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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0724
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 425/1.1 |
from Ch. 144, par. 136.1 |
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Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Removes the dates on which an educational institution must have enrolled a
majority of its students in degree programs and maintained an
accredited status in order to not be considered to be a private business and vocational school under the Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Private Business and Vocational Schools Act |
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| is amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 425/1.1)
(from Ch. 144, par. 136.1)
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| Sec. 1.1. Exemptions and annual filing.
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| (a) For purposes of this Act, the following shall
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| considered to be a private business and vocational school:
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| (1) Any eleemosynary institution.
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| (2) Any religious institution.
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| (3) Any public educational institution exempt from |
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| property taxation
under the laws of this State.
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| (4) Any in-service course of instruction and subject |
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| offered by an
employer provided no tuition is charged and |
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| such instruction is offered
only to employees of such |
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| employer.
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| (5) Any educational institution (A) which (i) on the |
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| effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1984 or which on |
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| January 2, 2001 enrolls a
majority of its students in |
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| degree programs and has maintained an
accredited status |
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| with the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of
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| the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools or |
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| (ii) on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 93rd General Assembly enrolls
students in one or |
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| more bachelor-level programs,
enrolls a majority of its |
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| students in degree
programs,
and is accredited by a
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| national accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. |
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| Department of
Education and (B) which is regulated by the |
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| Illinois Board of Higher
Education under
the Private |
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| College Act or the Academic Degree Act, or which is exempt |
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such regulation under either of the foregoing Acts |
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| solely for the reason that
such educational institution was |
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| in operation on the effective date of either
such Act.
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| (6) Any institution and the franchisees of such |
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| institution which offer
exclusively a course of |
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| instruction in income tax theory or return preparation
at a |
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| total contract price of no more than $400, provided that |
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| the total annual
enrollment of such institution for all |
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| such courses of instruction exceeds 500
students, and |
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| further provided that the total contract price for all
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| instruction offered to a student in any one calendar year |
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| does not exceed $400.
For each calendar year after 1990, |
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| the total contract price shall be adjusted,
rounded off to |
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| the nearest dollar, by the same percentage as the increase |
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| or
decrease in the general price level as measured by the |
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| consumer price index for
all urban consumers for the United |
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| States, or its successor index, as defined
and officially |
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| reported by the United States Department of Labor, or its
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| successor agency. The change in the index shall be that as |
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| first published by
the Department of Labor for the calendar |
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| year immediately preceding the year in
which the total |
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| contract price is calculated.
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| (b) An institution exempted under subsection (a) of this |
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| Section must file
with the Superintendent an annual financial |
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| report to demonstrate continued
compliance by the institution |
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| with the requirements on which the exemption is
based.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-62, eff. 1-1-02; 93-919, eff. 8-12-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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