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90_HB1525

      110 ILCS 305/7f           from Ch. 144, par. 28f
      110 ILCS 520/8f           from Ch. 144, par. 658f
      110 ILCS 660/5-90
      110 ILCS 665/10-90
      110 ILCS 670/15-90
      110 ILCS 675/20-90
      110 ILCS 680/25-90
      110 ILCS 685/30-90
      110 ILCS 690/35-90
          Amends the  University  of  Illinois  Act,  the  Southern
      Illinois   University   Management  Act,  the  Chicago  State
      University Law, the  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law,  the
      Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University
      Law,  the  Northeastern Illinois University Law, the Northern
      Illinois University Law, and the Western Illinois  University
      Law. Requires each of the universities governed by those Acts
      to  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education to
      children of employees of any other such university  if  those
      employees  have  been employed an aggregate of 7 years by one
      or more of those universities  and  if  their  children  meet
      certain age and academic requirements.
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 1        AN  ACT  relating to partial tuition waivers for children
 2    of employees of public universities, amending named Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 7f as follows:
 7        (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
 8        Sec. 7f.  Partial tuition waivers.
 9        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
10    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
11    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
12    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
13    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
14    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
15    Illinois University.
16        (b)  (a)  Each  year  the  Board  of  Trustees   of   the
17    University  of  Illinois  shall offer 50% tuition waivers for
18    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance or
19    supervision to the  children  of  employees  of  an  Illinois
20    college  or  university the University who have been employed
21    by any one or by more than one Illinois college or university
22    the University for an aggregate period of at least  7  years.
23    To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child
24    of  an  employee  of  an  Illinois  college or university the
25    University  (i)  must  be  under  the  age  of  25   at   the
26    commencement  of  the  academic year during which the partial
27    tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify  for
28    admission  to  the  University  of  Illinois  under  the same
29    admissions requirements, standards  and  policies  which  the
30    University  of  Illinois  applies to applicants for admission
31    generally  to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges   and
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 1    programs.
 2        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
 3    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
 4    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
 5    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
 6    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
 7    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
 8        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
 9    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
10    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
11    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
12    Education.
13        (e)  (d)  The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
14    regulations as are necessary to implement and administer  the
15    provisions of this Section.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-793.)
17        Section  10.  The Southern Illinois University Management
18    Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
19        (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
20        Sec. 8f.  Partial tuition waivers.
21        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
22    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
23    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
24    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
25    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
26    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
27    Illinois University.
28        (b) (a)  Each year the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Southern
29    Illinois  University  shall  offer  50%  tuition  waivers for
30    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance or
31    supervision to the  children  of  employees  of  an  Illinois
32    college  or  university the University who have been employed
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 1    by any one or by more than one Illinois college or university
 2    the University for an aggregate period of at least  7  years.
 3    To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child
 4    of  an  employee  of  an  Illinois  college or university the
 5    University  (i)  must  be  under  the  age  of  25   at   the
 6    commencement  of  the  academic year during which the partial
 7    tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify  for
 8    admission  to Southern Illinois the University under the same
 9    admissions  requirements,  standards   and   policies   which
10    Southern  Illinois  the  University applies to applicants for
11    admission generally to its respective undergraduate  colleges
12    and programs.
13        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
14    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
15    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
16    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
17    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
18    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
19        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
20    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
21    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
22    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
23    Education.
24        (e)  (d)  The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
25    regulations as are necessary to implement and administer  the
26    provisions of this Section.
27    (Source: P.A. 87-793.)
28        Section  15.  The Chicago State University Law is amended
29    by changing Section 5-90 as follows:
30        (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
31        Sec. 5-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
32        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
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 1    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
 2    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
 3    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
 4    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
 5    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
 6    Illinois University.
 7        (b) (a)  Each year the Board of Chicago State  University
 8    shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education
 9    at any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children  of
10    employees of an Illinois college or university the University
11    who  have  been  employed  by  any  one  or  by more than one
12    Illinois  college  or  university  the  University   for   an
13    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years.  To be eligible to
14    receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
15    an Illinois college or university the University (i) must  be
16    under  the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
17    during which the partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
18    and  (ii)  must  qualify  for  admission to Chicago State the
19    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
20    and  policies  which  Chicago State the University applies to
21    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
22    undergraduate colleges and programs.
23        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
24    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
25    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
26    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
27    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
28    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
29        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
30    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
31    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
32    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
33    Education.
34        (e)  (d)  The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
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 1    as are necessary to implement and administer  the  provisions
 2    of this Section.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 4        Section  20.  The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law  is
 5    amended by changing Section 10-90 as follows:
 6        (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
 7        Sec. 10-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
 8        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
 9    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
10    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
11    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
12    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
13    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
14    Illinois University.
15        (b)   (a)  Each   year  the  Board  of  Eastern  Illinois
16    University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate
17    education  at any campus under its governance to the children
18    of  employees  of  an  Illinois  college  or  university  the
19    University who have been employed by any one or by more  than
20    one  Illinois  college  or  university  the University for an
21    aggregate period of at least 7  years.   To  be  eligible  to
22    receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
23    an  Illinois college or university the University (i) must be
24    under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic  year
25    during  which  the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
26    and (ii) must qualify for admission to Eastern  Illinois  the
27    University  under the same admissions requirements, standards
28    and policies which Eastern Illinois the University applies to
29    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
30    undergraduate colleges and programs.
31        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
32    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
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 1    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
 2    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
 3    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
 4    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
 5        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
 6    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
 7    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
 8    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 9    Education.
10        (e)  (d)  The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
11    as are necessary to implement and administer  the  provisions
12    of this Section.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
14        Section   25.  The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
15    amended by changing Section 15-90 as follows:
16        (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
17        Sec. 15-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
18        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
19    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
20    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
21    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
22    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
23    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
24    Illinois University.
25        (b)  (a)  Each  year  the  Board   of   Governors   State
26    University  shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
27    education at any campus under its governance to the  children
28    of  employees  of  an  Illinois  college  or  university  the
29    University  who have been employed by any one or by more than
30    one Illinois college or  university  the  University  for  an
31    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years.  To be eligible to
32    receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
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 1    an Illinois college or university the University (i) must  be
 2    under  the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
 3    during which the partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
 4    and  (ii)  must  qualify for admission to Governors State the
 5    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
 6    and  policies which Governors State the University applies to
 7    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
 8    undergraduate colleges and programs.
 9        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
10    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
11    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
12    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
13    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
14    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
15        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
16    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
17    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
18    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
19    Education.
20        (e)  (d)  The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
21    as are necessary to implement and administer  the  provisions
22    of this Section.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
24        Section 30.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
25    by changing Section 20-90 as follows:
26        (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
27        Sec. 20-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
28        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
29    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
30    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
31    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
32    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
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 1    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
 2    Illinois University.
 3        (b) (a)  Each year the Board of Illinois State University
 4    shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education
 5    at any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children  of
 6    employees of an Illinois college or university the University
 7    who  have  been  employed  by  any  one  or  by more than one
 8    Illinois  college  or  university  the  University   for   an
 9    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years.  To be eligible to
10    receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
11    an Illinois college or university the University (i) must  be
12    under  the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
13    during which the partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
14    and  (ii)  must  qualify  for admission to Illinois State the
15    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
16    and  policies  which Illinois State the University applies to
17    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
18    undergraduate colleges and programs.
19        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
20    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
21    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
22    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
23    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
24    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
25        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
26    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
27    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
28    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
29    Education.
30        (e)  (d)  The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
31    as are necessary to implement and administer  the  provisions
32    of this Section.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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 1        Section  35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
 2    amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:
 3        (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
 4        Sec. 25-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
 5        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
 6    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
 7    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
 8    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
 9    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
10    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
11    Illinois University.
12        (b) (a)  Each year the  Board  of  Northeastern  Illinois
13    University  shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
14    education at any campus under its governance to the  children
15    of  employees  of  an  Illinois  college  or  university  the
16    University  who have been employed by any one or by more than
17    one Illinois college or  university  the  University  for  an
18    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years.  To be eligible to
19    receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
20    an Illinois college or university the University (i) must  be
21    under  the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
22    during which the partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
23    and  (ii) must qualify for admission to Northeastern Illinois
24    the  University  under  the  same  admissions   requirements,
25    standards   and  policies  which  Northeastern  Illinois  the
26    University applies to applicants for admission  generally  to
27    its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
28        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
29    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
30    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
31    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
32    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
33    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
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 1        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
 2    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
 3    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
 4    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 5    Education.
 6        (e)  (d)  The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
 7    as are necessary to implement and administer  the  provisions
 8    of this Section.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
10        Section  40.  The  Northern  Illinois  University  Law is
11    amended by changing Section 30-90 as follows:
12        (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
13        Sec. 30-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
14        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
15    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
16    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
17    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
18    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
19    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
20    Illinois University.
21        (b)  (a)  Each  year  the  Board  of  Northern   Illinois
22    University  shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
23    education at any campus under its governance to the  children
24    of  employees  of  an  Illinois  college  or  university  the
25    University  who have been employed by any one or by more than
26    one Illinois college or  university  the  University  for  an
27    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years.  To be eligible to
28    receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
29    an Illinois college or university the University (i) must  be
30    under  the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
31    during which the partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
32    and  (ii) must qualify for admission to Northern Illinois the
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 1    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
 2    and  policies  which Northern Illinois the University applies
 3    to applicants  for  admission  generally  to  its  respective
 4    undergraduate colleges and programs.
 5        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
 6    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
 7    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
 8    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
 9    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
10    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
11        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
12    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
13    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
14    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
15    Education.
16        (e)  (d)  The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
17    as are necessary to implement and administer  the  provisions
18    of this Section.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
20        Section  45.  The  Western  Illinois  University  Law  is
21    amended by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
22        (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
23        Sec. 35-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
24        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
25    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
26    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
27    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
28    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
29    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
30    Illinois University.
31        (b)   (a)  Each   year  the  Board  of  Western  Illinois
32    University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate
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 1    education  at any campus under its governance to the children
 2    of  employees  of  an  Illinois  college  or  university  the
 3    University who have been employed by any one or by more  than
 4    one  Illinois  college  or  university  the University for an
 5    aggregate period of at least 7  years.   To  be  eligible  to
 6    receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
 7    an  Illinois college or university the University (i) must be
 8    under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic  year
 9    during  which  the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
10    and (ii) must qualify for admission to Western  Illinois  the
11    University  under the same admissions requirements, standards
12    and policies which Western Illinois the University applies to
13    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
14    undergraduate colleges and programs.
15        (c)  (b)  Subject  to  the  provisions and limitations of
16    subsection (b) (a), an eligible applicant who  has  continued
17    to  maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation
18    may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until  the
19    time  as  he  or  she  has  expended 4 years of undergraduate
20    partial tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
21        (d) (c)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated
22    to  any  eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions
23    of this Section shall be charged against any  tuition  waiver
24    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
25    Education.
26        (e)  (d)  The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
27    as are necessary to implement and administer  the  provisions
28    of this Section.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

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