Bill Text: IL SB3582 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a public university has a law school, medical school, or nursing program, the governing board of the university shall establish an admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural students; defines "rural student". Provides that the governing board shall require each of these rural students to agree to return to the county where the student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. Effective July 1, 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3582 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3582-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) For purposes of this subsection (f), "rural student" | ||||||
26 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence |
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1 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
2 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
3 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
4 | nursing program, the Board of Trustees shall establish an | ||||||
5 | admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to | ||||||
6 | the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be | ||||||
7 | rural students. The Board of Trustees shall require each of | ||||||
8 | these rural students to agree to return to the county where the | ||||||
9 | student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 | ||||||
10 | years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or | ||||||
11 | nursing program. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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13 | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | ||||||
14 | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
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15 | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 8e. Admissions. | ||||||
17 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
18 | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | ||||||
19 | student also has satisfactorily completed: | ||||||
20 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
21 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
22 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
23 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
24 | years may be collegiate level instruction; |
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1 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
2 | and government); | ||||||
3 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
4 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
5 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
6 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
7 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
8 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
9 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
10 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
11 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
12 | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | ||||||
13 | applicants if the institution determines through | ||||||
14 | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | ||||||
15 | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | ||||||
16 | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | ||||||
17 | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | ||||||
18 | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | ||||||
19 | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | ||||||
20 | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | ||||||
21 | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern | ||||||
22 | Illinois University shall not discriminate in the | ||||||
23 | University's admissions process against an applicant for | ||||||
24 | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | ||||||
25 | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | ||||||
26 | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did |
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1 | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | ||||||
2 | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | ||||||
3 | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | ||||||
4 | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | ||||||
5 | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | ||||||
6 | either case, the institution incorporates in the | ||||||
7 | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other | ||||||
8 | academic activities that compensate for course | ||||||
9 | deficiencies; and | ||||||
10 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
11 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
12 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
13 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
14 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
15 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
16 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
17 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
18 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
19 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
20 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
21 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
22 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
23 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
24 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
25 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
26 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
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1 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
2 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
3 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
4 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
5 | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
6 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
7 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
8 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
9 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
10 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
11 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
12 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | ||||||
13 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
14 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
15 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
16 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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18 | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | ||||||
19 | changing Section 5-85 as follows:
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20 | (110 ILCS 660/5-85) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 5-85. Admissions. | ||||||
22 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
23 | of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University | ||||||
24 | unless such student also has satisfactorily completed: |
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1 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
2 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
3 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
4 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
5 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
6 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
7 | and government); | ||||||
8 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
9 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
10 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
11 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
12 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
13 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
14 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
15 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
16 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
17 | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | ||||||
18 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
19 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
20 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
21 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
22 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
23 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
24 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
25 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
26 | Trustees of Chicago State University shall not |
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1 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
2 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
3 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
4 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State | ||||||
5 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
6 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
7 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
8 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
9 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
10 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
11 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
12 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
13 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
14 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
15 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
16 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
17 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
18 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
19 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
20 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
21 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
22 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
23 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
24 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
25 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
26 | test as a prerequisite to admission. |
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1 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
2 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
3 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
4 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
5 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
6 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
7 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
8 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
9 | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
10 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
11 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
12 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
13 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
14 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
15 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
16 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | ||||||
17 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
18 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
19 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
20 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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22 | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
23 | by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
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24 | (110 ILCS 665/10-85) |
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1 | Sec. 10-85. Admissions. | ||||||
2 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
3 | of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois | ||||||
4 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
5 | completed: | ||||||
6 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
7 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
8 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
9 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
10 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
11 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
12 | and government); | ||||||
13 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
14 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
15 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
16 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
17 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
18 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
19 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
20 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
21 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
22 | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | ||||||
23 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
24 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
25 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
26 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established |
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1 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
2 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
3 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
4 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
5 | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not | ||||||
6 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
7 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
8 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
9 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois | ||||||
10 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
11 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
12 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
13 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
14 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
15 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
16 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
17 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
18 | activities that compensate for 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) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
15 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
16 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
17 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
18 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
19 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
20 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
21 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | ||||||
22 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
23 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
24 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
25 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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1 | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | ||||||
2 | by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
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3 | (110 ILCS 670/15-85) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 15-85. Admissions. | ||||||
5 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
6 | of the departments or colleges of the Governors State | ||||||
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 Governors State 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 Governors State 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. Governors State | ||||||
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) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
20 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
21 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
22 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
23 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
24 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
25 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
26 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural |
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1 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
2 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
3 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
4 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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6 | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | ||||||
7 | by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
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8 | (110 ILCS 675/20-85) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 20-85. Admissions. | ||||||
10 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
11 | of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State | ||||||
12 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
13 | completed: | ||||||
14 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
15 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
16 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
17 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
18 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
19 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
20 | and government); | ||||||
21 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
22 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
23 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
24 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
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1 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
2 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
3 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
4 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
5 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
6 | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | ||||||
7 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
8 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
9 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
10 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
11 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
12 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
13 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
14 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
15 | Trustees of Illinois State University shall not | ||||||
16 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
17 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
18 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
19 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State | ||||||
20 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
21 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
22 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
23 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
24 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
25 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
26 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
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1 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
2 | activities that compensate for course 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) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
25 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
26 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake |
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1 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
2 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
3 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
4 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
5 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | ||||||
6 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
7 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
8 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
9 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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11 | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | ||||||
12 | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
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13 | (110 ILCS 680/25-85) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 25-85. Admissions. | ||||||
15 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
16 | of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
17 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
18 | completed: | ||||||
19 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
20 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
21 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
22 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
23 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
24 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
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1 | and government); | ||||||
2 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
3 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
4 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
5 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
6 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
7 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
8 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
9 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
10 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
11 | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | ||||||
12 | admit individual applicants if it determines through | ||||||
13 | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | ||||||
14 | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | ||||||
15 | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | ||||||
16 | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | ||||||
17 | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | ||||||
18 | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | ||||||
19 | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | ||||||
20 | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of | ||||||
21 | Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in | ||||||
22 | the University's admissions process against an applicant | ||||||
23 | for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | ||||||
24 | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | ||||||
25 | Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i) | ||||||
26 | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the |
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1 | minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and | ||||||
2 | (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are | ||||||
3 | admitted to the formal organized special assistance | ||||||
4 | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | ||||||
5 | providing that in either case, the institution | ||||||
6 | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum | ||||||
7 | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | ||||||
8 | course deficiencies; and | ||||||
9 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
10 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
11 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
12 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
13 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
14 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
15 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
16 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
17 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
18 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
19 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
20 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
21 | test as a prerequisite to admission. | ||||||
22 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
23 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
24 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
25 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
26 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
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1 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
2 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
3 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
4 | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
5 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
6 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
7 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
8 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
9 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
10 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
11 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | ||||||
12 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
13 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
14 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
15 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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17 | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | ||||||
18 | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
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19 | (110 ILCS 685/30-85) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 30-85. Admissions. | ||||||
21 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
22 | of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | ||||||
23 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
24 | completed: |
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1 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
2 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
3 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
4 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
5 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
6 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
7 | and government); | ||||||
8 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
9 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
10 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
11 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
12 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
13 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
14 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
15 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
16 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
17 | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | ||||||
18 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
19 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
20 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
21 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | ||||||
22 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
23 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
24 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
25 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
26 | Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not |
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1 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
2 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
3 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
4 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois | ||||||
5 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
6 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
7 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
8 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
9 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
10 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
11 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
12 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
13 | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | ||||||
14 | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | ||||||
15 | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
16 | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | ||||||
17 | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | ||||||
18 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | ||||||
19 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | ||||||
20 | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
21 | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
22 | coursework required by subsection (a). | ||||||
23 | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
24 | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | ||||||
25 | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | ||||||
26 | test as a prerequisite to admission. |
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1 | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | ||||||
2 | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | ||||||
3 | application for admission to the University as a freshman | ||||||
4 | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | ||||||
5 | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | ||||||
6 | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | ||||||
7 | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | ||||||
8 | was on active duty during the fall semester. | ||||||
9 | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
10 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
11 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
12 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
13 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
14 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
15 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
16 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | ||||||
17 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
18 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
19 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
20 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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22 | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | ||||||
23 | by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
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24 | (110 ILCS 690/35-85) |
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1 | Sec. 35-85. Admissions. | ||||||
2 | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | ||||||
3 | of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | ||||||
4 | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | ||||||
5 | completed: | ||||||
6 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | ||||||
7 | the following 5 categories: | ||||||
8 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | ||||||
9 | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | ||||||
10 | years may be collegiate level instruction; | ||||||
11 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | ||||||
12 | and government); | ||||||
13 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | ||||||
14 | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | ||||||
15 | fundamentals of computer programming); | ||||||
16 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | ||||||
17 | agricultural sciences); and | ||||||
18 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | ||||||
19 | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | ||||||
20 | Language), music, career and technical education, | ||||||
21 | agricultural education, or art; | ||||||
22 | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | ||||||
23 | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | ||||||
24 | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | ||||||
25 | coursework taken, including career and technical education | ||||||
26 | courses and courses taken in a charter school established |
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1 | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | ||||||
2 | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | ||||||
3 | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | ||||||
4 | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | ||||||
5 | Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not | ||||||
6 | discriminate in the University's admissions process | ||||||
7 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
8 | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | ||||||
9 | under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois | ||||||
10 | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | ||||||
11 | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | ||||||
12 | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | ||||||
13 | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | ||||||
14 | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | ||||||
15 | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | ||||||
16 | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | ||||||
17 | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | ||||||
18 | activities that compensate for 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) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | ||||||
15 | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | ||||||
16 | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | ||||||
17 | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | ||||||
18 | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | ||||||
19 | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | ||||||
20 | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | ||||||
21 | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | ||||||
22 | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | ||||||
23 | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | ||||||
24 | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | ||||||
25 | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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