Bill Title: Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university to establish an admissions process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an application for admission to the University as a freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. Allows the university to request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall semester. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0806 [HB4627 Detail]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2016-05-24	54	0	5	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2016-04-20	115	0	1	0	116	Passed	Link	View