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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
5 amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 947/10)
7 Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, and except to the
8 extent that any of the following words or phrases is
9 specifically qualified by its context:
10 "Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance
11 Commission created by this Act.
12 "Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance of an
13 individual's status as a student in an institution of higher
14 learning, regardless of the terms used at the institution to
15 describe that status.
16 "Approved high school" means any public high school
17 located in this State; and any high school, located in this
18 State or elsewhere (whether designated as a high school,
19 secondary school, academy, preparatory school, or otherwise)
20 which in the judgment of the State Superintendent of Education
21 provides a course of instruction at the secondary level and
22 maintains standards of instruction substantially equivalent to
23 those of the public high schools located in this State.
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1 "Institution of higher learning", "qualified institution",
2 or "institution" means an educational organization located in
3 this State which
4 (1) provides at least an organized 2 year program of
5 collegiate grade in the liberal arts or sciences, or both,
6 directly applicable toward the attainment of a
7 baccalaureate degree or a program in health education
8 directly applicable toward the attainment of a
9 certificate, diploma, or an associate degree;
10 (2) either is
11 (A) operated by this State, or
12 (B) operated publicly or privately, not for
13 profit, or
14 (C) operated for profit, provided such for profit
15 organization
16 (i) offers degree programs which have been
17 approved by the Board of Higher Education for a
18 minimum of 3 years under the Academic Degree Act,
19 and
20 (ii) enrolls a majority of its students in
21 such degree programs, and
22 (iii) maintains an accredited status with the
23 Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of
24 the North Central Association of Colleges and
25 Schools;
26 (3) in the judgment of the Commission meets standards
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1 substantially equivalent to those of comparable
2 institutions operated by this State; and
3 (4) if so required by the Commission, uses the State
4 as its primary guarantor of student loans made under the
5 federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
6 For otherwise eligible educational organizations which provide
7 academic programs for incarcerated students, the terms
8 "institution of higher learning", "qualified institutions",
9 and "institution" shall specifically exclude academic programs
10 for incarcerated students except for students participating in
11 the monetary award program established under Section 35 of
12 this Act.
13 "Academic year" means a 12 month period of time, normally
14 but not exclusively, from September 1 of any year through
15 August 31 of the ensuing year.
16 "Full-time student" means any undergraduate student
17 enrolled in 12 or more semester or quarter hours of credit
18 courses in any given semester or quarter or in the equivalent
19 number of units of registration as determined by the
20 Commission.
21 "Part-time student" means any undergraduate student, other
22 than a full-time student, enrolled in 6 or more semester or
23 quarter hours of credit courses in any given semester or
24 quarter or in the equivalent number of units of registration
25 as determined by the Commission. Beginning with fiscal year
26 1999, the Commission may, on a program by program basis,
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1 expand this definition of "part-time student" to include
2 students who enroll in less than 6 semester or quarter hours of
3 credit courses in any given semester or quarter.
4 "Public university" means any public 4-year university in
5 this State.
6 "Public university campus" means any campus under the
7 governance or supervision of a public university.
8 (Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-1015, eff. 8-21-18.)
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