Full Text of HR0670 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Many public and private colleges and universities | 3 | | across the country have frozen or lowered tuition and fees in | 4 | | recent academic years in order to attract and retain students | 5 | | in the middle of a historic health crisis; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Tuition freezing has been important in light of | 7 | | the adverse impacts the coronavirus has had on students and | 8 | | their families; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, During the pandemic, students have faced a host | 10 | | of devastating setbacks, including losing jobs that help them | 11 | | pay for school, dealing with feelings of isolation and | 12 | | loneliness, and experiencing the loss of family and friends to | 13 | | COVID-19; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Despite many major U.S. colleges and universities | 15 | | freezing tuition, the average tuition price has nonetheless | 16 | | increased across public and private, two-year and four-year | 17 | | institutions, as detailed in the College Board's Trends in | 18 | | College Pricing and Student Aid 2021 report; the nonprofit's | 19 | | annual report pulls from the latest available data on tuition | 20 | | and fees, net college costs, student federal aid, education | 21 | | borrowing and student loan debt, state and federal higher | 22 | | education funding, and more; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, For the 2021-2022 school year, the average | 2 | | published tuition and fees for full-time undergraduate | 3 | | students for public four-year in-state was $10,740, an | 4 | | increase of $170 from 2020-2021 or 1.6% before adjusting for | 5 | | inflation; for public four-year out-of-state, it was $27,560, | 6 | | an increase of $410 or 1.5% before adjusting for inflation; | 7 | | for public two-year in-district, it was $3,800, an increase of | 8 | | $50 or 1.3% before adjusting for inflation; for private | 9 | | nonprofit four-year, it was $38,070, an increase of $800 or | 10 | | 2.1% before adjusting for inflation; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Increasing tuition costs as students grapple with | 12 | | the repercussions of a global pandemic may make higher | 13 | | education financially unfeasible for many; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we urge all public and private colleges and universities in | 17 | | Illinois to freeze tuition costs during the entire length of | 18 | | the COVID-19 pandemic; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | delivered to Governor JB Pritzker, House Speaker Emanuel | 21 | | "Chris" Welch, Senate President Don Harmon, and Chair John | 22 | | Atkinson of the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
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