104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4111
 
Introduced 10/15/2025, by Rep. Harry Benton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 167/25 new
    Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Requires each public institution of higher education in the State to adopt a policy that authorizes a student to withdraw from the public institution of higher education under extenuating circumstances, which shall include a provision to refund a student for tuition and fees and room and board costs paid by the student or the student's family, to be prorated, for the semester during which the student withdraws. Effective January 1, 2027.


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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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 Public Higher Education Act is amended by 
5adding Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 167/25 new)
7    Sec. 25. Student withdrawal policies and reimbursement.  
8    (a) In this Section, "extenuating circumstances" includes, 
9but is not limited to, illness, injury, hospitalization, and 
10mental health and wellness.
11    (b) Each public institution of higher education shall 
12adopt a policy that authorizes a student to withdraw from the 
13public institution of higher education under extenuating 
14circumstances. Withdrawal policies developed under this 
15Section shall include a provision to refund a student for 
16tuition and fees and room and board costs paid by the student 
17or the student's family, to be prorated, for the semester 
18during which the student withdraws if extenuating 
19circumstances inhibit the student's ability to complete the 
20student's education at the public institution of higher 
21education.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
 
 
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11, 2027.