Full Text of SB2097 97th General Assembly
SB2097 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2097 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| | Creates the Early Graduation Tuition Waiver Act. Provides that if a student graduates from grades 9 through 12 at a secondary school in this State that is recognized by the State Board of Education in less than 4 school years, then he or she is entitled to receive a tuition waiver to a public university in this State, with the length of the tuition waiver being equal to the difference between 8 semesters and the actual number of semesters the student was enrolled in grades 9 through 12. Provides that each year, the State Board shall receive and consider applications for these tuition waivers and award these tuition waivers to eligible applicants. Effective July 1, 2011.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Early | 5 | | Graduation Tuition Waiver Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Public university" means the University of Illinois, | 8 | | Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, | 9 | | Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, | 10 | | Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, | 11 | | Northern Illinois University, or Western Illinois University. | 12 | | "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
| 13 | | Section 10. Eligibility for tuition waiver. Each year, the | 14 | | State Board shall receive and consider applications for tuition | 15 | | waivers under this Act and award tuition waivers to eligible | 16 | | applicants. If a student graduates from grades 9 through 12 at | 17 | | a secondary school in this State that is recognized by the | 18 | | State Board in less than 4 school years, then he or she is | 19 | | entitled to receive a tuition waiver to a public university. | 20 | | However, the holder of a tuition waiver under this Act is | 21 | | subject to all examinations, rules, and requirements of the | 22 | | public university in which he or she is or will be enrolled, |
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| 1 | | except as otherwise directed in this Act. | 2 | | Section 15. Length of tuition waiver. The length of a | 3 | | tuition waiver awarded under this Act shall equal the | 4 | | difference between 8 semesters and the actual number of | 5 | | semesters the student was enrolled in grades 9 through 12. | 6 | | Section 20. Exemption from tuition and fees. A tuition | 7 | | waiver awarded under this Act shall exempt the holder from the | 8 | | payment of tuition and any matriculation, graduation, | 9 | | activity, term, and incidental fees, except any portion of a | 10 | | multipurpose fee that is used for a purpose for which exemption | 11 | | is not granted under this Section. Exemption shall not be | 12 | | granted from any other fees, including book rental, service, | 13 | | laboratory, supply, union building, hospital, and medical | 14 | | insurance fees and any fees established for the operation and | 15 | | maintenance of buildings, the income of which is pledged to the | 16 | | payment of interest and principal on bonds issued by the board | 17 | | of trustees of the public university. | 18 | |
Any student who has been or will be awarded a tuition | 19 | | waiver under this Act must be reimbursed by the public | 20 | | university for any fees that he or she has paid and for which | 21 | | exemption is granted under this Section if application for such | 22 | | reimbursement is made within 2 months following the school term | 23 | | for which the fees were paid.
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| 1 | | Section 25. Other scholarships. This Act does not prohibit | 2 | | a public university from granting other scholarships to cover | 3 | | expenses not covered by the tuition waiver awarded under this | 4 | | Act.
| 5 | | Section 90. Rules. The State Board may adopt any rules | 6 | | necessary to implement and administer this Act.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 8 | | 2011.
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