Full Text of HB0230 100th General Assembly
HB0230ham003 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. André Thapedi Filed: 5/16/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 230
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 230, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 | | Public University Uniform Admission Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Definition of institution. In this Act, | 8 | | "institution" means a public university in this State. | 9 | | Section 10. Uniform admission system. An institution shall | 10 | | admit first-time freshman students for each semester under the | 11 | | provisions of this Act. | 12 | | Section 15. Automatic admission. | 13 | | (a) Subject to Section 20 of this Act, each institution | 14 | | shall admit an applicant for admission to the institution as an |
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| 1 | | undergraduate student if the applicant graduated with a grade | 2 | | point average in the top 10% or was certified to be in the top | 3 | | 10% of the student's high school graduating class in one of the | 4 | | 2 school years preceding the academic year for which the | 5 | | applicant is applying for admission and: | 6 | | (1) the applicant graduated from a public or private | 7 | | high school in this State accredited by a generally | 8 | | recognized accrediting organization or from a high school | 9 | | operated by the United States Department of Defense; | 10 | | (2) the applicant: | 11 | | (A) successfully completed the minimum college | 12 | | preparatory curriculum requirements established by law | 13 | | for admission to the institution; and | 14 | | (B) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment | 15 | | or the SAT college admission assessment composite | 16 | | score and subscores required for admission to the | 17 | | institution to which the applicant applied as well as | 18 | | any composite scores or subscores for colleges within | 19 | | that institution. | 20 | | (3) if the applicant graduated from a high school | 21 | | operated by the United States Department of Defense, the | 22 | | applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay tuition | 23 | | fees at the rate provided for State residents for the term | 24 | | or semester to which admitted. | 25 | | (b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum | 26 | | requirements prescribed by item (A) of subdivision (2) of |
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| 1 | | subsection (a) of this Section is considered to have satisfied | 2 | | those requirements if the student completed the portion of the | 3 | | college preparatory curriculum that was available to the | 4 | | student but was unable to complete the remainder of the | 5 | | curriculum solely because courses necessary to complete the | 6 | | remainder were unavailable to the student at the appropriate | 7 | | times in the student's high school career as a result of course | 8 | | scheduling, lack of enrollment capacity, or another cause not | 9 | | within the student's control. | 10 | | (c) An applicant who graduates in a graduating class of a | 11 | | school, whether public or non-public, that has so few students | 12 | | that class rank does not make a reliable contribution toward | 13 | | assessing the student's college readiness is considered to have | 14 | | satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section if | 15 | | the student has a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a | 16 | | 4-point scale and has met the requirements of item (A) or (B) | 17 | | of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this Section. | 18 | | Section 20. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 19 | | admission. | 20 | | (a) The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is not | 21 | | required to offer admission to applicants who qualify for | 22 | | automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act in excess of | 23 | | the number required to fill 75% of the university's enrollment | 24 | | capacity designated for first-time resident undergraduate | 25 | | students in an academic year. If the number of applicants who |
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| 1 | | qualify for automatic admission to the University of Illinois | 2 | | at Urbana-Champaign under Section 15 of this Act for an | 3 | | academic year exceeds 75% of the university's enrollment | 4 | | capacity designated for first-time resident undergraduate | 5 | | students for that academic year, the university may elect to | 6 | | offer admission to those applicants as provided by this | 7 | | subsection (a) and not as otherwise required by Section 15 of | 8 | | this Act. If the university elects to offer admission under | 9 | | this subsection (a), the university shall offer admission to | 10 | | those applicants by percentile rank according to high school | 11 | | graduating class standing based on grade point average, | 12 | | beginning with the top percentile rank, until the applicants | 13 | | qualified under Section 15 of this Act have been offered | 14 | | admission in the number estimated in good faith by the | 15 | | university as sufficient to fill 75% of the university's | 16 | | enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident | 17 | | undergraduate students, except that the university must offer | 18 | | admission to all applicants with the same percentile rank. | 19 | | After the applicants qualified for automatic admission under | 20 | | Section 15 of this Act have been offered admission under this | 21 | | subsection (a) in the number estimated in good faith as | 22 | | sufficient to fill 75% of the designated enrollment capacity | 23 | | described by this subsection (a), the university shall consider | 24 | | any remaining applicants qualified for automatic admission | 25 | | under Section 15 of this Act in the same manner as other | 26 | | applicants for admission as first-time undergraduate students. |
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| 1 | | (b) If the number of applicants who apply to the University | 2 | | of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the current academic | 3 | | year for admission in the next academic year and who qualify | 4 | | for automatic admission to an institution under Section 15 of | 5 | | this Act exceeds 75% of the university's enrollment capacity | 6 | | designated for first-time resident undergraduate students for | 7 | | that next academic year and the university plans to offer | 8 | | admission under subsection (a) of this Section during the next | 9 | | academic year, the university shall, in the manner prescribed | 10 | | by the Board of Higher Education and not later than September | 11 | | 15 of the current academic year, provide to each school | 12 | | district, for dissemination of the information to high school | 13 | | junior-level students and their parents, notice of which | 14 | | percentile ranks of high school senior-level students who | 15 | | qualify for automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act | 16 | | are anticipated by the university to be offered admission under | 17 | | subsection (a) of this Section during the next academic year. | 18 | | (c) If the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 19 | | elects to offer admission to first-time resident undergraduate | 20 | | students under subsection (a) of this Section for an academic | 21 | | year, the university must not consider an applicant's legacy | 22 | | status as a factor in the university's decisions relating to | 23 | | admissions for that academic year. | 24 | | (d) If the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 25 | | offers admission to first-time resident undergraduate students | 26 | | under subsection (a) of this Section, the university shall |
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| 1 | | require that a student admitted under subsection (a) of this | 2 | | Section complete a designated portion of not less than 6 | 3 | | semester credit hours of the student's coursework during | 4 | | evening hours or other low-demand hours as necessary to ensure | 5 | | the efficient use of the university's available classrooms. | 6 | | (e) If the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 7 | | elects to offer admission under subsection (a) of this Section | 8 | | for an academic year, the university may not offer admission to | 9 | | first-time undergraduate students who are not residents of this | 10 | | State for that academic year in excess of the number required | 11 | | to fill 10% of the university's enrollment capacity designated | 12 | | for first-time undergraduate students for that academic year. | 13 | | (f) Not later than December 31 of each academic year in | 14 | | which the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers | 15 | | admission under subsection (a) of this Section, the university | 16 | | shall deliver a written report to the Governor and the General | 17 | | Assembly regarding the university's progress in each of the | 18 | | following matters: | 19 | | (1) increasing geographic diversity of the entering | 20 | | freshman class; | 21 | | (2) counseling and outreach efforts aimed at students | 22 | | qualified for automatic admission under this Act; | 23 | | (3) recruiting State residents who graduate from other | 24 | | institutions of higher education to the university's | 25 | | graduate and professional degree programs; | 26 | | (4) recruiting students who are members of |
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| 1 | | underrepresented demographic segments of this State's | 2 | | population; and | 3 | | (5) assessing and improving the university's | 4 | | recruitment efforts. | 5 | | (g) The Board of Higher Education shall publish an annual | 6 | | report on the impact of subsection (a) of this Section on this | 7 | | State's goal of closing college access and achievement gaps | 8 | | with respect to students of the University of Illinois at | 9 | | Urbana-Champaign, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, | 10 | | socioeconomic status, and geographic region and by whether the | 11 | | high school from which the student graduated was a small | 12 | | school, as designated by the State Superintendent of Education, | 13 | | or a public high school that is ranked among the lowest 20% of | 14 | | public high schools according to the percentage of each high | 15 | | school's graduates who enroll in an institution in one of the 2 | 16 | | academic years following the year of the applicant's high | 17 | | school graduation. On request, the university shall provide the | 18 | | Board with any information the Board considers necessary for | 19 | | the completion of the report required by this subsection (g). | 20 | | Section 25. Admission requirements. | 21 | |
(a) To qualify for admission under this Act, an applicant | 22 | | must: | 23 | | (1) submit an application before the expiration of any | 24 | | application filing deadline established by the | 25 | | institution; and |
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| 1 | | (2) provide a high school transcript or diploma that | 2 | | satisfies the requirements of subsection (b) of this | 3 | | Section. | 4 | | (b) For purposes of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of | 5 | | this Section, a student's official transcript or diploma must, | 6 | | not later than the end of the student's junior year, indicate: | 7 | | (1) whether the student has satisfied or is on schedule | 8 | | to satisfy the requirements of item (A) of subdivision (2) | 9 | | of subsection (a) of Section 15 of this Act; or | 10 | | (2) if subsection (b) of Section 15 of this Act applies | 11 | | to the student, whether the student has completed the | 12 | | portion of the college preparatory curriculum that was | 13 | | available to the student. | 14 | | Section 27. Graduates of nonaccredited private schools. | 15 | | (a) As used in this Section, "nonaccredited secondary | 16 | | education" means a course of study at the secondary school | 17 | | level in a nonaccredited private school setting. | 18 | | (b) Because the State of Illinois considers successful | 19 | | completion of a nonaccredited secondary education to be | 20 | | equivalent to graduation from a public high school, an | 21 | | institution, in complying with this Act and for all other | 22 | | purposes, must treat an applicant for admission to the | 23 | | institution as an undergraduate student who presents evidence | 24 | | that he or she has successfully completed a nonaccredited | 25 | | secondary education according to the same general standards, |
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| 1 | | including specific standardized testing score requirements, as | 2 | | other applicants for undergraduate admission who have | 3 | | graduated from a public high school. | 4 | | (c) An institution may not require an applicant for | 5 | | admission to the institution as an undergraduate student who | 6 | | presents evidence that he or she has successfully completed a | 7 | | nonaccredited secondary education to: | 8 | | (1) obtain or submit evidence that the person has | 9 | | obtained a general educational development certificate, | 10 | | certificate of high school equivalency, or other | 11 | | credentials equivalent to a public high school degree; ?or | 12 | | (2) take an examination or comply with any other | 13 | | application or admission requirement not generally | 14 | | applicable to other applicants for undergraduate admission | 15 | | to the institution. | 16 | | (d) In complying with this Act or otherwise, when an | 17 | | institution in its undergraduate admission review process | 18 | | sorts or is required to sort applicants by high school | 19 | | graduating class rank, the institution shall place any | 20 | | applicant who presents evidence that the applicant has | 21 | | successfully completed a nonaccredited secondary education | 22 | | that does not include a high school graduating class ranking at | 23 | | the average high school graduating class rank of undergraduate | 24 | | applicants to the institution who have equivalent standardized | 25 | | testing scores as the applicant. | 26 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with |
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| 1 | | respect to admission into the institution or any program within | 2 | | the institution, with respect to scholarship programs, and with | 3 | | respect to other terms and conditions, and in complying with | 4 | | this Act, an institution may not treat an applicant who has | 5 | | successfully completed a nonaccredited secondary education | 6 | | that does not include a high school graduating class ranking | 7 | | differently than an applicant who graduated from an accredited | 8 | | public school. | 9 | | Section 30. Admission for child of fallen police officer, | 10 | | firefighter, or Department of Corrections employee. Each | 11 | | institution shall admit an applicant for admission to the | 12 | | institution as an undergraduate student if the applicant: | 13 | | (1) is the child of a police officer or firefighter | 14 | | employed by or in the voluntary service of this State or | 15 | | any local public entity in this State who was killed or | 16 | | sustained a fatal injury in the line of duty or is the | 17 | | child of an employee of the Department of Corrections who | 18 | | was assigned to a security position with the Department | 19 | | with responsibility for inmates of a correctional | 20 | | institution under the jurisdiction of the Department and | 21 | | who was killed or sustained a fatal injury in the line of | 22 | | duty; | 23 | | (2) meets the minimum requirements, if any, | 24 | | established for purposes of this Section by the governing | 25 | | board of the institution for high school or prior |
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| 1 | | college-level grade point average and performance on | 2 | | standardized tests; and | 3 | | (3) satisfies the ACT college admission assessment or | 4 | | the SAT college admission assessment composite score and | 5 | | subscores required for admission to the institution to | 6 | | which the applicant applied as well as any composite scores | 7 | | or subscores for colleges within that institution. | 8 | | Section 35. Additional preparation for college. After | 9 | | admitting an applicant under this Act, the institution shall | 10 | | review the applicant's record and any other factor the | 11 | | institution considers appropriate to determine whether the | 12 | | applicant may require additional preparation for college-level | 13 | | work or would benefit from inclusion in a retention program. | 14 | | The institution may require a student so identified to enroll | 15 | | during the summer immediately after the student is admitted | 16 | | under this Act to participate in appropriate enrichment courses | 17 | | and orientation programs. This Act does not prohibit a student | 18 | | who is not determined to need additional preparation for | 19 | | college-level work from enrolling, if the student chooses, | 20 | | during the summer immediately after the student is admitted | 21 | | under this Act. | 22 | | Section 40. Student outreach program. The Illinois Student | 23 | | Assistance Commission, by rule, shall develop and implement a | 24 | | program to increase and enhance the efforts of institutions in |
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| 1 | | conducting outreach to academically high-performing high | 2 | | school seniors in this State who are likely to be eligible for | 3 | | automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act to provide to | 4 | | those students information and counseling regarding the | 5 | | operation of this Act and other opportunities, including | 6 | | financial assistance, available to those students for success | 7 | | at institutions. Under the program, the Commission, after | 8 | | gathering information and recommendations from available | 9 | | sources and examining current outreach practices by | 10 | | institutions of higher education in this State and in other | 11 | | states, shall prescribe best practice guidelines and standards | 12 | | to be used by institutions in conducting the student outreach | 13 | | described by this Section. | 14 | | Section 45. Fall or summer enrollment. An institution that | 15 | | admits, under this Act, an applicant qualified for automatic | 16 | | admission under Section 15 of this Act may admit the applicant | 17 | | for either the fall semester of the academic year for which the | 18 | | applicant applies or for the summer session preceding that fall | 19 | | semester, as determined by the institution. | 20 | | Section 50. Admissions denial; reference to Act. If an | 21 | | institution denies admission to an applicant for an academic | 22 | | year, then, in any letter or other communication the | 23 | | institution provides to the applicant notifying the applicant | 24 | | of that denial, the institution may not reference the |
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| 1 | | provisions of this Act, including using a description of a | 2 | | provision of this Act such as "the top 10% automatic admissions | 3 | | law", as a reason the institution is unable to offer admission | 4 | | to the applicant, unless the number of applicants for admission | 5 | | to the institution for that academic year who qualify for | 6 | | automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act is sufficient | 7 | | to fill 100% of the institution's enrollment capacity | 8 | | designated for first-time resident undergraduate students. | 9 | | Section 90. Rules. The Board of Higher Education and the | 10 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission may adopt any rules | 11 | | necessary to implement this Act.".
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