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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 10-92 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 665/10-92) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 10-92. Tuition affordability discount program. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | findings: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (1) Both access and affordability are important points | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | in the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Success. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (2) This State is in the top quartile with respect to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the percentage of family income needed to pay for college. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | attendance decreases. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (4) There is further research indicating socioeconomic | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | status may affect the willingness of students to use loans | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | to attend college. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (5) Strategic use of tuition discounting will decrease | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | the amount of loans that students must use to pay for |
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1 | tuition. | ||||||
2 | (6) A modest, individually tailored tuition discount | ||||||
3 | can make the difference in choosing to attend college and | ||||||
4 | would enhance college access for low (up to 150% of the | ||||||
5 | federal poverty level) and middle income (151% to 300% of | ||||||
6 | the federal poverty level) families. | ||||||
7 | (7) Even if the federally calculated financial need for | ||||||
8 | college attendance is met, the federally determined | ||||||
9 | Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting | ||||||
10 | amount. | ||||||
11 | (8) This State is the second largest exporter of | ||||||
12 | students in the country. | ||||||
13 | (9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State. | ||||||
14 | State universities in other states have adopted pricing and | ||||||
15 | incentives that make college expenses for residents of this | ||||||
16 | State less than in this State. | ||||||
17 | (10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of | ||||||
18 | Illinois students to institutions in other states, | ||||||
19 | assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly | ||||||
20 | trained workforce. | ||||||
21 | (11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, this | ||||||
22 | State can bring out-of-state students to this State. | ||||||
23 | (12) The program established under this Section will | ||||||
24 | allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for highly | ||||||
25 | qualified students who may reside in other states by | ||||||
26 | mitigating the effect of cost differences. |
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1 | (13) Modest tuition discounts, individually targeted | ||||||
2 | and tailored, result in enhanced revenue for university | ||||||
3 | programs. | ||||||
4 | (14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's | ||||||
5 | capacity to strategically use tuition discounting, the | ||||||
6 | University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition | ||||||
7 | revenue by increasing enrollment yields. | ||||||
8 | (15) The Board of Higher Education's current | ||||||
9 | institutional tuition waiver limitation is 3% of total | ||||||
10 | available undergraduate tuition revenue. | ||||||
11 | (b) The Board shall establish a program to increase the | ||||||
12 | Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | ||||||
13 | limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase | ||||||
14 | access to college and make college more affordable for | ||||||
15 | undergraduate students. Under the program, the institutional | ||||||
16 | tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2 percentage | ||||||
17 | points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage points in | ||||||
18 | the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in the | ||||||
19 | 2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the | ||||||
20 | 2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition | ||||||
21 | waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the program and | ||||||
22 | thereafter. | ||||||
23 | (c) The program shall require that students who receive a | ||||||
24 | tuition discount under the program be accepted to the | ||||||
25 | university through normal admissions standards and processes. | ||||||
26 | Individual tuition discounts granted under the program must not |
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1 | exceed $2,500 per academic year. The program shall provide a | ||||||
2 | maximum of one discount per academic year for a maximum of 4 | ||||||
3 | years to each student in the program who maintains satisfactory | ||||||
4 | academic progress. The program shall be terminated after the | ||||||
5 | 2022-2023 2018-2019 academic year, with no new students | ||||||
6 | receiving discounts. However, notwithstanding the Board of | ||||||
7 | Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver limitation, | ||||||
8 | existing students receiving discounts under the program are | ||||||
9 | eligible to maintain those discounts, with satisfactory | ||||||
10 | academic progress, under the 4-year limitation, after the | ||||||
11 | 2022-2023 2018-2019 academic year due to maintenance of effort | ||||||
12 | within their 4-year window. Sunset dates for discounted support | ||||||
13 | shall be based upon the first academic year in which a student | ||||||
14 | receives a discount. | ||||||
15 | (d) Every 2 years, the Board shall report to the Board of | ||||||
16 | Higher Education on the program's impact on tuition revenue, | ||||||
17 | enrollment goals, and increasing access and affordability on | ||||||
18 | such dates as the Board of Higher Education shall determine. | ||||||
19 | (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that | ||||||
20 | are necessary to implement this Section. | ||||||
21 | (f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026 2022 .
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22 | (Source: P.A. 97-290, eff. 8-10-11; 98-1100, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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