Full Text of HB4652 94th General Assembly
HB4652 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4652
Introduced 01/12/06, by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/30-15.25 |
from Ch. 122, par. 30-15.25 |
110 ILCS 210/1 |
from Ch. 144, par. 1331 |
110 ILCS 210/3 |
from Ch. 144, par. 1333 |
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Amends the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Learning. Changes the short title to the Baccalaureate Completion Matching Grant Act (and makes conforming changes in the School Code). Makes changes concerning the calculation of the formulae and the conditions of institutional eligibility for the grants under the Act. Effective July 1, 2006.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 30-15.25 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/30-15.25) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-15.25)
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| Sec. 30-15.25. (a) As used in this Section, the term | 8 |
| "public institution
of higher education" includes: the | 9 |
| University of Illinois; Southern
Illinois University;
Chicago | 10 |
| State University; Eastern Illinois University; Governors State
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| University; Illinois State University; Northeastern Illinois | 12 |
| University;
Northern Illinois University; Western Illinois | 13 |
| University; the public community
colleges of the State; and any | 14 |
| other public
universities, colleges and community colleges now | 15 |
| or hereafter established
or authorized by the General Assembly. | 16 |
| The term "nonpublic institution of
higher education" includes | 17 |
| any educational organization in this State,
other than a public | 18 |
| institution of higher education, which provides a
minimum of an | 19 |
| organized 2 year program at the private junior college level
or | 20 |
| higher and which operates not-for-profit and in conformity with
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| standards substantially equivalent to those of public | 22 |
| institutions of
higher education.
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| (b) Each public institution of higher education shall | 24 |
| disclose
the terms, restrictions and requirements attached to | 25 |
| or made a part of any
endowment, gift, grant, contract award or | 26 |
| property of any kind or value
in excess of $100,000 made to | 27 |
| such institution, or to any school, college,
division, branch | 28 |
| or other organizational entity within or forming a part
of such | 29 |
| institution, by a foreign government or an individual who is
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| neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States, in any | 31 |
| calendar or
fiscal year. If the foreign government or | 32 |
| individual donates more than one
gift in any calendar or fiscal |
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| year, and the total value of those gifts
exceeds $100,000, such | 2 |
| institution shall report all the gifts received.
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| subsection shall not apply to funds that public institutions of | 4 |
| higher
education receive from grants and contracts through | 5 |
| either the federal
government or the State of Illinois.
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| (c) The provisions of this subsection apply to each | 7 |
| nonpublic
institution of higher education: (i) which receives | 8 |
| any grant or award
under the Illinois Financial Assistance Act | 9 |
| for Nonpublic Institutions of
Higher Learning , the | 10 |
| Baccalaureate Completion Matching Grant Act, or under the | 11 |
| Higher Education Cooperation Act, or (ii)
which is a | 12 |
| participant in a program of interinstitutional cooperation
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| administered by a not-for-profit organization that is | 14 |
| organized to
administer such program under the Higher Education | 15 |
| Cooperation Act and that
receives any grant under and in | 16 |
| furtherance of the purposes of that Act, or
(iii) which | 17 |
| receives any grant or distribution of grant moneys appropriated
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| from the State Treasury or any fund therein to such institution | 19 |
| or to the
Board of Higher Education for distribution to | 20 |
| nonpublic institutions of
higher education for purposes of | 21 |
| Section 4 of the Build Illinois Bond Act
or for any other | 22 |
| purpose authorized by law. Each nonpublic institution of
higher | 23 |
| education to which the provisions of this subsection apply | 24 |
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disclose the terms, restrictions and requirements | 25 |
| attached to or made a
part of any endowment, gift, grant, | 26 |
| contract award or property of any kind
or value in excess of | 27 |
| $250,000 made to such institution, or to any school,
college, | 28 |
| division, branch or other organizational entity within or | 29 |
| forming
a part of such institution, by a foreign government or | 30 |
| an individual who is
neither a citizen nor a resident of the | 31 |
| United States, in any calendar or
fiscal year. If the foreign | 32 |
| government or individual donates more than one
gift in any | 33 |
| calendar or fiscal year, and the total value of those gifts
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| exceeds $250,000, such institution shall report all the gifts | 35 |
| received.
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| (d) Such information shall be forwarded to the Attorney
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| General no later than 30 days after the final day of each | 2 |
| calendar or fiscal
year of such institution, whichever type of | 3 |
| year is used by the institution
in accounting for the gifts | 4 |
| received for the purposes of this Section. The
information | 5 |
| shall include:
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| (1) the name of the foreign government in the case of a | 7 |
| gift
by a government, or the name of the foreign country of | 8 |
| which an individual
donor is a citizen, in the case of a | 9 |
| gift by an individual;
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| (2) the amount and the date of the contribution or | 11 |
| contributions;
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| (3) when the gift is conditional, matching or | 13 |
| designated for a
particular purpose, full details of the | 14 |
| conditions, matching provisions or
designation; and
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| (4) the purpose or purposes for which the contribution | 16 |
| will be used.
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| Such information shall be a matter of public record.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Financial Assistance Act for | 20 |
| Nonpublic Institutions of
Higher Learning is amended by | 21 |
| changing Sections 1 and 3 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 210/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1331)
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| Sec. 1. Short title.
This Act shall be known and may be | 24 |
| cited as the Baccalaureate Completion Matching Grant Act
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| "Illinois Financial
Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions | 26 |
| of Higher Learning" .
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| (Source: P.A. 77-273.)
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| (110 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 1333)
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| Sec. 3. Grants.
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| (a) For the academic year beginning in 2002,
institutional
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| grants may be made for that and for each succeeding academic | 32 |
| year
through the academic year beginning in 2005 to each
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| nonpublic institution of higher learning in an amount |
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| determined by allocating
amounts for funding this Act among the | 2 |
| eligible institutions in accordance
with a formula or formulae | 3 |
| based
upon one or more of the following factors: the number of
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| undergraduate degrees granted to students who are residents of | 5 |
| the
State of Illinois enrolled as students at each such | 6 |
| institution; the number
of
full-time equivalent undergraduate
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| students who are residents of the State of Illinois enrolled as | 8 |
| students
at each such institution; and the number of full-time
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| equivalent of such students who are junior or senior students | 10 |
| at such
institutions. The Board of Higher Education shall | 11 |
| establish formula allocations and adopt
rules necessary for the | 12 |
| administration of this Act.
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| Conditions of institutional eligibility for these grants | 14 |
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include but need not be limited to the following:
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| (1) That the governing board of the institution possess | 16 |
| its own
sovereignty.
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| (2) That the governing board, or its delegated | 18 |
| institutional
officials, possess final authority in all | 19 |
| matters of local control,
including educational policy, | 20 |
| choice of personnel, determination of
program, and | 21 |
| financial management.
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| (3) That the institution possess and maintain an open | 23 |
| policy with
respect to race, creed and color as to | 24 |
| admission of students,
appointment of faculty and | 25 |
| employment of staff.
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| (4) That the institution be able to show its current | 27 |
| financial
stability and reasonable prospects for its | 28 |
| future stability.
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| (5) That the institution not be operated for profit.
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| (6) That the institution provide a full financial | 31 |
| report including a
certified audit, and participate in the | 32 |
| unit cost study and other
studies conducted annually by the | 33 |
| Board of Higher Education.
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| (7) If required by rule of the Board, that the | 35 |
| institution submit to
an additional annual external audit | 36 |
| of its enrollment records and
nonsectarian use of funds.
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| (b) For the academic year beginning in 2006,
institutional
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| grants may be made annually for that and for each succeeding | 3 |
| academic year to each
private not-for-profit institution of | 4 |
| higher learning in an amount determined by allocating
amounts | 5 |
| for funding this Act among the eligible institutions in | 6 |
| accordance
with a formula or formulae based
upon the number of
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| undergraduate
students who are residents of the State of | 8 |
| Illinois enrolled as students
at each such institution and the | 9 |
| number of such students who have completed at least 48 credit | 10 |
| hours. Students may remain eligible for the grant no longer | 11 |
| than the equivalent of 6 full-time semesters. The Board of | 12 |
| Higher Education shall establish formula allocations and adopt
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| rules necessary for the administration of this Act. The goal of | 14 |
| this grant program is to increase the number of graduates | 15 |
| maintaining residency in the State of Illinois following degree | 16 |
| completion.
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| Conditions of institutional eligibility for these grants | 18 |
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include but need not be limited to the following:
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| (1) That the institution belong to a statewide | 20 |
| organization of private institutions that will monitor | 21 |
| compliance and collect data regarding the effectiveness of | 22 |
| the grants.
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| (2) That the governing board of the institution, or its | 24 |
| delegated institutional
officials, possess final authority | 25 |
| in all matters of local control,
including educational | 26 |
| policy, choice of personnel, determination of
program, and | 27 |
| financial management.
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| (3) That the institution possess and maintain an open | 29 |
| policy with
respect to race, creed, and color as to | 30 |
| admission of students,
appointment of faculty, and | 31 |
| employment of staff.
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| (4) That the institution be able to show its current | 33 |
| financial
stability and reasonable prospects for its | 34 |
| future stability.
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| (5) That the institution not be operated for profit.
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| (6) That the institution provide a full financial |
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| report, including a
certified audit, and participate in the | 2 |
| unit cost study and other
studies conducted annually by the | 3 |
| Board.
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| (7) If required by rule of the Board, that the | 5 |
| institution submit to
an additional annual external audit | 6 |
| of its enrollment records and
nonsectarian use of funds.
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| (8) That the institution match the State's grant for | 8 |
| each student. | 9 |
| (9) That the grant appear on the student's tuition | 10 |
| statement or bill. | 11 |
| (10) That the data designed to track the effectiveness | 12 |
| of the grant and the institution's compliance be collected | 13 |
| from participating institutions. | 14 |
| (11) The an institution may decline to participate in | 15 |
| the program.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-45, eff. 7-1-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 18 |
| 2006.
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