Bill Text: IL SB3704 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish an online statewide direct admissions program to provide more high school seniors with the opportunity to obtain a postsecondary certificate or degree. Provides that the Board shall receive the grades of each high school student from district uploads to the Board. Provides that a student shall receive conditional acceptance to a public university or to a public community college based on his or her grade point average and college entrance examination scores relative to the benchmark grade point average and college entrance examination score set by the Board. Sets forth additional provisions of the program. Effective January 1, 2022.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3704 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3704-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3704 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 205/9.39 new
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish an online statewide direct admissions program to provide more high school seniors with the opportunity to obtain a postsecondary certificate or degree. Provides that the Board shall receive the grades of each high school student from district uploads to the Board. Provides that a student shall receive conditional acceptance to a public university or to a public community college based on his or her grade point average and college entrance examination scores relative to the benchmark grade point average and college entrance examination score set by the Board. Sets forth additional provisions of the program. Effective January 1, 2022.
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AN ACT concerning higher 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
adding Section 9.39 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/9.39 new)
Sec. 9.39. Direct admissions program.
(a) The Board of Higher Education shall create an online
statewide direct admissions program to provide more high school
seniors with the opportunity to obtain a postsecondary
certificate or degree. The Board shall model the program after
the Direct Admissions initiative in Idaho. The Board shall
receive the grades of each high school student from school
district uploads to the State Board of Education. The Board
shall establish a benchmark grade point average and college
entrance examination score to determine a student's admission
eligibility. A student at or above the benchmark shall be
conditionally admitted, pending the student's successful
completion of high school, to the following public
universities: University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois
University, Governors State University, Illinois State
University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern

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Illinois University, Western Illinois University, or any other
public university or college now or hereafter established or
authorized by the General Assembly. A student who does not meet
the benchmark grade point average and college entrance
examination score shall be conditionally admitted, pending the
student's successful completion of high school, to the public
community college located in his or her district.
(b) A student and his or her family shall receive
notification separately about the student's conditional
acceptance. The notification shall encourage the student to
research the academic, professional, technical, and vocational
programs offered by the public universities and community
colleges located in the State. The student must complete and
submit a direct admissions application for admission to the
institution or institutions of his or her choice. The student
shall not be required to pay an application fee for admission
to the institution or institutions to which he or she applies.
Any application fee associated with the direct admissions
application form shall be credited on the student's first
tuition statement issued by the institution.
(c) The Board shall adopt any rules necessary to implement
this program.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2022.