Full Text of SB2765 98th General Assembly
SB2765 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2765 Introduced 1/30/2014, by Sen. Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Eastern Illinois University Law. Makes changes in provisions concerning the tuition waiver limitation pilot program. Removes language referring to the program as a pilot program, terminating the program after the 2015-2016 academic year, and repealing the provisions on July 1, 2019. Provides for an institutional tuition waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the program and thereafter (instead of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot program). Requires the Board of Trustees to report to the Board of Higher Education every 2 years instead of annually.
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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 5. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 10-92 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-92) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2019) | 8 | | Sec. 10-92. Tuition waiver limitation pilot program. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | 10 | | findings: | 11 | | (1) Both access and affordability are important points | 12 | | in the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career | 13 | | Success. | 14 | | (2) This State is in the top quartile with respect to | 15 | | the percentage of family income needed to pay for college. | 16 | | (3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase, | 17 | | versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college | 18 | | attendance decreases. | 19 | | (4) There is further research indicating socioeconomic | 20 | | status may affect the willingness of students to use loans | 21 | | to attend college. | 22 | | (5) Strategic use of tuition waivers will decrease the | 23 | | amount of loans that students must use to pay for tuition. |
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| 1 | | (6) A modest, individually tailored tuition waiver can | 2 | | make the difference in choosing to attend college and would | 3 | | enhance college access for low (up to 150% of the federal | 4 | | poverty level) and middle income (151% to 300% of the | 5 | | federal poverty level) families. | 6 | | (7) Even if the federally calculated financial need for | 7 | | college attendance is met, the federally determined | 8 | | Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting | 9 | | amount. | 10 | | (8) This State is the second largest exporter of | 11 | | students in the country. | 12 | | (9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State. | 13 | | State universities in other states have adopted pricing and | 14 | | incentives that make college expenses for residents of this | 15 | | State less than in this State. | 16 | | (10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of | 17 | | Illinois students to institutions in other states, | 18 | | assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly | 19 | | trained workforce. | 20 | | (11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, this | 21 | | State can bring out-of-state students to this State. | 22 | | (12) The pilot program established under this Section | 23 | | will allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for | 24 | | highly qualified students who may reside in other states by | 25 | | mitigating the effect of cost differences. | 26 | | (13) Modest tuition waivers, individually targeted and |
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| 1 | | tailored, result in enhanced revenue for university | 2 | | programs. | 3 | | (14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's | 4 | | capacity to strategically use tuition waivers, the | 5 | | University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition | 6 | | revenue by increasing enrollment yields. | 7 | | (15) The Board of Higher Education's current | 8 | | institutional tuition waiver limitation is 3% of total | 9 | | available undergraduate tuition revenue. | 10 | | (b) The Board shall establish a pilot program to increase | 11 | | the Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | 12 | | limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase | 13 | | access to college and make college more affordable for | 14 | | undergraduate students. Under the pilot program, the | 15 | | institutional tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2 | 16 | | percentage points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage | 17 | | points in the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in | 18 | | the 2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the | 19 | | 2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition | 20 | | waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot | 21 | | program and thereafter . | 22 | | (c) The pilot program shall require that students who | 23 | | receive a tuition waiver under the pilot program be accepted to | 24 | | the university through normal admissions standards and | 25 | | processes. Individual tuition waivers granted under the pilot | 26 | | program must not exceed $2,500 per academic year. The pilot |
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| 1 | | program shall provide a maximum of one waiver per academic year | 2 | | for a maximum of 4 years to each student in the pilot program | 3 | | who maintains satisfactory academic progress. The pilot | 4 | | program shall be terminated after the 2015-2016 academic year, | 5 | | with no new students receiving waivers. However, | 6 | | notwithstanding the Board of Higher Education's institutional | 7 | | tuition waiver limitation, existing students receiving waivers | 8 | | under the pilot program are eligible to maintain those waivers, | 9 | | with satisfactory academic progress, under the 4-year | 10 | | limitation, after the 2015-2016 academic year due to | 11 | | maintenance of effort within their 4-year window. Sunset dates | 12 | | for waiver support shall be based upon the first academic year | 13 | | in which a student receives a waiver. The sunset dates are as | 14 | | follows for each annual cohort of pilot program participants: | 15 | | (1) Cohort 1: the beginning year is 2012-2013 and the | 16 | | terminal year is 2015-2016. | 17 | | (2) Cohort 2: the beginning year is 2013-2014 and the | 18 | | terminal year is 2016-2017. | 19 | | (3) Cohort 3: the beginning year is 2014-2015 and the | 20 | | terminal year is 2017-2018. | 21 | | (4) Cohort 4: the beginning year is 2015-2016 and the | 22 | | terminal year is 2018-2019. | 23 | | (d) Every 2 years, the The Board shall annually report to | 24 | | the Board of Higher Education on the pilot program's impact on | 25 | | tuition revenue, enrollment goals, and increasing access and | 26 | | affordability on such dates as the Board of Higher Education |
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| 1 | | shall determine. | 2 | | (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that | 3 | | are necessary to implement this Section. | 4 | | (f) (Blank). This Section is repealed on July 1, 2019.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 97-290, eff. 8-10-11.)
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