98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0524
 
Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


110 ILCS 205/9.24

    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section
concerning gender equity in intercollegiate athletics.



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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by 
5changing Section 9.24 as follows:
 



6    (110 ILCS 205/9.24)



7    Sec. 9.24. Sports Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics. For 
8the
the purpose of
attaining gender equity in intercollegiate 
9athletics, public institutions of
higher education may grant, 
10in addition to any such amounts previously
authorized by the 
11Board, tuition waivers in an amount not to exceed 1% of all

12tuition income.  Intercollegiate athletics, for purposes of 
13this Section, shall
include only those sports sanctioned by the 
14National Collegiate Athletic
Association and the National 
15Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, but
shall not 
16include club sports.
17    Before issuing any such tuition waiver, public 
18institutions of higher
education shall place on file with the 
19Board a plan for achieving gender equity
in intercollegiate 
20athletics.  The plan shall include, but not be limited to:


21        (1) intercollegiate sports opportunities available to 
22    both men and women;


23        (2) activities to be undertaken by the institution to 
 
 
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1    achieve gender
equity in intercollegiate athletics;


2        (3) identification of the barriers to achieving and 
3    maintaining equitable
intercollegiate athletic 
4    opportunities for men and women;


5        (4) progress in achieving sports equity in compliance 
6    with Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972; and


7        (5) the use of tuition waivers for attaining gender 
8    equity in
intercollegiate sports.

9    The Board shall report every 3 years to the General 
10Assembly and
the
Governor, on or before the second Wednesday of 
11April,
beginning in 2002,
with a description of the plans 
12submitted by each public institution of higher
education 
13relative to attainment of gender equity in intercollegiate 
14sports.
The report shall include financial data on tuition 
15waivers and other
intercollegiate athletic expenditures for 
16men and women, the effectiveness of
the plans, and the degree 
17of compliance with Title IX of the Higher Education
Act of 
181965.

19(Source: P.A. 91-792, eff. 6-9-00.)