104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0061 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Preferential Admission Ban Act. Prohibits, beginning September 1, 2025, an independent institution of higher education from providing a legacy preference or donor preference in admissions to an applicant as part of the regular or early action admissions process. Provides that, on or before June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, an independent institution of higher education shall report to the General Assembly and the Office of the Attorney General on whether the independent institution of higher education complied with the provisions of the Act and, if the independent institution of higher education did not comply with the provisions, the independent institution of higher education shall include additional specified information in its report. Requires the Office of the Attorney General to post the names of the independent institutions of higher education that violate the Act on its Internet website by the next fiscal year. LRB104 04191 LNS 14215 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0061 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Preferential Admission Ban Act. Prohibits, beginning September 1, 2025, an independent institution of higher education from providing a legacy preference or donor preference in admissions to an applicant as part of the regular or early action admissions process. Provides that, on or before June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, an independent institution of higher education shall report to the General Assembly and the Office of the Attorney General on whether the independent institution of higher education complied with the provisions of the Act and, if the independent institution of higher education did not comply with the provisions, the independent institution of higher education shall include additional specified information in its report. Requires the Office of the Attorney General to post the names of the independent institutions of higher education that violate the Act on its Internet website by the next fiscal year. LRB104 04191 LNS 14215 b LRB104 04191 LNS 14215 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0061 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Preferential Admission Ban Act. Prohibits, beginning September 1, 2025, an independent institution of higher education from providing a legacy preference or donor preference in admissions to an applicant as part of the regular or early action admissions process. Provides that, on or before June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, an independent institution of higher education shall report to the General Assembly and the Office of the Attorney General on whether the independent institution of higher education complied with the provisions of the Act and, if the independent institution of higher education did not comply with the provisions, the independent institution of higher education shall include additional specified information in its report. Requires the Office of the Attorney General to post the names of the independent institutions of higher education that violate the Act on its Internet website by the next fiscal year.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Preferential Admission Ban Act.
6 Section 5. Intent. It is the intent of the General
7 Assembly to stop the practice of legacy and donor admissions
8 and protect students as they pursue their higher education.
9 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10 "Donor preference in admissions" means considering an
11 applicant's relation to a donor of, or a donation to, an
12 independent institution of higher education as a factor in the
13 admissions process, including asking an applicant to indicate
14 the applicant's family's donor status and including that
15 information among the documents that the independent
16 institution of higher education uses to consider an applicant
17 for admission.
18 "Independent institution of higher education" means a
19 nonpublic higher education institution that grants
20 undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, or both, that is
21 formed as a nonprofit corporation in this State, that is
22 accredited by an agency recognized by the United States
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0061 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Preferential Admission Ban Act. Prohibits, beginning September 1, 2025, an independent institution of higher education from providing a legacy preference or donor preference in admissions to an applicant as part of the regular or early action admissions process. Provides that, on or before June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, an independent institution of higher education shall report to the General Assembly and the Office of the Attorney General on whether the independent institution of higher education complied with the provisions of the Act and, if the independent institution of higher education did not comply with the provisions, the independent institution of higher education shall include additional specified information in its report. Requires the Office of the Attorney General to post the names of the independent institutions of higher education that violate the Act on its Internet website by the next fiscal year.
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1 Department of Education, and that receives, or benefits from,
2 State-funded student financial assistance or that enrolls
3 students who receive State-funded student financial
4 assistance.
5 "Legacy preference in admissions" means considering an
6 applicant's relation to an alumnus of an independent
7 institution of higher education as a factor in the admissions
8 process, including asking an applicant to indicate where the
9 applicant's relatives attended college and including that
10 information among the documents that the independent
11 institution of higher education uses to consider an applicant
12 for admission. "Legacy preference in admissions" does not
13 include collecting data on an applicant's relation to alumni
14 or donors for purposes other than admissions decisions.
15 Section 15. Preferential admissions prohibited.
16 (a) Beginning September 1, 2025, an independent
17 institution of higher education shall not provide a legacy
18 preference in admissions or a donor preference in admissions
19 to an applicant as part of the regular or early action
20 admissions process.
21 (b) On or before June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter,
22 an independent institution of higher education shall report to
23 the General Assembly and the Office of the Attorney General
24 either of the following:
25 (1) That the independent institution of higher
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