Full Text of HB0026 101st General Assembly
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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 Public | 5 | | University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "institution" means, | 7 | | except for the University of Illinois, Illinois State | 8 | | University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois | 9 | | University, and Chicago State University, a public university | 10 | | in this State. | 11 | | Section 10. Uniform admission system pilot program. | 12 | | Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each institution | 13 | | shall create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program | 14 | | under this Act to admit first-time freshman students for each | 15 | | semester of the pilot program. | 16 | | Section 15. Automatic admission. | 17 | | (a) Each institution shall admit an applicant for general | 18 | | admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if the | 19 | | applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top 10% | 20 | | or was certified to be in the top 10% of the student's high | 21 | | school graduating class in one of the 2 school years preceding |
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| 1 | | the academic year for which the applicant is applying for | 2 | | admission and: | 3 | | (1) the applicant graduated from a public or private | 4 | | high school in this State accredited by a generally | 5 | | recognized accrediting organization or from a high school | 6 | | operated by the United States Department of Defense; | 7 | | (2) the applicant: | 8 | | (A) successfully completed the minimum college | 9 | | preparatory curriculum requirements established by law | 10 | | for admission to the institution; and | 11 | | (B) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment | 12 | | or the SAT college admission assessment composite | 13 | | score and subscores required for admission to the | 14 | | institution to which the applicant applied as well as | 15 | | any composite scores or subscores for colleges within | 16 | | that institution; and | 17 | | (3) if the applicant graduated from a high school | 18 | | operated by the United States Department of Defense, the | 19 | | applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay tuition | 20 | | fees at the rate provided for State residents for the term | 21 | | or semester to which admitted. | 22 | | (b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum | 23 | | requirements prescribed by item (A) of subdivision (2) of | 24 | | subsection (a) of this Section is considered to have satisfied | 25 | | those requirements for the purposes of this Act if the student | 26 | | completed the portion of the college preparatory curriculum |
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| 1 | | that was available to the student but was unable to complete | 2 | | the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses | 3 | | necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the | 4 | | student at the appropriate times in the student's high school | 5 | | career as a result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment | 6 | | capacity, or another cause not within the student's control. An | 7 | | institution may require a student's successful completion of | 8 | | such curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with | 9 | | enrollment at the institution. | 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 items (A) and (B) | 17 | | of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this Section. | 18 | | Section 20. Admission requirements. | 19 | |
(a) To qualify for admission under this Act, an applicant | 20 | | must: | 21 | | (1) submit an application before the expiration of any | 22 | | application filing deadline established by the | 23 | | institution; and | 24 | | (2) provide a high school transcript or diploma that | 25 | | satisfies the requirements of subsection (b) of this |
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| 1 | | Section. | 2 | | (b) For purposes of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of | 3 | | this Section, a student's official transcript or diploma must, | 4 | | not later than the end of the student's junior year, indicate: | 5 | | (1) whether the student has satisfied or is on schedule | 6 | | to satisfy the requirements of item (A) of subdivision (2) | 7 | | of subsection (a) of Section 15 of this Act; or | 8 | | (2) if subsection (b) of Section 15 of this Act applies | 9 | | to the student, whether the student has completed the | 10 | | portion of the college preparatory curriculum that was | 11 | | available to the student. | 12 | | Section 25. Graduates of nonaccredited private schools. | 13 | | (a) As used in this Section, "nonaccredited secondary | 14 | | education" means a course of study at the secondary school | 15 | | level in a nonaccredited private school setting. | 16 | | (b) Because the State of Illinois considers successful | 17 | | completion of a nonaccredited secondary education to be | 18 | | equivalent to graduation from a public high school, an | 19 | | institution, in complying with this Act and for all other | 20 | | purposes, must treat an applicant for admission to the | 21 | | institution as an undergraduate student who presents evidence | 22 | | that he or she has successfully completed a nonaccredited | 23 | | secondary education according to the same general standards, | 24 | | including specific standardized testing score requirements, as | 25 | | other applicants for undergraduate admission who have |
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| 1 | | graduated from a public high school. | 2 | | (c) An institution may not require an applicant for | 3 | | admission to the institution as an undergraduate student who | 4 | | presents evidence that he or she has successfully completed a | 5 | | nonaccredited secondary education to: | 6 | | (1) obtain or submit evidence that the person has | 7 | | obtained a general educational development certificate, | 8 | | certificate of high school equivalency, or other | 9 | | credentials equivalent to a public high school degree; or | 10 | | (2) take an examination or comply with any other | 11 | | application or admission requirement not generally | 12 | | applicable to other applicants for undergraduate admission | 13 | | to the institution. | 14 | | (d) In complying with this Act or otherwise, when an | 15 | | institution in its undergraduate admission review process | 16 | | sorts or is required to sort applicants by high school | 17 | | graduating class rank, the institution shall place any | 18 | | applicant who presents evidence that the applicant has | 19 | | successfully completed a nonaccredited secondary education | 20 | | that does not include a high school graduating class ranking at | 21 | | the average high school graduating class rank of undergraduate | 22 | | applicants to the institution who have equivalent standardized | 23 | | testing scores as the applicant. | 24 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with | 25 | | respect to admission into the institution or any program within | 26 | | the institution, with respect to scholarship programs, and with |
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| 1 | | respect to other terms and conditions, and in complying with | 2 | | this Act, an institution may not treat an applicant who has | 3 | | successfully completed a nonaccredited secondary education | 4 | | that does not include a high school graduating class ranking | 5 | | differently than an applicant who graduated from an accredited | 6 | | public school. | 7 | | Section 30. Admission for child of fallen police officer, | 8 | | firefighter, or Department of Corrections employee. Each | 9 | | institution shall admit an applicant for admission to the | 10 | | institution as an undergraduate student if the applicant: | 11 | | (1) is the child of a police officer or firefighter | 12 | | employed by or in the voluntary service of this State or | 13 | | any local public entity in this State who was killed or | 14 | | sustained a fatal injury in the line of duty or is the | 15 | | child of an employee of the Department of Corrections who | 16 | | was assigned to a security position with the Department | 17 | | with responsibility for inmates of a correctional | 18 | | institution under the jurisdiction of the Department and | 19 | | who was killed or sustained a fatal injury in the line of | 20 | | duty; | 21 | | (2) meets the minimum requirements, if any, | 22 | | established for purposes of this Section by the governing | 23 | | board of the institution for high school or prior | 24 | | college-level grade point average and performance on | 25 | | standardized tests; and |
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| 1 | | (3) satisfies the ACT college admission assessment or | 2 | | the SAT college admission assessment composite score and | 3 | | subscores required for admission to the institution to | 4 | | which the applicant applied as well as any composite scores | 5 | | or subscores for colleges within that institution. | 6 | | Section 35. Additional preparation for college. After | 7 | | admitting an applicant under this Act, the institution shall | 8 | | review the applicant's record and any other factor the | 9 | | institution considers appropriate to determine whether the | 10 | | applicant may require additional preparation for college-level | 11 | | work or would benefit from inclusion in a retention program. | 12 | | The institution may require a student so identified to enroll | 13 | | during the summer immediately after the student is admitted | 14 | | under this Act to participate in appropriate enrichment courses | 15 | | and orientation programs. This Act does not prohibit a student | 16 | | who is not determined to need additional preparation for | 17 | | college-level work from enrolling, if the student chooses, | 18 | | during the summer immediately after the student is admitted | 19 | | under this Act. | 20 | | Section 40. Student outreach program. The Illinois Student | 21 | | Assistance Commission, by rule, shall develop and implement a | 22 | | program to increase and enhance the efforts of institutions in | 23 | | conducting outreach to academically high-performing high | 24 | | school seniors in this State who are likely to be eligible for |
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| 1 | | automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act to provide to | 2 | | those students information and counseling regarding the | 3 | | operation of this Act and other opportunities, including | 4 | | financial assistance, available to those students for success | 5 | | at institutions. | 6 | | Section 45. Fall or summer enrollment. An institution that | 7 | | admits, under this Act, an applicant qualified for automatic | 8 | | admission under Section 15 of this Act may admit the applicant | 9 | | for either the fall semester of the academic year for which the | 10 | | applicant applies or for the summer session preceding that fall | 11 | | semester, as determined by the institution. | 12 | | Section 50. Admissions denial; reference to Act. If an | 13 | | institution denies admission to an applicant for an academic | 14 | | year, then, in any letter or other communication the | 15 | | institution provides to the applicant notifying the applicant | 16 | | of that denial, the institution may not reference the | 17 | | provisions of this Act, including using a description of a | 18 | | provision of this Act such as "the top 10% automatic admissions | 19 | | law", as a reason the institution is unable to offer admission | 20 | | to the applicant, unless the number of applicants for admission | 21 | | to the institution for that academic year who qualify for | 22 | | automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act is sufficient | 23 | | to fill 100% of the institution's enrollment capacity | 24 | | designated for first-time resident undergraduate students. |
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| 1 | | Section 90. Rules. The Board of Higher Education and the | 2 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission may adopt any rules | 3 | | necessary to implement this Act.
| 4 | | Section 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2025. |
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