Bill Text: IL SB3565 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education (i) to ensure that any high school student in this State with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale) receives access to the opportunity of higher education and (ii) to guarantee admission to a public university; requires cooperation by the State Board of Education and public universities. Requires all high schools to provide the time, opportunity, and guidance to fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid for any student wishing to do so. Effective July 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3565 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3565-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB3565 Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 205/9.07a new
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education (i) to ensure that any high school student in this State with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale) receives access to the opportunity of higher education and (ii) to guarantee admission to a public university; requires cooperation by the State Board of Education and public universities. Requires all high schools to provide the time, opportunity, and guidance to fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid for any student wishing to do so. Effective July 1, 2018.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
changing Section 9.07a as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/9.07a new)
Sec. 9.07a. Access to opportunity and automatic admission.
The Board shall ensure that any high school student in this
State with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or better on a
4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale) receives access to
the opportunity of higher education and shall guarantee
admission to a public university. The State Board of Education
shall cooperate with the Board to ensure that each high school
student in this State and his or her parent or guardian is
provided, at the high school level, with the knowledge that the
student will qualify for automatic admission if he or she
maintains a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or better on a
4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale) through graduation
from high school. All high schools in this State shall provide
the time, opportunity, and guidance to fill out a Free
Application for Federal Student Aid for any student wishing to
do so. The Board shall work with each public university and
each public university shall cooperate with the Board to ensure

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that each high school student in this State with a 3.0
cumulative grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the
equivalent on a 5.0 scale) is admitted to a public university
that is in line with that student's academic interests and that
is academically appropriate for that student.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2018.