Full Text of HB5784 97th General Assembly
HB5784 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5784 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Kay Hatcher SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 305/80 new | | 110 ILCS 520/65 new | | 110 ILCS 660/5-175 new | | 110 ILCS 665/10-175 new | | 110 ILCS 670/15-175 new | | 110 ILCS 675/20-180 new | | 110 ILCS 680/25-175 new | | 110 ILCS 685/30-185 new | | 110 ILCS 690/35-180 new | |
| Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Authorizes the governing board of each public university to develop a fixed tuition rate program for qualified students who agree to transfer to the university within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's degree at a public community college in this State. Provides that under the program, the university must (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an associate's degree program at a public community college, on successful completion of the associate's degree program, transfer admission to the university within the 12-month period; and (2)
charge tuition to a participating student for any semester or other academic term during a period of at least 24 months following the student's initial enrollment in the university at the same rate the university would have charged to the student during the later of (i)
the fall semester of the student's freshman year at the public community college had the student entered the university as a freshman student or (ii)
the fall semester of the second academic year preceding the academic year of the student's initial enrollment in the university.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning higher education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 80 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/80 new) | 7 | | Sec. 80. Fixed tuition rate program for certain transfer | 8 | | students. | 9 | | (a) The Board of Trustees may develop a fixed tuition rate | 10 | | program for qualified students who agree to transfer to the | 11 | | University within 12 months after successfully earning an | 12 | | associate's degree at a public community college in this State. | 13 | | Under a program developed under this Section, the University | 14 | | must do the following: | 15 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 16 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 17 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 18 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 19 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 20 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 21 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 22 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 23 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the |
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| 1 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 2 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 3 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 4 | | year at the public community college had the student | 5 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 6 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 7 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 8 | | enrollment in the University. | 9 | | (b)
The Board of Trustees shall prescribe eligibility | 10 | | requirements for participation in the program and notify | 11 | | applicants for transfer admission from public community | 12 | | colleges regarding the program. | 13 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 14 | | Act is amended by adding Section 65 as follows: | 15 | | (110 ILCS 520/65 new) | 16 | | Sec. 65. Fixed tuition rate program for certain transfer | 17 | | students. | 18 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for | 19 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 20 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's | 21 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 22 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 23 | | the following: | 24 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an |
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| 1 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 2 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 3 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 4 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 5 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 6 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 7 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 8 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 9 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 10 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 11 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 12 | | year at the public community college had the student | 13 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 14 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 15 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 16 | | enrollment in the University. | 17 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 18 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer | 19 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 20 | | program. | 21 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 22 | | adding Section 5-175 as follows: | 23 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-175 new) | 24 | | Sec. 5-175. Fixed tuition rate program for certain transfer |
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| 1 | | students. | 2 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for | 3 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 4 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's | 5 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 6 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 7 | | the following: | 8 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 9 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 10 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 11 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 12 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 13 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 14 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 15 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 16 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 17 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 18 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 19 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 20 | | year at the public community college had the student | 21 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 22 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 23 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 24 | | enrollment in the University. | 25 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 26 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer |
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| 1 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 2 | | program. | 3 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 4 | | by adding Section 10-175 as follows: | 5 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-175 new) | 6 | | Sec. 10-175. Fixed tuition rate program for certain | 7 | | transfer students. | 8 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for | 9 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 10 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's | 11 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 12 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 13 | | the following: | 14 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 15 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 16 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 17 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 18 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 19 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 20 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 21 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 22 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 23 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 24 | | charged to the student during the later of: |
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| 1 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 2 | | year at the public community college had the student | 3 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 4 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 5 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 6 | | enrollment in the University. | 7 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 8 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer | 9 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 10 | | program. | 11 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 12 | | by adding Section 15-175 as follows: | 13 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-175 new) | 14 | | Sec. 15-175. Fixed tuition rate program for certain | 15 | | transfer students. | 16 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for | 17 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 18 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's | 19 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 20 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 21 | | the following: | 22 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 23 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 24 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree |
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| 1 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 2 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 3 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 4 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 5 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 6 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 7 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 8 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 9 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 10 | | year at the public community college had the student | 11 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 12 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 13 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 14 | | enrollment in the University. | 15 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 16 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer | 17 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 18 | | program. | 19 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | 20 | | adding Section 20-180 as follows: | 21 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-180 new) | 22 | | Sec. 20-180. Fixed tuition rate program for certain | 23 | | transfer students. | 24 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for |
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| 1 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 2 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's | 3 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 4 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 5 | | the following: | 6 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 7 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 8 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 9 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 10 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 11 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 12 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 13 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 14 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 15 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 16 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 17 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 18 | | year at the public community college had the student | 19 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 20 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 21 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 22 | | enrollment in the University. | 23 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 24 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer | 25 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 26 | | program. |
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| 1 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 2 | | amended by adding Section 25-175 as follows: | 3 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-175 new) | 4 | | Sec. 25-175. Fixed tuition rate program for certain | 5 | | transfer students. | 6 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for | 7 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 8 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's | 9 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 10 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 11 | | the following: | 12 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 13 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 14 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 15 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 16 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 17 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 18 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 19 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 20 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 21 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 22 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 23 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 24 | | year at the public community college had the student |
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| 1 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 2 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 3 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 4 | | enrollment in the University. | 5 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 6 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer | 7 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 8 | | program. | 9 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | 10 | | by adding Section 30-185 as follows: | 11 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-185 new) | 12 | | Sec. 30-185. Fixed tuition rate program for certain | 13 | | transfer students. | 14 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for | 15 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 16 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's | 17 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 18 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 19 | | the following: | 20 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 21 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 22 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 23 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 24 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and |
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| 1 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 2 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 3 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 4 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 5 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 6 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 7 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 8 | | year at the public community college had the student | 9 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 10 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 11 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 12 | | enrollment in the University. | 13 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 14 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer | 15 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 16 | | program. | 17 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 18 | | by adding Section 35-180 as follows: | 19 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-180 new) | 20 | | Sec. 35-180. Fixed tuition rate program for certain | 21 | | transfer students. | 22 | | (a) The Board may develop a fixed tuition rate program for | 23 | | qualified students who agree to transfer to the University | 24 | | within 12 months after successfully earning an associate's |
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| 1 | | degree at a public community college in this State. Under a | 2 | | program developed under this Section, the University must do | 3 | | the following: | 4 | | (1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an | 5 | | associate's degree program at a public community college, | 6 | | on successful completion of the associate's degree | 7 | | program, transfer admission to the University within the | 8 | | 12-month period prescribed in this subsection (a); and | 9 | | (2)
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 10 | | charge tuition to a participating student for any semester | 11 | | or other academic term during a period of at least 24 | 12 | | months following the student's initial enrollment in the | 13 | | University at the same rate the University would have | 14 | | charged to the student during the later of: | 15 | | (A)
the fall semester of the student's freshman | 16 | | year at the public community college had the student | 17 | | entered the University as a freshman student; or | 18 | | (B)
the fall semester of the second academic year | 19 | | preceding the academic year of the student's initial | 20 | | enrollment in the University. | 21 | | (b)
The Board shall prescribe eligibility requirements for | 22 | | participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer | 23 | | admission from public community colleges regarding the | 24 | | program.
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