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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 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
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7 | Sec. 8. Admissions.
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8 | (a) (Blank).
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9 | (b) In addition, commencing in the fall of 1993, no new | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | student shall
then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | any of the departments or
colleges of the University unless | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | such student also has satisfactorily
completed:
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13 | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the following
5 categories:
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15 | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | years may be collegiate level instruction;
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18 | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | and government);
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20 | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | fundamentals of computer programming);
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23 | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
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1 | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | ||||||
2 | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | ||||||
3 | music, vocational
education or art;
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4 | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | ||||||
5 | applicants if the
institution determines through | ||||||
6 | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | ||||||
7 | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | ||||||
8 | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | ||||||
9 | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | ||||||
10 | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
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11 | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | ||||||
12 | acquired in the high
school courses required for admission. | ||||||
13 | The Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois shall | ||||||
14 | not discriminate in the University's admissions
process | ||||||
15 | against an applicant for admission because of the | ||||||
16 | applicant's
enrollment
in a charter school established | ||||||
17 | under Article 27A of the School Code.
Institutions
may also | ||||||
18 | admit 1)
applicants who did not have an opportunity to | ||||||
19 | complete the minimum college
preparatory curriculum in | ||||||
20 | high school, and 2) educationally disadvantaged
applicants | ||||||
21 | who are admitted to the formal organized special assistance
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22 | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | ||||||
23 | providing that in
either case, the institution | ||||||
24 | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | ||||||
25 | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | ||||||
26 | course
deficiencies; and
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1 | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | ||||||
2 | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | ||||||
3 | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | ||||||
4 | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | ||||||
5 | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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6 | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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7 | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | ||||||
8 | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | ||||||
9 | coursework required by
subsection (b).
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10 | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | ||||||
11 | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | ||||||
12 | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | ||||||
13 | a prerequisite to
admission. | ||||||
14 | (e) Not less than 90 days prior to accepting applications | ||||||
15 | for any undergraduate program for an academic year, the | ||||||
16 | University of Illinois shall publish the standards for | ||||||
17 | admission to that undergraduate program. No student shall be | ||||||
18 | admitted to an undergraduate program who does not meet the | ||||||
19 | published standards for admission to that undergraduate | ||||||
20 | program. Once published, the standards for admission to an | ||||||
21 | undergraduate program shall not be changed during that academic | ||||||
22 | year.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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