99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0228

 

Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 305/7g

    Amends the University of Illinois Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning tuition waivers.


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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 University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 7g as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/7g)
7    Sec. 7g. Tuition waivers. In addition to any tuition
8waivers that that the Board of Trustees offers that are exempt
9by statute from any tuition waiver limitation established by
10the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees
11is authorized to waive, for individuals with the requisite
12athletic, academic, or other abilities, that percentage of its
13undergraduate tuition that is authorized under the tuition
14waiver limitation established in regulations promulgated by
15the Illinois Board of Higher Education. If in any fiscal year
16the Board of Trustees issues undergraduate tuition waivers to
17individuals in an aggregate amount exceeding the aggregate
18tuition waiver amount authorized for that fiscal year under the
19tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois Board of
20Higher Education, the University's budget request for the
21succeeding fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois Board of
22Higher Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver
23excess.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)