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                                     LRB093 05451 NHT 14501 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2522

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2522,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    with  reference  to  page and line numbers of House Amendment
 4    No. 1, as follows:
 5    on page  2,  immediately  below  line  1,  by  inserting  the
 6    following:

 7        "Section  10.   The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
 8    Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MM as follows:

 9        (815 ILCS 505/2MM new)
10        Sec. 2MM.  Internet higher education.
11        (a)  An educational institution may  not  offer  Illinois
12    residents  higher  education degree programs or degree-credit
13    courses  over  the  Internet  unless  (i)   the   educational
14    institution   is   accredited   by  a  regional  or  national
15    accrediting agency or association that is recognized  by  the
16    U.S. Department of Education and is licensed to award degrees
17    by  at  least  one  state or (ii) the educational institution
18    prominently  discloses  in  all   of   its   promotional   or
19    solicitation  material  the  absence of such accreditation or
20    state licensure.
21        (b)  The failure to make any disclosure required by  this
22    Section  is  an  unlawful practice within the meaning of this
 
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 1    Act.".