Full Text of HB3620 94th General Assembly
HB3620 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB3620
Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 305/7f |
from Ch. 144, par. 28f |
110 ILCS 520/8f |
from Ch. 144, par. 658f |
110 ILCS 660/5-90 |
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110 ILCS 665/10-90 |
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110 ILCS 670/15-90 |
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110 ILCS 675/20-90 |
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110 ILCS 680/25-90 |
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110 ILCS 685/30-90 |
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110 ILCS 690/35-90 |
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Amends various Acts relating to the governance of the public
universities in Illinois. Provides that the board of trustees of each
university shall offer 100% tuition discounts (instead of 50% tuition
waivers) for undergraduate education to the children of employees
who have been employed by any one or more
of these universities for at least 7 years.
Requires 100% tuition discounts to also be offered to the spouses and
domestic partners of these employees.
Includes retired employees as
university employees for the purpose of these provisions. Effective
immediately.
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| AN ACT relating to higher education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 7f
as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
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| Sec. 7f. Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 9 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 10 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 11 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 13 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 14 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
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| Illinois shall offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition waivers
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| for
undergraduate education at any
campus under its governance | 18 |
| or supervision to the children , spouses, and
domestic partners
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| of employees ,
including retired employees, of
an Illinois | 20 |
| college or university who have been employed
by any one or by | 21 |
| more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
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| period of at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" means 2 | 23 |
| individuals of the same gender who (1) live
together in a | 24 |
| long-term relationship of indefinite duration; (2) have
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| resided together at the same address for at least 12 months; | 26 |
| (3) are not
related by blood to a degree of closeness that | 27 |
| would prohibit legal
marriage in the state in which they | 28 |
| legally reside; (4) are not married to
any other person; and | 29 |
| (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
which they agree to | 30 |
| be jointly responsible for each other's common
welfare and to | 31 |
| share financial obligations.
"Retired employee" means a person | 32 |
| receiving a retirement or disability
retirement annuity under |
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| the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 7 years of
service | 2 |
| with one or more than one Illinois college or university, | 3 |
| including a
person who already is receiving such an annuity on | 4 |
| the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th
General | 5 |
| Assembly.
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| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 7 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 8 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 9 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
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| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be | 11 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to the | 12 |
| University of
Illinois
under the same admissions requirements, | 13 |
| standards and policies which the
University of Illinois applies | 14 |
| to applicants for admission generally to its
respective
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| undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 18 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 19 |
| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 20 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 21 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
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| benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 24 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 25 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 26 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 27 |
| Education.
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| (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 29 |
| regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | 30 |
| provisions of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 33 |
| Act is amended by
changing Section 8f as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
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| Sec. 8f. Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 3 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 4 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 5 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 7 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 8 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
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| University shall offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition | 11 |
| waivers for undergraduate education at any
campus under its | 12 |
| governance or supervision to the children , spouses, and
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| domestic partners of employees ,
including retired employees,
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| of
an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by | 15 |
| any one or by more than one Illinois college or university for | 16 |
| an aggregate
period of at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" | 17 |
| means 2 individuals of the same gender who (1) live
together in | 18 |
| a long-term relationship of indefinite duration; (2) have
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| resided together at the same address for at least 12 months; | 20 |
| (3) are not
related by blood to a degree of closeness that | 21 |
| would prohibit legal
marriage in the state in which they | 22 |
| legally reside; (4) are not married to
any other person; and | 23 |
| (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
which they agree to | 24 |
| be jointly responsible for each other's common
welfare and to | 25 |
| share financial obligations.
"Retired employee" means a person | 26 |
| receiving a retirement or disability
retirement annuity under | 27 |
| the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 7 years of
service | 28 |
| with one or more than one Illinois college or university, | 29 |
| including a
person who already is receiving such an annuity on | 30 |
| the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General | 31 |
| Assembly.
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| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 33 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 34 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 35 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
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| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be |
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| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Southern
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| Illinois University
under the same admissions requirements, | 3 |
| standards and policies which Southern
Illinois
University | 4 |
| applies to applicants for admission generally to its respective
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| undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 8 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 9 |
| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 10 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 11 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
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| benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 14 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 15 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 16 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 17 |
| Education.
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| (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 19 |
| regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | 20 |
| provisions of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 23 |
| changing Section
5-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
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| Sec. 5-90. Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 27 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 28 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 29 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 31 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 32 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State
University shall | 34 |
| offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition waivers for
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| undergraduate education at any
campus under its governance to | 2 |
| the children , spouses, and domestic partners
of employees , | 3 |
| including retired
employees, of
an Illinois college or | 4 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 5 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 6 |
| at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" means 2 individuals of the | 7 |
| same gender who (1) live
together in a long-term relationship | 8 |
| of indefinite duration; (2) have
resided together at the same | 9 |
| address for at least 12 months; (3) are not
related by blood to | 10 |
| a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal
marriage in the | 11 |
| state in which they legally reside; (4) are not married to
any | 12 |
| other person; and (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
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| which they agree to be jointly responsible for each other's | 14 |
| common
welfare and to share financial obligations.
"Retired | 15 |
| employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
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| retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at | 17 |
| least 7 years of
service with one or more than one Illinois | 18 |
| college or university, including a
person who already is | 19 |
| receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
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| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 22 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 23 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 24 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
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| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be | 26 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Chicago State
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| University
under the same admissions requirements, standards | 28 |
| and policies which Chicago
State University applies to | 29 |
| applicants for admission generally to its
respective
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| undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 33 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 34 |
| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 35 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 36 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
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| benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 3 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 4 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 5 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 6 |
| Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 8 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 9 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 12 |
| by changing
Section 10-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
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| Sec. 10-90. Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 16 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 17 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 18 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 20 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 21 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois
University | 23 |
| shall offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition waivers for
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| undergraduate education at any
campus under its governance to | 25 |
| the children , spouses, and domestic partners
of employees , | 26 |
| including retired
employees, of
an Illinois college or | 27 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 28 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 29 |
| at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" means 2 individuals of the | 30 |
| same gender who (1) live
together in a long-term relationship | 31 |
| of indefinite duration; (2) have
resided together at the same | 32 |
| address for at least 12 months; (3) are not
related by blood to | 33 |
| a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal
marriage in the | 34 |
| state in which they legally reside; (4) are not married to
any |
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| other person; and (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
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| which they agree to be jointly responsible for each other's | 3 |
| common
welfare and to share financial obligations.
"Retired | 4 |
| employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
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| retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at | 6 |
| least 7 years of
service with one or more than one Illinois | 7 |
| college or university, including a
person who already is | 8 |
| receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
| 9 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
| 10 |
| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 11 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 12 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 13 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
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| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be | 15 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Eastern | 16 |
| Illinois
University
under the same admissions requirements, | 17 |
| standards and policies which Eastern
Illinois University | 18 |
| applies to applicants for admission generally to
its respective
| 19 |
| undergraduate colleges and programs.
| 20 |
| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 21 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 22 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 23 |
| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 24 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 25 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
| 26 |
| benefits under this Section.
| 27 |
| (d) No full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 28 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 29 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 30 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 31 |
| Education.
| 32 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 33 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 34 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 2 |
| by changing
Section 15-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
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| Sec. 15-90. Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 6 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 7 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 8 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 9 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 10 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 11 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University shall | 13 |
| offer 100%
tuition discounts
50%
tuition waivers for | 14 |
| undergraduate education at any campus under its governance
to | 15 |
| the children , spouses, and domestic partners of employees , | 16 |
| including
retired employees, of an Illinois college or | 17 |
| university who have been
employed by any one or by more than | 18 |
| one Illinois college or university for an
aggregate period of | 19 |
| at least 7 years. "Domestic partner" means 2 individuals of the | 20 |
| same gender who (1) live
together in a long-term relationship | 21 |
| of indefinite duration; (2) have
resided together at the same | 22 |
| address for at least 12 months; (3) are not
related by blood to | 23 |
| a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal
marriage in the | 24 |
| state in which they legally reside; (4) are not married to
any | 25 |
| other person; and (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
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| which they agree to be jointly responsible for each other's | 27 |
| common
welfare and to share financial obligations.
"Retired | 28 |
| employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
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| retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at | 30 |
| least 7 years of
service with one or more than one Illinois | 31 |
| college or university, including a
person who already is | 32 |
| receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
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| To be eligible to receive a full tuition discount
partial
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| tuition waiver , the person
child of an
employee of an Illinois |
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| college or university (i) if a child, must be under the age of | 2 |
| 25
at the commencement of the academic year during which the | 3 |
| full tuition
discount
partial tuition
waiver is to be | 4 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Governors
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| State University under the same admissions requirements, | 6 |
| standards and policies
which Governors State University | 7 |
| applies to applicants for admission generally
to its respective | 8 |
| undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection | 10 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 11 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 12 |
| or her full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 13 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 14 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
| 15 |
| benefits under this Section.
| 16 |
| (d) No full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 17 |
| or allocated to any eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 18 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 19 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 20 |
| Education.
| 21 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are | 22 |
| necessary to
implement and administer the provisions of this | 23 |
| Section.
| 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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| Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | 26 |
| changing Section
20-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
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| Sec. 20-90.
Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
| 29 |
| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 30 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 31 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 32 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 33 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 34 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois |
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| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State
University shall | 3 |
| offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition waivers for
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| undergraduate education at any
campus under its governance to | 5 |
| the children , spouses, and domestic partners
of employees , | 6 |
| including retired
employees, of
an Illinois college or | 7 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 8 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 9 |
| at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" means 2 individuals of the | 10 |
| same gender who (1) live
together in a long-term relationship | 11 |
| of indefinite duration; (2) have
resided together at the same | 12 |
| address for at least 12 months; (3) are not
related by blood to | 13 |
| a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal
marriage in the | 14 |
| state in which they legally reside; (4) are not married to
any | 15 |
| other person; and (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
| 16 |
| which they agree to be jointly responsible for each other's | 17 |
| common
welfare and to share financial obligations.
"Retired | 18 |
| employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
| 19 |
| retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at | 20 |
| least 7 years of
service with one or more than one Illinois | 21 |
| college or university, including a
person who already is | 22 |
| receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
| 23 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
| 24 |
| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 25 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 26 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 27 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
| 28 |
| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be | 29 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Illinois | 30 |
| State
University
under the same admissions requirements, | 31 |
| standards and policies which Illinois
State University applies | 32 |
| to applicants for admission generally to its
respective
| 33 |
| undergraduate colleges and programs.
| 34 |
| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 35 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 36 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his |
|
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| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 2 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 3 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
| 4 |
| benefits under this Section.
| 5 |
| (d) No
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 6 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 7 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 8 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 9 |
| Education.
| 10 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 11 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 12 |
| Section.
| 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 14 |
| Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 15 |
| amended by changing
Section 25-90 as follows:
| 16 |
| (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
| 17 |
| Sec. 25-90.
Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
| 18 |
| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 19 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 20 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 21 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 22 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 23 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 24 |
| University.
| 25 |
| (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
University | 26 |
| shall offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition waivers for
| 27 |
| undergraduate education at any
campus under its governance to | 28 |
| the children , spouses, and domestic partners
of employees , | 29 |
| including retired
employees, of
an Illinois college or | 30 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 31 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 32 |
| at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" means 2 individuals of the | 33 |
| same gender who (1) live
together in a long-term relationship | 34 |
| of indefinite duration; (2) have
resided together at the same |
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| address for at least 12 months; (3) are not
related by blood to | 2 |
| a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal
marriage in the | 3 |
| state in which they legally reside; (4) are not married to
any | 4 |
| other person; and (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
| 5 |
| which they agree to be jointly responsible for each other's | 6 |
| common
welfare and to share financial obligations.
"Retired | 7 |
| employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
| 8 |
| retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at | 9 |
| least 7 years of
service with one or more than one Illinois | 10 |
| college or university, including a
person who already is | 11 |
| receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
| 12 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
| 13 |
| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 14 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 15 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 16 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
| 17 |
| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be | 18 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Northeastern
| 19 |
| Illinois University
under the same admissions requirements, | 20 |
| standards and policies which
Northeastern Illinois University | 21 |
| applies to applicants for
admission generally to its respective
| 22 |
| undergraduate colleges and programs.
| 23 |
| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 24 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 25 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 26 |
| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 27 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 28 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
| 29 |
| benefits under this Section.
| 30 |
| (d) No
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 31 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 32 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 33 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 34 |
| Education.
| 35 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 36 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this |
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| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 3 |
| Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | 4 |
| by changing
Section 30-90 as follows:
| 5 |
| (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
| 6 |
| Sec. 30-90. Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
| 7 |
| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 8 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 9 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 10 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 11 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 12 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 13 |
| University.
| 14 |
| (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois
University | 15 |
| shall offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition waivers for
| 16 |
| undergraduate education at any
campus under its governance to | 17 |
| the children , spouses, and domestic partners
of employees , | 18 |
| including retired
employees, of
an Illinois college or | 19 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 20 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 21 |
| at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" means 2 individuals of the | 22 |
| same gender who (1) live
together in a long-term relationship | 23 |
| of indefinite duration; (2) have
resided together at the same | 24 |
| address for at least 12 months; (3) are not
related by blood to | 25 |
| a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal
marriage in the | 26 |
| state in which they legally reside; (4) are not married to
any | 27 |
| other person; and (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
| 28 |
| which they agree to be jointly responsible for each other's | 29 |
| common
welfare and to share financial obligations.
"Retired | 30 |
| employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
| 31 |
| retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at | 32 |
| least 7 years of
service with one or more than one Illinois | 33 |
| college or university, including a
person who already is | 34 |
| receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
| 2 |
| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 3 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 4 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 5 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
| 6 |
| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be | 7 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Northern
| 8 |
| Illinois University
under the same admissions requirements, | 9 |
| standards and policies which Northern
Illinois University | 10 |
| applies to applicants for admission generally to
its respective
| 11 |
| undergraduate colleges and programs.
| 12 |
| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 13 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 14 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 15 |
| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 16 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 17 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
| 18 |
| benefits under this Section.
| 19 |
| (d) No full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 20 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 21 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 22 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 23 |
| Education.
| 24 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 25 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 26 |
| Section.
| 27 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 28 |
| Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 29 |
| by changing
Section 35-90 as follows:
| 30 |
| (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
| 31 |
| Sec. 35-90. Full tuition discount
Partial tuition waivers .
| 32 |
| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 33 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 34 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State |
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| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 2 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 3 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 4 |
| University.
| 5 |
| (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois
University | 6 |
| shall offer 100% tuition discounts
50% tuition waivers for
| 7 |
| undergraduate education at any
campus under its governance to | 8 |
| the children , spouses, and domestic partners
of employees , | 9 |
| including retired
employees, of
an Illinois college or | 10 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 11 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 12 |
| at least 7
years.
"Domestic partner" means 2 individuals of the | 13 |
| same gender who (1) live
together in a long-term relationship | 14 |
| of indefinite duration; (2) have
resided together at the same | 15 |
| address for at least 12 months; (3) are not
related by blood to | 16 |
| a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal
marriage in the | 17 |
| state in which they legally reside; (4) are not married to
any | 18 |
| other person; and (5) have an exclusive mutual commitment in
| 19 |
| which they agree to be jointly responsible for each other's | 20 |
| common
welfare and to share financial obligations.
"Retired | 21 |
| employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
| 22 |
| retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at | 23 |
| least 7 years of
service with one or more than one Illinois | 24 |
| college or university, including a
person who already is | 25 |
| receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
| 26 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
| 27 |
| To be eligible to receive a
full tuition discount
partial | 28 |
| tuition waiver , the person
child of
an
employee of an Illinois | 29 |
| college or university (i) if a child, must
be under the age of | 30 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the
| 31 |
| full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
is to be | 32 |
| effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Western | 33 |
| Illinois
University
under the same admissions requirements, | 34 |
| standards and policies which Western
Illinois University | 35 |
| applies to applicants for admission generally to
its respective
| 36 |
| undergraduate colleges and programs.
|
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 2 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 3 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 4 |
| or her
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
renewed | 5 |
| until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of | 6 |
| undergraduate
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver
| 7 |
| benefits under this Section.
| 8 |
| (d) No
full tuition discount
partial tuition waiver offered | 9 |
| or allocated to any
eligible
applicant in accordance with the | 10 |
| provisions of this Section shall be
charged against any tuition | 11 |
| waiver limitation established by the Illinois
Board of Higher | 12 |
| Education.
| 13 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 14 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 15 |
| Section.
| 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 17 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law. |
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