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90_HB2565ham003

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2565
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2565,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by inserting below the last line of Section 5 the following:
 4        "Section 8.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 7f as follows:
 6        (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
 7        Sec. 7f.  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)  Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
16    Illinois  shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
17    education at any campus under its governance  or  supervision
18    to  the  children  of  employees  of  an  Illinois college or
19    university who have been employed by any one or by more  than
20    one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
21    at  least  7  years.   To  be  eligible  to receive a partial
22    tuition waiver, the child  of  an  employee  of  an  Illinois
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 1    college  or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
 2    commencement of the academic year during  which  the  partial
 3    tuition  waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
 4    admission to  the  University  of  Illinois  under  the  same
 5    admissions  requirements,  standards  and  policies which the
 6    University of Illinois applies to  applicants  for  admission
 7    generally   to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges  and
 8    programs. For purposes of this Section,  an  employee  of  an
 9    Illinois college or university shall be deemed to include all
10    persons employed by the Department of Natural Resources under
11    the   authority   of  the  Board  of  Natural  Resources  and
12    Conservation in  the:   (i)  Waste  Management  and  Research
13    Center, (ii) Illinois State Geological Survey, (iii) Illinois
14    Natural History Survey, or (iv) Illinois State Water Survey.
15        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
16    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
17    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
18    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
19    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
20    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
21        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
22    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
23    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
24    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
25    Education.
26        (e)  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  prescribe rules and
27    regulations as are necessary to implement and administer  the
28    provisions of this Section.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)".

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