Full Text of HB4627 99th 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) In addition, commencing in the fall of 1993, no new | 10 | | student shall
then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in | 11 | | any of the departments or
colleges of the University unless | 12 | | such student also has satisfactorily
completed:
| 13 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 14 | | the following
5 categories:
| 15 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 16 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 17 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 18 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 19 | | and government);
| 20 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 21 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 22 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 23 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
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| 1 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 2 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 3 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 4 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 5 | | applicants if the
institution determines through | 6 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 7 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 8 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 9 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 10 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
| 11 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 12 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for admission. | 13 | | The Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois shall | 14 | | not 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.
Institutions
may also | 18 | | admit 1)
applicants who did not have an opportunity to | 19 | | complete the minimum college
preparatory curriculum in | 20 | | high school, and 2) educationally disadvantaged
applicants | 21 | | who are admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 22 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 23 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 24 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 25 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 26 | | course
deficiencies; and
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| 1 | | (3) except that up to 3 of the 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 | | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 8 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 9 | | coursework required by
subsection (b).
| 10 | | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 11 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 12 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 13 | | a prerequisite to
admission.
| 14 | | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | 15 | | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to | 16 | | submit an application for admission to the University as a | 17 | | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | 18 | | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | 19 | | University may request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs | 20 | | confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably discharged | 21 | | veteran who was on active duty during the fall semester. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .) | 23 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 24 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
| 2 | | Sec. 8e. Admissions.
| 3 | | (a) Commencing in the fall of 1993, no new student shall
| 4 | | then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in any of the | 5 | | departments or
colleges of the University unless such student | 6 | | also has satisfactorily
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); and
| 18 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 19 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 20 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 21 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 22 | | applicants if the
institution determines through | 23 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 24 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 25 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 26 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the |
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| 1 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
| 2 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 3 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for admission. | 4 | | The Board of Trustees of Southern
Illinois University shall | 5 | | not discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 6 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 7 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 8 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code. Institutions may also | 9 | | admit 1)
applicants who did not have an opportunity to | 10 | | complete the minimum college
preparatory curriculum in | 11 | | high school, and 2) educationally disadvantaged
applicants | 12 | | who are admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 13 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 14 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 15 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 16 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 17 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 18 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 19 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 20 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 21 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 22 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 23 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 24 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 25 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 26 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
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| 1 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 2 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 3 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 4 | | a prerequisite to
admission.
| 5 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 6 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 7 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 8 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 9 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 10 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 11 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 12 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 14 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 15 | | changing Section 5-85 as follows:
| 16 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
| 17 | | Sec. 5-85. Admissions Admission requirements .
| 18 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 19 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Chicago State University | 20 | | unless such student also has
satisfactorily completed:
| 21 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 22 | | the following
5 categories:
| 23 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 24 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
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| 1 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 2 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 3 | | and government);
| 4 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 5 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 6 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 7 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 8 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 9 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 10 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 11 | | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | 12 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 13 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 14 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 15 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 16 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 17 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 18 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 19 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 20 | | Trustees of Chicago State University
shall not | 21 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 22 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 23 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 24 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Chicago State | 25 | | University may also admit
(i)
applicants who did not have | 26 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
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| 1 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 2 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 3 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 4 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 5 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 6 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 7 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 8 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 9 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 10 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 11 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 12 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 13 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 14 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 15 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 16 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 17 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 18 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 19 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 20 | | a prerequisite to
admission.
| 21 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 22 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 23 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 24 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 25 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 26 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
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| 1 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 2 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 4 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-85. Admissions Admission requirements .
| 8 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 9 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Eastern Illinois | 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); and
| 23 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 24 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), |
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| 1 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 2 | | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | 3 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 4 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 5 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 6 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 7 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 8 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 9 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 10 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 11 | | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University
shall not | 12 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 13 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 14 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 15 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Eastern Illinois | 16 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 17 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 18 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 19 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 20 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 21 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 22 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 23 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 24 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 25 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 26 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
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| 1 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 2 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 3 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 4 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 5 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 6 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 7 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 8 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 9 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 10 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 11 | | a prerequisite to
admission.
| 12 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 13 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 14 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 15 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 16 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 17 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 18 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 19 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 21 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 22 | | by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
| 23 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
| 24 | | Sec. 15-85. Admissions Admission requirements .
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| 1 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 2 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Governors State | 3 | | University unless such student also has
satisfactorily | 4 | | completed:
| 5 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 6 | | the following
5 categories:
| 7 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 8 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 9 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 10 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 11 | | and government);
| 12 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 13 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 14 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 15 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 16 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 17 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 18 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 19 | | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | 20 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 21 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 22 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 23 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 24 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 25 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 26 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the |
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| 1 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 2 | | Trustees of Governors State University
shall not | 3 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 4 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 5 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 6 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Governors State | 7 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 8 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 9 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 10 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 11 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 12 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 13 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 14 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 15 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 16 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 17 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 18 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 19 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 20 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 21 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 22 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 23 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 24 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 25 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 26 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT |
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| 1 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 2 | | a prerequisite to
admission.
| 3 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 4 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 5 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 6 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 7 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 8 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 9 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 10 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 12 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | 13 | | changing Section 20-85 as follows:
| 14 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
| 15 | | Sec. 20-85. Admissions Admission requirements .
| 16 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 17 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Illinois State University | 18 | | unless such student
also has satisfactorily completed:
| 19 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 20 | | the following
5 categories:
| 21 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 22 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 23 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 24 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
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| 1 | | and government);
| 2 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 3 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 4 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 5 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 6 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 7 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 8 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 9 | | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | 10 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 11 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 12 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 13 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 14 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 15 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 16 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 17 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 18 | | Trustees of Illinois State University
shall not | 19 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 20 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 21 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 22 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Illinois State | 23 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 24 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 25 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 26 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
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| 1 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 2 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 3 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 4 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 5 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 6 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 7 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 8 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 9 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 10 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 11 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 12 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 13 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 14 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 15 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 16 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 17 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 18 | | a prerequisite to
admission.
| 19 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 20 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 21 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 22 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 23 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 24 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 25 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 26 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 2 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 3 | | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
| 4 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
| 5 | | Sec. 25-85. Admissions Admission requirements .
| 6 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 7 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | 8 | | University unless such
student also has satisfactorily | 9 | | completed:
| 10 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 11 | | the following
5 categories:
| 12 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 13 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 14 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 15 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 16 | | and government);
| 17 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 18 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 19 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 20 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 21 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 22 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 23 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 24 | | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may |
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| 1 | | admit individual
applicants
if it determines through | 2 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 3 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 4 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 5 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 6 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
| 7 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 8 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for admission.
| 9 | | The Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University
| 10 | | shall not discriminate in the University's admissions | 11 | | process against an
applicant for admission because of the | 12 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter
school established | 13 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Northeastern Illinois
| 14 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 15 | | an opportunity to
complete the minimum college
preparatory | 16 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 17 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 18 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 19 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 20 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 21 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 22 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 23 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 24 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 25 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 26 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
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| 1 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 2 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 3 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 4 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 5 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 6 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 7 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 8 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 9 | | a prerequisite
to admission.
| 10 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 11 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 12 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 13 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 14 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 15 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 16 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 17 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 19 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | 20 | | by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
| 21 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
| 22 | | Sec. 30-85. Admissions Admission requirements .
| 23 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 24 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois |
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| 1 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 2 | | completed:
| 3 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 4 | | the following
5 categories:
| 5 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 6 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 7 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 8 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 9 | | and government);
| 10 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 11 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 12 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 13 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
| 14 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 15 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 16 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 17 | | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | 18 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 19 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 20 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 21 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 22 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 23 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 24 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 25 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 26 | | Trustees of Northern Illinois University
shall not |
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| 1 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 2 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 3 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 4 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Northern Illinois | 5 | | University may also admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 6 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 7 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 8 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 9 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 10 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 11 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 12 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 13 | | activities that compensate for 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 SAT | 25 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 26 | | 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 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 10 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 11 | | by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
| 12 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
| 13 | | Sec. 35-85. Admissions Admission requirements .
| 14 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 15 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | 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); and
| 5 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language (which | 6 | | may be deemed to include American Sign Language), | 7 | | music, vocational
education or art;
| 8 | | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | 9 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 10 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 11 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 12 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 13 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 14 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 15 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 16 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 17 | | Trustees of Western Illinois University
shall not | 18 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 19 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 20 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 21 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Western Illinois | 22 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 23 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 24 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 25 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 26 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
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| 1 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 2 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 3 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 4 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 5 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 6 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 7 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 8 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 9 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 10 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 11 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 12 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 13 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 14 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 15 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT | 16 | | shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as | 17 | | a prerequisite to
admission.
| 18 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 19 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 20 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 21 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 22 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 23 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 24 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 25 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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