Full Text of SB3582 103rd General Assembly
SB3582 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB3582 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 110 ILCS 305/8 | from Ch. 144, par. 29 | 110 ILCS 520/8e | from Ch. 144, par. 658e | 110 ILCS 660/5-85 | | 110 ILCS 665/10-85 | | 110 ILCS 670/15-85 | | 110 ILCS 675/20-85 | | 110 ILCS 680/25-85 | | 110 ILCS 685/30-85 | | 110 ILCS 690/35-85 | |
| Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a public university has a law school, medical school, or nursing program, the governing board of the university shall establish an admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural students; defines "rural student". Provides that the governing board shall require each of these rural students to agree to return to the county where the student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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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 University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29) | 7 | | Sec. 8. Admissions. | 8 | | (a) (Blank). | 9 | | (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 10 | | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | 11 | | student also has satisfactorily completed: | 12 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 13 | | the following 5 categories: | 14 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 15 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 16 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 17 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 18 | | and government); | 19 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 20 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 21 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 22 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 23 | | agricultural sciences); and |
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| 1 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 2 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 3 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 4 | | agricultural education, or art; | 5 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 6 | | applicants if the institution determines through | 7 | | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | 8 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 9 | | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | 10 | | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | 11 | | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | 12 | | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 13 | | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | 14 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the | 15 | | University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the | 16 | | University's admissions process against an applicant for | 17 | | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 18 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | 19 | | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | 20 | | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | 21 | | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | 22 | | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | 23 | | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | 24 | | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | 25 | | either case, the institution incorporates in the | 26 | | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other |
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| 1 | | academic activities that compensate for course | 2 | | deficiencies; and | 3 | | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | 4 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 5 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 6 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 7 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 8 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 9 | | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 10 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 11 | | coursework required by subsection (b). | 12 | | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 13 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 14 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 15 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 16 | | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | 17 | | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted | 18 | | to submit an application for admission to the University as a | 19 | | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | 20 | | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | 21 | | University may request that the Department of Veterans' | 22 | | Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably | 23 | | discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall | 24 | | semester. | 25 | | (f) For purposes of this subsection (f), "rural student" | 26 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence |
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| 1 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 2 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 3 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 4 | | nursing program, the Board of Trustees shall establish an | 5 | | admissions process in which 25% of the students admitted to | 6 | | the law school, medical school, or nursing program shall be | 7 | | rural students. The Board of Trustees shall require each of | 8 | | these rural students to agree to return to the county where the | 9 | | student's primary residence was located for a period of 3 | 10 | | years after graduation from the law school, medical school, or | 11 | | nursing program. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 13 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 14 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows: | 15 | | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e) | 16 | | Sec. 8e. Admissions. | 17 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 18 | | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | 19 | | student also has satisfactorily completed: | 20 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 21 | | the following 5 categories: | 22 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 23 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 24 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; |
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| 1 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 2 | | and government); | 3 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 4 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 5 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 6 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 7 | | agricultural sciences); and | 8 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 9 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 10 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 11 | | agricultural education, or art; | 12 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 13 | | applicants if the institution determines through | 14 | | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | 15 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 16 | | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | 17 | | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | 18 | | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | 19 | | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 20 | | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | 21 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern | 22 | | Illinois University shall not discriminate in the | 23 | | University's admissions process against an applicant for | 24 | | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 25 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | 26 | | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did |
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| 1 | | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | 2 | | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | 3 | | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | 4 | | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | 5 | | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | 6 | | either case, the institution incorporates in the | 7 | | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other | 8 | | academic activities that compensate for course | 9 | | deficiencies; and | 10 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 11 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 12 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 13 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 14 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 15 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 16 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 17 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 18 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 19 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 20 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 21 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 22 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 23 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 24 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 25 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 26 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
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| 1 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 2 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 3 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 4 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 5 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 6 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 7 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 8 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 9 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 10 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 11 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 12 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | 13 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 14 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 15 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 16 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 18 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 19 | | changing Section 5-85 as follows: | 20 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-85) | 21 | | Sec. 5-85. Admissions. | 22 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 23 | | of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University | 24 | | unless such student also has satisfactorily completed: |
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| 1 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 2 | | the following 5 categories: | 3 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 4 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 5 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 6 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 7 | | and government); | 8 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 9 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 10 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 11 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 12 | | agricultural sciences); and | 13 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 14 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 15 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 16 | | agricultural education, or art; | 17 | | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | 18 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 19 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 20 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 21 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 22 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 23 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 24 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 25 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 26 | | Trustees of Chicago State University shall not |
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| 1 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 2 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 3 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 4 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State | 5 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 6 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 7 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 8 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 9 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 10 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 11 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 12 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 13 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 14 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 15 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 16 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 17 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 18 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 19 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 20 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 21 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 22 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 23 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 24 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 25 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 26 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 2 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 3 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 4 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 5 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 6 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 7 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 8 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 9 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 10 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 11 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 12 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 13 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 14 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 15 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 16 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | 17 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 18 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 19 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 20 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 22 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 23 | | by changing Section 10-85 as follows: | 24 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-85) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 10-85. Admissions. | 2 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 3 | | of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois | 4 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 5 | | completed: | 6 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 7 | | the following 5 categories: | 8 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 9 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 10 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 11 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 12 | | and government); | 13 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 14 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 15 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 16 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 17 | | agricultural sciences); and | 18 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 19 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 20 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 21 | | agricultural education, or art; | 22 | | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | 23 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 24 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 25 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 26 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established |
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| 1 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 2 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 3 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 4 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 5 | | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not | 6 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 7 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 8 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 9 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois | 10 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 11 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 12 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 13 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 14 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 15 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 16 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 17 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 18 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 19 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 20 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 21 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 22 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 23 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 24 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 25 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 26 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the |
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| 1 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 2 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 3 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 4 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 5 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 6 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 7 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 8 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 9 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 10 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 11 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 12 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 13 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 14 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 15 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 16 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 17 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 18 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 19 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 20 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 21 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | 22 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 23 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 24 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 25 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) |
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| 1 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 2 | | by changing Section 15-85 as follows: | 3 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-85) | 4 | | Sec. 15-85. Admissions. | 5 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 6 | | of the departments or colleges of the Governors State | 7 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 8 | | completed: | 9 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 10 | | the following 5 categories: | 11 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 12 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 13 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 14 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 15 | | and government); | 16 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 17 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 18 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 19 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 20 | | agricultural sciences); and | 21 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 22 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 23 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 24 | | agricultural education, or art; |
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| 1 | | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | 2 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 3 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 4 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 5 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 6 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 7 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 8 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 9 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 10 | | Trustees of Governors State University shall not | 11 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 12 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 13 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 14 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State | 15 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 16 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 17 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 18 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 19 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 20 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 21 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 22 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 23 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 24 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 25 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 26 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from |
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| 1 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 2 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 3 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 4 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 5 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 6 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 7 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 8 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 9 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 10 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 11 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 12 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 13 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 14 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 15 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 16 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 17 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 18 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 19 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 20 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 21 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 22 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 23 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 24 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 25 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 26 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural |
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| 1 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 2 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 3 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 4 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 6 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 7 | | by changing Section 20-85 as follows: | 8 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-85) | 9 | | Sec. 20-85. Admissions. | 10 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 11 | | of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State | 12 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 13 | | completed: | 14 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 15 | | the following 5 categories: | 16 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 17 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 18 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 19 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 20 | | and government); | 21 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 22 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 23 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 24 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
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| 1 | | agricultural sciences); and | 2 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 3 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 4 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 5 | | agricultural education, or art; | 6 | | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | 7 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 8 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 9 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 10 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 11 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 12 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 13 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 14 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 15 | | Trustees of Illinois State University shall not | 16 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 17 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 18 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 19 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State | 20 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 21 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 22 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 23 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 24 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 25 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 26 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
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| 1 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 2 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 3 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 4 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 5 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 6 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 7 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 8 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 9 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 10 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 11 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 12 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 13 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 14 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 15 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 16 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 17 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 18 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 19 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 20 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 21 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 22 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 23 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 24 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 25 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 26 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake |
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| 1 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 2 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 3 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 4 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 5 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | 6 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 7 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 8 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 9 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 11 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 12 | | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows: | 13 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-85) | 14 | | Sec. 25-85. Admissions. | 15 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 16 | | of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | 17 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 18 | | completed: | 19 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 20 | | the following 5 categories: | 21 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 22 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 23 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 24 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
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| 1 | | and government); | 2 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 3 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 4 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 5 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 6 | | agricultural sciences); and | 7 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 8 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 9 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 10 | | agricultural education, or art; | 11 | | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | 12 | | admit individual applicants if it determines through | 13 | | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | 14 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 15 | | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | 16 | | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | 17 | | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | 18 | | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 19 | | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | 20 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of | 21 | | Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in | 22 | | the University's admissions process against an applicant | 23 | | for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 24 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | 25 | | Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i) | 26 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the |
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| 1 | | minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 2 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are | 3 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance | 4 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 5 | | providing that in either case, the institution | 6 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum | 7 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 8 | | course deficiencies; and | 9 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 10 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 11 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 12 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 13 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 14 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 15 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 16 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 17 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 18 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 19 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 20 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 21 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 22 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 23 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 24 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 25 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 26 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
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| 1 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 2 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 3 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 4 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 5 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 6 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 7 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 8 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 9 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 10 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 11 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | 12 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 13 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 14 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 15 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 17 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 18 | | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows: | 19 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-85) | 20 | | Sec. 30-85. Admissions. | 21 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 22 | | of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | 23 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 24 | | completed: |
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| 1 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 2 | | the following 5 categories: | 3 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 4 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 5 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 6 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 7 | | and government); | 8 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 9 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 10 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 11 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 12 | | agricultural sciences); and | 13 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 14 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 15 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 16 | | agricultural education, or art; | 17 | | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | 18 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 19 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 20 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 21 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 22 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 23 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 24 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 25 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 26 | | Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not |
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| 1 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 2 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 3 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 4 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois | 5 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 6 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 7 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 8 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 9 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 10 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 11 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 12 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 13 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 14 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 15 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 16 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 17 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 18 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 19 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 20 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 21 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 22 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 23 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 24 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 25 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 26 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 2 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 3 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 4 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 5 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 6 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 7 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 8 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 9 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 10 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 11 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 12 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 13 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 14 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 15 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 16 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | 17 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 18 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 19 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 20 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 22 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 23 | | by changing Section 35-85 as follows: | 24 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-85) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 35-85. Admissions. | 2 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 3 | | of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | 4 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 5 | | completed: | 6 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 7 | | the following 5 categories: | 8 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 9 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 10 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 11 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 12 | | and government); | 13 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 14 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 15 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 16 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 17 | | agricultural sciences); and | 18 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 19 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 20 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 21 | | agricultural education, or art; | 22 | | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | 23 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 24 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 25 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 26 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established |
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| 1 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 2 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 3 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 4 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 5 | | Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not | 6 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 7 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 8 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 9 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois | 10 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 11 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 12 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 13 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 14 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 15 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 16 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 17 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 18 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 19 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 20 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 21 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 22 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 23 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 24 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 25 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 26 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the |
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| 1 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 2 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 3 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 4 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 5 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 6 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 7 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 8 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 9 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 10 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 11 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 12 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 13 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 14 | | (e) For purposes of this subsection (e), "rural student" | 15 | | means a student residing in this State whose primary residence | 16 | | is not in Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake | 17 | | County, McHenry County, or Will County. | 18 | | If the University has a law school, medical school, or | 19 | | nursing program, the Board shall establish an admissions | 20 | | process in which 25% of the students admitted to the law | 21 | | school, medical school, or nursing program shall be rural | 22 | | students. The Board shall require each of these rural students | 23 | | to agree to return to the county where the student's primary | 24 | | residence was located for a period of 3 years after graduation | 25 | | from the law school, medical school, or nursing program. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) |
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 2 | | 2024. |
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