Full Text of HB4749 103rd General Assembly
HB4749 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4749 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 110 ILCS 305/8 | from Ch. 144, par. 29 | 110 ILCS 520/8e | from Ch. 144, par. 658e | 110 ILCS 660/5-85 | | 110 ILCS 665/10-85 | | 110 ILCS 670/15-85 | | 110 ILCS 675/20-85 | | 110 ILCS 680/25-85 | | 110 ILCS 685/30-85 | | 110 ILCS 690/35-85 | |
| Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. 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 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 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 26 | | of Trustees shall waive any admissions application fee for a |
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| 1 | | student transferring from a public community college in this | 2 | | State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last | 3 | | semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate | 4 | | with a degree. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 6 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 7 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows: | 8 | | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e) | 9 | | Sec. 8e. Admissions. | 10 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 11 | | of the departments or colleges of the University unless such | 12 | | 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 or | 24 | | 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 Southern | 15 | | Illinois University 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 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 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 10 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 11 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 12 | | (c) 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 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 17 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 18 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 19 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 20 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 21 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 22 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 23 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 24 | | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 25 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 26 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if |
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| 1 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 2 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 4 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 5-85 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-85) | 7 | | Sec. 5-85. Admissions. | 8 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 9 | | of the departments or colleges of the Chicago State University | 10 | | unless such student also has satisfactorily 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 Chicago State 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 Chicago State 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. Chicago State | 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 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 22 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 23 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if | 24 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 25 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) |
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| 1 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 2 | | by changing Section 10-85 as follows: | 3 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-85) | 4 | | Sec. 10-85. Admissions. | 5 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 6 | | of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois | 7 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 8 | | completed: | 9 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 10 | | the following 5 categories: | 11 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 12 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 13 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 14 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 15 | | and government); | 16 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 17 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 18 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 19 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 20 | | agricultural sciences); and | 21 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 22 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 23 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 24 | | agricultural education, or art; |
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| 1 | | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | 2 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 3 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 4 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 5 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 6 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 7 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 8 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 9 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 10 | | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not | 11 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 12 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 13 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 14 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois | 15 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 16 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 17 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 18 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 19 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 20 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 21 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 22 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 23 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 24 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 25 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 26 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from |
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| 1 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 2 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 3 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 4 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 5 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 6 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 7 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 8 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 9 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 10 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 11 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 12 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 13 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 14 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 15 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 16 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 17 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 18 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 19 | | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 20 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 21 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if | 22 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 23 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 25 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended |
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| 1 | | by changing Section 15-85 as follows: | 2 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-85) | 3 | | Sec. 15-85. Admissions. | 4 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 5 | | of the departments or colleges of the Governors State | 6 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 7 | | completed: | 8 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 9 | | the following 5 categories: | 10 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 11 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 12 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 13 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 14 | | and government); | 15 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 16 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 17 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 18 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 19 | | agricultural sciences); and | 20 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 21 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 22 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 23 | | agricultural education, or art; | 24 | | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | 25 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment |
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| 1 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 2 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 3 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 4 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 5 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent | 6 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 7 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 8 | | Trustees of Governors State University shall not | 9 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 10 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 11 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 12 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Governors State | 13 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 14 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 15 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 16 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 17 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 18 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 19 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 20 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 21 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 22 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 23 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 24 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 25 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 26 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 |
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| 1 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 2 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 3 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 4 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 5 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 6 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 7 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 8 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 9 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 10 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 11 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 12 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 13 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 14 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 15 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 16 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 17 | | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 18 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 19 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if | 20 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 21 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 23 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 24 | | by changing Section 20-85 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-85) | 2 | | Sec. 20-85. Admissions. | 3 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 4 | | of the departments or colleges of the Illinois State | 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 Illinois State 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 Illinois State 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. Illinois State | 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 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 16 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 17 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if | 18 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 19 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 21 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 22 | | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows: | 23 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-85) | 24 | | Sec. 25-85. Admissions. |
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| 1 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 2 | | of the departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | 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 or | 16 | | agricultural sciences); and | 17 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 18 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 19 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 20 | | agricultural education, or art; | 21 | | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | 22 | | admit individual applicants if it determines through | 23 | | assessment or through evaluation based on learning | 24 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 25 | | technical education courses and courses taken in a charter | 26 | | school established under Article 27A of the School Code, |
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| 1 | | that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills | 2 | | substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 3 | | expected to be acquired in the high school courses | 4 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of | 5 | | Northeastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in | 6 | | the University's admissions process against an applicant | 7 | | for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 8 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School | 9 | | Code. Northeastern Illinois University may also admit (i) | 10 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 11 | | minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 12 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are | 13 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance | 14 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 15 | | providing that in either case, the institution | 16 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum | 17 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 18 | | course deficiencies; and | 19 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 20 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 21 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 22 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 23 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 24 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 25 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 26 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the |
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| 1 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 2 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 3 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 4 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 5 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 6 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 7 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 8 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 9 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 10 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 11 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 12 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 13 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 14 | | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 15 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 16 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if | 17 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 18 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 20 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 21 | | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows: | 22 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-85) | 23 | | Sec. 30-85. Admissions. | 24 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any |
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| 1 | | of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | 2 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily | 3 | | completed: | 4 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 5 | | the following 5 categories: | 6 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 7 | | oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 | 8 | | years may be collegiate level instruction; | 9 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 10 | | and government); | 11 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 12 | | advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or | 13 | | fundamentals of computer programming); | 14 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 15 | | agricultural sciences); and | 16 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 17 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 18 | | Language), music, career and technical education, | 19 | | agricultural education, or art; | 20 | | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | 21 | | individual applicants if it determines through assessment | 22 | | or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the | 23 | | coursework taken, including career and technical education | 24 | | courses and courses taken in a charter school established | 25 | | under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant | 26 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent |
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| 1 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 2 | | high school courses required for admission. The Board of | 3 | | Trustees of Northern Illinois University shall not | 4 | | discriminate in the University's admissions process | 5 | | against an applicant for admission because of the | 6 | | applicant's enrollment in a charter school established | 7 | | under Article 27A of the School Code. Northern Illinois | 8 | | University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have | 9 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory | 10 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 11 | | disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal | 12 | | organized special assistance programs that are tailored to | 13 | | the needs of such students, providing that in either case, | 14 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 15 | | baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic | 16 | | activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and | 17 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 18 | | required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 19 | | distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from | 20 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences | 21 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 | 22 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). | 23 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 24 | | recognize their obligation to their students to offer the | 25 | | coursework required by subsection (a). | 26 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
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| 1 | | scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or | 2 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 3 | | test as a prerequisite to admission. | 4 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 5 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 6 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 7 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 8 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 9 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 10 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 11 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 12 | | (e) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 13 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 14 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if | 15 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 16 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 18 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 19 | | by changing Section 35-85 as follows: | 20 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-85) | 21 | | Sec. 35-85. Admissions. | 22 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 23 | | of the departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | 24 | | University unless such student also has satisfactorily |
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| 1 | | 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 Western Illinois 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 Western Illinois 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. Western Illinois | 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 2024-2025 academic year, the Board | 11 | | shall waive any admissions application fee for a student | 12 | | transferring from a public community college in this State if | 13 | | the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a | 14 | | degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law. |
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