Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4749 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4749 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. Effective immediately. LRB103 36061 RJT 66148 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4749 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29 110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e 110 ILCS 660/5-85 110 ILCS 665/10-85 110 ILCS 670/15-85 110 ILCS 675/20-85 110 ILCS 680/25-85 110 ILCS 685/30-85 110 ILCS 690/35-85 Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. Effective immediately. LRB103 36061 RJT 66148 b LRB103 36061 RJT 66148 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4749 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29 110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e 110 ILCS 660/5-85 110 ILCS 665/10-85 110 ILCS 670/15-85 110 ILCS 675/20-85 110 ILCS 680/25-85 110 ILCS 685/30-85 110 ILCS 690/35-85
4	4	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29
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13	13	Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. Effective immediately.
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19	19	1 AN ACT concerning education.
20	20	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
21	21	3 represented in the General Assembly:
22	22	4 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
23	23	5 changing Section 8 as follows:
24	24	6 (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
25	25	7 Sec. 8. Admissions.
26	26	8 (a) (Blank).
27	27	9 (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
28	28	10 of the departments or colleges of the University unless such
29	29	11 student also has satisfactorily completed:
30	30	12 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
31	31	13 the following 5 categories:
32	32	14 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
33	33	15 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
34	34	16 years may be collegiate level instruction;
35	35	17 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
36	36	18 and government);
37	37	19 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
38	38	20 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
39	39	21 fundamentals of computer programming);
40	40	22 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
41	41	23 agricultural sciences); and
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46	46	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29 110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e 110 ILCS 660/5-85 110 ILCS 665/10-85 110 ILCS 670/15-85 110 ILCS 675/20-85 110 ILCS 680/25-85 110 ILCS 685/30-85 110 ILCS 690/35-85
47	47	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29
48	48	110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e
49	49	110 ILCS 660/5-85
50	50	110 ILCS 665/10-85
51	51	110 ILCS 670/15-85
52	52	110 ILCS 675/20-85
53	53	110 ILCS 680/25-85
54	54	110 ILCS 685/30-85
55	55	110 ILCS 690/35-85
56	56	Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. Effective immediately.
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92	92	1 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
93	93	2 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
94	94	3 Language), music, career and technical education,
95	95	4 agricultural education, or art;
96	96	5 (2) except that institutions may admit individual
97	97	6 applicants if the institution determines through
98	98	7 assessment or through evaluation based on learning
99	99	8 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
100	100	9 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
101	101	10 school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
102	102	11 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
103	103	12 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
104	104	13 expected to be acquired in the high school courses
105	105	14 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the
106	106	15 University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the
107	107	16 University's admissions process against an applicant for
108	108	17 admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
109	109	18 charter school established under Article 27A of the School
110	110	19 Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did
111	111	20 not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
112	112	21 preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2)
113	113	22 educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to
114	114	23 the formal organized special assistance programs that are
115	115	24 tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
116	116	25 either case, the institution incorporates in the
117	117	26 applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other
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128	128	1 academic activities that compensate for course
129	129	2 deficiencies; and
130	130	3 (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework
131	131	4 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
132	132	5 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
133	133	6 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
134	134	7 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
135	135	8 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
136	136	9 (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
137	137	10 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
138	138	11 coursework required by subsection (b).
139	139	12 (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has
140	140	13 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
141	141	14 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
142	142	15 test as a prerequisite to admission.
143	143	16 (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions
144	144	17 process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted
145	145	18 to submit an application for admission to the University as a
146	146	19 freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the
147	147	20 veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The
148	148	21 University may request that the Department of Veterans'
149	149	22 Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably
150	150	23 discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall
151	151	24 semester.
152	152	25 (f) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
153	153	26 of Trustees shall waive any admissions application fee for a
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164	164	1 student transferring from a public community college in this
165	165	2 State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last
166	166	3 semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate
167	167	4 with a degree.
168	168	5 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
169	169	6 Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
170	170	7 Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
171	171	8 (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
172	172	9 Sec. 8e. Admissions.
173	173	10 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
174	174	11 of the departments or colleges of the University unless such
175	175	12 student also has satisfactorily completed:
176	176	13 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
177	177	14 the following 5 categories:
178	178	15 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
179	179	16 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
180	180	17 years may be collegiate level instruction;
181	181	18 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
182	182	19 and government);
183	183	20 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
184	184	21 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
185	185	22 fundamentals of computer programming);
186	186	23 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
187	187	24 agricultural sciences); and
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198	198	1 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
199	199	2 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
200	200	3 Language), music, career and technical education,
201	201	4 agricultural education, or art;
202	202	5 (2) except that institutions may admit individual
203	203	6 applicants if the institution determines through
204	204	7 assessment or through evaluation based on learning
205	205	8 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
206	206	9 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
207	207	10 school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
208	208	11 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
209	209	12 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
210	210	13 expected to be acquired in the high school courses
211	211	14 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern
212	212	15 Illinois University shall not discriminate in the
213	213	16 University's admissions process against an applicant for
214	214	17 admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
215	215	18 charter school established under Article 27A of the School
216	216	19 Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did
217	217	20 not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
218	218	21 preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2)
219	219	22 educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to
220	220	23 the formal organized special assistance programs that are
221	221	24 tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
222	222	25 either case, the institution incorporates in the
223	223	26 applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other
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234	234	1 academic activities that compensate for course
235	235	2 deficiencies; and
236	236	3 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
237	237	4 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
238	238	5 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
239	239	6 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
240	240	7 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
241	241	8 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
242	242	9 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
243	243	10 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
244	244	11 coursework required by subsection (a).
245	245	12 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
246	246	13 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
247	247	14 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
248	248	15 test as a prerequisite to admission.
249	249	16 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
250	250	17 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
251	251	18 application for admission to the University as a freshman
252	252	19 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
253	253	20 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
254	254	21 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
255	255	22 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
256	256	23 was on active duty during the fall semester.
257	257	24 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
258	258	25 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
259	259	26 transferring from a public community college in this State if
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270	270	1 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
271	271	2 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
272	272	3 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
273	273	4 Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by
274	274	5 changing Section 5-85 as follows:
275	275	6 (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
276	276	7 Sec. 5-85. Admissions.
277	277	8 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
278	278	9 of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University
279	279	10 unless such student also has satisfactorily completed:
280	280	11 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
281	281	12 the following 5 categories:
282	282	13 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
283	283	14 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
284	284	15 years may be collegiate level instruction;
285	285	16 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
286	286	17 and government);
287	287	18 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
288	288	19 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
289	289	20 fundamentals of computer programming);
290	290	21 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
291	291	22 agricultural sciences); and
292	292	23 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
293	293	24 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
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304	304	1 Language), music, career and technical education,
305	305	2 agricultural education, or art;
306	306	3 (2) except that Chicago State University may admit
307	307	4 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
308	308	5 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
309	309	6 coursework taken, including career and technical education
310	310	7 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
311	311	8 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
312	312	9 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
313	313	10 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
314	314	11 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
315	315	12 Trustees of Chicago State University shall not
316	316	13 discriminate in the University's admissions process
317	317	14 against an applicant for admission because of the
318	318	15 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
319	319	16 under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State
320	320	17 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
321	321	18 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
322	322	19 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
323	323	20 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
324	324	21 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
325	325	22 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
326	326	23 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
327	327	24 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
328	328	25 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
329	329	26 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
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340	340	1 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
341	341	2 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
342	342	3 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
343	343	4 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
344	344	5 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
345	345	6 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
346	346	7 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
347	347	8 coursework required by subsection (a).
348	348	9 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
349	349	10 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
350	350	11 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
351	351	12 test as a prerequisite to admission.
352	352	13 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
353	353	14 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
354	354	15 application for admission to the University as a freshman
355	355	16 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
356	356	17 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
357	357	18 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
358	358	19 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
359	359	20 was on active duty during the fall semester.
360	360	21 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
361	361	22 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
362	362	23 transferring from a public community college in this State if
363	363	24 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
364	364	25 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
365	365	26 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
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376	376	1 Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
377	377	2 by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
378	378	3 (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
379	379	4 Sec. 10-85. Admissions.
380	380	5 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
381	381	6 of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois
382	382	7 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
383	383	8 completed:
384	384	9 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
385	385	10 the following 5 categories:
386	386	11 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
387	387	12 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
388	388	13 years may be collegiate level instruction;
389	389	14 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
390	390	15 and government);
391	391	16 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
392	392	17 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
393	393	18 fundamentals of computer programming);
394	394	19 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
395	395	20 agricultural sciences); and
396	396	21 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
397	397	22 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
398	398	23 Language), music, career and technical education,
399	399	24 agricultural education, or art;
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410	410	1 (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit
411	411	2 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
412	412	3 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
413	413	4 coursework taken, including career and technical education
414	414	5 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
415	415	6 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
416	416	7 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
417	417	8 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
418	418	9 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
419	419	10 Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not
420	420	11 discriminate in the University's admissions process
421	421	12 against an applicant for admission because of the
422	422	13 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
423	423	14 under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois
424	424	15 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
425	425	16 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
426	426	17 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
427	427	18 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
428	428	19 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
429	429	20 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
430	430	21 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
431	431	22 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
432	432	23 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
433	433	24 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
434	434	25 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
435	435	26 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
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446	446	1 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
447	447	2 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
448	448	3 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
449	449	4 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
450	450	5 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
451	451	6 coursework required by subsection (a).
452	452	7 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
453	453	8 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
454	454	9 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
455	455	10 test as a prerequisite to admission.
456	456	11 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
457	457	12 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
458	458	13 application for admission to the University as a freshman
459	459	14 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
460	460	15 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
461	461	16 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
462	462	17 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
463	463	18 was on active duty during the fall semester.
464	464	19 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
465	465	20 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
466	466	21 transferring from a public community college in this State if
467	467	22 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
468	468	23 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
469	469	24 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
470	470	25 Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended
471	471
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481	481	1 by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
482	482	2 (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
483	483	3 Sec. 15-85. Admissions.
484	484	4 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
485	485	5 of the departments or colleges of the Governors State
486	486	6 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
487	487	7 completed:
488	488	8 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
489	489	9 the following 5 categories:
490	490	10 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
491	491	11 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
492	492	12 years may be collegiate level instruction;
493	493	13 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
494	494	14 and government);
495	495	15 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
496	496	16 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
497	497	17 fundamentals of computer programming);
498	498	18 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
499	499	19 agricultural sciences); and
500	500	20 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
501	501	21 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
502	502	22 Language), music, career and technical education,
503	503	23 agricultural education, or art;
504	504	24 (2) except that Governors State University may admit
505	505	25 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
506	506
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516	516	1 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
517	517	2 coursework taken, including career and technical education
518	518	3 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
519	519	4 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
520	520	5 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
521	521	6 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
522	522	7 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
523	523	8 Trustees of Governors State University shall not
524	524	9 discriminate in the University's admissions process
525	525	10 against an applicant for admission because of the
526	526	11 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
527	527	12 under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State
528	528	13 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
529	529	14 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
530	530	15 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
531	531	16 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
532	532	17 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
533	533	18 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
534	534	19 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
535	535	20 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
536	536	21 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
537	537	22 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
538	538	23 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
539	539	24 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
540	540	25 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
541	541	26 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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552	552	1 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
553	553	2 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
554	554	3 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
555	555	4 coursework required by subsection (a).
556	556	5 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
557	557	6 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
558	558	7 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
559	559	8 test as a prerequisite to admission.
560	560	9 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
561	561	10 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
562	562	11 application for admission to the University as a freshman
563	563	12 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
564	564	13 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
565	565	14 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
566	566	15 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
567	567	16 was on active duty during the fall semester.
568	568	17 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
569	569	18 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
570	570	19 transferring from a public community college in this State if
571	571	20 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
572	572	21 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
573	573	22 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
574	574	23 Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended
575	575	24 by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
576	576
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586	586	1 (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
587	587	2 Sec. 20-85. Admissions.
588	588	3 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
589	589	4 of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State
590	590	5 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
591	591	6 completed:
592	592	7 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
593	593	8 the following 5 categories:
594	594	9 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
595	595	10 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
596	596	11 years may be collegiate level instruction;
597	597	12 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
598	598	13 and government);
599	599	14 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
600	600	15 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
601	601	16 fundamentals of computer programming);
602	602	17 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
603	603	18 agricultural sciences); and
604	604	19 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
605	605	20 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
606	606	21 Language), music, career and technical education,
607	607	22 agricultural education, or art;
608	608	23 (2) except that Illinois State University may admit
609	609	24 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
610	610	25 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
611	611	26 coursework taken, including career and technical education
612	612
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622	622	1 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
623	623	2 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
624	624	3 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
625	625	4 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
626	626	5 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
627	627	6 Trustees of Illinois State University shall not
628	628	7 discriminate in the University's admissions process
629	629	8 against an applicant for admission because of the
630	630	9 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
631	631	10 under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State
632	632	11 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
633	633	12 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
634	634	13 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
635	635	14 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
636	636	15 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
637	637	16 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
638	638	17 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
639	639	18 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
640	640	19 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
641	641	20 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
642	642	21 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
643	643	22 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
644	644	23 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
645	645	24 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
646	646	25 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
647	647	26 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
648	648
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650	650
651	651
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658	658	1 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
659	659	2 coursework required by subsection (a).
660	660	3 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
661	661	4 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
662	662	5 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
663	663	6 test as a prerequisite to admission.
664	664	7 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
665	665	8 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
666	666	9 application for admission to the University as a freshman
667	667	10 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
668	668	11 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
669	669	12 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
670	670	13 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
671	671	14 was on active duty during the fall semester.
672	672	15 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
673	673	16 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
674	674	17 transferring from a public community college in this State if
675	675	18 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
676	676	19 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
677	677	20 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
678	678	21 Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
679	679	22 amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
680	680	23 (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
681	681	24 Sec. 25-85. Admissions.
682	682
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692	692	1 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
693	693	2 of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois
694	694	3 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
695	695	4 completed:
696	696	5 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
697	697	6 the following 5 categories:
698	698	7 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
699	699	8 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
700	700	9 years may be collegiate level instruction;
701	701	10 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
702	702	11 and government);
703	703	12 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
704	704	13 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
705	705	14 fundamentals of computer programming);
706	706	15 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
707	707	16 agricultural sciences); and
708	708	17 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
709	709	18 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
710	710	19 Language), music, career and technical education,
711	711	20 agricultural education, or art;
712	712	21 (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may
713	713	22 admit individual applicants if it determines through
714	714	23 assessment or through evaluation based on learning
715	715	24 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
716	716	25 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
717	717	26 school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
718	718
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721	721
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728	728	1 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
729	729	2 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
730	730	3 expected to be acquired in the high school courses
731	731	4 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of
732	732	5 Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in
733	733	6 the University's admissions process against an applicant
734	734	7 for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
735	735	8 charter school established under Article 27A of the School
736	736	9 Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i)
737	737	10 applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the
738	738	11 minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and
739	739	12 (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are
740	740	13 admitted to the formal organized special assistance
741	741	14 programs that are tailored to the needs of such students,
742	742	15 providing that in either case, the institution
743	743	16 incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum
744	744	17 courses or other academic activities that compensate for
745	745	18 course deficiencies; and
746	746	19 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
747	747	20 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
748	748	21 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
749	749	22 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
750	750	23 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
751	751	24 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
752	752	25 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
753	753	26 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
754	754
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764	764	1 coursework required by subsection (a).
765	765	2 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
766	766	3 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
767	767	4 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
768	768	5 test as a prerequisite to admission.
769	769	6 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
770	770	7 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
771	771	8 application for admission to the University as a freshman
772	772	9 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
773	773	10 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
774	774	11 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
775	775	12 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
776	776	13 was on active duty during the fall semester.
777	777	14 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
778	778	15 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
779	779	16 transferring from a public community college in this State if
780	780	17 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
781	781	18 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
782	782	19 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
783	783	20 Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is
784	784	21 amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
785	785	22 (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
786	786	23 Sec. 30-85. Admissions.
787	787	24 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
788	788
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798	798	1 of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois
799	799	2 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
800	800	3 completed:
801	801	4 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
802	802	5 the following 5 categories:
803	803	6 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
804	804	7 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
805	805	8 years may be collegiate level instruction;
806	806	9 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
807	807	10 and government);
808	808	11 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
809	809	12 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
810	810	13 fundamentals of computer programming);
811	811	14 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
812	812	15 agricultural sciences); and
813	813	16 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
814	814	17 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
815	815	18 Language), music, career and technical education,
816	816	19 agricultural education, or art;
817	817	20 (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit
818	818	21 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
819	819	22 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
820	820	23 coursework taken, including career and technical education
821	821	24 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
822	822	25 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
823	823	26 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
824	824
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834	834	1 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
835	835	2 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
836	836	3 Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not
837	837	4 discriminate in the University's admissions process
838	838	5 against an applicant for admission because of the
839	839	6 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
840	840	7 under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois
841	841	8 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
842	842	9 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
843	843	10 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
844	844	11 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
845	845	12 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
846	846	13 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
847	847	14 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
848	848	15 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
849	849	16 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
850	850	17 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
851	851	18 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
852	852	19 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
853	853	20 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
854	854	21 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
855	855	22 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
856	856	23 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
857	857	24 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
858	858	25 coursework required by subsection (a).
859	859	26 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
860	860
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870	870	1 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
871	871	2 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
872	872	3 test as a prerequisite to admission.
873	873	4 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
874	874	5 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
875	875	6 application for admission to the University as a freshman
876	876	7 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
877	877	8 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
878	878	9 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
879	879	10 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
880	880	11 was on active duty during the fall semester.
881	881	12 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
882	882	13 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
883	883	14 transferring from a public community college in this State if
884	884	15 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
885	885	16 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
886	886	17 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
887	887	18 Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
888	888	19 by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
889	889	20 (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
890	890	21 Sec. 35-85. Admissions.
891	891	22 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
892	892	23 of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois
893	893	24 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
894	894
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904	904	1 completed:
905	905	2 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
906	906	3 the following 5 categories:
907	907	4 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
908	908	5 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
909	909	6 years may be collegiate level instruction;
910	910	7 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
911	911	8 and government);
912	912	9 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
913	913	10 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
914	914	11 fundamentals of computer programming);
915	915	12 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
916	916	13 agricultural sciences); and
917	917	14 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
918	918	15 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
919	919	16 Language), music, career and technical education,
920	920	17 agricultural education, or art;
921	921	18 (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit
922	922	19 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
923	923	20 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
924	924	21 coursework taken, including career and technical education
925	925	22 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
926	926	23 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
927	927	24 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
928	928	25 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
929	929	26 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
930	930
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940	940	1 Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not
941	941	2 discriminate in the University's admissions process
942	942	3 against an applicant for admission because of the
943	943	4 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
944	944	5 under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois
945	945	6 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
946	946	7 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
947	947	8 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
948	948	9 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
949	949	10 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
950	950	11 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
951	951	12 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
952	952	13 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
953	953	14 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
954	954	15 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
955	955	16 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
956	956	17 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
957	957	18 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
958	958	19 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
959	959	20 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
960	960	21 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
961	961	22 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
962	962	23 coursework required by subsection (a).
963	963	24 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
964	964	25 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
965	965	26 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
966	966
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976	976	1 test as a prerequisite to admission.
977	977	2 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
978	978	3 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
979	979	4 application for admission to the University as a freshman
980	980	5 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
981	981	6 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
982	982	7 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
983	983	8 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
984	984	9 was on active duty during the fall semester.
985	985	10 (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
986	986	11 shall waive any admissions application fee for a student
987	987	12 transferring from a public community college in this State if
988	988	13 the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a
989	989	14 degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree.
990	990	15 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
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