Public Act 095-0272
 
SB0313 Enrolled LRB095 03355 NHT 23359 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
changing Section 9.07 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 205/9.07)  (from Ch. 144, par. 189.07)
    Sec. 9.07. Admission standards.
    (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), to
establish minimum admission standards for public community
colleges, colleges and state universities. However,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or any
other law of this State, the minimum admission standards
established by the Board shall not directly or indirectly
authorize or require a State college or university to
discriminate in the admissions process against an applicant for
admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a charter
school established under Article 27A of the School Code.
Admission standards for out-of-state students may be higher
than for Illinois residents.
    (b) Implementation of the new statewide minimum admission
requirements and standards for public colleges and
universities in Illinois established and announced by the Board
in December, 1985 shall be deferred as provided in this
subsection. The Board shall not attempt to implement or
otherwise effect adoption and establishment of those minimum
admission requirements and standards in any public community
college, college or State university prior to the fall of 1993,
and no public community college, college or State university
shall be under any duty or obligation to implement, establish
or otherwise apply those minimum admission requirements and
standards to any entering freshmen prior to the fall of 1993.
The Board of Higher Education shall provide the State
Superintendent of Education, on or before January 1, 1990,
descriptions of course content, and such other criteria as are
necessary to determine and certify whether all school districts
maintaining grades 9-12 are offering courses which satisfy the
minimum admission requirements and standards established and
announced by the Board. In addition, there shall be established
a 9 member committee composed of 3 members selected by the
Board of Higher Education, 3 members selected by the State
Superintendent of Education and 3 members selected by the
President of the Illinois Vocational Association. The
committee shall be appointed within 30 days after the effective
date of this amendatory Act. It shall be the duty and
responsibility of the committee to identify and develop courses
and curricula in the vocational education area which meet the
minimum admission requirements and standards to be established
and implemented under this Section. The first meeting of the
committee shall be called by the Executive Director of the
Board of Higher Education within 10 days after the committee is
appointed. At its first meeting the committee shall organize
and elect a chairperson. The committee's report shall be
prepared and submitted by the committee to the Board of Higher
Education, the Illinois State Board of Education and the
General Assembly by April 1, 1989.
    (c) By March 1, 1980, the Boards shall develop guidelines
which: (1) place the emphasis on postsecondary remedial
programs at Public Community Colleges and (2) reduces the role
of the state universities in offering remedial programs. By
June 30, 1981, the Board shall report to the General Assembly
the progress made toward this transition in the emphasis on
remedial programs at the postsecondary level and any
legislative action that it deems appropriate. Under the
guidelines, if a State university determines that a student
needs remedial coursework, then the university must require
that the student complete the remedial coursework before
pursuing his or her major course of study.
(Source: P.A. 89-450, eff. 4-10-96.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.