Full Text of SB2245 98th 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 University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 85 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/85 new) | 7 | | Sec. 85. Priority enrollment; service member or veteran. | 8 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 9 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 10 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 11 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 12 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 13 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 14 | | educational benefits. | 15 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 16 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 17 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 18 | | (b) The Board of Trustees shall give the earliest possible | 19 | | enrollment opportunity that the University offers to a service | 20 | | member or veteran. | 21 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 22 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 23 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the |
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| 1 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 2 | | the University. | 3 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 4 | | Act is amended by adding Section 70 as follows: | 5 | | (110 ILCS 520/70 new) | 6 | | Sec. 70. Priority enrollment; service member or veteran. | 7 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 8 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 9 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 10 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 11 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 12 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 13 | | educational benefits. | 14 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 15 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 16 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 17 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 18 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 19 | | veteran. | 20 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 21 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 22 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 23 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 24 | | the University. |
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| 1 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 2 | | adding Section 5-180 as follows: | 3 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-180 new) | 4 | | Sec. 5-180. Priority enrollment; service member or | 5 | | veteran. | 6 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 7 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 8 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 9 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 10 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 11 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 12 | | educational benefits. | 13 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 14 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 15 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 16 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 17 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 18 | | veteran. | 19 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 20 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 21 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 22 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 23 | | the University. |
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| 1 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 2 | | by adding Section 10-180 as follows: | 3 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-180 new) | 4 | | Sec. 10-180. Priority enrollment; service member or | 5 | | veteran. | 6 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 7 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 8 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 9 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 10 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 11 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 12 | | educational benefits. | 13 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 14 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 15 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 16 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 17 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 18 | | veteran. | 19 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 20 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 21 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 22 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 23 | | the University. | 24 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended |
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| 1 | | by adding Section 15-180 as follows: | 2 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-180 new) | 3 | | Sec. 15-180. Priority enrollment; service member or | 4 | | veteran. | 5 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 6 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 7 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 8 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 9 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 10 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 11 | | educational benefits. | 12 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 13 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 14 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 15 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 16 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 17 | | veteran. | 18 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 19 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 20 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 21 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 22 | | the University. | 23 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | 24 | | adding Section 20-185 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-185 new) | 2 | | Sec. 20-185. Priority enrollment; service member or | 3 | | veteran. | 4 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 5 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 6 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 7 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 8 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 9 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 10 | | educational benefits. | 11 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 12 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 13 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 14 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 15 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 16 | | veteran. | 17 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 18 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 19 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 20 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 21 | | the University. | 22 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 23 | | amended by adding Section 25-180 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-180 new) | 2 | | Sec. 25-180. Priority enrollment; service member or | 3 | | veteran. | 4 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 5 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 6 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 7 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 8 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 9 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 10 | | educational benefits. | 11 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 12 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 13 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 14 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 15 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 16 | | veteran. | 17 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 18 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 19 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 20 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 21 | | the University. | 22 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | 23 | | by adding Section 30-190 as follows: | 24 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-190 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 30-190. Priority enrollment; service member or | 2 | | veteran. | 3 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 4 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 5 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 6 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 7 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 8 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 9 | | educational benefits. | 10 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 11 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 12 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 13 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 14 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 15 | | veteran. | 16 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 17 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 18 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 19 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 20 | | the University. | 21 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 22 | | by adding Section 35-185 as follows: | 23 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-185 new) | 24 | | Sec. 35-185. Priority enrollment; service member or |
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| 1 | | veteran. | 2 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 3 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 4 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 5 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 6 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 7 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 8 | | educational benefits. | 9 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 10 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 11 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 12 | | (b) The Board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 13 | | opportunity that the University offers to a service member or | 14 | | veteran. | 15 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 16 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 17 | | certificate programs offered by the University after the | 18 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 19 | | the University.
| 20 | | Section 50. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 21 | | adding Section 3-29.10 as follows: | 22 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-29.10 new) | 23 | | Sec. 3-29.10. Priority enrollment; service member or | 24 | | veteran. |
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| 1 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: | 2 | | "Service member" means a resident of this State who is a | 3 | | member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any | 4 | | reserve component, or the National Guard of any state, the | 5 | | District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the | 6 | | United States and who is eligible to receive military | 7 | | educational benefits. | 8 | | "Veteran" means a resident of this State who was a service | 9 | | member and who has received an honorable discharge, a general | 10 | | discharge, or an other than honorable discharge. | 11 | | (b) A board shall give the earliest possible enrollment | 12 | | opportunity that a community college offers to a service member | 13 | | or veteran. | 14 | | (c) The priority enrollment provided pursuant to this | 15 | | Section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and | 16 | | certificate programs offered by a community college after the | 17 | | student's eligibility to receive benefits has been verified by | 18 | | the community college.
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