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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | College Admission Inquiries Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Section: | ||||||
| 7 | "Admission decision-making process" means the submission | ||||||
| 8 | of a college application and all aspects of the college | ||||||
| 9 | application process through admission. | ||||||
| 10 | "College" means an institution of higher education | ||||||
| 11 | authorized to confer degrees in this State and includes a | ||||||
| 12 | college, university, professional school, or technical school. | ||||||
| 13 | Section 10. Inquiry on arrests prohibited. During the | ||||||
| 14 | admission decision-making process, a college may not inquire | ||||||
| 15 | about arrests that did not result in a criminal conviction and | ||||||
| 16 | criminal convictions that have been sealed or expunged. At no | ||||||
| 17 | time during the admission decision-making process may a college | ||||||
| 18 | make any inquiry or consider information about any arrest or | ||||||
| 19 | criminal accusation of an individual who is applying for | ||||||
| 20 | admission that was followed by a termination of that criminal | ||||||
| 21 | action or proceeding in favor of the individual. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 15. Inquiry on convictions prohibited. A college | ||||||
| 2 | may not make any inquiry or consider information about an | ||||||
| 3 | individual's past criminal conviction or convictions at any | ||||||
| 4 | time during the admission decision-making process. | ||||||
| 5 | Section 20. Permitted inquiries. | ||||||
| 6 | (a) After an individual has been admitted as a student, a | ||||||
| 7 | college may make inquiries about and consider information about | ||||||
| 8 | the individual's past criminal conviction history for the | ||||||
| 9 | purpose of offering support counseling and services. Subject to | ||||||
| 10 | federal, State, or local law, a college may also make inquiries | ||||||
| 11 | about and consider information about the individual's past | ||||||
| 12 | criminal conviction history for the purpose of making decisions | ||||||
| 13 | about participation in activities and aspects of campus life | ||||||
| 14 | associated with the individual's status as a student, | ||||||
| 15 | including, but not limited to, housing. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) A college may not use the information gathered in | ||||||
| 17 | making an inquiry under this Section to rescind an offer of | ||||||
| 18 | admission. | ||||||
| 19 | Section 25. Inquiries not required. A college is not | ||||||
| 20 | required to make inquiries into or consider an individual's | ||||||
| 21 | criminal conviction history for any reason.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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