103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5655
 
Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 167/15 new
    Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education shall adopt a policy to allow a student who is a member of the National Guard of any state, the District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States to submit classwork and complete any other class assignments missed due to the student participating in a drill required as a member of the National Guard or the reserve component.


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A BILL FOR
 
HB5655LRB103 36114 RJT 66204 b

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 15 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 167/15 new)
7    Sec. 15. National Guard and reservist classwork policy. 
8The governing board of each public institution of higher 
9education shall adopt a policy to allow a student who is a 
10member of the National Guard of any state, the District of 
11Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States 
12or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United 
13States to submit classwork and complete any other class 
14assignments missed due to the student participating in a drill 
15required as a member of the National Guard or the reserve 
16component.