093_HB3088

 
                                     LRB093 11111 AMC 11863 b

 1        AN ACT relating to schools.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The Private Business and Vocational Schools
 5    Act is amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 425/1.1) (from Ch. 144, par. 136.1)
 7        Sec. 1.1.  Exemptions and annual filing.
 8        (a)  For purposes of this Act, the following shall not be
 9    considered to be a private business and vocational school:
10             (1)  Any eleemosynary institution.
11             (2)  Any religious institution.
12             (3)  Any public educational institution exempt  from
13        property taxation under the laws of this State.
14             (4)  Any   in-service   course  of  instruction  and
15        subject offered by an employer  provided  no  tuition  is
16        charged and such instruction is offered only to employees
17        of such employer.
18             (5)  Any  educational  institution  (A) which (i) on
19        the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  1984  or
20        which  on  January  2,  2001  enrolls  a  majority of its
21        students  in  degree  programs  and,  has  maintained  an
22        accredited status with the Commission on Institutions  of
23        Higher  Education  of  the  North  Central Association of
24        Colleges and Schools or (ii) on or  after  the  effective
25        date  of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
26        enrolls students in one or more  bachelor-level  programs
27        and  is  accredited by a national accrediting agency that
28        is recognized by the U.S. Department  of  Education,  and
29        (B)  which  is  regulated by the Illinois Board of Higher
30        Education under the Private College Act or  the  Academic
31        Degree Act, or which is exempt from such regulation under
 
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 1        either  of  the foregoing Acts solely for the reason that
 2        such educational institution  was  in  operation  on  the
 3        effective date of either such Act.
 4             (6)  Any  institution  and  the  franchisees of such
 5        institution  which  offer   exclusively   a   course   of
 6        instruction in income tax theory or return preparation at
 7        a  total  contract  price  of no more than $400, provided
 8        that the total annual enrollment of such institution  for
 9        all such courses of instruction exceeds 500 students, and
10        further  provided  that  the total contract price for all
11        instruction offered to a student in any one calendar year
12        does not exceed $400.  For each calendar year after 1990,
13        the total contract price shall be adjusted,  rounded  off
14        to  the  nearest  dollar,  by  the same percentage as the
15        increase or  decrease  in  the  general  price  level  as
16        measured  by  the  consumer  price  index  for  all urban
17        consumers for the United States, or its successor  index,
18        as  defined  and officially reported by the United States
19        Department of Labor, or its successor agency.  The change
20        in the index shall be that  as  first  published  by  the
21        Department  of  Labor  for  the calendar year immediately
22        preceding the year in which the total contract  price  is
23        calculated.
24        (b)  An institution exempted under subsection (a) of this
25    Section must file with the Superintendent an annual financial
26    report to demonstrate continued compliance by the institution
27    with the requirements on which the exemption is based.
28    (Source: P.A. 92-62, eff. 1-1-02.)

29        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.