Full Text of SB3081 103rd 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 | | changing Section 8 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29) | 7 | | Sec. 8. Admissions. | 8 | | (a) (Blank). | 9 | | (b) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 10 | | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | 11 | | student also has satisfactorily completed: | 12 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 13 | | the following 5 categories: | 14 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 15 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 16 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 17 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 18 | | and government); | 19 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 20 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 21 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 22 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 23 | | agricultural sciences); and |
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| 1 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 2 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 3 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 4 | | agricultural education, or art; | 5 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 6 | | applicants if the institution determines through | 7 | | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | 8 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 9 | | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | 10 | | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | 11 | | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | 12 | | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 13 | | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | 14 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the | 15 | | University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the | 16 | | University's admissions process against an applicant for | 17 | | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 18 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | 19 | | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did | 20 | | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | 21 | | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | 22 | | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | 23 | | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | 24 | | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | 25 | | either case, the institution incorporates in the | 26 | | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other |
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| 1 | | academic activities that compensate for course | 2 | | deficiencies; and | 3 | | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | 4 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 5 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 6 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 7 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 8 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 9 | | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 10 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 11 | | coursework required by subsection (b). | 12 | | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 13 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 14 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 15 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 16 | | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | 17 | | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted | 18 | | to submit an application for admission to the University as a | 19 | | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | 20 | | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | 21 | | University may request that the Department of Veterans' | 22 | | Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably | 23 | | discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall | 24 | | semester. | 25 | | (f) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 26 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring |
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| 1 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 2 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 3 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 4 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 5 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 6 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 7 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 8 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 9 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 10 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 11 | | Internet website. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 13 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 14 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows: | 15 | | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e) | 16 | | Sec. 8e. Admissions. | 17 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 18 | | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | 19 | | student also has satisfactorily completed: | 20 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 21 | | the following 5 categories: | 22 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 23 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 24 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; |
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| 1 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 2 | | and government); | 3 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 4 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 5 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 6 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 7 | | agricultural sciences); and | 8 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 9 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 10 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 11 | | agricultural education, or art; | 12 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 13 | | applicants if the institution determines through | 14 | | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | 15 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 16 | | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | 17 | | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | 18 | | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | 19 | | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 20 | | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | 21 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern | 22 | | Illinois University shall not discriminate in the | 23 | | University's admissions process against an applicant for | 24 | | admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 25 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | 26 | | Code. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did |
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| 1 | | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college | 2 | | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | 3 | | educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to | 4 | | the formal organized special assistance programs that are | 5 | | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in | 6 | | either case, the institution incorporates in the | 7 | | applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other | 8 | | academic activities that compensate for course | 9 | | deficiencies; and | 10 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 11 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 12 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 13 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 14 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 15 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 16 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 17 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 18 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 19 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 20 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 21 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 22 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 23 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 24 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 25 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 26 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
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| 1 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 2 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 3 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 4 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 5 | | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 6 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 7 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 8 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 9 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 10 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 11 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 12 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 13 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 14 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 15 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 16 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 17 | | Internet website. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 19 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 20 | | changing Section 5-85 as follows: | 21 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-85) | 22 | | Sec. 5-85. Admissions. | 23 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 24 | | of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University |
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| 1 | | unless such student also has satisfactorily completed: | 2 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 3 | | the following 5 categories: | 4 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 5 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 6 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 7 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 8 | | and government); | 9 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 10 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 11 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 12 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 13 | | agricultural sciences); and | 14 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 15 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 16 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 17 | | agricultural education, or art; | 18 | | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | 19 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 20 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 21 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 22 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 23 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 24 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 25 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 26 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of |
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| 1 | | Trustees of Chicago State University shall not | 2 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 3 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 4 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 5 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Chicago State | 6 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 7 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 8 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 9 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 10 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 11 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 12 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 13 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 14 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 15 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 16 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 17 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 18 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 19 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 20 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 21 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 22 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 23 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 24 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 25 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 26 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
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| 1 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 2 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 3 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 4 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 5 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 6 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 7 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 8 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 9 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 10 | | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 11 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 12 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 13 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 14 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 15 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 16 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 17 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 18 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 19 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 20 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 21 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 22 | | Internet website. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 24 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 25 | | by changing Section 10-85 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-85) | 2 | | Sec. 10-85. Admissions. | 3 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 4 | | of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois | 5 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 6 | | completed: | 7 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 8 | | the following 5 categories: | 9 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 10 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 11 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 12 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 13 | | and government); | 14 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 15 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 16 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 17 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 18 | | agricultural sciences); and | 19 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 20 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 21 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 22 | | agricultural education, or art; | 23 | | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | 24 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 25 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the |
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| 1 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 2 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 3 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 4 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 5 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 6 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 7 | | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not | 8 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 9 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 10 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 11 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois | 12 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 13 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 14 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 15 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 16 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 17 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 18 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 19 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 20 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 21 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 22 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 23 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 24 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 25 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 26 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). |
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| 1 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 2 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 3 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 4 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 5 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 6 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 7 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 8 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 9 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 10 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 11 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 12 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 13 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 14 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 15 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 16 | | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 17 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 18 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 19 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 20 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 21 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 22 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 23 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 24 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 25 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 26 | | community college in this State. The University shall post |
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| 1 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 2 | | Internet website. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 4 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 15-85 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-85) | 7 | | Sec. 15-85. Admissions. | 8 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 9 | | of the departments or colleges of the Governors State | 10 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 11 | | completed: | 12 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 13 | | the following 5 categories: | 14 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 15 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 16 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 17 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 18 | | and government); | 19 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 20 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 21 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 22 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 23 | | agricultural sciences); and | 24 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
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| 1 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 2 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 3 | | agricultural education, or art; | 4 | | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | 5 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 6 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 7 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 8 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 9 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 10 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 11 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 12 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 13 | | Trustees of Governors State University shall not | 14 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 15 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 16 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 17 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State | 18 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 19 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 20 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 21 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 22 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 23 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 24 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 25 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 26 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and |
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| 1 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 2 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 3 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 4 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 5 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 6 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 7 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 8 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 9 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 10 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 11 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 12 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 13 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 14 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 15 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 16 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 17 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 18 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 19 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 20 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 21 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 22 | | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 23 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 24 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 25 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 26 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or |
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| 1 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 2 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 3 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 4 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 5 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 6 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 7 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 8 | | Internet website. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 10 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 11 | | by changing Section 20-85 as follows: | 12 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-85) | 13 | | Sec. 20-85. Admissions. | 14 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 15 | | of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State | 16 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 17 | | completed: | 18 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 19 | | the following 5 categories: | 20 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 21 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 22 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 23 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 24 | | and government); |
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| 1 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 2 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 3 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 4 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 5 | | agricultural sciences); and | 6 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 7 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 8 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 9 | | agricultural education, or art; | 10 | | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | 11 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 12 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 13 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 14 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 15 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 16 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 17 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 18 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 19 | | Trustees of Illinois State University shall not | 20 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 21 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 22 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 23 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Illinois State | 24 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 25 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 26 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
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| 1 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 2 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 3 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 4 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 5 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 6 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 7 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 8 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 9 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 10 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 11 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 12 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 13 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 14 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 15 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 16 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 17 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 18 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 19 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 20 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 21 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 22 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 23 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 24 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 25 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 26 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
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| 1 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 2 | | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 3 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 4 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 5 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 6 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 7 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 8 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 9 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 10 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 11 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 12 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 13 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 14 | | Internet website. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 16 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 17 | | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows: | 18 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-85) | 19 | | Sec. 25-85. Admissions. | 20 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 21 | | of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | 22 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 23 | | completed: | 24 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
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| 1 | | the following 5 categories: | 2 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 3 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 4 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 5 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 6 | | and government); | 7 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 8 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 9 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 10 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 11 | | agricultural sciences); and | 12 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 13 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 14 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 15 | | agricultural education, or art; | 16 | | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | 17 | | admit individual applicants if it determines through | 18 | | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | 19 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 20 | | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | 21 | | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, | 22 | | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | 23 | | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 24 | | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | 25 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of | 26 | | Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in |
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| 1 | | the University's admissions process against an applicant | 2 | | for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 3 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | 4 | | Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i) | 5 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 6 | | minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 7 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are | 8 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance | 9 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 10 | | providing that in either case, the institution | 11 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum | 12 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 13 | | course deficiencies; and | 14 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 15 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 16 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 17 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 18 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 19 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 20 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 21 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 22 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 23 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 24 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 25 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 26 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 2 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 3 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 4 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 5 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 6 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 7 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 8 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 9 | | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 10 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 11 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 12 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 13 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 14 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 15 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 16 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 17 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 18 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 19 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 20 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 21 | | Internet website. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 23 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 24 | | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-85) | 2 | | Sec. 30-85. Admissions. | 3 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 4 | | of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | 5 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 6 | | completed: | 7 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 8 | | the following 5 categories: | 9 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 10 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 11 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 12 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 13 | | and government); | 14 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 15 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 16 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 17 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 18 | | agricultural sciences); and | 19 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 20 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 21 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 22 | | agricultural education, or art; | 23 | | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | 24 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 25 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 26 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education |
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| 1 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 2 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 3 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 4 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 5 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 6 | | Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not | 7 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 8 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 9 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 10 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois | 11 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 12 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 13 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 14 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 15 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 16 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 17 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 18 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 19 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 20 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 21 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 22 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 23 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 24 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 25 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 26 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
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| 1 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 2 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 3 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 4 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 5 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 6 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 7 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 8 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 9 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 10 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 11 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 12 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 13 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 14 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 15 | | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the | 16 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 17 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 18 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 19 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 20 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the | 21 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 22 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 23 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 24 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 25 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 26 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's |
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| 1 | | Internet website. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 3 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 4 | | by changing Section 35-85 as follows: | 5 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-85) | 6 | | Sec. 35-85. Admissions. | 7 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 8 | | of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | 9 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 10 | | completed: | 11 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 12 | | the following 5 categories: | 13 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 14 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 15 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 16 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 17 | | and government); | 18 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 19 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 20 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 21 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 22 | | agricultural sciences); and | 23 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 24 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
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| 1 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 2 | | agricultural education, or art; | 3 | | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | 4 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 5 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 6 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 7 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 8 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 9 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 10 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 11 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 12 | | Trustees of Western Illinois University shall not | 13 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 14 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 15 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 16 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Western Illinois | 17 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 18 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 19 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 20 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 21 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 22 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 23 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 24 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 25 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 26 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
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| 1 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 2 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 3 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 4 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 5 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 6 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 7 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 8 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 9 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 10 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 11 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 12 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 13 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 14 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 15 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 16 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 17 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 18 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 19 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 20 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 21 | | (e) Beginning with the 20245-2026 academic year, the | 22 | | University shall provide all Illinois students transferring | 23 | | from a public community college in this State with the | 24 | | University's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee | 25 | | waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or | 26 | | forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the |
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| 1 | | University's transfer admissions process. The University is | 2 | | encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the | 3 | | undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for | 4 | | low-income Illinois students transferring from a public | 5 | | community college in this State. The University shall post | 6 | | this policy in an easily accessible place on the University's | 7 | | Internet website. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law. |
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