97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4543

 

Introduced 1/31/2012, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 947/10

    Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that for the purpose of meeting the definition of "qualified institution" as used in provisions concerning the Monetary Award Program, a for-profit educational organization is an educational organization located in this State if the organization's main campus is physically located in this State.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 947/10)
7    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, and except to the extent
8that any of the following words or phrases is specifically
9qualified by its context:
10    "Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance
11Commission created by this Act.
12    "Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance of an
13individual's status as a student in an institution of higher
14learning, regardless of the terms used at the institution to
15describe that status.
16    "Approved high school" means any public high school located
17in this State; and any high school, located in this State or
18elsewhere (whether designated as a high school, secondary
19school, academy, preparatory school, or otherwise) which in the
20judgment of the State Superintendent of Education provides a
21course of instruction at the secondary level and maintains
22standards of instruction substantially equivalent to those of
23the public high schools located in this State.

 

 

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1    "Institution of higher learning", "qualified institution",
2or "institution" means an educational organization located in
3this State which
4        (1) provides at least an organized 2 year program of
5    collegiate grade in the liberal arts or sciences, or both,
6    directly applicable toward the attainment of a
7    baccalaureate degree or a program in health education
8    directly applicable toward the attainment of a
9    certificate, diploma, or an associate degree;
10        (2) either is
11            (A) operated by this State, or
12            (B) operated publicly or privately, not for
13        profit, or
14            (C) operated for profit, provided such for profit
15        organization
16                (i) offers degree programs which have been
17            approved by the Board of Higher Education for a
18            minimum of 3 years under the Academic Degree Act,
19            and
20                (ii) enrolls a majority of its students in such
21            degree programs, and
22                (iii) maintains an accredited status with the
23            Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of
24            the North Central Association of Colleges and
25            Schools;
26        (3) in the judgment of the Commission meets standards

 

 

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1    substantially equivalent to those of comparable
2    institutions operated by this State; and
3        (4) if so required by the Commission, uses the State as
4    its primary guarantor of student loans made under the
5    federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
6For the purpose of meeting the definition of "qualified
7institution" as used in Section 35 of this Act, a for-profit
8educational organization is an educational organization
9located in this State if the organization's main campus is
10physically located in this State. For otherwise eligible
11educational organizations which provide academic programs for
12incarcerated students, the terms "institution of higher
13learning", "qualified institutions", and "institution" shall
14specifically exclude academic programs for incarcerated
15students.
16    "Academic Year" means a 12 month period of time, normally
17but not exclusively, from September 1 of any year through
18August 31 of the ensuing year.
19    "Full-time student" means any undergraduate student
20enrolled in 12 or more semester or quarter hours of credit
21courses in any given semester or quarter or in the equivalent
22number of units of registration as determined by the
23Commission.
24    "Part-time student" means any undergraduate student, other
25than a full-time student, enrolled in 6 or more semester or
26quarter hours of credit courses in any given semester or

 

 

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1quarter or in the equivalent number of units of registration as
2determined by the Commission. Beginning with fiscal year 1999,
3the Commission may, on a program by program basis, expand this
4definition of "part-time student" to include students who
5enroll in less than 6 semester or quarter hours of credit
6courses in any given semester or quarter.
7(Source: P.A. 90-122, eff. 7-17-97; 91-250, eff. 7-22-99.)