(110 ILCS 167/15)
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-871)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 15. National Guard and reservist classwork policy. The governing board of each public institution of higher education shall adopt a policy to allow a student who is a member of the National Guard of any state, the District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States to submit classwork and complete any other class assignments missed due to the student participating in a drill or other military obligation required as a member of the National Guard or the reserve component.
(Source: P.A. 103-871, eff. 1-1-25.)
 
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-877)
    Sec. 15. Admission based on legacy status or donor relation prohibited.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Alumnus" means a graduate of a public institution of higher education.
    "Familial relationship" means an individual's father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great-aunt, great-uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister; the father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the individual's spouse; or the individual's fiance or fiancee.
    "Legacy status" means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission to a public institution of higher education to an alumnus or former or current attendee of the public institution of higher education.
    (b) In determining admission to a public institution of higher education, the public institution of higher education may not consider an applicant's legacy status or the applicant's familial relationship to any past, current, or prospective donor of something of value to the public institution of higher education as a factor in admitting the applicant.
(Source: P.A. 103-877, eff. 8-9-24.)
 
    (Text of Section from P.A. 103-913)
    Sec. 15. Transcript evaluation fee waivers.
    (a) In this Section, "refugee" means a person who has entered the United States on a refugee status from Iraq or Afghanistan.
    (b) Beginning January 1, 2025, each public institution of higher education shall pay on behalf of a refugee or reimburse a refugee for payment of any transcript evaluation fees that are required by the public institution of higher education to be paid during the admission process.
(Source: P.A. 103-913, eff. 8-9-24.)