HB4100 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4100

Introduced 8/10/2005, by Rep. William B. Black

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 305/7f

from Ch. 144, par. 28f

Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education to the dependents of employees of a State university who have been employed by any one or by more than one State university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. Defines "dependent" as a relative, other than a child, for whom the employee has assumed the role of caregiver, including the assumption of the degree of financial responsibility required by the Board of Trustees.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 7f as follows:

(110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)

Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.

(a) As used in this Section: ,

"Dependent" means a relative, other than a child, of a person for whom that person has assumed the role of caregiver, as defined by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, including the assumption of the required degree of financial responsibility, as determined by the Board of Trustees. "Dependent" may include, but shall not be limited to, a person's grandson, granddaughter, great-grandson, great-granddaughter, nephew, niece, great-nephew, or great-niece.

"Illinois college or university" means any of the following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.

(b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any campus under its governance or supervision to the children or other dependents of employees of an Illinois college or university who have been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child or other dependent of an employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to the University of Illinois under the same admissions requirements, standards and policies which the University of Illinois applies to applicants for admission generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.

(c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.

(d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

(e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)