Full Text of SB2846 98th General Assembly
SB2846sam003 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. William R. Haine Filed: 4/2/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2846
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2846, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Private College Act is amended by adding | 6 | | Section 1.5 as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 1005/1.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 1.5. Exemption from Act; nonprofit religious | 9 | | institution. | 10 | | (a) A nonprofit institution owned, controlled, and | 11 | | operated and
maintained by a bona fide church, religious | 12 | | denomination, or religious
organization comprised of | 13 | | multi-denominational members of the same
well-recognized | 14 | | religion, lawfully operating as a nonprofit religious
| 15 | | corporation pursuant to the Religious Corporation Act, is | 16 | | exempt from this Act if (i) the education is limited to |
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| 1 | | instruction in the principles of that church, religious | 2 | | denomination, or
religious organization or to courses offered | 3 | | for the purpose of training the adherents of that church, | 4 | | religious denomination, or religious organization in the care | 5 | | of the sick in accordance with its religious tenets; (ii) the | 6 | | diploma or degree is limited
to evidence of completion of that | 7 | | education and the meritorious
recognition upon which any | 8 | | honorary degree is conferred is limited to
the principles of | 9 | | that church, religious denomination, or religious
| 10 | | organization; and (iii) the institution's handbook for | 11 | | students includes the following statement: "This religious | 12 | | degree is not approved by the Illinois Board of Higher | 13 | | Education.". | 14 | | (b) Institutions exempt under this Section shall offer
| 15 | | degrees and diplomas only in the beliefs and practices of the | 16 | | church,
religious denomination, or religious organization. The | 17 | | enactment of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly | 18 | | expresses the legislative intent that this State must not | 19 | | involve itself in the content of degree programs awarded by any | 20 | | institution exempt under this Section, as long as the | 21 | | institution awards degrees
and diplomas only in the beliefs and | 22 | | practices of the church, religious
denomination, or religious | 23 | | organization. | 24 | | (c) Institutions exempt under this Section may not award | 25 | | degrees in any area other than religion. Any degree or diploma | 26 | | granted in any area of study under this Section shall contain |
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| 1 | | on its face, under the written description of the title
of the | 2 | | degree being conferred, the statement, "Not Approved by the | 3 | | Illinois Board of Higher Education". The enactment of this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly is intended to | 5 | | prevent any entity claiming to be a nonprofit institution | 6 | | owned, controlled, and operated and maintained by
a bona fide | 7 | | church, religious denomination, or religious organization
| 8 | | comprised of multi-denominational members of the same
| 9 | | well-recognized religion, lawfully operating as a nonprofit | 10 | | religious
corporation pursuant to the Religious Corporation | 11 | | Act, from marketing and
granting degrees or diplomas that are | 12 | | represented as being linked to their
church, religious | 13 | | denomination, or religious organization, but which, in
| 14 | | reality, are degrees in secular areas of study. | 15 | | (d) An institution exempt under this Section shall annually | 16 | | file with the Board evidence to demonstrate its status as a | 17 | | nonprofit religious corporation under the
Religious | 18 | | Corporation Act. | 19 | | Section 10. The Academic Degree Act is amended by changing | 20 | | Section 11 as follows:
| 21 | | (110 ILCS 1010/11) (from Ch. 144, par. 241)
| 22 | | Sec. 11. Exemptions. | 23 | | (a) This Act shall not apply to any school or
educational | 24 | | institution regulated or approved under the Nurse Practice Act.
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| 1 | | (b) This Act shall not apply to any of the following:
| 2 | | (1) (a) in-training programs by corporations or other | 3 | | business organizations
for the training of their | 4 | | personnel;
| 5 | | (2) (b) education or other improvement programs by | 6 | | business, trade and
similar organizations and associations | 7 | | for the benefit of their members
only; or
| 8 | | (3) (c) apprentice or other training programs by labor | 9 | | unions.
| 10 | | (c) A nonprofit institution owned, controlled, and | 11 | | operated and
maintained by a bona fide church, religious | 12 | | denomination, or religious
organization comprised of | 13 | | multi-denominational members of the same
well-recognized | 14 | | religion, lawfully operating as a nonprofit religious
| 15 | | corporation pursuant to the Religious Corporation Act, is | 16 | | exempt from this Act if (i) the education is limited to | 17 | | instruction in the principles of that church, religious | 18 | | denomination, or
religious organization or to courses offered | 19 | | for the purpose of training the adherents of that church, | 20 | | religious denomination, or religious organization in the care | 21 | | of the sick in accordance with its religious tenets; (ii) the | 22 | | diploma or degree is limited
to evidence of completion of that | 23 | | education and the meritorious
recognition upon which any | 24 | | honorary degree is conferred is limited to
the principles of | 25 | | that church, religious denomination, or religious
| 26 | | organization; and (iii) the institution's handbook for |
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| 1 | | students includes the following statement: "This religious | 2 | | degree is not approved by the Illinois Board of Higher | 3 | | Education.". | 4 | | Institutions exempt under this subsection (c) shall offer
| 5 | | degrees and diplomas only in the beliefs and practices of the | 6 | | church,
religious denomination, or religious organization. The | 7 | | enactment of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly | 8 | | expresses the legislative intent that this State must not | 9 | | involve itself in the content of degree programs awarded by any | 10 | | institution exempt under this subsection (c), as long as the | 11 | | institution awards degrees
and diplomas only in the beliefs and | 12 | | practices of the church, religious
denomination, or religious | 13 | | organization. | 14 | | Institutions exempt under this subsection (c) may not award | 15 | | degrees in any area other than religion. Any degree or diploma | 16 | | granted in any area of study under this subsection (c) shall | 17 | | contain on its face, under the written description of the title
| 18 | | of the degree being conferred, the statement, "Not Approved by | 19 | | the Illinois Board of Higher Education". The enactment of this | 20 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly is intended to | 21 | | prevent any entity claiming to be a nonprofit institution | 22 | | owned, controlled, and operated and maintained by
a bona fide | 23 | | church, religious denomination, or religious organization
| 24 | | comprised of multi-denominational members of the same
| 25 | | well-recognized religion, lawfully operating as a nonprofit | 26 | | religious
corporation pursuant to the Religious Corporation |
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| 1 | | Act, from marketing and
granting degrees or diplomas that are | 2 | | represented as being linked to their
church, religious | 3 | | denomination, or religious organization, but which, in
| 4 | | reality, are degrees in secular areas of study. | 5 | | An institution exempt under this subsection (c) shall | 6 | | annually file with the Board evidence to demonstrate its status | 7 | | as a nonprofit religious corporation under the
Religious | 8 | | Corporation Act. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 11 | | 2014.".
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