Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3582 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3582 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a public university has a law school, medical school, or nursing program, the governing board of the university shall establish an admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural students; defines "rural student". Provides that the governing board shall require each of these rural students to agree to return to the county where the student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 36995 RJT 67110 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3582 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29 110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e 110 ILCS 660/5-85 110 ILCS 665/10-85 110 ILCS 670/15-85 110 ILCS 675/20-85 110 ILCS 680/25-85 110 ILCS 685/30-85 110 ILCS 690/35-85 Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a public university has a law school, medical school, or nursing program, the governing board of the university shall establish an admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural students; defines "rural student". Provides that the governing board shall require each of these rural students to agree to return to the county where the student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 36995 RJT 67110 b LRB103 36995 RJT 67110 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3582 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29 110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e 110 ILCS 660/5-85 110 ILCS 665/10-85 110 ILCS 670/15-85 110 ILCS 675/20-85 110 ILCS 680/25-85 110 ILCS 685/30-85 110 ILCS 690/35-85
4	4	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29
5	5	110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e
6	6	110 ILCS 660/5-85
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13	13	Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a public university has a law school, medical school, or nursing program, the governing board of the university shall establish an admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural students; defines "rural student". Provides that the governing board shall require each of these rural students to agree to return to the county where the student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. Effective July 1, 2024.
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19	19	1 AN ACT concerning education.
20	20	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
21	21	3 represented in the General Assembly:
22	22	4 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
23	23	5 changing Section 8 as follows:
24	24	6 (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
25	25	7 Sec. 8. Admissions.
26	26	8 (a) (Blank).
27	27	9 (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
28	28	10 of the departments or colleges of the University unless such
29	29	11 student also has satisfactorily completed:
30	30	12 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
31	31	13 the following 5 categories:
32	32	14 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
33	33	15 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
34	34	16 years may be collegiate level instruction;
35	35	17 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
36	36	18 and government);
37	37	19 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
38	38	20 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
39	39	21 fundamentals of computer programming);
40	40	22 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
41	41	23 agricultural sciences); and
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46	46	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e110 ILCS 660/5-85110 ILCS 665/10-85110 ILCS 670/15-85110 ILCS 675/20-85110 ILCS 680/25-85110 ILCS 685/30-85110 ILCS 690/35-85 110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29 110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e 110 ILCS 660/5-85 110 ILCS 665/10-85 110 ILCS 670/15-85 110 ILCS 675/20-85 110 ILCS 680/25-85 110 ILCS 685/30-85 110 ILCS 690/35-85
47	47	110 ILCS 305/8 from Ch. 144, par. 29
48	48	110 ILCS 520/8e from Ch. 144, par. 658e
49	49	110 ILCS 660/5-85
50	50	110 ILCS 665/10-85
51	51	110 ILCS 670/15-85
52	52	110 ILCS 675/20-85
53	53	110 ILCS 680/25-85
54	54	110 ILCS 685/30-85
55	55	110 ILCS 690/35-85
56	56	Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a public university has a law school, medical school, or nursing program, the governing board of the university shall establish an admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural students; defines "rural student". Provides that the governing board shall require each of these rural students to agree to return to the county where the student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. Effective July 1, 2024.
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92	92	1 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
93	93	2 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
94	94	3 Language), music, career and technical education,
95	95	4 agricultural education, or art;
96	96	5 (2) except that institutions may admit individual
97	97	6 applicants if the institution determines through
98	98	7 assessment or through evaluation based on learning
99	99	8 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
100	100	9 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
101	101	10 school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
102	102	11 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
103	103	12 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
104	104	13 expected to be acquired in the high school courses
105	105	14 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the
106	106	15 University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the
107	107	16 University's admissions process against an applicant for
108	108	17 admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
109	109	18 charter school established under Article 27A of the School
110	110	19 Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did
111	111	20 not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
112	112	21 preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2)
113	113	22 educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to
114	114	23 the formal organized special assistance programs that are
115	115	24 tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
116	116	25 either case, the institution incorporates in the
117	117	26 applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other
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128	128	1 academic activities that compensate for course
129	129	2 deficiencies; and
130	130	3 (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework
131	131	4 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
132	132	5 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
133	133	6 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
134	134	7 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
135	135	8 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
136	136	9 (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
137	137	10 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
138	138	11 coursework required by subsection (b).
139	139	12 (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has
140	140	13 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
141	141	14 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
142	142	15 test as a prerequisite to admission.
143	143	16 (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions
144	144	17 process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted
145	145	18 to submit an application for admission to the University as a
146	146	19 freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the
147	147	20 veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The
148	148	21 University may request that the Department of Veterans'
149	149	22 Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably
150	150	23 discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall
151	151	24 semester.
152	152	25 (f) For purposes of this subsection (f), "rural student"
153	153	26 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
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164	164	1 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
165	165	2 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
166	166	3 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
167	167	4 nursing program, the Board of Trustees shall establish an
168	168	5 admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to
169	169	6 the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be
170	170	7 rural students. The Board of Trustees shall require each of
171	171	8 these rural students to agree to return to the county where the
172	172	9 student's primary residence was located for a period of 3
173	173	10 years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or
174	174	11 nursing program.
175	175	12 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
176	176	13 Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
177	177	14 Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
178	178	15 (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
179	179	16 Sec. 8e. Admissions.
180	180	17 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
181	181	18 of the departments or colleges of the University unless such
182	182	19 student also has satisfactorily completed:
183	183	20 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
184	184	21 the following 5 categories:
185	185	22 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
186	186	23 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
187	187	24 years may be collegiate level instruction;
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198	198	1 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
199	199	2 and government);
200	200	3 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
201	201	4 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
202	202	5 fundamentals of computer programming);
203	203	6 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
204	204	7 agricultural sciences); and
205	205	8 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
206	206	9 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
207	207	10 Language), music, career and technical education,
208	208	11 agricultural education, or art;
209	209	12 (2) except that institutions may admit individual
210	210	13 applicants if the institution determines through
211	211	14 assessment or through evaluation based on learning
212	212	15 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
213	213	16 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
214	214	17 school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
215	215	18 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
216	216	19 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
217	217	20 expected to be acquired in the high school courses
218	218	21 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern
219	219	22 Illinois University shall not discriminate in the
220	220	23 University's admissions process against an applicant for
221	221	24 admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
222	222	25 charter school established under Article 27A of the School
223	223	26 Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did
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234	234	1 not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
235	235	2 preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2)
236	236	3 educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to
237	237	4 the formal organized special assistance programs that are
238	238	5 tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
239	239	6 either case, the institution incorporates in the
240	240	7 applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other
241	241	8 academic activities that compensate for course
242	242	9 deficiencies; and
243	243	10 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
244	244	11 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
245	245	12 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
246	246	13 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
247	247	14 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
248	248	15 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
249	249	16 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
250	250	17 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
251	251	18 coursework required by subsection (a).
252	252	19 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
253	253	20 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
254	254	21 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
255	255	22 test as a prerequisite to admission.
256	256	23 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
257	257	24 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
258	258	25 application for admission to the University as a freshman
259	259	26 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
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270	270	1 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
271	271	2 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
272	272	3 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
273	273	4 was on active duty during the fall semester.
274	274	5 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
275	275	6 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
276	276	7 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
277	277	8 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
278	278	9 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
279	279	10 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
280	280	11 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
281	281	12 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
282	282	13 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
283	283	14 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
284	284	15 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
285	285	16 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
286	286	17 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
287	287	18 Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by
288	288	19 changing Section 5-85 as follows:
289	289	20 (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
290	290	21 Sec. 5-85. Admissions.
291	291	22 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
292	292	23 of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University
293	293	24 unless such student also has satisfactorily completed:
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304	304	1 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
305	305	2 the following 5 categories:
306	306	3 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
307	307	4 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
308	308	5 years may be collegiate level instruction;
309	309	6 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
310	310	7 and government);
311	311	8 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
312	312	9 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
313	313	10 fundamentals of computer programming);
314	314	11 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
315	315	12 agricultural sciences); and
316	316	13 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
317	317	14 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
318	318	15 Language), music, career and technical education,
319	319	16 agricultural education, or art;
320	320	17 (2) except that Chicago State University may admit
321	321	18 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
322	322	19 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
323	323	20 coursework taken, including career and technical education
324	324	21 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
325	325	22 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
326	326	23 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
327	327	24 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
328	328	25 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
329	329	26 Trustees of Chicago State University shall not
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340	340	1 discriminate in the University's admissions process
341	341	2 against an applicant for admission because of the
342	342	3 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
343	343	4 under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State
344	344	5 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
345	345	6 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
346	346	7 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
347	347	8 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
348	348	9 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
349	349	10 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
350	350	11 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
351	351	12 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
352	352	13 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
353	353	14 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
354	354	15 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
355	355	16 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
356	356	17 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
357	357	18 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
358	358	19 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
359	359	20 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
360	360	21 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
361	361	22 coursework required by subsection (a).
362	362	23 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
363	363	24 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
364	364	25 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
365	365	26 test as a prerequisite to admission.
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376	376	1 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
377	377	2 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
378	378	3 application for admission to the University as a freshman
379	379	4 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
380	380	5 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
381	381	6 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
382	382	7 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
383	383	8 was on active duty during the fall semester.
384	384	9 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
385	385	10 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
386	386	11 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
387	387	12 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
388	388	13 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
389	389	14 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
390	390	15 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
391	391	16 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
392	392	17 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
393	393	18 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
394	394	19 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
395	395	20 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
396	396	21 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
397	397	22 Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
398	398	23 by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
399	399	24 (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
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410	410	1 Sec. 10-85. Admissions.
411	411	2 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
412	412	3 of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois
413	413	4 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
414	414	5 completed:
415	415	6 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
416	416	7 the following 5 categories:
417	417	8 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
418	418	9 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
419	419	10 years may be collegiate level instruction;
420	420	11 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
421	421	12 and government);
422	422	13 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
423	423	14 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
424	424	15 fundamentals of computer programming);
425	425	16 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
426	426	17 agricultural sciences); and
427	427	18 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
428	428	19 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
429	429	20 Language), music, career and technical education,
430	430	21 agricultural education, or art;
431	431	22 (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit
432	432	23 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
433	433	24 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
434	434	25 coursework taken, including career and technical education
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446	446	1 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
447	447	2 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
448	448	3 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
449	449	4 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
450	450	5 Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not
451	451	6 discriminate in the University's admissions process
452	452	7 against an applicant for admission because of the
453	453	8 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
454	454	9 under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois
455	455	10 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
456	456	11 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
457	457	12 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
458	458	13 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
459	459	14 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
460	460	15 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
461	461	16 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
462	462	17 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
463	463	18 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
464	464	19 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
465	465	20 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
466	466	21 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
467	467	22 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
468	468	23 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
469	469	24 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
470	470	25 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
471	471	26 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
472	472
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482	482	1 coursework required by subsection (a).
483	483	2 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
484	484	3 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
485	485	4 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
486	486	5 test as a prerequisite to admission.
487	487	6 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
488	488	7 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
489	489	8 application for admission to the University as a freshman
490	490	9 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
491	491	10 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
492	492	11 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
493	493	12 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
494	494	13 was on active duty during the fall semester.
495	495	14 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
496	496	15 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
497	497	16 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
498	498	17 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
499	499	18 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
500	500	19 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
501	501	20 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
502	502	21 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
503	503	22 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
504	504	23 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
505	505	24 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
506	506	25 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
507	507	26 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
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518	518	1 Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended
519	519	2 by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
520	520	3 (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
521	521	4 Sec. 15-85. Admissions.
522	522	5 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
523	523	6 of the departments or colleges of the Governors State
524	524	7 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
525	525	8 completed:
526	526	9 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
527	527	10 the following 5 categories:
528	528	11 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
529	529	12 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
530	530	13 years may be collegiate level instruction;
531	531	14 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
532	532	15 and government);
533	533	16 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
534	534	17 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
535	535	18 fundamentals of computer programming);
536	536	19 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
537	537	20 agricultural sciences); and
538	538	21 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
539	539	22 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
540	540	23 Language), music, career and technical education,
541	541	24 agricultural education, or art;
542	542
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552	552	1 (2) except that Governors State University may admit
553	553	2 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
554	554	3 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
555	555	4 coursework taken, including career and technical education
556	556	5 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
557	557	6 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
558	558	7 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
559	559	8 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
560	560	9 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
561	561	10 Trustees of Governors State University shall not
562	562	11 discriminate in the University's admissions process
563	563	12 against an applicant for admission because of the
564	564	13 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
565	565	14 under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State
566	566	15 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
567	567	16 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
568	568	17 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
569	569	18 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
570	570	19 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
571	571	20 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
572	572	21 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
573	573	22 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
574	574	23 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
575	575	24 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
576	576	25 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
577	577	26 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
578	578
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588	588	1 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
589	589	2 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
590	590	3 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
591	591	4 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
592	592	5 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
593	593	6 coursework required by subsection (a).
594	594	7 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
595	595	8 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
596	596	9 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
597	597	10 test as a prerequisite to admission.
598	598	11 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
599	599	12 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
600	600	13 application for admission to the University as a freshman
601	601	14 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
602	602	15 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
603	603	16 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
604	604	17 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
605	605	18 was on active duty during the fall semester.
606	606	19 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
607	607	20 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
608	608	21 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
609	609	22 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
610	610	23 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
611	611	24 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
612	612	25 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
613	613	26 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
614	614
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624	624	1 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
625	625	2 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
626	626	3 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
627	627	4 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
628	628	5 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
629	629	6 Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended
630	630	7 by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
631	631	8 (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
632	632	9 Sec. 20-85. Admissions.
633	633	10 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
634	634	11 of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State
635	635	12 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
636	636	13 completed:
637	637	14 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
638	638	15 the following 5 categories:
639	639	16 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
640	640	17 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
641	641	18 years may be collegiate level instruction;
642	642	19 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
643	643	20 and government);
644	644	21 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
645	645	22 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
646	646	23 fundamentals of computer programming);
647	647	24 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
648	648
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658	658	1 agricultural sciences); and
659	659	2 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
660	660	3 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
661	661	4 Language), music, career and technical education,
662	662	5 agricultural education, or art;
663	663	6 (2) except that Illinois State University may admit
664	664	7 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
665	665	8 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
666	666	9 coursework taken, including career and technical education
667	667	10 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
668	668	11 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
669	669	12 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
670	670	13 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
671	671	14 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
672	672	15 Trustees of Illinois State University shall not
673	673	16 discriminate in the University's admissions process
674	674	17 against an applicant for admission because of the
675	675	18 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
676	676	19 under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State
677	677	20 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
678	678	21 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
679	679	22 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
680	680	23 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
681	681	24 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
682	682	25 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
683	683	26 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
684	684
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694	694	1 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
695	695	2 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
696	696	3 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
697	697	4 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
698	698	5 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
699	699	6 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
700	700	7 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
701	701	8 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
702	702	9 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
703	703	10 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
704	704	11 coursework required by subsection (a).
705	705	12 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
706	706	13 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
707	707	14 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
708	708	15 test as a prerequisite to admission.
709	709	16 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
710	710	17 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
711	711	18 application for admission to the University as a freshman
712	712	19 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
713	713	20 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
714	714	21 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
715	715	22 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
716	716	23 was on active duty during the fall semester.
717	717	24 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
718	718	25 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
719	719	26 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
720	720
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730	730	1 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
731	731	2 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
732	732	3 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
733	733	4 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
734	734	5 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
735	735	6 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
736	736	7 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
737	737	8 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
738	738	9 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
739	739	10 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
740	740	11 Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
741	741	12 amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
742	742	13 (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
743	743	14 Sec. 25-85. Admissions.
744	744	15 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
745	745	16 of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois
746	746	17 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
747	747	18 completed:
748	748	19 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
749	749	20 the following 5 categories:
750	750	21 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
751	751	22 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
752	752	23 years may be collegiate level instruction;
753	753	24 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
754	754
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764	764	1 and government);
765	765	2 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
766	766	3 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
767	767	4 fundamentals of computer programming);
768	768	5 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
769	769	6 agricultural sciences); and
770	770	7 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
771	771	8 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
772	772	9 Language), music, career and technical education,
773	773	10 agricultural education, or art;
774	774	11 (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may
775	775	12 admit individual applicants if it determines through
776	776	13 assessment or through evaluation based on learning
777	777	14 outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
778	778	15 technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
779	779	16 school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
780	780	17 that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
781	781	18 substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
782	782	19 expected to be acquired in the high school courses
783	783	20 required for admission. The Board of Trustees of
784	784	21 Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in
785	785	22 the University's admissions process against an applicant
786	786	23 for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
787	787	24 charter school established under Article 27A of the School
788	788	25 Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i)
789	789	26 applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the
790	790
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800	800	1 minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and
801	801	2 (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are
802	802	3 admitted to the formal organized special assistance
803	803	4 programs that are tailored to the needs of such students,
804	804	5 providing that in either case, the institution
805	805	6 incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum
806	806	7 courses or other academic activities that compensate for
807	807	8 course deficiencies; and
808	808	9 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
809	809	10 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
810	810	11 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
811	811	12 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
812	812	13 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
813	813	14 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
814	814	15 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
815	815	16 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
816	816	17 coursework required by subsection (a).
817	817	18 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
818	818	19 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
819	819	20 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
820	820	21 test as a prerequisite to admission.
821	821	22 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
822	822	23 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
823	823	24 application for admission to the University as a freshman
824	824	25 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
825	825	26 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
826	826
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836	836	1 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
837	837	2 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
838	838	3 was on active duty during the fall semester.
839	839	4 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
840	840	5 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
841	841	6 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
842	842	7 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
843	843	8 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
844	844	9 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
845	845	10 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
846	846	11 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
847	847	12 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
848	848	13 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
849	849	14 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
850	850	15 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
851	851	16 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
852	852	17 Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is
853	853	18 amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
854	854	19 (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
855	855	20 Sec. 30-85. Admissions.
856	856	21 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
857	857	22 of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois
858	858	23 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
859	859	24 completed:
860	860
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870	870	1 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
871	871	2 the following 5 categories:
872	872	3 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
873	873	4 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
874	874	5 years may be collegiate level instruction;
875	875	6 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
876	876	7 and government);
877	877	8 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
878	878	9 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
879	879	10 fundamentals of computer programming);
880	880	11 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
881	881	12 agricultural sciences); and
882	882	13 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
883	883	14 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
884	884	15 Language), music, career and technical education,
885	885	16 agricultural education, or art;
886	886	17 (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit
887	887	18 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
888	888	19 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
889	889	20 coursework taken, including career and technical education
890	890	21 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
891	891	22 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
892	892	23 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
893	893	24 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
894	894	25 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
895	895	26 Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not
896	896
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906	906	1 discriminate in the University's admissions process
907	907	2 against an applicant for admission because of the
908	908	3 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
909	909	4 under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois
910	910	5 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
911	911	6 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
912	912	7 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
913	913	8 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
914	914	9 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
915	915	10 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
916	916	11 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
917	917	12 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
918	918	13 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
919	919	14 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
920	920	15 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
921	921	16 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
922	922	17 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
923	923	18 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
924	924	19 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
925	925	20 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
926	926	21 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
927	927	22 coursework required by subsection (a).
928	928	23 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
929	929	24 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
930	930	25 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
931	931	26 test as a prerequisite to admission.
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942	942	1 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
943	943	2 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
944	944	3 application for admission to the University as a freshman
945	945	4 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
946	946	5 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
947	947	6 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
948	948	7 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
949	949	8 was on active duty during the fall semester.
950	950	9 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
951	951	10 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
952	952	11 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
953	953	12 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
954	954	13 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
955	955	14 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
956	956	15 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
957	957	16 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
958	958	17 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
959	959	18 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
960	960	19 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
961	961	20 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
962	962	21 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
963	963	22 Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
964	964	23 by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
965	965	24 (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
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976	976	1 Sec. 35-85. Admissions.
977	977	2 (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
978	978	3 of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois
979	979	4 University unless such student also has satisfactorily
980	980	5 completed:
981	981	6 (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
982	982	7 the following 5 categories:
983	983	8 (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
984	984	9 oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
985	985	10 years may be collegiate level instruction;
986	986	11 (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
987	987	12 and government);
988	988	13 (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
989	989	14 advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
990	990	15 fundamentals of computer programming);
991	991	16 (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
992	992	17 agricultural sciences); and
993	993	18 (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
994	994	19 (which may be deemed to include American Sign
995	995	20 Language), music, career and technical education,
996	996	21 agricultural education, or art;
997	997	22 (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit
998	998	23 individual applicants if it determines through assessment
999	999	24 or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
1000	1000	25 coursework taken, including career and technical education
1001	1001	26 courses and courses taken in a charter school established
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1012	1012	1 under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
1013	1013	2 demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
1014	1014	3 to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
1015	1015	4 high school courses required for admission. The Board of
1016	1016	5 Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not
1017	1017	6 discriminate in the University's admissions process
1018	1018	7 against an applicant for admission because of the
1019	1019	8 applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
1020	1020	9 under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois
1021	1021	10 University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
1022	1022	11 an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
1023	1023	12 curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
1024	1024	13 disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
1025	1025	14 organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
1026	1026	15 the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
1027	1027	16 the institution incorporates in the applicant's
1028	1028	17 baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
1029	1029	18 activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
1030	1030	19 (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
1031	1031	20 required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
1032	1032	21 distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
1033	1033	22 the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
1034	1034	23 and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
1035	1035	24 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
1036	1036	25 (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
1037	1037	26 recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
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1048	1048	1 coursework required by subsection (a).
1049	1049	2 (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
1050	1050	3 scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
1051	1051	4 SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
1052	1052	5 test as a prerequisite to admission.
1053	1053	6 (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
1054	1054	7 which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
1055	1055	8 application for admission to the University as a freshman
1056	1056	9 student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
1057	1057	10 active duty during the fall semester. The University may
1058	1058	11 request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
1059	1059	12 status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
1060	1060	13 was on active duty during the fall semester.
1061	1061	14 (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student"
1062	1062	15 means a student residing in this State whose primary residence
1063	1063	16 is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake
1064	1064	17 County, McHenry County, or Will County.
1065	1065	18 If the University has a law school, medical school, or
1066	1066	19 nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions
1067	1067	20 process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law
1068	1068	21 school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural
1069	1069	22 students. The Board shall require each of these rural students
1070	1070	23 to agree to return to the county where the student's primary
1071	1071	24 residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation
1072	1072	25 from the law school, medical school, or nursing program.
1073	1073	26 (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
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