Full Text of SB2486 97th General Assembly
SB2486 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2486 Introduced 5/30/2011, by Sen. Larry K. Bomke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 15 ILCS 505/16.5 | | 105 ILCS 5/21-25 | from Ch. 122, par. 21-25 | 110 ILCS 947/67 rep. | | 110 ILCS 947/75 | | 110 ILCS 979/45 | |
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If and only if Senate Bill 2185 of the 97th General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the Senate, amends the State Treasurer Act, the School Code, the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, and the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act by deleting or repealing all language added by Senate Bill 2185 and restoring all language deleted by Senate Bill 2185. (Senate Bill 2185, as it passed the Senate, contained provisions amending the State Treasurer Act, the School Code, the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, and the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act in relation to: the State Treasurer's College Savings Pool; school service personnel certificates; establishment of an Illinois DREAM Fund and Illinois DREAM Fund Commission; college savings programs; college savings instruments; and other matters.) Effective immediately.
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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. If and only if Senate Bill 2185 of the 97th | 5 | | General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the | 6 | | Senate, then the State Treasurer Act is amended by changing | 7 | | Section 16.5 as follows:
| 8 | | (15 ILCS 505/16.5)
| 9 | | Sec. 16.5. College Savings Pool. The State Treasurer may | 10 | | establish and
administer a College Savings Pool to supplement | 11 | | and enhance the investment
opportunities otherwise available | 12 | | to persons seeking to finance the costs of
higher education. | 13 | | The State Treasurer, in administering the College Savings
Pool, | 14 | | may receive moneys paid into the pool by a participant and may | 15 | | serve as
the fiscal agent of that participant for the purpose | 16 | | of holding and investing
those moneys.
| 17 | | "Participant", as used in this Section, means any person | 18 | | who has authority to withdraw funds, change the designated | 19 | | beneficiary, or otherwise exercise control over an account. | 20 | | "Donor", as used in this Section, means any person who makes
| 21 | | investments in the pool. "Designated beneficiary", as used in | 22 | | this Section,
means any person on whose behalf an account is | 23 | | established in the College
Savings Pool by a participant. Both |
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| 1 | | in-state and out-of-state persons may be
participants, donors, | 2 | | and designated beneficiaries in the College Savings Pool. The | 3 | | College Savings Pool must be available to any individual with a | 4 | | valid social security number or taxpayer identification number | 5 | | for the benefit of any individual with a valid social security | 6 | | number or taxpayer identification number, unless a contract in | 7 | | effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 8 | | General Assembly does not allow for taxpayer identification | 9 | | numbers, in which case taxpayer identification numbers must be | 10 | | allowed upon the expiration of the contract.
| 11 | | New accounts in the College Savings Pool may be processed | 12 | | through
participating financial institutions. "Participating | 13 | | financial institution",
as used in this Section, means any | 14 | | financial institution insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance | 15 | | Corporation and lawfully doing business in the State of
| 16 | | Illinois and any credit union approved by the State Treasurer | 17 | | and lawfully
doing business in the State of Illinois that | 18 | | agrees to process new accounts in
the College Savings Pool. | 19 | | Participating financial institutions may charge a
processing | 20 | | fee to participants to open an account in the pool that shall | 21 | | not
exceed $30 until the year 2001. Beginning in 2001 and every | 22 | | year thereafter,
the maximum fee limit shall be adjusted by the | 23 | | Treasurer based on the Consumer
Price Index for the North | 24 | | Central Region as published by the United States
Department of | 25 | | Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for the immediately preceding
| 26 | | calendar year. Every contribution received by a financial |
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| 1 | | institution for
investment in the College Savings Pool shall be | 2 | | transferred from the financial
institution to a location | 3 | | selected by the State Treasurer within one business
day | 4 | | following the day that the funds must be made available in | 5 | | accordance with
federal law. All communications from the State | 6 | | Treasurer to participants and donors shall
reference the | 7 | | participating financial institution at which the account was
| 8 | | processed.
| 9 | | The Treasurer may invest the moneys in the College Savings | 10 | | Pool in the same
manner and in the same types of investments
| 11 | | provided for the investment of moneys by the Illinois State | 12 | | Board of
Investment. To enhance the safety and liquidity of the | 13 | | College Savings Pool,
to ensure the diversification of the | 14 | | investment portfolio of the pool, and in
an effort to keep | 15 | | investment dollars in the State of Illinois, the State
| 16 | | Treasurer may make a percentage of each account available for | 17 | | investment in
participating financial institutions doing | 18 | | business in the State. The State
Treasurer may deposit with the | 19 | | participating financial institution at which
the account was | 20 | | processed the following percentage of each account at a
| 21 | | prevailing rate offered by the institution, provided that the | 22 | | deposit is
federally insured or fully collateralized and the | 23 | | institution accepts the
deposit: 10% of the total amount of | 24 | | each account for which the current age of
the beneficiary is | 25 | | less than 7 years of age, 20% of the total amount of each
| 26 | | account for which the beneficiary is at least 7 years of age |
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| 1 | | and less than 12
years of age, and 50% of the total amount of | 2 | | each account for which the current
age of the beneficiary is at | 3 | | least 12 years of age.
The Treasurer shall develop, publish, | 4 | | and implement an investment policy
covering the investment of | 5 | | the moneys in the College Savings Pool. The policy
shall be | 6 | | published (i) at least once each year in at least one newspaper | 7 | | of
general circulation in both Springfield and Chicago and (ii) | 8 | | each year as part
of the audit of the College Savings Pool by | 9 | | the Auditor General, which shall be
distributed to all | 10 | | participants. The Treasurer shall notify all participants
in | 11 | | writing, and the Treasurer shall publish in a newspaper of | 12 | | general
circulation in both Chicago and Springfield, any | 13 | | changes to the previously
published investment policy at least | 14 | | 30 calendar days before implementing the
policy. Any investment | 15 | | policy adopted by the Treasurer shall be reviewed and
updated | 16 | | if necessary within 90 days following the date that the State | 17 | | Treasurer
takes office.
| 18 | | Participants shall be required to use moneys distributed | 19 | | from the College
Savings Pool for qualified expenses at | 20 | | eligible educational institutions.
"Qualified expenses", as | 21 | | used in this Section, means the following: (i)
tuition, fees, | 22 | | and the costs of books, supplies, and equipment required for
| 23 | | enrollment or attendance at an eligible educational | 24 | | institution and (ii)
certain room and board expenses incurred | 25 | | while attending an eligible
educational institution at least | 26 | | half-time. "Eligible educational
institutions", as used in |
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| 1 | | this Section, means public and private colleges,
junior | 2 | | colleges, graduate schools, and certain vocational | 3 | | institutions that are
described in Section 481 of the Higher | 4 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088)
and that are eligible to | 5 | | participate in Department of Education student aid
programs. A | 6 | | student shall be considered to be enrolled at
least half-time | 7 | | if the student is enrolled for at least half the full-time
| 8 | | academic work load for the course of study the student is | 9 | | pursuing as
determined under the standards of the institution | 10 | | at which the student is
enrolled. Distributions made from the | 11 | | pool for qualified expenses shall be
made directly to the | 12 | | eligible educational institution, directly to a vendor, or
in | 13 | | the form of a check payable to both the beneficiary and the | 14 | | institution or
vendor. Any moneys that are distributed in any | 15 | | other manner or that are used
for expenses other than qualified | 16 | | expenses at an eligible educational
institution shall be | 17 | | subject to a penalty of 10% of the earnings unless the
| 18 | | beneficiary dies, becomes disabled, or receives a scholarship | 19 | | that equals or
exceeds the distribution. Penalties shall be | 20 | | withheld at the time the
distribution is made.
| 21 | | The Treasurer shall limit the contributions that may be | 22 | | made on behalf of a
designated beneficiary based on the | 23 | | limitations established by the Internal Revenue Service. The | 24 | | contributions made on behalf of a
beneficiary who is also a | 25 | | beneficiary under the Illinois Prepaid Tuition
Program shall be | 26 | | further restricted to ensure that the contributions in both
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| 1 | | programs combined do not exceed the limit established for the | 2 | | College Savings
Pool. The Treasurer shall provide the Illinois | 3 | | Student Assistance Commission
each year at a time designated by | 4 | | the Commission, an electronic report of all
participant | 5 | | accounts in the Treasurer's College Savings Pool, listing total
| 6 | | contributions and disbursements from each individual account | 7 | | during the
previous calendar year. As soon thereafter as is | 8 | | possible following receipt of
the Treasurer's report, the | 9 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall, in
turn, provide | 10 | | the Treasurer with an electronic report listing those College
| 11 | | Savings Pool participants who also participate in the State's | 12 | | prepaid tuition
program, administered by the Commission. The | 13 | | Commission shall be responsible
for filing any combined tax | 14 | | reports regarding State qualified savings programs
required by | 15 | | the United States Internal Revenue Service. The Treasurer shall
| 16 | | work with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to | 17 | | coordinate the
marketing of the College Savings Pool and the | 18 | | Illinois Prepaid Tuition
Program when considered beneficial by | 19 | | the Treasurer and the Director of the
Illinois Student | 20 | | Assistance
Commission. The Treasurer's office shall not | 21 | | publicize or otherwise market the
College Savings Pool or | 22 | | accept any moneys into the College Savings Pool prior
to March | 23 | | 1, 2000. The Treasurer shall provide a separate accounting for | 24 | | each
designated beneficiary to each participant, the Illinois | 25 | | Student Assistance
Commission, and the participating financial | 26 | | institution at which the account
was processed. No interest in |
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| 1 | | the program may be pledged as security for a
loan. Moneys held | 2 | | in an account invested in the Illinois College Savings Pool | 3 | | shall be exempt from all claims of the creditors of the | 4 | | participant, donor, or designated beneficiary of that account, | 5 | | except for the non-exempt College Savings Pool transfers to or | 6 | | from the account as defined under subsection (j) of Section | 7 | | 12-1001 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/12-1001(j)).
| 8 | | The assets of the College Savings Pool and its income and | 9 | | operation shall
be exempt from all taxation by the State of | 10 | | Illinois and any of its
subdivisions. The accrued earnings on | 11 | | investments in the Pool once disbursed
on behalf of a | 12 | | designated beneficiary shall be similarly exempt from all
| 13 | | taxation by the State of Illinois and its subdivisions, so long | 14 | | as they are
used for qualified expenses. Contributions to a | 15 | | College Savings Pool account
during the taxable year may be | 16 | | deducted from adjusted gross income as provided
in Section 203 | 17 | | of the Illinois Income Tax Act. The provisions of this
| 18 | | paragraph are exempt from Section 250 of the Illinois Income | 19 | | Tax Act.
| 20 | | The Treasurer shall adopt rules he or she considers | 21 | | necessary for the
efficient administration of the College | 22 | | Savings Pool. The rules shall provide
whatever additional | 23 | | parameters and restrictions are necessary to ensure that
the | 24 | | College Savings Pool meets all of the requirements for a | 25 | | qualified state
tuition program under Section 529 of the | 26 | | Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 529).
The rules shall provide |
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| 1 | | for the administration expenses of the pool to be paid
from its | 2 | | earnings and for the investment earnings in excess of the | 3 | | expenses and
all moneys collected as penalties to be credited | 4 | | or paid monthly to the several
participants in the pool in a | 5 | | manner which equitably reflects the differing
amounts of their | 6 | | respective investments in the pool and the differing periods
of | 7 | | time for which those amounts were in the custody of the pool. | 8 | | Also, the
rules shall require the maintenance of records that | 9 | | enable the Treasurer's
office to produce a report for each | 10 | | account in the pool at least annually that
documents the | 11 | | account balance and investment earnings. Notice of any proposed
| 12 | | amendments to the rules and regulations shall be provided to | 13 | | all participants
prior to adoption. Amendments to rules and | 14 | | regulations shall apply only to
contributions made after the | 15 | | adoption of the amendment.
| 16 | | Upon creating the College Savings Pool, the State Treasurer | 17 | | shall give bond
with 2 or more sufficient sureties, payable to | 18 | | and for the benefit of the
participants in the College Savings | 19 | | Pool, in the penal sum of $1,000,000,
conditioned upon the | 20 | | faithful discharge of his or her duties in relation to
the | 21 | | College Savings Pool.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-23, eff. 8-3-07; 95-306, eff. 1-1-08; 95-521, | 23 | | eff. 8-28-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 09700SB2185eng.)
| 24 | | Section 3. If and only if Senate Bill 2185 of the 97th | 25 | | General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the |
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| 1 | | Senate, then the School Code is amended by changing Section | 2 | | 21-25 as follows:
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
| 4 | | Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
| 5 | | (a) For purposes of this Section, "school service | 6 | | personnel" means persons employed and performing appropriate | 7 | | services in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary | 8 | | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | 9 | | with a governing body or board of control or a charter school | 10 | | operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law in a | 11 | | position requiring a school service personnel certificate. | 12 | | Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school | 13 | | service
personnel certificate shall be issued to those | 14 | | applicants of good
character, good health, a citizen of the | 15 | | United States and at least 19
years of age who have a | 16 | | Bachelor's degree with not fewer than 120
semester hours from a | 17 | | regionally accredited institution of higher learning and
who | 18 | | meets the requirements established by the State Superintendent | 19 | | of
Education in consultation with the State Teacher | 20 | | Certification Board. A
school service personnel certificate | 21 | | with a school nurse endorsement may be
issued to a person who | 22 | | holds a bachelor of science degree from an institution
of | 23 | | higher learning accredited by the North Central Association or | 24 | | other
comparable regional accrediting association.
Persons | 25 | | seeking any other endorsement on the school service personnel
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| 1 | | certificate shall be recommended for the endorsement by a | 2 | | recognized teacher
education institution as having completed a | 3 | | program of preparation approved by
the State Superintendent of | 4 | | Education in consultation with the State Teacher
Certification | 5 | | Board.
| 6 | | (b) Until August 30, 2002, a school service personnel | 7 | | certificate endorsed
for school social work may be issued to a | 8 | | student who has completed a school
social work program that has | 9 | | not been approved by the State Superintendent of
Education, | 10 | | provided that each of the following conditions is met:
| 11 | | (1) The program was offered by a recognized, public | 12 | | teacher education
institution that first enrolled students | 13 | | in its master's degree program in
social work in 1998;
| 14 | | (2) The student applying for the school service | 15 | | personnel certificate was
enrolled in the institution's | 16 | | master's degree program in social work on or
after May 11, | 17 | | 1998;
| 18 | | (3) The State Superintendent verifies that the student | 19 | | has completed
coursework that is substantially similar to | 20 | | that required in approved school
social work programs, | 21 | | including (i) not fewer than 600 clock hours of a
| 22 | | supervised internship in a school setting or (ii) if the | 23 | | student has completed
part of a supervised internship in a | 24 | | school setting prior to the effective date
of this | 25 | | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and receives | 26 | | the prior
approval of the State Superintendent, not fewer |
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| 1 | | than 300 additional clock hours
of supervised work in a | 2 | | public school setting under the supervision of a
certified | 3 | | school social worker who certifies that the supervised work | 4 | | was
completed in a satisfactory manner; and
| 5 | | (4) The student has passed a test of basic skills and | 6 | | the test of subject
matter knowledge required by Section | 7 | | 21-1a.
| 8 | | This subsection (b) does not apply after August 29, 2002.
| 9 | | (c) A school service personnel certificate shall be | 10 | | endorsed
with the area of Service as
determined by the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education in consultation with
the State | 12 | | Teacher Certification Board.
| 13 | | The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all of | 14 | | the rights
and privileges granted holders of a valid teaching | 15 | | certificate, including
teacher benefits, compensation and | 16 | | working conditions.
| 17 | | When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's | 18 | | degree,
including 8 semester hours of graduate professional | 19 | | education from a
recognized institution of higher learning, and | 20 | | has at least 2 years of
successful school experience while | 21 | | holding such certificate, the
certificate may be endorsed for | 22 | | supervision.
| 23 | | (d) Persons who have successfully achieved National Board | 24 | | certification through the National Board for Professional | 25 | | Teaching Standards shall be issued a Master School Service | 26 | | Personnel Certificate, valid for 10 years and renewable |
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| 1 | | thereafter every 10 years through compliance with requirements | 2 | | set forth by the State Board of Education, in consultation with | 3 | | the State Teacher Certification Board. However, each holder of | 4 | | a Master School Service Personnel Certificate shall be eligible | 5 | | for a corresponding position in this State in the areas for | 6 | | which he or she holds a Master Certificate without satisfying | 7 | | any other requirements of this Code, except for those | 8 | | requirements pertaining to criminal background checks.
| 9 | | (e) School service personnel certificates are renewable | 10 | | every 5 years and may be renewed as provided in this Section. | 11 | | Requests for renewals must be submitted, in a format prescribed | 12 | | by the State Board of Education, to the regional office of | 13 | | education responsible for the school where the holder is | 14 | | employed. | 15 | | Upon completion of at least 80 hours of continuing | 16 | | professional development as provided in this subsection (e), a | 17 | | person who holds a valid school service personnel certificate | 18 | | shall have his or her certificate renewed for a period of 5 | 19 | | years. A person who (i) holds an active license issued by the | 20 | | State as a clinical professional counselor, a professional | 21 | | counselor, a clinical social worker, a social worker, or a | 22 | | speech-language pathologist; (ii) holds national certification | 23 | | as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist from the National | 24 | | School Psychology Certification Board; (iii) is nationally | 25 | | certified as a National Certified School Nurse from the | 26 | | National Board for Certification of School Nurses; (iv) is |
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| 1 | | nationally certified as a National Certified Counselor or | 2 | | National Certified School Counselor from the National Board for | 3 | | Certified Counselors; or (v) holds a Certificate of Clinical | 4 | | Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing | 5 | | Association
shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing | 6 | | professional development requirements established by the State | 7 | | Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board to | 8 | | renew a school service personnel certificate. | 9 | | School service personnel certificates may be renewed by the | 10 | | State Teacher Certification Board based upon proof of | 11 | | continuing professional development. The State Board of | 12 | | Education shall (i) establish a procedure for renewing school | 13 | | service personnel certificates, which shall include without | 14 | | limitation annual timelines for the renewal process and the | 15 | | components set forth in this Section; (ii) approve or | 16 | | disapprove the providers of continuing professional | 17 | | development activities; and (iii) provide, on a timely basis to | 18 | | all school service personnel certificate holders, regional | 19 | | superintendents of schools, school districts, and others with | 20 | | an interest in continuing professional development, | 21 | | information about the standards and requirements established | 22 | | pursuant to this subsection (e). | 23 | | Any school service personnel certificate held by an | 24 | | individual employed and performing services in an Illinois | 25 | | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | 26 | | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or |
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| 1 | | board of control in a certificated school service personnel | 2 | | position or in a charter school in compliance with the Charter | 3 | | Schools Law must be maintained Valid and Active through | 4 | | certificate renewal activities specified in the certificate | 5 | | renewal procedure established pursuant to this Section, | 6 | | provided that a holder of a Valid and Active certificate who is | 7 | | only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day basis | 8 | | as a substitute shall pay only the required registration fee to | 9 | | renew his or her certificate and maintain it as Valid and | 10 | | Active. All other school service personnel certificates held | 11 | | may be maintained as Valid and Exempt through the registration | 12 | | process provided for in the certificate renewal procedure | 13 | | established pursuant to Section 21-14 of this Code. A Valid and | 14 | | Exempt certificate must be immediately activated, through | 15 | | procedures developed by the State Board of Education upon the | 16 | | certificate holder becoming employed and performing services | 17 | | in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary school, | 18 | | secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement with a | 19 | | governing body or board of control in a certificated school | 20 | | service personnel position or in a charter school operating in | 21 | | compliance with the Charter Schools Law. A holder of a Valid | 22 | | and Exempt certificate may activate his or her certificate | 23 | | through procedures provided for in the certificate renewal | 24 | | procedure established pursuant to this Section. | 25 | | A school service personnel certificate that has been | 26 | | maintained as Valid and Active for the 5 years of the |
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| 1 | | certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid and Active | 2 | | upon the certificate holder (i) completing the National Board | 3 | | for Professional Teaching Standards process in an area of | 4 | | concentration comparable to the holder's school service | 5 | | personnel certificate of endorsement or (ii) earning 80 | 6 | | continuing professional development units as described in this | 7 | | Section. If, however, the certificate holder has maintained the | 8 | | certificate as Valid and Exempt for a portion of the 5-year | 9 | | period of validity, the number of continuing professional | 10 | | development units needed to renew the certificate as Valid and | 11 | | Active must be proportionately reduced by the amount of time | 12 | | the certificate was Valid and Exempt. If a certificate holder | 13 | | is employed and performs services requiring the holder's school | 14 | | service personnel certificate on a part-time basis for all or a | 15 | | portion of the certificate's 5-year period of validity, the | 16 | | number of continuing professional development units needed to | 17 | | renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by | 18 | | 50% for the amount of time the certificate holder has been | 19 | | employed and performing such services on a part-time basis. | 20 | | "Part-time" means less than 50% of the school day or school | 21 | | term. | 22 | | Beginning July 1, 2008, in order to satisfy the | 23 | | requirements for continuing professional development provided | 24 | | for in this Section, each Valid and Active school service | 25 | | personnel certificate holder shall complete professional | 26 | | development activities that address the certificate or those |
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| 1 | | certificates that are required of his or her certificated | 2 | | position, if the certificate holder is employed and performing | 3 | | services in an Illinois public or State operated elementary | 4 | | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | 5 | | with a governing body or board of control, or that certificate | 6 | | or those certificates most closely related to his or her | 7 | | teaching position, if the certificate holder is employed in a | 8 | | charter school. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection | 9 | | (e), the certificate holder's activities must address and must | 10 | | reflect the following continuing professional development | 11 | | purposes: | 12 | | (1) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
| 13 | | and skills consistent with the Illinois Standards for the | 14 | | service area in which the certificate is endorsed in order | 15 | | to keep the certificate holder current in that area. | 16 | | (2) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | 17 | | skills in areas determined by the State Board of Education | 18 | | to be critical for all school service personnel. | 19 | | (3) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the | 20 | | certificate holder's local school improvement plan, if the | 21 | | certificate holder is employed in an Illinois public or | 22 | | State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or | 23 | | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | 24 | | board of control. | 25 | | (4) Address the needs of serving students with | 26 | | disabilities, including adapting and modifying clinical or |
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| 1 | | professional practices to meet the needs of students with | 2 | | disabilities and serving such students in the least | 3 | | restrictive environment. | 4 | | (5) Address the needs of serving students who are the | 5 | | children of immigrants, including, if the certificate | 6 | | holder is employed as a counselor in an Illinois public or | 7 | | State-operated secondary school, opportunities for higher | 8 | | education for students who are undocumented immigrants. | 9 | | The coursework or continuing professional development | 10 | | units ("CPDU") required under this subsection (e) must total 80 | 11 | | CPDUs or the equivalent and must address 4 3 of the 5 4 | 12 | | purposes described in items (1) through (5) (4) of this | 13 | | subsection (e). Holders of school service personnel | 14 | | certificates may fulfill this obligation with any combination | 15 | | of semester hours or CPDUs as follows: | 16 | | (A) Collaboration and partnership activities related | 17 | | to improving the school service personnel certificate | 18 | | holder's knowledge and skills, including (i) participating | 19 | | on collaborative planning and professional improvement | 20 | | teams and committees; (ii) peer review and coaching; (iii) | 21 | | mentoring in a formal mentoring program, including service | 22 | | as a consulting teacher participating in a remediation | 23 | | process formulated under Section 24A-5 of this Code; (iv) | 24 | | participating in site-based management or decision-making | 25 | | teams, relevant committees, boards, or task forces | 26 | | directly related to school improvement plans; (v) |
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| 1 | | coordinating community resources in schools, if the | 2 | | project is a specific goal of the school improvement plan; | 3 | | (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a school, | 4 | | school district, or regional office of education directly | 5 | | related to student achievement or school improvement | 6 | | plans; (vii) participating in business, school, or | 7 | | community partnerships directly related to student | 8 | | achievement or school improvement plans; or (viii) | 9 | | supervising a student teacher (student services personnel) | 10 | | or teacher education candidate in clinical supervision, | 11 | | provided that the supervision may be counted only once | 12 | | during the course of 5 years. | 13 | | (B) Coursework from a regionally accredited | 14 | | institution of higher learning related to one of the | 15 | | purposes listed in items (1) through (4) of this subsection | 16 | | (e), which shall apply at the rate of 15 continuing | 17 | | professional development units per semester hour of credit | 18 | | earned during the previous 5-year period when the status of | 19 | | the holder's school service personnel certificate was | 20 | | Valid and Active. Proportionate reductions shall apply | 21 | | when the holder's status was Valid and Active for less than | 22 | | the 5-year period preceding the renewal. | 23 | | (C) Teaching college or university courses in areas | 24 | | relevant to the certificate area being renewed, provided | 25 | | that the teaching may be counted only once during the | 26 | | course of 5 years. |
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| 1 | | (D) Conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, or | 2 | | symposiums designed to improve the certificate holder's | 3 | | knowledge and skills in the service area and applicable to | 4 | | the purposes listed in items (1) through (5) (4) of this | 5 | | subsection (e). One CPDU shall be awarded for each hour of | 6 | | attendance. No one shall receive credit for conferences, | 7 | | workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are | 8 | | designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | 9 | | purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | 10 | | The State Superintendent of Education and regional | 11 | | superintendents of schools are authorized to review the | 12 | | activities and events provided or to be provided under this | 13 | | subdivision (D) and to investigate complaints regarding | 14 | | those activities and events. Either the State | 15 | | Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | 16 | | of schools may recommend that the State Board of Education | 17 | | disapprove those activities and events considered to be | 18 | | inconsistent with this subdivision (D). | 19 | | (E) Completing non-university credit directly related | 20 | | to student achievement, school improvement plans, or State | 21 | | priorities. | 22 | | (F) Participating in or presenting at workshops, | 23 | | seminars, conferences, institutes, or symposiums. | 24 | | (G) Training as external reviewers for quality | 25 | | assurance. | 26 | | (H) Training as reviewers of university teacher |
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| 1 | | preparation programs. | 2 | | (I) Other educational experiences related to improving | 3 | | the school service personnel's knowledge and skills as a | 4 | | teacher, including (i) participating in action research | 5 | | and inquiry projects; (ii) traveling related to one's | 6 | | assignment and directly related to school service | 7 | | personnel achievement or school improvement plans and | 8 | | approved by the regional superintendent of schools or his | 9 | | or her designee at least 30 days prior to the travel | 10 | | experience, provided that the traveling shall not include | 11 | | time spent commuting to destinations where the learning | 12 | | experience will occur; (iii) participating in study groups | 13 | | related to student achievement or school improvement | 14 | | plans; (iv) serving on a statewide education-related | 15 | | committee, including without limitation the State Teacher | 16 | | Certification Board, State Board of Education strategic | 17 | | agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council on Education of | 18 | | Children with Disabilities; (v) participating in | 19 | | work/learn programs or internships; or (vi) developing a | 20 | | portfolio of student and teacher work. | 21 | | (J) Professional leadership experiences related to | 22 | | improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher, | 23 | | including (i) participating in curriculum development or | 24 | | assessment activities at the school, school district, | 25 | | regional office of education, State, or national level; | 26 | | (ii) participating in team or department leadership in a |
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| 1 | | school or school district; (iii) participating on external | 2 | | or internal school or school district review teams; (iv) | 3 | | publishing educational articles, columns, or books | 4 | | relevant to the certificate area being renewed; or (v) | 5 | | participating in non-strike-related professional | 6 | | association or labor organization service or activities | 7 | | related to professional development.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-105, eff. 7-1-05; 95-592, eff. 7-1-08; | 9 | | 09700SB2185eng .)
| 10 | | (110 ILCS 947/67 rep.) | 11 | | Section 4. If and only if Senate Bill 2185 of the 97th | 12 | | General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the | 13 | | Senate, then the Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 14 | | amended by repealing Section 67. | 15 | | Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 2185 of the 97th | 16 | | General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the | 17 | | Senate, then the Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 18 | | amended by changing Section 75 as follows:
| 19 | | (110 ILCS 947/75)
| 20 | | Sec. 75. College savings programs.
| 21 | | (a) Purpose. The General Assembly finds and hereby declares | 22 | | that for
the benefit of the people of the State of Illinois, | 23 | | the conduct and
increase of their commerce, the protection and |
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| 1 | | enhancement of their welfare,
the development of continued | 2 | | prosperity and the improvement of their health
and living | 3 | | conditions, it is essential that all citizens with the
| 4 | | intellectual ability and motivation be able to obtain a higher | 5 | | education.
The General Assembly further finds that rising | 6 | | tuition costs, increasingly
restrictive eligibility criteria | 7 | | for existing federal and State student aid
programs and other | 8 | | trends in higher education finance have impeded access
to a | 9 | | higher education for many middle-income families; and that to | 10 | | remedy
these concerns, it is of utmost importance that families | 11 | | be provided with
investment alternatives to enhance their | 12 | | financial access to institutions of
higher education. It is the | 13 | | intent of this Section to establish College
Savings Programs | 14 | | appropriate for families from various income groups, to
| 15 | | encourage Illinois families to save and invest in anticipation | 16 | | of their
children's education, and to encourage enrollment in | 17 | | institutions of higher
education, all in execution of the | 18 | | public policy set forth above and
elsewhere in this Act. | 19 | | College Savings Programs established under this Section must be | 20 | | available to any individual with a valid social security number | 21 | | or taxpayer identification number for the benefit of any | 22 | | individual with a valid social security number or taxpayer | 23 | | identification number.
| 24 | | (b) The Commission is authorized to develop and provide a | 25 | | program of
college savings instruments to qualifying Illinois | 26 | | residents citizens . The program shall be
structured to |
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| 1 | | encourage parents to plan ahead for the college education of
| 2 | | their children and to permit the long-term accumulation of | 3 | | savings which
can be used to finance the family's share of the | 4 | | cost of a higher education.
Income, up to $2,000 annually per | 5 | | account, which is derived by
individuals from investments made | 6 | | in accordance with College Savings Programs
established under | 7 | | this Section shall be free from all taxation by the State and
| 8 | | its political subdivisions, except for estate, transfer, and | 9 | | inheritance taxes.
| 10 | | (c) The Commission is authorized to contract with private | 11 | | financial
institutions and other businesses, individuals, and | 12 | | other appropriate
parties to establish and operate the College | 13 | | Savings Programs. The
Commission may negotiate contracts with | 14 | | private financial and investment
companies, establish College | 15 | | Savings Programs, and monitor the vendors
administering the | 16 | | programs in whichever manner the Commission determines is
best | 17 | | suited to accomplish the purposes of this Section. The Auditor | 18 | | General
shall periodically review the operation of the College | 19 | | Savings Programs and
shall advise the Commission and the | 20 | | General Assembly of his findings.
| 21 | | (d) In determining the type of instruments to be offered, | 22 | | the Commission
shall consult with, and receive the assistance | 23 | | of, the Illinois Board of
Higher Education, the
Governor's | 24 | | Office of Management and Budget, the State Board of | 25 | | Investments,
the Governor, and other appropriate State | 26 | | agencies and private parties.
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| 1 | | (e) The Commission shall market and promote the College | 2 | | Savings Programs
to the citizens of Illinois.
| 3 | | (f) The Commission shall assist the State Comptroller and | 4 | | State
Treasurer in establishing a payroll deduction plan | 5 | | through which State
employees may participate in the College | 6 | | Savings Programs. The Department of
Labor, Department of | 7 | | Employment Security, Department of Revenue, and other
| 8 | | appropriate agencies shall assist the Commission in educating | 9 | | Illinois
employers about the College Savings Programs, and | 10 | | shall assist the Commission
in securing employers' | 11 | | participation in a payroll deduction plan and other
initiatives | 12 | | which maximize participation in the College Savings Programs.
| 13 | | (g) The Commission shall examine means by which the State, | 14 | | through a
series of matching contributions or other incentives, | 15 | | may most
effectively encourage Illinois families to | 16 | | participate in the College
Savings Programs. The Commission | 17 | | shall report its conclusions and
recommendations to the | 18 | | Governor and General Assembly no later than
February 15, 1990.
| 19 | | (h) The College Savings Programs established pursuant to | 20 | | this Section
shall not be subject to the provisions of the | 21 | | Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act. The Commission shall | 22 | | provide that appropriate disclosures
are provided to all | 23 | | citizens who participate in the College Savings Programs.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 09700SB2185eng.)
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| 1 | | General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed the | 2 | | Senate, then the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act is amended by | 3 | | changing Section 45 as follows:
| 4 | | (110 ILCS 979/45)
| 5 | | Sec. 45. Illinois prepaid tuition contracts.
| 6 | | (a) The Commission may enter into an Illinois prepaid | 7 | | tuition contract with
a purchaser under which the Commission | 8 | | contracts on behalf of the State to pay
full tuition and | 9 | | mandatory fees at an Illinois public university or Illinois
| 10 | | community college for a qualified beneficiary to attend the | 11 | | eligible
institution to which the qualified beneficiary is | 12 | | admitted. Each
contract shall contain terms, conditions, and | 13 | | provisions that the Commission
determines to be necessary for | 14 | | ensuring the educational objectives and
sustainable financial | 15 | | viability of the Illinois prepaid tuition program.
| 16 | | (b) Each contract shall have one designated purchaser and | 17 | | one designated
qualified beneficiary. Unless otherwise | 18 | | specified in the contract, the
purchaser
owns the contract and | 19 | | retains any tax liability for its assets only until the
first | 20 | | distribution of benefits. Contracts shall be purchased in units | 21 | | of 15 credit
hours.
| 22 | | (c) Without exception, benefits may be received by a | 23 | | qualified beneficiary
of an Illinois prepaid tuition contract | 24 | | no earlier than 3 years from the date
the contract is | 25 | | purchased.
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| 1 | | (d) A prepaid tuition contract shall contain, but is not | 2 | | limited to,
provisions for (i) refunds or withdrawals in | 3 | | certain circumstances, with or
without interest or penalties;
| 4 | | (ii) conversion of the contract at the time of distribution | 5 | | from accrued
prepayment value at one type of eligible | 6 | | institution to the accrued
prepayment value at a different type | 7 | | of eligible institution; (iii)
portability of the accrued value | 8 | | of the prepayment value for use at an eligible institution | 9 | | located outside this State; (iv) transferability of the | 10 | | contract
benefits within the qualified beneficiary's immediate | 11 | | family; and (v) a
specified benefit period during which the | 12 | | contract may be redeemed.
| 13 | | (e) Each Illinois prepaid tuition contract also shall | 14 | | contain, at minimum,
all of
the following:
| 15 | | (1) The amount of payment or payments and the number of | 16 | | payments required
from a purchaser on behalf of a qualified | 17 | | beneficiary.
| 18 | | (2) The terms and conditions under which purchasers | 19 | | shall remit payments,
including, but not limited to, the | 20 | | date or dates upon which each payment shall
be due.
| 21 | | (3) Provisions for late payment charges and for | 22 | | default.
| 23 | | (4) Provisions for penalty fees payable incident to an | 24 | | authorized
withdrawal.
| 25 | | (5) The name, date of birth, and social security number | 26 | | or taxpayer identification number of the qualified
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| 1 | | beneficiary on whose behalf the contract is drawn and the | 2 | | terms and conditions
under which the contract may be | 3 | | transferred to another qualified beneficiary.
| 4 | | (6) The name and social security number or taxpayer | 5 | | identification number of any person who may
terminate the | 6 | | contract, together with terms that specify whether the | 7 | | contract
may be terminated by the
purchaser, the qualified | 8 | | beneficiary, a specific designated person, or any
| 9 | | combination of these persons.
| 10 | | (7) The terms and conditions under which a contract may | 11 | | be terminated, the
name and social security number or | 12 | | taxpayer identification number of the person entitled to | 13 | | any refund due as a
result of the termination of the | 14 | | contract pursuant to those terms and
conditions,
and the | 15 | | method for determining the amount of a refund.
| 16 | | (8) The time limitations, if any, within which the | 17 | | qualified beneficiary
must claim his or her benefits | 18 | | through the program.
| 19 | | (9) Other terms and conditions determined by the | 20 | | Commission to be
appropriate.
| 21 | | (f) In addition to the contract provisions set forth in | 22 | | subsection (e), each
Illinois prepaid tuition contract shall | 23 | | include:
| 24 | | (1) The number of credit hours contracted by the | 25 | | purchaser.
| 26 | | (2) The type of eligible institution and the prepaid |
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| 1 | | tuition plan
toward which the credit hours shall be | 2 | | applied.
| 3 | | (3) The explicit contractual obligation of the | 4 | | Commission to the qualified
beneficiary to provide a | 5 | | specific number of credit hours of undergraduate
| 6 | | instruction at an eligible institution, not to exceed the | 7 | | maximum number of
credit hours required for the conference | 8 | | of a degree that corresponds to the
plan purchased on | 9 | | behalf of the qualified beneficiary.
| 10 | | (g) The Commission shall indicate by rule the conditions | 11 | | under which refunds
are payable to a contract purchaser. | 12 | | Generally, no refund shall exceed the
amount paid into the | 13 | | Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund by the purchaser. In
the | 14 | | event that a contract is converted from a Public University | 15 | | Plan described
in subsection (j) of this Section to a Community | 16 | | College Plan described in
subsection (k) of this Section, the | 17 | | refund amount shall be reduced
by the amount transferred to the | 18 | | Illinois community college on behalf of the
qualified | 19 | | beneficiary. Except where the Commission may otherwise rule, | 20 | | refunds
may exceed the amount paid into the Illinois Prepaid | 21 | | Tuition Trust Fund only
under the following circumstances:
| 22 | | (1) If the qualified beneficiary is awarded a grant or | 23 | | scholarship at a
public institution of higher education, | 24 | | the
terms of
which duplicate the benefits included in the | 25 | | Illinois prepaid tuition contract,
then moneys paid for the | 26 | | purchase of the contract shall be returned to the
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| 1 | | purchaser, upon request, in semester installments that | 2 | | coincide with the
matriculation by the
qualified | 3 | | beneficiary, in an amount equal to the current cost
of | 4 | | tuition
and mandatory fees at the public institution of | 5 | | higher education where the qualified
beneficiary is | 6 | | enrolled.
| 7 | | (1.5) If the qualified beneficiary is awarded a grant | 8 | | or scholarship
while enrolled at either an eligible | 9 | | nonpublic institution of higher
education or an eligible | 10 | | public or private out-of-state higher education
| 11 | | institution, the terms of which duplicate the benefits | 12 | | included in the
Illinois prepaid tuition contract, then | 13 | | money paid for the purchase of the
contract shall be | 14 | | returned to the purchaser, upon request, in semester
| 15 | | installments that coincide with the matriculation by the | 16 | | qualified
beneficiary. The amount paid shall not exceed the | 17 | | current average
mean-weighted credit hour value of the | 18 | | registration fees purchased
under the contract.
| 19 | | (2) In the event of the death or total disability of | 20 | | the qualified
beneficiary, moneys paid for the purchase of | 21 | | the Illinois prepaid tuition
contract shall be returned to | 22 | | the purchaser together with all accrued earnings.
| 23 | | (3) If an Illinois prepaid tuition contract is | 24 | | converted from a Public
University Plan to a Community | 25 | | College Plan, then the amount refunded shall be
the value | 26 | | of the original Illinois prepaid tuition contract minus the |
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| 1 | | value of
the contract after conversion.
| 2 | | No refund shall be authorized under an Illinois prepaid | 3 | | tuition contract for
any semester partially attended but not | 4 | | completed.
| 5 | | The Commission, by rule, shall set forth specific | 6 | | procedures for
making contract payments in conjunction with | 7 | | grants and scholarships awarded to
contract beneficiaries.
| 8 | | Moneys paid into or out of the Illinois Prepaid Tuition | 9 | | Trust Fund by or on
behalf of the purchaser or the qualified | 10 | | beneficiary of an Illinois prepaid
tuition contract are exempt | 11 | | from all claims of creditors of the purchaser or
beneficiary, | 12 | | so long as the contract has not been terminated.
| 13 | | The State or any State agency, county, municipality, or | 14 | | other political
subdivision, by contract or collective | 15 | | bargaining agreement, may agree with any
employee to remit | 16 | | payments toward the purchase of Illinois
prepaid tuition | 17 | | contracts through payroll deductions made by the appropriate
| 18 | | officer or officers of the entity making the payments. Such | 19 | | payments shall be
held and administered in accordance with this | 20 | | Act.
| 21 | | (h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a promise or | 22 | | guarantee that a
qualified beneficiary will be admitted to an | 23 | | eligible institution or to a
particular eligible institution, | 24 | | will be allowed to continue enrollment at an eligible
| 25 | | institution after admission, or will be graduated from an | 26 | | eligible institution.
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| 1 | | (i) The Commission shall develop and make prepaid tuition | 2 | | contracts
available under a minimum of at least 2 independent | 3 | | plans to be known as the
Public University Plan and the | 4 | | Community College Plan.
| 5 | | Contracts shall be purchased in units of 15 credit hours at | 6 | | either an
Illinois public university or an Illinois community | 7 | | college.
The minimum purchase amount per qualified beneficiary | 8 | | shall be one unit or 15
credit hours. The maximum purchase | 9 | | amount shall be 9 units (or 135 credit
hours) for the Public | 10 | | University Plan and 4 units (or 60 credit hours) for the
| 11 | | Community College Plan.
| 12 | | (j) Public University Plan. Through the Public University | 13 | | Plan, the
Illinois prepaid tuition contract shall provide | 14 | | prepaid registration fees,
which include full tuition costs as | 15 | | well as mandatory fees, for a specified
number of undergraduate | 16 | | credit hours, not to exceed the maximum number of
credit hours | 17 | | required for the conference of a baccalaureate degree. In
| 18 | | determining the cost of participation in the Public University | 19 | | Plan, the
Commission shall reference the combined | 20 | | mean-weighted current registration fees
from Illinois public | 21 | | universities.
| 22 | | In the event that a qualified beneficiary for whatever | 23 | | reason chooses to
attend an Illinois community college, the | 24 | | qualified beneficiary may convert the
average number of credit | 25 | | hours required for the conference of an associate
degree from | 26 | | the Public University Plan to the Community College
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| 1 | | may retain the remaining Public University Plan credit hours or | 2 | | may
request a refund for prepaid credit hours in excess of | 3 | | those required for
conference of an associate degree. In | 4 | | determining the amount of any refund,
the Commission also shall | 5 | | recognize the current relative credit hour cost of
the 2 plans | 6 | | when making any conversion.
| 7 | | Qualified beneficiaries shall bear the cost of any | 8 | | laboratory or other
non-mandatory fees associated with | 9 | | enrollment in specific courses. Qualified
beneficiaries who | 10 | | are not Illinois residents shall bear the difference in
cost | 11 | | between in-state registration fees guaranteed by the prepaid | 12 | | tuition
contract and tuition and other charges assessed upon | 13 | | out-of-state students by
the eligible institution.
| 14 | | (k) Community College Plan. Through the Community College | 15 | | Plan, the
Illinois prepaid tuition contract shall provide | 16 | | prepaid registration fees,
which include full tuition costs as | 17 | | well as mandatory fees, for a specified
number of undergraduate | 18 | | credit hours, not to exceed the maximum number of
credit hours | 19 | | required for the conference of an associate degree. In
| 20 | | determining the cost of participation in the Community College | 21 | | Plan, the
Commission shall reference the combined | 22 | | mean-weighted current registration fees
from all Illinois | 23 | | community colleges.
| 24 | | In the event that a qualified beneficiary for whatever | 25 | | reason chooses to
attend an Illinois public university, the | 26 | | qualified beneficiary's prepaid
tuition contract shall be |
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| 1 | | converted for use at that Illinois public university
by | 2 | | referencing the current average mean-weighted credit hour | 3 | | value of
registration fees at Illinois community colleges | 4 | | relative to the corresponding
value of registration fees at | 5 | | Illinois public universities.
| 6 | | Qualified beneficiaries shall bear the cost of any | 7 | | laboratory or other
non-mandatory fees associated with | 8 | | enrollment in specific courses. Qualified
beneficiaries who | 9 | | are not Illinois residents shall bear the difference in
cost | 10 | | between in-state registration fees guaranteed by the prepaid | 11 | | tuition
contract and tuition and other charges assessed upon | 12 | | out-of-state students by
the eligible institution.
| 13 | | (l) A qualified beneficiary may apply the benefits of any | 14 | | Illinois prepaid
tuition contract toward a nonpublic | 15 | | institution of higher education. In the
event that a qualified | 16 | | beneficiary for whatever reason chooses to attend a
nonpublic | 17 | | institution of higher education, the qualified beneficiary's | 18 | | prepaid
tuition contract shall be converted for use at that | 19 | | nonpublic institution of
higher education by referencing the | 20 | | current average mean-weighted credit hour
value of | 21 | | registration fees purchased under the
contract. The Commission | 22 | | shall
transfer, or cause to have transferred, this amount, less | 23 | | a transfer fee, to
the nonpublic institution on behalf of the | 24 | | beneficiary. In the event that the
cost of registration charged | 25 | | to the beneficiary at the nonpublic institution of
higher | 26 | | education is less than the aggregate value of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | prepaid
tuition contract, any remaining amount shall be | 2 | | transferred in subsequent
semesters until the transfer value is | 3 | | fully depleted.
| 4 | | (m) A qualified beneficiary may apply the benefits of any | 5 | | Illinois prepaid
tuition contract toward an eligible | 6 | | out-of-state college or university.
Institutional eligibility | 7 | | for out-of-state colleges and universities shall be
determined | 8 | | by the Commission according to standards substantially | 9 | | equivalent to those for an eligible institution located in this | 10 | | State, as described in the definition of "institution of higher | 11 | | learning" in Section 10 of the Higher Education Student | 12 | | Assistance Act.
In the
event that a qualified beneficiary for | 13 | | whatever reason chooses to attend an
eligible out-of-state | 14 | | college or university, the qualified beneficiary's
prepaid | 15 | | tuition contract shall be converted for use at that college or
| 16 | | university by referencing the current average mean-weighted | 17 | | credit hour value
of registration fees purchased under the | 18 | | contract. The Commission shall
transfer, or cause to have
| 19 | | transferred, this amount, less a transfer fee, to the college | 20 | | or university on
behalf of the beneficiary. In the event that | 21 | | the cost of registration charged
to the beneficiary at the | 22 | | eligible out-of-state college or university is less
than the | 23 | | aggregate value of the Illinois prepaid tuition contract, any
| 24 | | remaining amount shall be transferred in subsequent semesters | 25 | | until the
transfer value is fully depleted.
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| 1 | | either by lump sum
or by installments. No penalty shall be | 2 | | assessed for early
payment of installment contracts.
| 3 | | (o) The Commission shall annually adjust the price of new | 4 | | contracts, in
accordance with the annual changes in | 5 | | registration fees at Illinois public
universities and | 6 | | community colleges.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 95-217, eff. 8-16-07; 96-1282, eff. 7-26-10; | 8 | | 09700SB2185eng.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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