Sen. Celina Villanueva

Filed: 3/8/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3081

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3081 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/8)  (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
7    Sec. 8. Admissions.
8    (a) (Blank).
9    (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
10of the departments or colleges of the University unless such
11student also has satisfactorily completed:
12        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
13    the following 5 categories:
14            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
15        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
16        years may be collegiate level instruction;

 

 

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1            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
2        and government);
3            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
4        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
5        fundamentals of computer programming);
6            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
7        agricultural sciences); and
8            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
9        (which may be deemed to include American Sign
10        Language), music, career and technical education,
11        agricultural education, or art;
12        (2) except that institutions may admit individual
13    applicants if the institution determines through
14    assessment or through evaluation based on learning
15    outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
16    technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
17    school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
18    that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
19    substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
20    expected to be acquired in the high school courses
21    required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the
22    University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the
23    University's admissions process against an applicant for
24    admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
25    charter school established under Article 27A of the School
26    Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did

 

 

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1    not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
2    preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2)
3    educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to
4    the formal organized special assistance programs that are
5    tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
6    either case, the institution incorporates in the
7    applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other
8    academic activities that compensate for course
9    deficiencies; and
10        (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework
11    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
12    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
13    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
14    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
15    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
16    (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
17recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
18coursework required by subsection (b).
19    (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has
20scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
21SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
22test as a prerequisite to admission.
23    (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions
24process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted
25to submit an application for admission to the University as a
26freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the

 

 

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1veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The
2University may request that the Department of Veterans'
3Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably
4discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall
5semester.
6    (f) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
7of Trustees shall provide all Illinois students transferring
8from a public community college in this State with the
9University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee
10waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or
11forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the
12University's transfer admissions process. The Board of
13Trustees is encouraged to develop a policy to automatically
14waive the undergraduate transfer admissions application fee
15for low-income Illinois students transferring from a public
16community college in this State. The Board of Trustees shall
17post this policy in an easily accessible place on the
18University's Internet website.
19(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
20    Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
21Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
 
22    (110 ILCS 520/8e)  (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
23    Sec. 8e. Admissions.
24    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any

 

 

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1of the departments or colleges of the University unless such
2student also has satisfactorily completed:
3        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
4    the following 5 categories:
5            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
6        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
7        years may be collegiate level instruction;
8            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
9        and government);
10            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
11        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
12        fundamentals of computer programming);
13            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
14        agricultural sciences); and
15            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
16        (which may be deemed to include American Sign
17        Language), music, career and technical education,
18        agricultural education, or art;
19        (2) except that institutions may admit individual
20    applicants if the institution determines through
21    assessment or through evaluation based on learning
22    outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
23    technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
24    school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
25    that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
26    substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills

 

 

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1    expected to be acquired in the high school courses
2    required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern
3    Illinois University shall not discriminate in the
4    University's admissions process against an applicant for
5    admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
6    charter school established under Article 27A of the School
7    Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did
8    not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
9    preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2)
10    educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to
11    the formal organized special assistance programs that are
12    tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
13    either case, the institution incorporates in the
14    applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other
15    academic activities that compensate for course
16    deficiencies; and
17        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
18    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
19    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
20    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
21    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
22    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
23    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
24recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
25coursework required by subsection (a).
26    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has

 

 

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1scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
2SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
3test as a prerequisite to admission.
4    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
5which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
6application for admission to the University as a freshman
7student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
8active duty during the fall semester. The University may
9request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
10status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
11was on active duty during the fall semester.
12    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
13shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
14community college in this State with the University's
15undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
16policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
17necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's
18transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
19develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
20transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
21students transferring from a public community college in this
22State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily
23accessible place on the University's Internet website.
24(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
25    Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 5-85 as follows:
 
2    (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
3    Sec. 5-85. Admissions.
4    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
5of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University
6unless such student also has satisfactorily completed:
7        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
8    the following 5 categories:
9            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
10        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
11        years may be collegiate level instruction;
12            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
13        and government);
14            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
15        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
16        fundamentals of computer programming);
17            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
18        agricultural sciences); and
19            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
20        (which may be deemed to include American Sign
21        Language), music, career and technical education,
22        agricultural education, or art;
23        (2) except that Chicago State University may admit
24    individual applicants if it determines through assessment
25    or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the

 

 

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1    coursework taken, including career and technical education
2    courses and courses taken in a charter school established
3    under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
4    demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
5    to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
6    high school courses required for admission. The Board of
7    Trustees of Chicago State University shall not
8    discriminate in the University's admissions process
9    against an applicant for admission because of the
10    applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
11    under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State
12    University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
13    an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
14    curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
15    disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
16    organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
17    the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
18    the institution incorporates in the applicant's
19    baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
20    activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
21        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
22    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
23    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
24    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
25    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
26    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).

 

 

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1    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
2recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
3coursework required by subsection (a).
4    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
5scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
6SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
7test as a prerequisite to admission.
8    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
9which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
10application for admission to the University as a freshman
11student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
12active duty during the fall semester. The University may
13request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
14status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
15was on active duty during the fall semester.
16    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
17shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
18community college in this State with the University's
19undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
20policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
21necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's
22transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
23develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
24transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
25students transferring from a public community college in this
26State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily

 

 

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1accessible place on the University's Internet website.
2(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
3    Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
4by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
 
5    (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
6    Sec. 10-85. Admissions.
7    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
8of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois
9University unless such student also has satisfactorily
10completed:
11        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
12    the following 5 categories:
13            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
14        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
15        years may be collegiate level instruction;
16            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
17        and government);
18            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
19        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
20        fundamentals of computer programming);
21            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
22        agricultural sciences); and
23            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
24        (which may be deemed to include American Sign

 

 

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1        Language), music, career and technical education,
2        agricultural education, or art;
3        (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit
4    individual applicants if it determines through assessment
5    or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
6    coursework taken, including career and technical education
7    courses and courses taken in a charter school established
8    under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
9    demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
10    to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
11    high school courses required for admission. The Board of
12    Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not
13    discriminate in the University's admissions process
14    against an applicant for admission because of the
15    applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
16    under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois
17    University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
18    an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
19    curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
20    disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
21    organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
22    the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
23    the institution incorporates in the applicant's
24    baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
25    activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
26        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework

 

 

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1    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
2    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
3    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
4    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
5    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
6    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
7recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
8coursework required by subsection (a).
9    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
10scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
11SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
12test as a prerequisite to admission.
13    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
14which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
15application for admission to the University as a freshman
16student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
17active duty during the fall semester. The University may
18request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
19status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
20was on active duty during the fall semester.
21    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
22shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
23community college in this State with the University's
24undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
25policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
26necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's

 

 

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1transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
2develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
3transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
4students transferring from a public community college in this
5State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily
6accessible place on the University's Internet website.
7(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
8    Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended
9by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
 
10    (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
11    Sec. 15-85. Admissions.
12    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
13of the departments or colleges of the Governors State
14University unless such student also has satisfactorily
15completed:
16        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
17    the following 5 categories:
18            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
19        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
20        years may be collegiate level instruction;
21            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
22        and government);
23            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
24        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or

 

 

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1        fundamentals of computer programming);
2            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
3        agricultural sciences); and
4            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
5        (which may be deemed to include American Sign
6        Language), music, career and technical education,
7        agricultural education, or art;
8        (2) except that Governors State University may admit
9    individual applicants if it determines through assessment
10    or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
11    coursework taken, including career and technical education
12    courses and courses taken in a charter school established
13    under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
14    demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
15    to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
16    high school courses required for admission. The Board of
17    Trustees of Governors State University shall not
18    discriminate in the University's admissions process
19    against an applicant for admission because of the
20    applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
21    under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State
22    University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
23    an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
24    curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
25    disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
26    organized special assistance programs that are tailored to

 

 

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1    the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
2    the institution incorporates in the applicant's
3    baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
4    activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
5        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
6    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
7    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
8    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
9    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
10    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
11    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
12recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
13coursework required by subsection (a).
14    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
15scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
16SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
17test as a prerequisite to admission.
18    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
19which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
20application for admission to the University as a freshman
21student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
22active duty during the fall semester. The University may
23request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
24status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
25was on active duty during the fall semester.
26    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board

 

 

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1shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
2community college in this State with the University's
3undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
4policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
5necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's
6transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
7develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
8transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
9students transferring from a public community college in this
10State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily
11accessible place on the University's Internet website.
12(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
13    Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended
14by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
 
15    (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
16    Sec. 20-85. Admissions.
17    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
18of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State
19University unless such student also has satisfactorily
20completed:
21        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
22    the following 5 categories:
23            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
24        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2

 

 

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1        years may be collegiate level instruction;
2            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
3        and government);
4            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
5        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
6        fundamentals of computer programming);
7            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
8        agricultural sciences); and
9            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
10        (which may be deemed to include American Sign
11        Language), music, career and technical education,
12        agricultural education, or art;
13        (2) except that Illinois State University may admit
14    individual applicants if it determines through assessment
15    or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
16    coursework taken, including career and technical education
17    courses and courses taken in a charter school established
18    under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
19    demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
20    to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
21    high school courses required for admission. The Board of
22    Trustees of Illinois State University shall not
23    discriminate in the University's admissions process
24    against an applicant for admission because of the
25    applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
26    under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State

 

 

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1    University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
2    an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
3    curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
4    disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
5    organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
6    the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
7    the institution incorporates in the applicant's
8    baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
9    activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
10        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
11    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
12    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
13    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
14    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
15    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
16    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
17recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
18coursework required by subsection (a).
19    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
20scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
21SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
22test as a prerequisite to admission.
23    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
24which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
25application for admission to the University as a freshman
26student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on

 

 

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1active duty during the fall semester. The University may
2request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
3status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
4was on active duty during the fall semester.
5    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
6shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
7community college in this State with the University's
8undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
9policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
10necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's
11transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
12develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
13transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
14students transferring from a public community college in this
15State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily
16accessible place on the University's Internet website.
17(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
18    Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
19amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
 
20    (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
21    Sec. 25-85. Admissions.
22    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
23of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois
24University unless such student also has satisfactorily

 

 

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1completed:
2        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
3    the following 5 categories:
4            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
5        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
6        years may be collegiate level instruction;
7            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
8        and government);
9            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
10        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
11        fundamentals of computer programming);
12            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
13        agricultural sciences); and
14            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
15        (which may be deemed to include American Sign
16        Language), music, career and technical education,
17        agricultural education, or art;
18        (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may
19    admit individual applicants if it determines through
20    assessment or through evaluation based on learning
21    outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and
22    technical education courses and courses taken in a charter
23    school established under Article 27A of the School Code,
24    that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
25    substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills
26    expected to be acquired in the high school courses

 

 

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1    required for admission. The Board of Trustees of
2    Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in
3    the University's admissions process against an applicant
4    for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a
5    charter school established under Article 27A of the School
6    Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i)
7    applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the
8    minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and
9    (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are
10    admitted to the formal organized special assistance
11    programs that are tailored to the needs of such students,
12    providing that in either case, the institution
13    incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum
14    courses or other academic activities that compensate for
15    course deficiencies; and
16        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
17    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
18    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
19    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
20    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
21    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
22    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
23recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
24coursework required by subsection (a).
25    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
26scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or

 

 

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1SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
2test as a prerequisite to admission.
3    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
4which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
5application for admission to the University as a freshman
6student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
7active duty during the fall semester. The University may
8request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
9status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
10was on active duty during the fall semester.
11    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
12shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
13community college in this State with the University's
14undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
15policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
16necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's
17transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
18develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
19transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
20students transferring from a public community college in this
21State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily
22accessible place on the University's Internet website.
23(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
24    Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is
25amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
2    Sec. 30-85. Admissions.
3    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
4of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois
5University unless such student also has satisfactorily
6completed:
7        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
8    the following 5 categories:
9            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
10        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
11        years may be collegiate level instruction;
12            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
13        and government);
14            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
15        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
16        fundamentals of computer programming);
17            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
18        agricultural sciences); and
19            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
20        (which may be deemed to include American Sign
21        Language), music, career and technical education,
22        agricultural education, or art;
23        (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit
24    individual applicants if it determines through assessment
25    or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the

 

 

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1    coursework taken, including career and technical education
2    courses and courses taken in a charter school established
3    under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
4    demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
5    to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
6    high school courses required for admission. The Board of
7    Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not
8    discriminate in the University's admissions process
9    against an applicant for admission because of the
10    applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
11    under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois
12    University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
13    an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
14    curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
15    disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
16    organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
17    the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
18    the institution incorporates in the applicant's
19    baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
20    activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
21        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
22    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
23    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
24    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
25    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
26    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).

 

 

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1    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
2recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
3coursework required by subsection (a).
4    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
5scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
6SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
7test as a prerequisite to admission.
8    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
9which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
10application for admission to the University as a freshman
11student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
12active duty during the fall semester. The University may
13request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
14status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
15was on active duty during the fall semester.
16    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
17shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
18community college in this State with the University's
19undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
20policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
21necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's
22transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
23develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
24transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
25students transferring from a public community college in this
26State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily

 

 

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1accessible place on the University's Internet website.
2(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
3    Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
4by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
 
5    (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
6    Sec. 35-85. Admissions.
7    (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any
8of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois
9University unless such student also has satisfactorily
10completed:
11        (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
12    the following 5 categories:
13            (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
14        oral communications and literature), of which up to 2
15        years may be collegiate level instruction;
16            (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history
17        and government);
18            (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
19        advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or
20        fundamentals of computer programming);
21            (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
22        agricultural sciences); and
23            (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
24        (which may be deemed to include American Sign

 

 

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1        Language), music, career and technical education,
2        agricultural education, or art;
3        (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit
4    individual applicants if it determines through assessment
5    or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the
6    coursework taken, including career and technical education
7    courses and courses taken in a charter school established
8    under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant
9    demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent
10    to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the
11    high school courses required for admission. The Board of
12    Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not
13    discriminate in the University's admissions process
14    against an applicant for admission because of the
15    applicant's enrollment in a charter school established
16    under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois
17    University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have
18    an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory
19    curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally
20    disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal
21    organized special assistance programs that are tailored to
22    the needs of such students, providing that in either case,
23    the institution incorporates in the applicant's
24    baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic
25    activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
26        (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework

 

 

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1    required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be
2    distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from
3    the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences
4    and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
5    categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
6    (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall
7recognize their obligation to their students to offer the
8coursework required by subsection (a).
9    (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has
10scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or
11SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency
12test as a prerequisite to admission.
13    (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in
14which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an
15application for admission to the University as a freshman
16student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on
17active duty during the fall semester. The University may
18request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the
19status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who
20was on active duty during the fall semester.
21    (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board
22shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public
23community college in this State with the University's
24undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver
25policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms
26necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the University's

 

 

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1transfer admissions process. The Board is encouraged to
2develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate
3transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois
4students transferring from a public community college in this
5State. The Board shall post this policy in an easily
6accessible place on the University's Internet website.
7(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.".