Full Text of SB2765 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 Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 10-92 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-92) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2019) | 8 | | Sec. 10-92. Tuition affordability discount waiver | 9 | | limitation pilot program. | 10 | | (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | 11 | | findings: | 12 | | (1) Both access and affordability are important points | 13 | | in the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career | 14 | | Success. | 15 | | (2) This State is in the top quartile with respect to | 16 | | the percentage of family income needed to pay for college. | 17 | | (3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase, | 18 | | versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college | 19 | | attendance decreases. | 20 | | (4) There is further research indicating socioeconomic | 21 | | status may affect the willingness of students to use loans | 22 | | to attend college. | 23 | | (5) Strategic use of tuition discounting waivers will |
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| 1 | | decrease the amount of loans that students must use to pay | 2 | | for tuition. | 3 | | (6) A modest, individually tailored tuition discount | 4 | | waiver can make the difference in choosing to attend | 5 | | college and would enhance college access for low (up to | 6 | | 150% of the federal poverty level) and middle income (151% | 7 | | to 300% of the federal poverty level) families. | 8 | | (7) Even if the federally calculated financial need for | 9 | | college attendance is met, the federally determined | 10 | | Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting | 11 | | amount. | 12 | | (8) This State is the second largest exporter of | 13 | | students in the country. | 14 | | (9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State. | 15 | | State universities in other states have adopted pricing and | 16 | | incentives that make college expenses for residents of this | 17 | | State less than in this State. | 18 | | (10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of | 19 | | Illinois students to institutions in other states, | 20 | | assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly | 21 | | trained workforce. | 22 | | (11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, this | 23 | | State can bring out-of-state students to this State. | 24 | | (12) The pilot program established under this Section | 25 | | will allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for | 26 | | highly qualified students who may reside in other states by |
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| 1 | | mitigating the effect of cost differences. | 2 | | (13) Modest tuition discounts waivers , individually | 3 | | targeted and tailored, result in enhanced revenue for | 4 | | university programs. | 5 | | (14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's | 6 | | capacity to strategically use tuition discounting waivers , | 7 | | the University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition | 8 | | revenue by increasing enrollment yields. | 9 | | (15) The Board of Higher Education's current | 10 | | institutional tuition waiver limitation is 3% of total | 11 | | available undergraduate tuition revenue. | 12 | | (b) The Board shall establish a pilot program to increase | 13 | | the Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | 14 | | limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase | 15 | | access to college and make college more affordable for | 16 | | undergraduate students. Under the pilot program, the | 17 | | institutional tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2 | 18 | | percentage points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage | 19 | | points in the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in | 20 | | the 2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the | 21 | | 2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition | 22 | | waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot | 23 | | program and thereafter . | 24 | | (c) The pilot program shall require that students who | 25 | | receive a tuition discount waiver under the pilot program be | 26 | | accepted to the university through normal admissions standards |
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| 1 | | and processes. Individual tuition discounts waivers granted | 2 | | under the pilot program must not exceed $2,500 per academic | 3 | | year. The pilot program shall provide a maximum of one discount | 4 | | waiver per academic year for a maximum of 4 years to each | 5 | | student in the pilot program who maintains satisfactory | 6 | | academic progress. The pilot program shall be terminated after | 7 | | the 2018-2019 2015-2016 academic year, with no new students | 8 | | receiving discounts waivers . However, notwithstanding the | 9 | | Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | 10 | | limitation, existing students receiving discounts waivers | 11 | | under the pilot program are eligible to maintain those | 12 | | discounts waivers , with satisfactory academic progress, under | 13 | | the 4-year limitation, after the 2018-2019 2015-2016 academic | 14 | | year due to maintenance of effort within their 4-year window. | 15 | | Sunset dates for discounted waiver support shall be based upon | 16 | | the first academic year in which a student receives a discount | 17 | | waiver . The sunset dates are as follows for each annual cohort | 18 | | of pilot program participants: | 19 | | (1) Cohort 1: the beginning year is 2012-2013 and the | 20 | | terminal year is 2015-2016. | 21 | | (2) Cohort 2: the beginning year is 2013-2014 and the | 22 | | terminal year is 2016-2017. | 23 | | (3) Cohort 3: the beginning year is 2014-2015 and the | 24 | | terminal year is 2017-2018. | 25 | | (4) Cohort 4: the beginning year is 2015-2016 and the | 26 | | terminal year is 2018-2019. |
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| 1 | | (d) Every 2 years, the The Board shall annually report to | 2 | | the Board of Higher Education on the pilot program's impact on | 3 | | tuition revenue, enrollment goals, and increasing access and | 4 | | affordability on such dates as the Board of Higher Education | 5 | | shall determine. | 6 | | (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that | 7 | | are necessary to implement this Section. | 8 | | (f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2022 2019 .
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-290, eff. 8-10-11.)
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