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| 4 | - | AN ACT concerning education. | |
| 5 | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 6 | - | represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 7 | - | Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | |
| 8 | - | changing Section 8 as follows: | |
| 9 | - | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29) | |
| 10 | - | Sec. 8. Admissions. | |
| 11 | - | (a) (Blank). | |
| 12 | - | (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 13 | - | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | |
| 14 | - | student also has satisfactorily completed: | |
| 15 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 16 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 17 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 18 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 19 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 20 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 21 | - | and government); | |
| 22 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 23 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 24 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 25 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 26 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning education. | |
| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | |
| 7 | + | 5 changing Section 8 as follows: | |
| 8 | + | 6 (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29) | |
| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 8. Admissions. | |
| 10 | + | 8 (a) (Blank). | |
| 11 | + | 9 (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 12 | + | 10 of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | |
| 13 | + | 11 student also has satisfactorily completed: | |
| 14 | + | 12 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 15 | + | 13 the following 5 categories: | |
| 16 | + | 14 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 17 | + | 15 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 18 | + | 16 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 19 | + | 17 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 20 | + | 18 and government); | |
| 21 | + | 19 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 22 | + | 20 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 23 | + | 21 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 24 | + | 22 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 25 | + | 23 agricultural sciences); and | |
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| 33 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 34 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 35 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 36 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 37 | - | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | |
| 38 | - | applicants if the institution determines through | |
| 39 | - | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | |
| 40 | - | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | |
| 41 | - | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | |
| 42 | - | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | |
| 43 | - | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | |
| 44 | - | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | |
| 45 | - | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | |
| 46 | - | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the | |
| 47 | - | University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the | |
| 48 | - | University's admissions process against an applicant for | |
| 49 | - | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | |
| 50 | - | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | |
| 51 | - | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | |
| 52 | - | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | |
| 53 | - | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | |
| 54 | - | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | |
| 55 | - | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | |
| 56 | - | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | |
| 57 | - | either case, the institution incorporates in the | |
| 58 | - | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other | |
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| 33 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 34 | + | 1 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 35 | + | 2 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 36 | + | 3 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 37 | + | 4 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 38 | + | 5 (2) except that institutions may admit individual | |
| 39 | + | 6 applicants if the institution determines through | |
| 40 | + | 7 assessment or through evaluation based on learning | |
| 41 | + | 8 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | |
| 42 | + | 9 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | |
| 43 | + | 10 school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | |
| 44 | + | 11 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | |
| 45 | + | 12 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | |
| 46 | + | 13 expected to be acquired in the high school courses | |
| 47 | + | 14 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the | |
| 48 | + | 15 University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the | |
| 49 | + | 16 University's admissions process against an applicant for | |
| 50 | + | 17 admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | |
| 51 | + | 18 charter school established under Article 27A of the School | |
| 52 | + | 19 Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | |
| 53 | + | 20 not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | |
| 54 | + | 21 preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | |
| 55 | + | 22 educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | |
| 56 | + | 23 the formal organized special assistance programs that are | |
| 57 | + | 24 tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | |
| 58 | + | 25 either case, the institution incorporates in the | |
| 59 | + | 26 applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other | |
| 59 | 60 | ||
| 60 | 61 | ||
| 61 | - | academic activities that compensate for course | |
| 62 | - | deficiencies; and | |
| 63 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | |
| 64 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 65 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 66 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 67 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 68 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 69 | - | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 70 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 71 | - | coursework required by subsection (b). | |
| 72 | - | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 73 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 74 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 75 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 76 | - | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | |
| 77 | - | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted | |
| 78 | - | to submit an application for admission to the University as a | |
| 79 | - | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | |
| 80 | - | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | |
| 81 | - | University may request that the Department of Veterans' | |
| 82 | - | Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably | |
| 83 | - | discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall | |
| 84 | - | semester. | |
| 85 | - | (f) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 86 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 87 | 62 | ||
| 88 | 63 | ||
| 89 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 90 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 91 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 92 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 93 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 94 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 95 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 96 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 97 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 98 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 99 | - | Internet website. | |
| 100 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 101 | - | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | |
| 102 | - | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows: | |
| 103 | - | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e) | |
| 104 | - | Sec. 8e. Admissions. | |
| 105 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 106 | - | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | |
| 107 | - | student also has satisfactorily completed: | |
| 108 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 109 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 110 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 111 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 112 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
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| 114 | 67 | ||
| 115 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 116 | - | and government); | |
| 117 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 118 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 119 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 120 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 121 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 122 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 123 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 124 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 125 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 126 | - | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | |
| 127 | - | applicants if the institution determines through | |
| 128 | - | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | |
| 129 | - | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | |
| 130 | - | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | |
| 131 | - | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | |
| 132 | - | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | |
| 133 | - | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | |
| 134 | - | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | |
| 135 | - | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern | |
| 136 | - | Illinois University shall not discriminate in the | |
| 137 | - | University's admissions process against an applicant for | |
| 138 | - | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | |
| 139 | - | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | |
| 140 | - | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | |
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| 70 | + | 1 academic activities that compensate for course | |
| 71 | + | 2 deficiencies; and | |
| 72 | + | 3 (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | |
| 73 | + | 4 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 74 | + | 5 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 75 | + | 6 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 76 | + | 7 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 77 | + | 8 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 78 | + | 9 (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 79 | + | 10 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 80 | + | 11 coursework required by subsection (b). | |
| 81 | + | 12 (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 82 | + | 13 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 83 | + | 14 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 84 | + | 15 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 85 | + | 16 (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | |
| 86 | + | 17 process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted | |
| 87 | + | 18 to submit an application for admission to the University as a | |
| 88 | + | 19 freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | |
| 89 | + | 20 veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | |
| 90 | + | 21 University may request that the Department of Veterans' | |
| 91 | + | 22 Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably | |
| 92 | + | 23 discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall | |
| 93 | + | 24 semester. | |
| 94 | + | 25 (f) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 95 | + | 26 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 141 | 96 | ||
| 142 | 97 | ||
| 143 | - | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | |
| 144 | - | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | |
| 145 | - | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | |
| 146 | - | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | |
| 147 | - | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | |
| 148 | - | either case, the institution incorporates in the | |
| 149 | - | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other | |
| 150 | - | academic activities that compensate for course | |
| 151 | - | deficiencies; and | |
| 152 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 153 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 154 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 155 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 156 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 157 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 158 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 159 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 160 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 161 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 162 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 163 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 164 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 165 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 166 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 167 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 168 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 169 | 98 | ||
| 170 | 99 | ||
| 171 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 172 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 173 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 174 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 175 | - | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 176 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 177 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 178 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 179 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 180 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 181 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 182 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 183 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 184 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 185 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 186 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 187 | - | Internet website. | |
| 188 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 189 | - | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | |
| 190 | - | changing Section 5-85 as follows: | |
| 191 | - | (110 ILCS 660/5-85) | |
| 192 | - | Sec. 5-85. Admissions. | |
| 193 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 194 | - | of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University | |
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| 106 | + | 1 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 107 | + | 2 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 108 | + | 3 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 109 | + | 4 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 110 | + | 5 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 111 | + | 6 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 112 | + | 7 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 113 | + | 8 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 114 | + | 9 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 115 | + | 10 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 116 | + | 11 Internet website. | |
| 117 | + | 12 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 118 | + | 13 Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | |
| 119 | + | 14 Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows: | |
| 120 | + | 15 (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e) | |
| 121 | + | 16 Sec. 8e. Admissions. | |
| 122 | + | 17 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 123 | + | 18 of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | |
| 124 | + | 19 student also has satisfactorily completed: | |
| 125 | + | 20 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 126 | + | 21 the following 5 categories: | |
| 127 | + | 22 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 128 | + | 23 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 129 | + | 24 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 223 | 130 | ||
| 224 | 131 | ||
| 225 | - | Trustees of Chicago State University shall not | |
| 226 | - | discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 227 | - | against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 228 | - | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 229 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State | |
| 230 | - | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 231 | - | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 232 | - | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 233 | - | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 234 | - | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 235 | - | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 236 | - | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 237 | - | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 238 | - | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 239 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 240 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 241 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 242 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 243 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 244 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 245 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 246 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 247 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 248 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 249 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 250 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 251 | 132 | ||
| 252 | 133 | ||
| 253 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 254 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 255 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 256 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 257 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 258 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 259 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 260 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 261 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 262 | - | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 263 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 264 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 265 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 266 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 267 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 268 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 269 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 270 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 271 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 272 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 273 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 274 | - | Internet website. | |
| 275 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 276 | - | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | |
| 277 | - | by changing Section 10-85 as follows: | |
| 134 | + | ||
| 135 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 4 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 278 | 136 | ||
| 279 | 137 | ||
| 280 | - | (110 ILCS 665/10-85) | |
| 281 | - | Sec. 10-85. Admissions. | |
| 282 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 283 | - | of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois | |
| 284 | - | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 285 | - | completed: | |
| 286 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 287 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 288 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 289 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 290 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 291 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 292 | - | and government); | |
| 293 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 294 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 295 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 296 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 297 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 298 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 299 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 300 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 301 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 302 | - | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | |
| 303 | - | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 304 | - | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
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| 139 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 5 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 140 | + | 1 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 141 | + | 2 and government); | |
| 142 | + | 3 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 143 | + | 4 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 144 | + | 5 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 145 | + | 6 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 146 | + | 7 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 147 | + | 8 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 148 | + | 9 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 149 | + | 10 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 150 | + | 11 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 151 | + | 12 (2) except that institutions may admit individual | |
| 152 | + | 13 applicants if the institution determines through | |
| 153 | + | 14 assessment or through evaluation based on learning | |
| 154 | + | 15 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | |
| 155 | + | 16 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | |
| 156 | + | 17 school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | |
| 157 | + | 18 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | |
| 158 | + | 19 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | |
| 159 | + | 20 expected to be acquired in the high school courses | |
| 160 | + | 21 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern | |
| 161 | + | 22 Illinois University shall not discriminate in the | |
| 162 | + | 23 University's admissions process against an applicant for | |
| 163 | + | 24 admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | |
| 164 | + | 25 charter school established under Article 27A of the School | |
| 165 | + | 26 Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | |
| 305 | 166 | ||
| 306 | 167 | ||
| 307 | - | coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 308 | - | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 309 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 310 | - | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 311 | - | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 312 | - | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 313 | - | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not | |
| 314 | - | discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 315 | - | against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 316 | - | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 317 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois | |
| 318 | - | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 319 | - | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 320 | - | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 321 | - | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 322 | - | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 323 | - | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 324 | - | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 325 | - | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 326 | - | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 327 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 328 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 329 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 330 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 331 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 332 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 333 | 168 | ||
| 334 | 169 | ||
| 335 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 336 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 337 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 338 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 339 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 340 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 341 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 342 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 343 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 344 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 345 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 346 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 347 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 348 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 349 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 350 | - | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 351 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 352 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 353 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 354 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 355 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 356 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 357 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 358 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 359 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 360 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 170 | + | ||
| 171 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 5 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 361 | 172 | ||
| 362 | 173 | ||
| 363 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 364 | - | Internet website. | |
| 365 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 366 | - | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | |
| 367 | - | by changing Section 15-85 as follows: | |
| 368 | - | (110 ILCS 670/15-85) | |
| 369 | - | Sec. 15-85. Admissions. | |
| 370 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 371 | - | of the departments or colleges of the Governors State | |
| 372 | - | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 373 | - | completed: | |
| 374 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 375 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 376 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 377 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 378 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 379 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 380 | - | and government); | |
| 381 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 382 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 383 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 384 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 385 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 386 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
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| 175 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 6 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 176 | + | 1 not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | |
| 177 | + | 2 preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | |
| 178 | + | 3 educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | |
| 179 | + | 4 the formal organized special assistance programs that are | |
| 180 | + | 5 tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | |
| 181 | + | 6 either case, the institution incorporates in the | |
| 182 | + | 7 applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other | |
| 183 | + | 8 academic activities that compensate for course | |
| 184 | + | 9 deficiencies; and | |
| 185 | + | 10 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 186 | + | 11 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 187 | + | 12 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 188 | + | 13 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 189 | + | 14 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 190 | + | 15 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 191 | + | 16 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 192 | + | 17 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 193 | + | 18 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 194 | + | 19 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 195 | + | 20 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 196 | + | 21 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 197 | + | 22 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 198 | + | 23 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 199 | + | 24 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 200 | + | 25 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 201 | + | 26 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 387 | 202 | ||
| 388 | 203 | ||
| 389 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 390 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 391 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 392 | - | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | |
| 393 | - | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 394 | - | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 395 | - | coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 396 | - | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 397 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 398 | - | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 399 | - | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 400 | - | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 401 | - | Trustees of Governors State University shall not | |
| 402 | - | discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 403 | - | against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 404 | - | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 405 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State | |
| 406 | - | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 407 | - | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 408 | - | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 409 | - | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 410 | - | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 411 | - | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 412 | - | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 413 | - | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 414 | - | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 415 | 204 | ||
| 416 | 205 | ||
| 417 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 418 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 419 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 420 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 421 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 422 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 423 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 424 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 425 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 426 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 427 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 428 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 429 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 430 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 431 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 432 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 433 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 434 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 435 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 436 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 437 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 438 | - | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 439 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 440 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 441 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 442 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 206 | + | ||
| 207 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 6 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 443 | 208 | ||
| 444 | 209 | ||
| 445 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 446 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 447 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 448 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 449 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 450 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 451 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 452 | - | Internet website. | |
| 453 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 454 | - | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | |
| 455 | - | by changing Section 20-85 as follows: | |
| 456 | - | (110 ILCS 675/20-85) | |
| 457 | - | Sec. 20-85. Admissions. | |
| 458 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 459 | - | of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State | |
| 460 | - | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 461 | - | completed: | |
| 462 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 463 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 464 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 465 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 466 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 467 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 468 | - | and government); | |
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| 211 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 7 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 212 | + | 1 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 213 | + | 2 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 214 | + | 3 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 215 | + | 4 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 216 | + | 5 (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 217 | + | 6 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 218 | + | 7 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 219 | + | 8 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 220 | + | 9 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 221 | + | 10 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 222 | + | 11 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 223 | + | 12 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 224 | + | 13 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 225 | + | 14 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 226 | + | 15 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 227 | + | 16 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 228 | + | 17 Internet website. | |
| 229 | + | 18 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 230 | + | 19 Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | |
| 231 | + | 20 changing Section 5-85 as follows: | |
| 232 | + | 21 (110 ILCS 660/5-85) | |
| 233 | + | 22 Sec. 5-85. Admissions. | |
| 234 | + | 23 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 235 | + | 24 of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University | |
| 469 | 236 | ||
| 470 | 237 | ||
| 471 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 472 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 473 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 474 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 475 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 476 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 477 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 478 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 479 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 480 | - | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | |
| 481 | - | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 482 | - | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 483 | - | coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 484 | - | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 485 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 486 | - | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 487 | - | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 488 | - | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 489 | - | Trustees of Illinois State University shall not | |
| 490 | - | discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 491 | - | against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 492 | - | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 493 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State | |
| 494 | - | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 495 | - | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 496 | - | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 497 | 238 | ||
| 498 | 239 | ||
| 499 | - | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 500 | - | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 501 | - | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 502 | - | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 503 | - | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 504 | - | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 505 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 506 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 507 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 508 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 509 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 510 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 511 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 512 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 513 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 514 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 515 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 516 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 517 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 518 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 519 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 520 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 521 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 522 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 523 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 524 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 240 | + | ||
| 241 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 7 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 525 | 242 | ||
| 526 | 243 | ||
| 527 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 528 | - | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 529 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 530 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 531 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 532 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 533 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 534 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 535 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 536 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 537 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 538 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 539 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 540 | - | Internet website. | |
| 541 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 542 | - | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | |
| 543 | - | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows: | |
| 544 | - | (110 ILCS 680/25-85) | |
| 545 | - | Sec. 25-85. Admissions. | |
| 546 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 547 | - | of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | |
| 548 | - | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 549 | - | completed: | |
| 550 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
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| 245 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 8 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 246 | + | 1 unless such student also has satisfactorily completed: | |
| 247 | + | 2 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 248 | + | 3 the following 5 categories: | |
| 249 | + | 4 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 250 | + | 5 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 251 | + | 6 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 252 | + | 7 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 253 | + | 8 and government); | |
| 254 | + | 9 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 255 | + | 10 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 256 | + | 11 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 257 | + | 12 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 258 | + | 13 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 259 | + | 14 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 260 | + | 15 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 261 | + | 16 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 262 | + | 17 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 263 | + | 18 (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | |
| 264 | + | 19 individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 265 | + | 20 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 266 | + | 21 coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 267 | + | 22 courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 268 | + | 23 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 269 | + | 24 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 270 | + | 25 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 271 | + | 26 high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 551 | 272 | ||
| 552 | 273 | ||
| 553 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 554 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 555 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 556 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 557 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 558 | - | and government); | |
| 559 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 560 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 561 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 562 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 563 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 564 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 565 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 566 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 567 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 568 | - | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | |
| 569 | - | admit individual applicants if it determines through | |
| 570 | - | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | |
| 571 | - | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | |
| 572 | - | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | |
| 573 | - | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | |
| 574 | - | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | |
| 575 | - | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | |
| 576 | - | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | |
| 577 | - | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of | |
| 578 | - | Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in | |
| 579 | 274 | ||
| 580 | 275 | ||
| 581 | - | the University's admissions process against an applicant | |
| 582 | - | for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | |
| 583 | - | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | |
| 584 | - | Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i) | |
| 585 | - | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | |
| 586 | - | minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and | |
| 587 | - | (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are | |
| 588 | - | admitted to the formal organized special assistance | |
| 589 | - | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | |
| 590 | - | providing that in either case, the institution | |
| 591 | - | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum | |
| 592 | - | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | |
| 593 | - | course deficiencies; and | |
| 594 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 595 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 596 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 597 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 598 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 599 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 600 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 601 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 602 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 603 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 604 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 605 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 606 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 276 | + | ||
| 277 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 8 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 607 | 278 | ||
| 608 | 279 | ||
| 609 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 610 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 611 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 612 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 613 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 614 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 615 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 616 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 617 | - | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 618 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 619 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 620 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 621 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 622 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 623 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 624 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 625 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 626 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 627 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 628 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 629 | - | Internet website. | |
| 630 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 631 | - | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | |
| 632 | - | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows: | |
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| 281 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 9 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 282 | + | 1 Trustees of Chicago State University shall not | |
| 283 | + | 2 discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 284 | + | 3 against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 285 | + | 4 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 286 | + | 5 under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State | |
| 287 | + | 6 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 288 | + | 7 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 289 | + | 8 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 290 | + | 9 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 291 | + | 10 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 292 | + | 11 the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 293 | + | 12 the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 294 | + | 13 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 295 | + | 14 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 296 | + | 15 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 297 | + | 16 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 298 | + | 17 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 299 | + | 18 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 300 | + | 19 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 301 | + | 20 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 302 | + | 21 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 303 | + | 22 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 304 | + | 23 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 305 | + | 24 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 306 | + | 25 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 307 | + | 26 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 633 | 308 | ||
| 634 | 309 | ||
| 635 | - | (110 ILCS 685/30-85) | |
| 636 | - | Sec. 30-85. Admissions. | |
| 637 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 638 | - | of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | |
| 639 | - | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 640 | - | completed: | |
| 641 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 642 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 643 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 644 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 645 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 646 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 647 | - | and government); | |
| 648 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 649 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 650 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 651 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 652 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 653 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 654 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 655 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 656 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 657 | - | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | |
| 658 | - | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 659 | - | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 660 | - | coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 661 | 310 | ||
| 662 | 311 | ||
| 663 | - | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 664 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 665 | - | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 666 | - | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 667 | - | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 668 | - | Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not | |
| 669 | - | discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 670 | - | against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 671 | - | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 672 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois | |
| 673 | - | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 674 | - | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 675 | - | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 676 | - | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 677 | - | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 678 | - | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 679 | - | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 680 | - | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 681 | - | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 682 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 683 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 684 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 685 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 686 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 687 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 688 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
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| 689 | 314 | ||
| 690 | 315 | ||
| 691 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 692 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 693 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 694 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 695 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 696 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 697 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 698 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 699 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 700 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 701 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 702 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 703 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 704 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 705 | - | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 706 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 707 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 708 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 709 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 710 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 711 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 712 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 713 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 714 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 715 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 716 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
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| 318 | + | 1 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 319 | + | 2 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 320 | + | 3 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 321 | + | 4 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 322 | + | 5 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 323 | + | 6 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 324 | + | 7 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 325 | + | 8 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 326 | + | 9 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 327 | + | 10 (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 328 | + | 11 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 329 | + | 12 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 330 | + | 13 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 331 | + | 14 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 332 | + | 15 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 333 | + | 16 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 334 | + | 17 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 335 | + | 18 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 336 | + | 19 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 337 | + | 20 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 338 | + | 21 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 339 | + | 22 Internet website. | |
| 340 | + | 23 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 341 | + | 24 Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | |
| 342 | + | 25 by changing Section 10-85 as follows: | |
| 717 | 343 | ||
| 718 | 344 | ||
| 719 | - | Internet website. | |
| 720 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 721 | - | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | |
| 722 | - | by changing Section 35-85 as follows: | |
| 723 | - | (110 ILCS 690/35-85) | |
| 724 | - | Sec. 35-85. Admissions. | |
| 725 | - | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 726 | - | of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | |
| 727 | - | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 728 | - | completed: | |
| 729 | - | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 730 | - | the following 5 categories: | |
| 731 | - | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 732 | - | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 733 | - | years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 734 | - | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 735 | - | and government); | |
| 736 | - | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 737 | - | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 738 | - | fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 739 | - | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 740 | - | agricultural sciences); and | |
| 741 | - | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 742 | - | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 743 | 345 | ||
| 744 | 346 | ||
| 745 | - | Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 746 | - | agricultural education, or art; | |
| 747 | - | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | |
| 748 | - | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 749 | - | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 750 | - | coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 751 | - | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 752 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 753 | - | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 754 | - | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 755 | - | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 756 | - | Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not | |
| 757 | - | discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 758 | - | against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 759 | - | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 760 | - | under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois | |
| 761 | - | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 762 | - | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 763 | - | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 764 | - | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 765 | - | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 766 | - | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 767 | - | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 768 | - | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 769 | - | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 770 | - | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
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| 772 | 350 | ||
| 773 | - | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 774 | - | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 775 | - | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 776 | - | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 777 | - | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 778 | - | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 779 | - | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 780 | - | coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 781 | - | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 782 | - | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 783 | - | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 784 | - | test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 785 | - | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 786 | - | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 787 | - | application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 788 | - | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 789 | - | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 790 | - | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 791 | - | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 792 | - | was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 793 | - | (e) Beginning with the 20245-2026 academic year, the | |
| 794 | - | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 795 | - | from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 796 | - | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 797 | - | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 798 | - | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
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| 353 | + | 1 (110 ILCS 665/10-85) | |
| 354 | + | 2 Sec. 10-85. Admissions. | |
| 355 | + | 3 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 356 | + | 4 of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois | |
| 357 | + | 5 University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 358 | + | 6 completed: | |
| 359 | + | 7 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 360 | + | 8 the following 5 categories: | |
| 361 | + | 9 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 362 | + | 10 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 363 | + | 11 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 364 | + | 12 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 365 | + | 13 and government); | |
| 366 | + | 14 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 367 | + | 15 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 368 | + | 16 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 369 | + | 17 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 370 | + | 18 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 371 | + | 19 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 372 | + | 20 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 373 | + | 21 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 374 | + | 22 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 375 | + | 23 (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | |
| 376 | + | 24 individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 377 | + | 25 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 799 | 378 | ||
| 800 | 379 | ||
| 801 | - | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 802 | - | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 803 | - | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 804 | - | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 805 | - | community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 806 | - | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 807 | - | Internet website. | |
| 808 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
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| 388 | + | 1 coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 389 | + | 2 courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 390 | + | 3 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 391 | + | 4 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 392 | + | 5 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 393 | + | 6 high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 394 | + | 7 Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not | |
| 395 | + | 8 discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 396 | + | 9 against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 397 | + | 10 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 398 | + | 11 under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois | |
| 399 | + | 12 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 400 | + | 13 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 401 | + | 14 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 402 | + | 15 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 403 | + | 16 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 404 | + | 17 the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 405 | + | 18 the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 406 | + | 19 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 407 | + | 20 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 408 | + | 21 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 409 | + | 22 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 410 | + | 23 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 411 | + | 24 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 412 | + | 25 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 413 | + | 26 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
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| 424 | + | 1 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 425 | + | 2 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 426 | + | 3 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 427 | + | 4 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 428 | + | 5 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 429 | + | 6 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 430 | + | 7 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 431 | + | 8 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 432 | + | 9 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 433 | + | 10 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 434 | + | 11 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 435 | + | 12 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 436 | + | 13 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 437 | + | 14 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 438 | + | 15 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 439 | + | 16 (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 440 | + | 17 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 441 | + | 18 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 442 | + | 19 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 443 | + | 20 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 444 | + | 21 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 445 | + | 22 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 446 | + | 23 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 447 | + | 24 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 448 | + | 25 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 449 | + | 26 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 450 | + | ||
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| 460 | + | 1 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 461 | + | 2 Internet website. | |
| 462 | + | 3 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 463 | + | 4 Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | |
| 464 | + | 5 by changing Section 15-85 as follows: | |
| 465 | + | 6 (110 ILCS 670/15-85) | |
| 466 | + | 7 Sec. 15-85. Admissions. | |
| 467 | + | 8 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 468 | + | 9 of the departments or colleges of the Governors State | |
| 469 | + | 10 University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 470 | + | 11 completed: | |
| 471 | + | 12 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 472 | + | 13 the following 5 categories: | |
| 473 | + | 14 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 474 | + | 15 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 475 | + | 16 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 476 | + | 17 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 477 | + | 18 and government); | |
| 478 | + | 19 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 479 | + | 20 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 480 | + | 21 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 481 | + | 22 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 482 | + | 23 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 483 | + | 24 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 484 | + | ||
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| 494 | + | 1 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 495 | + | 2 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 496 | + | 3 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 497 | + | 4 (2) except that Governors State University may admit | |
| 498 | + | 5 individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 499 | + | 6 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 500 | + | 7 coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 501 | + | 8 courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 502 | + | 9 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 503 | + | 10 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 504 | + | 11 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 505 | + | 12 high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 506 | + | 13 Trustees of Governors State University shall not | |
| 507 | + | 14 discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 508 | + | 15 against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 509 | + | 16 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 510 | + | 17 under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State | |
| 511 | + | 18 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 512 | + | 19 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 513 | + | 20 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 514 | + | 21 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 515 | + | 22 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 516 | + | 23 the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 517 | + | 24 the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 518 | + | 25 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 519 | + | 26 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
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| 530 | + | 1 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 531 | + | 2 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 532 | + | 3 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 533 | + | 4 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 534 | + | 5 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 535 | + | 6 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 536 | + | 7 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 537 | + | 8 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 538 | + | 9 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 539 | + | 10 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 540 | + | 11 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 541 | + | 12 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 542 | + | 13 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 543 | + | 14 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 544 | + | 15 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 545 | + | 16 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 546 | + | 17 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 547 | + | 18 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 548 | + | 19 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 549 | + | 20 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 550 | + | 21 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 551 | + | 22 (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 552 | + | 23 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 553 | + | 24 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 554 | + | 25 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 555 | + | 26 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
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| 566 | + | 1 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 567 | + | 2 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 568 | + | 3 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 569 | + | 4 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 570 | + | 5 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 571 | + | 6 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 572 | + | 7 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 573 | + | 8 Internet website. | |
| 574 | + | 9 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 575 | + | 10 Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | |
| 576 | + | 11 by changing Section 20-85 as follows: | |
| 577 | + | 12 (110 ILCS 675/20-85) | |
| 578 | + | 13 Sec. 20-85. Admissions. | |
| 579 | + | 14 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 580 | + | 15 of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State | |
| 581 | + | 16 University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 582 | + | 17 completed: | |
| 583 | + | 18 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 584 | + | 19 the following 5 categories: | |
| 585 | + | 20 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 586 | + | 21 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 587 | + | 22 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 588 | + | 23 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 589 | + | 24 and government); | |
| 590 | + | ||
| 591 | + | ||
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| 594 | + | ||
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| 599 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 18 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 600 | + | 1 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 601 | + | 2 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 602 | + | 3 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 603 | + | 4 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 604 | + | 5 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 605 | + | 6 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 606 | + | 7 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 607 | + | 8 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 608 | + | 9 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 609 | + | 10 (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | |
| 610 | + | 11 individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 611 | + | 12 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 612 | + | 13 coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 613 | + | 14 courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 614 | + | 15 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 615 | + | 16 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 616 | + | 17 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 617 | + | 18 high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 618 | + | 19 Trustees of Illinois State University shall not | |
| 619 | + | 20 discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 620 | + | 21 against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 621 | + | 22 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 622 | + | 23 under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State | |
| 623 | + | 24 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 624 | + | 25 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 625 | + | 26 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 626 | + | ||
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| 635 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 19 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 636 | + | 1 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 637 | + | 2 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 638 | + | 3 the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 639 | + | 4 the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 640 | + | 5 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 641 | + | 6 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 642 | + | 7 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 643 | + | 8 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 644 | + | 9 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 645 | + | 10 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 646 | + | 11 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 647 | + | 12 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 648 | + | 13 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 649 | + | 14 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 650 | + | 15 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 651 | + | 16 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 652 | + | 17 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 653 | + | 18 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 654 | + | 19 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 655 | + | 20 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 656 | + | 21 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 657 | + | 22 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 658 | + | 23 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 659 | + | 24 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 660 | + | 25 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 661 | + | 26 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 662 | + | ||
| 663 | + | ||
| 664 | + | ||
| 665 | + | ||
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| 667 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 19 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 668 | + | ||
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| 671 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 20 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 672 | + | 1 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 673 | + | 2 (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 674 | + | 3 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 675 | + | 4 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 676 | + | 5 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 677 | + | 6 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 678 | + | 7 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 679 | + | 8 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 680 | + | 9 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 681 | + | 10 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 682 | + | 11 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 683 | + | 12 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 684 | + | 13 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 685 | + | 14 Internet website. | |
| 686 | + | 15 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 687 | + | 16 Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | |
| 688 | + | 17 amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows: | |
| 689 | + | 18 (110 ILCS 680/25-85) | |
| 690 | + | 19 Sec. 25-85. Admissions. | |
| 691 | + | 20 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 692 | + | 21 of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | |
| 693 | + | 22 University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 694 | + | 23 completed: | |
| 695 | + | 24 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 696 | + | ||
| 697 | + | ||
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| 705 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 21 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 706 | + | 1 the following 5 categories: | |
| 707 | + | 2 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 708 | + | 3 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 709 | + | 4 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 710 | + | 5 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 711 | + | 6 and government); | |
| 712 | + | 7 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 713 | + | 8 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 714 | + | 9 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 715 | + | 10 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 716 | + | 11 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 717 | + | 12 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 718 | + | 13 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 719 | + | 14 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 720 | + | 15 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 721 | + | 16 (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | |
| 722 | + | 17 admit individual applicants if it determines through | |
| 723 | + | 18 assessment or through evaluation based on learning | |
| 724 | + | 19 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | |
| 725 | + | 20 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | |
| 726 | + | 21 school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | |
| 727 | + | 22 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | |
| 728 | + | 23 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | |
| 729 | + | 24 expected to be acquired in the high school courses | |
| 730 | + | 25 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of | |
| 731 | + | 26 Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in | |
| 732 | + | ||
| 733 | + | ||
| 734 | + | ||
| 735 | + | ||
| 736 | + | ||
| 737 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 21 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
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| 741 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 22 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 742 | + | 1 the University's admissions process against an applicant | |
| 743 | + | 2 for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | |
| 744 | + | 3 charter school established under Article 27A of the School | |
| 745 | + | 4 Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i) | |
| 746 | + | 5 applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | |
| 747 | + | 6 minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and | |
| 748 | + | 7 (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are | |
| 749 | + | 8 admitted to the formal organized special assistance | |
| 750 | + | 9 programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | |
| 751 | + | 10 providing that in either case, the institution | |
| 752 | + | 11 incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum | |
| 753 | + | 12 courses or other academic activities that compensate for | |
| 754 | + | 13 course deficiencies; and | |
| 755 | + | 14 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 756 | + | 15 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 757 | + | 16 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 758 | + | 17 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 759 | + | 18 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 760 | + | 19 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 761 | + | 20 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 762 | + | 21 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 763 | + | 22 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 764 | + | 23 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 765 | + | 24 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 766 | + | 25 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 767 | + | 26 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 768 | + | ||
| 769 | + | ||
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| 777 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 23 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 778 | + | 1 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 779 | + | 2 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 780 | + | 3 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 781 | + | 4 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 782 | + | 5 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 783 | + | 6 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 784 | + | 7 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 785 | + | 8 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 786 | + | 9 (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 787 | + | 10 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 788 | + | 11 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 789 | + | 12 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 790 | + | 13 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 791 | + | 14 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 792 | + | 15 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 793 | + | 16 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 794 | + | 17 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 795 | + | 18 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 796 | + | 19 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 797 | + | 20 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 798 | + | 21 Internet website. | |
| 799 | + | 22 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 800 | + | 23 Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | |
| 801 | + | 24 amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows: | |
| 802 | + | ||
| 803 | + | ||
| 804 | + | ||
| 805 | + | ||
| 806 | + | ||
| 807 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 23 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
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| 811 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 24 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 812 | + | 1 (110 ILCS 685/30-85) | |
| 813 | + | 2 Sec. 30-85. Admissions. | |
| 814 | + | 3 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 815 | + | 4 of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | |
| 816 | + | 5 University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 817 | + | 6 completed: | |
| 818 | + | 7 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 819 | + | 8 the following 5 categories: | |
| 820 | + | 9 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 821 | + | 10 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 822 | + | 11 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 823 | + | 12 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 824 | + | 13 and government); | |
| 825 | + | 14 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 826 | + | 15 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 827 | + | 16 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 828 | + | 17 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 829 | + | 18 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 830 | + | 19 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 831 | + | 20 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 832 | + | 21 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 833 | + | 22 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 834 | + | 23 (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | |
| 835 | + | 24 individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 836 | + | 25 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 837 | + | 26 coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 838 | + | ||
| 839 | + | ||
| 840 | + | ||
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| 843 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 24 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
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| 847 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 25 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 848 | + | 1 courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 849 | + | 2 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 850 | + | 3 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 851 | + | 4 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 852 | + | 5 high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 853 | + | 6 Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not | |
| 854 | + | 7 discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 855 | + | 8 against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 856 | + | 9 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 857 | + | 10 under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois | |
| 858 | + | 11 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 859 | + | 12 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 860 | + | 13 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 861 | + | 14 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 862 | + | 15 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 863 | + | 16 the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 864 | + | 17 the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 865 | + | 18 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 866 | + | 19 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 867 | + | 20 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 868 | + | 21 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 869 | + | 22 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 870 | + | 23 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 871 | + | 24 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 872 | + | 25 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 873 | + | 26 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 874 | + | ||
| 875 | + | ||
| 876 | + | ||
| 877 | + | ||
| 878 | + | ||
| 879 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 25 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
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| 883 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 26 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 884 | + | 1 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 885 | + | 2 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 886 | + | 3 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 887 | + | 4 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 888 | + | 5 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 889 | + | 6 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 890 | + | 7 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 891 | + | 8 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 892 | + | 9 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 893 | + | 10 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 894 | + | 11 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 895 | + | 12 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 896 | + | 13 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 897 | + | 14 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 898 | + | 15 (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | |
| 899 | + | 16 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 900 | + | 17 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 901 | + | 18 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 902 | + | 19 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 903 | + | 20 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
| 904 | + | 21 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 905 | + | 22 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 906 | + | 23 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 907 | + | 24 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 908 | + | 25 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 909 | + | 26 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 910 | + | ||
| 911 | + | ||
| 912 | + | ||
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| 919 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 27 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 920 | + | 1 Internet website. | |
| 921 | + | 2 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
| 922 | + | 3 Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | |
| 923 | + | 4 by changing Section 35-85 as follows: | |
| 924 | + | 5 (110 ILCS 690/35-85) | |
| 925 | + | 6 Sec. 35-85. Admissions. | |
| 926 | + | 7 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | |
| 927 | + | 8 of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | |
| 928 | + | 9 University unless such student also has satisfactorily | |
| 929 | + | 10 completed: | |
| 930 | + | 11 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |
| 931 | + | 12 the following 5 categories: | |
| 932 | + | 13 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |
| 933 | + | 14 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | |
| 934 | + | 15 years may be collegiate level instruction; | |
| 935 | + | 16 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |
| 936 | + | 17 and government); | |
| 937 | + | 18 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |
| 938 | + | 19 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | |
| 939 | + | 20 fundamentals of computer programming); | |
| 940 | + | 21 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | |
| 941 | + | 22 agricultural sciences); and | |
| 942 | + | 23 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | |
| 943 | + | 24 (which may be deemed to include American Sign | |
| 944 | + | ||
| 945 | + | ||
| 946 | + | ||
| 947 | + | ||
| 948 | + | ||
| 949 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 27 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
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| 953 | + | SB3081 Enrolled - 28 - LRB103 36060 RJT 66147 b | |
| 954 | + | 1 Language), music, career and technical education, | |
| 955 | + | 2 agricultural education, or art; | |
| 956 | + | 3 (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | |
| 957 | + | 4 individual applicants if it determines through assessment | |
| 958 | + | 5 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | |
| 959 | + | 6 coursework taken, including career and technical education | |
| 960 | + | 7 courses and courses taken in a charter school established | |
| 961 | + | 8 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | |
| 962 | + | 9 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | |
| 963 | + | 10 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | |
| 964 | + | 11 high school courses required for admission. The Board of | |
| 965 | + | 12 Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not | |
| 966 | + | 13 discriminate in the University's admissions process | |
| 967 | + | 14 against an applicant for admission because of the | |
| 968 | + | 15 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | |
| 969 | + | 16 under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois | |
| 970 | + | 17 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | |
| 971 | + | 18 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | |
| 972 | + | 19 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | |
| 973 | + | 20 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | |
| 974 | + | 21 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | |
| 975 | + | 22 the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | |
| 976 | + | 23 the institution incorporates in the applicant's | |
| 977 | + | 24 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | |
| 978 | + | 25 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | |
| 979 | + | 26 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | |
| 980 | + | ||
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| 990 | + | 1 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | |
| 991 | + | 2 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | |
| 992 | + | 3 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | |
| 993 | + | 4 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | |
| 994 | + | 5 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | |
| 995 | + | 6 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | |
| 996 | + | 7 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | |
| 997 | + | 8 coursework required by subsection (a). | |
| 998 | + | 9 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | |
| 999 | + | 10 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | |
| 1000 | + | 11 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | |
| 1001 | + | 12 test as a prerequisite to admission. | |
| 1002 | + | 13 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | |
| 1003 | + | 14 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | |
| 1004 | + | 15 application for admission to the University as a freshman | |
| 1005 | + | 16 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | |
| 1006 | + | 17 active duty during the fall semester. The University may | |
| 1007 | + | 18 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | |
| 1008 | + | 19 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | |
| 1009 | + | 20 was on active duty during the fall semester. | |
| 1010 | + | 21 (e) Beginning with the 20245-2026 academic year, the | |
| 1011 | + | 22 University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | |
| 1012 | + | 23 from a public community college in this State with the | |
| 1013 | + | 24 University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | |
| 1014 | + | 25 waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | |
| 1015 | + | 26 forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | |
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| 1026 | + | 1 University's transfer admissions process. The University is | |
| 1027 | + | 2 encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | |
| 1028 | + | 3 undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | |
| 1029 | + | 4 low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | |
| 1030 | + | 5 community college in this State. The University shall post | |
| 1031 | + | 6 this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | |
| 1032 | + | 7 Internet website. | |
| 1033 | + | 8 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.) | |
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