(110 ILCS 167/16)

Sec. 16. Admission based on legacy status or donor relation prohibited.

(a) In this Section:

"Alumnus" means a graduate of a public institution of higher education.

"Familial relationship" means an individual's father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great-aunt, great-uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister; the father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the individual's spouse; or the individual's fiance or fiancee.

"Legacy status" means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission to a public institution of higher education to an alumnus or former or current attendee of the public institution of higher education.

(b) In determining admission to a public institution of higher education, the public institution of higher education may not consider an applicant's legacy status or the applicant's familial relationship to any past, current, or prospective donor of something of value to the public institution of higher education as a factor in admitting the applicant.

(Source: P.A. 103-877, eff. 8-9-24; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25.)