Full Text of SB2141 102nd General Assembly
SB2141eng 102ND 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 5. The Private College Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 1.5 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 1005/1.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 1.5. Exemption; religious institution. | 8 | | (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow private | 9 | | religious institutions to create and provide post-secondary | 10 | | religious education, with the authority to grant degrees, | 11 | | without being burdened by secular educational regulations and | 12 | | thereby: | 13 | | (1) eliminate this State's entanglement with religious | 14 | | matter; | 15 | | (2) eliminate this State's conflict with religious | 16 | | institutions' missions; | 17 | | (3) recognize the constitutional liberty of religious | 18 | | institutions to direct religious education as they see | 19 | | fit; and | 20 | | (4) recognize the constitutional liberty of students, | 21 | | faculty, and other persons to attend, teach at, or | 22 | | otherwise interact with religious institutions that are | 23 | | free from government oversight or control. |
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| 1 | | (b) In this Section: | 2 | | "Religious education" means education in primarily | 3 | | religious subjects. The term may also include secular subjects | 4 | | so long as the education incorporates significant religious or | 5 | | faith-based instruction and is part of a comprehensive | 6 | | educational program to equip a student to integrate his or her | 7 | | religion or faith into his or her career or work. | 8 | | "Religious institution" or "institution" means any | 9 | | Illinois tax-exempt, post-secondary educational institution | 10 | | dedicated, in its articles of incorporation, affidavit under | 11 | | the Religious Corporation Act, charter, or bylaws, to | 12 | | religious education and actually engaged exclusively in | 13 | | religious education. A religious institution may be | 14 | | independent or may operate under the control or supervision of | 15 | | or as an integrated part of any church, denomination, | 16 | | association of religious assemblies, or religious hierarchy. | 17 | | (c) To be exempt from the Board's educational | 18 | | requirements, standards, or demands under this Act and Part | 19 | | 1030 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code, the | 20 | | religious institution must meet all of the following | 21 | | conditions: | 22 | | (1) The religious institution is a not-for-profit | 23 | | institution that is owned, controlled, operated, and | 24 | | maintained by a bona fide church or religious denomination | 25 | | and is lawfully operating as a not-for-profit religious | 26 | | corporation pursuant to State law. |
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| 1 | | (2) Promotional materials and websites must contain a | 2 | | statement that offered programs of study are limited to | 3 | | religion, theology, or preparation for a religious | 4 | | vocation that confers status or authority with the | 5 | | religion as ministers or clergy. | 6 | | (3) An affidavit must be published stating that no | 7 | | federal or State funds are used for the institution's | 8 | | programs of study. | 9 | | (4) The title of the degrees offered by the | 10 | | institution must contain a religious modifier, such as | 11 | | Associate of Religious Studies, Bachelor of Religious | 12 | | Studies, or Master of Religious Studies. Degree titles | 13 | | that may not be used by the institution include, but are | 14 | | not limited to, Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied | 15 | | Arts, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Science, | 16 | | Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of | 17 | | Education, Master of Education, Master of Arts, Master of | 18 | | Science, Doctor of Philosophy, or Doctor of Education. | 19 | | (5) Promotional materials and the student enrollment | 20 | | form must contain the following statement: | 21 | | [Name of entity] is exempt from the Illinois Board | 22 | | of Higher Education as a religious institution | 23 | | providing religious instruction only. Any credentials | 24 | | awarded by [name of entity] may not be recognized by | 25 | | other institutions of higher education, employers, and | 26 | | certification or licensing bodies. Complaints |
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| 1 | | pertaining to the exemption may be directed to the | 2 | | Office of the Attorney General. | 3 | | (6) All students are prohibited from using federal or | 4 | | State educational loan funds to pay for the program of | 5 | | study offered by the institution. | 6 | | (d) If this Section conflicts with any other provisions of | 7 | | this Act or Part 1030 of Title 23 of the Illinois | 8 | | Administrative Code, then this Section shall supersede the | 9 | | other provisions. | 10 | | Section 10. The Academic Degree Act is amended by changing | 11 | | Section 11 and by adding Section 11.5 as follows:
| 12 | | (110 ILCS 1010/11) (from Ch. 144, par. 241)
| 13 | | Sec. 11. Exemptions for nursing school and job training | 14 | | programs . This Act shall not apply to any school or
| 15 | | educational institution regulated or approved under the Nurse | 16 | | Practice Act.
| 17 | | This Act shall not apply to any of the following:
| 18 | | (a) in-training programs by corporations or other business | 19 | | organizations
for the training of their personnel;
| 20 | | (b) education or other improvement programs by business, | 21 | | trade and
similar organizations and associations for the | 22 | | benefit of their members
only; or
| 23 | | (c) apprentice or other training programs by labor unions.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 95-639, eff. 10-5-07.)
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 1010/11.5 new) | 2 | | Sec. 11.5. Exemption for religious institution. | 3 | | (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow private | 4 | | religious institutions to create and provide post-secondary | 5 | | religious education, with the authority to grant degrees, | 6 | | without being burdened by secular educational regulations and | 7 | | thereby: | 8 | | (1) eliminate this State's entanglement with religious | 9 | | matter; | 10 | | (2) eliminate this State's conflict with religious | 11 | | institutions' missions; | 12 | | (3) recognize the constitutional liberty of religious | 13 | | institutions to direct religious education as they see | 14 | | fit; and | 15 | | (4) recognize the constitutional liberty of students, | 16 | | faculty, and other persons to attend, teach at, or | 17 | | otherwise interact with religious institutions that are | 18 | | free from government oversight or control. | 19 | | (b) In this Section: | 20 | | "Religious education" means education in primarily | 21 | | religious subjects. The term may also include secular subjects | 22 | | so long as the education incorporates significant religious or | 23 | | faith-based instruction and is part of a comprehensive | 24 | | educational program to equip a student to integrate his or her | 25 | | religion or faith into his or her career or work. |
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| 1 | | "Religious institution" or "institution" means any | 2 | | Illinois tax-exempt, post-secondary educational institution | 3 | | dedicated, in its articles of incorporation, affidavit under | 4 | | the Religious Corporation Act, charter, or bylaws, to | 5 | | religious education and actually engaged exclusively in | 6 | | religious education. A religious institution may be | 7 | | independent or may operate under the control or supervision of | 8 | | or as an integrated part of any church, denomination, | 9 | | association of religious assemblies, or religious hierarchy. | 10 | | (c) To be exempt from the Board's educational | 11 | | requirements, standards, or demands under this Act and Part | 12 | | 1030 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code, the | 13 | | religious institution must meet all of the following | 14 | | conditions: | 15 | | (1) The religious institution is a not-for-profit | 16 | | institution that is owned, controlled, operated, and | 17 | | maintained by a bona fide church or religious denomination | 18 | | and is lawfully operating as a not-for-profit religious | 19 | | corporation pursuant to State law. | 20 | | (2) Promotional materials and websites must contain a | 21 | | statement that offered programs of study are limited to | 22 | | religion, theology, or preparation for a religious | 23 | | vocation that confers status or authority with the | 24 | | religion as ministers or clergy. | 25 | | (3) An affidavit must be published stating that no | 26 | | federal or State funds are used for the institution's |
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| 1 | | programs of study. | 2 | | (4) The title of the degrees offered by the | 3 | | institution must contain a religious modifier, such as | 4 | | Associate of Religious Studies, Bachelor of Religious | 5 | | Studies, or Master of Religious Studies. Degree titles | 6 | | that may not be used by the institution include, but are | 7 | | not limited to, Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied | 8 | | Arts, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Science, | 9 | | Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of | 10 | | Education, Master of Education, Master of Arts, Master of | 11 | | Science, Doctor of Philosophy, or Doctor of Education. | 12 | | (5) Promotional materials and the student enrollment | 13 | | form must contain the following statement: | 14 | | [Name of entity] is exempt from the Illinois Board | 15 | | of Higher Education as a religious institution | 16 | | providing religious instruction only. Any credentials | 17 | | awarded by [name of entity] may not be recognized by | 18 | | other institutions of higher education, employers, and | 19 | | certification or licensing bodies. Complaints | 20 | | pertaining to the exemption may be directed to the | 21 | | Office of the Attorney General. | 22 | | (6) All students are prohibited from using federal or | 23 | | State educational loan funds to pay for the program of | 24 | | study offered by the institution. | 25 | | (d) If this Section conflicts with any other provisions of | 26 | | this Act or Part 1030 of Title 23 of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Administrative Code, then this Section shall supersede the | 2 | | other provisions.
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