-2016 academic year, and repealing the provisions on July 1, 2019. Provides for an institutional tuition waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the program and thereafter (instead of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot program). Requires the Board of Trustees to report to the Board of Higher Education every 2 years instead of annually.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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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 Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
by changing Section 10-92 as follows:
(110 ILCS 665/10-92)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2019)
Sec. 10-92. Tuition waiver limitation pilot program.
(a) The General Assembly makes all of the following
findings:
(1) Both access and affordability are important points
in the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career
Success.
(2) This State is in the top quartile with respect to
the percentage of family income needed to pay for college.
(3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase,
versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college
attendance decreases.
(4) There is further research indicating socioeconomic
status may affect the willingness of students to use loans
to attend college.
(5) Strategic use of tuition waivers will decrease the
amount of loans that students must use to pay for tuition.

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(6) A modest, individually tailored tuition waiver can
make the difference in choosing to attend college and would
enhance college access for low (up to 150% of the federal
poverty level) and middle income (151% to 300% of the
federal poverty level) families.
(7) Even if the federally calculated financial need for
college attendance is met, the federally determined
Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting
amount.
(8) This State is the second largest exporter of
students in the country.
(9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State.
State universities in other states have adopted pricing and
incentives that make college expenses for residents of this
State less than in this State.
(10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of
Illinois students to institutions in other states,
assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly
trained workforce.
(11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, this
State can bring out-of-state students to this State.
(12) The pilot program established under this Section
will allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for
highly qualified students who may reside in other states by
mitigating the effect of cost differences.
(13) Modest tuition waivers, individually targeted and

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tailored, result in enhanced revenue for university
programs.
(14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's
capacity to strategically use tuition waivers, the
University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition
revenue by increasing enrollment yields.
(15) The Board of Higher Education's current
institutional tuition waiver limitation is 3% of total
available undergraduate tuition revenue.
(b) The Board shall establish a pilot program to increase
the Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver
limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase
access to college and make college more affordable for
undergraduate students. Under the pilot program, the
institutional tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2
percentage points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage
points in the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in
the 2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the
2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition
waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot
program and thereafter.
(c) The pilot program shall require that students who
receive a tuition waiver under the pilot program be accepted to
the university through normal admissions standards and
processes. Individual tuition waivers granted under the pilot
program must not exceed $2,500 per academic year. The pilot

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program shall provide a maximum of one waiver per academic year
for a maximum of 4 years to each student in the pilot program
who maintains satisfactory academic progress. The pilot
program shall be terminated after the 2015-2016 academic year,
with no new students receiving waivers. However,
notwithstanding the Board of Higher Education's institutional
tuition waiver limitation, existing students receiving waivers
under the pilot program are eligible to maintain those waivers,
with satisfactory academic progress, under the 4-year
limitation, after the 2015-2016 academic year due to
maintenance of effort within their 4-year window. Sunset dates
for waiver support shall be based upon the first academic year
in which a student receives a waiver. The sunset dates are as
follows for each annual cohort of pilot program participants:
(1) Cohort 1: the beginning year is 2012-2013 and the
terminal year is 2015-2016.
(2) Cohort 2: the beginning year is 2013-2014 and the
terminal year is 2016-2017.
(3) Cohort 3: the beginning year is 2014-2015 and the
terminal year is 2017-2018.
(4) Cohort 4: the beginning year is 2015-2016 and the
terminal year is 2018-2019.
(d) Every 2 years, the The Board shall annually report to
the Board of Higher Education on the pilot program's impact on
tuition revenue, enrollment goals, and increasing access and
affordability on such dates as the Board of Higher Education

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shall determine.
(e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that
are necessary to implement this Section.
(f) (Blank). This Section is repealed on July 1, 2019.
(Source: P.A. 97-290, eff. 8-10-11.)