House Sponsors: ERWIN-WIRSING-FANTIN-WINKEL-DAVIS,MONIQUE. Senate Sponsors: DONAHUE-BURZYNSKI Short description: HIGHR ED-GRADUATION INCENTIVE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Supplies a caption for a Section relating to the Board's master plan for higher education. FISCAL NOTE (Board of Higher Education) HB2565 will have no effect on state expenditures or revenues. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 110 ILCS 205/6 Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 205/9.27 new Changes the title and replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Creates the graduation incentive grant program to be implemented and administered by the Board of Higher Education. Provides that from appropriations made to the Board for purposes of the program, the Board shall award grant incentives to public universities that offer their undergraduate students contracts under which the university commits itself to provide the courses, programs, and support services necessary to enable the contracting students to graduate within 4 years. Establishes eligibility criteria for grant applications. Requires the Board of Higher Education to annually submit to the Governor and General Assembly a budgetary recommendation for the grant program. Effective July 1, 1998. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 205/9.26 new Adds provisions further amending the Board of Higher Education Act. Creates the textbook rental incentive grant program to be implemented and administered by the Board of Higher Education. Provides that from appropriations made to the Board for purposes of the program, the Board shall award grant incentives to public universities and community colleges that offer, as part of their undergraduate fee structure, a textbook rental program. Establishes eligibility criteria for grant applications. Requires the Board of Higher Education to annually submit to the Governor and General Assembly a budgetary recommendation for the grant program. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 305/7f from Ch. 144, par. 28f Adds provisions amending the University of Illinois Act. In the provisions relating to partial tuition waivers, provides that an employee of an Illinois college or university (whose children may qualify for a partial tuition waiver if the employee and children meet certain requirements) includes persons employed by the Department of Natural Resources under the authority of the Board of Natural Resources and Conservation in the: (i) Waste Management and Research Center, (ii) Illinois State Geological Survey, (iii) Illinois Natural History Survey, or (iv) Illinois State Water Survey. FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Board of Higher Education) Annual expenditures of state funds pursuant to H-ams 1 and 2 would be contingent upon approved appropriations. Based on FY1998 average tuition rates, first-year costs under H-am3 would be approximately $14,000 for every 10 waivers granted. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-am 1-3 (Bd. of Higher Ed.) The bill neither expands or creates any mandate on a local unit of gov't. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 110 ILCS 205/9.26 new Deletes provisions that create the text book rental incentive grant program. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes Reference to: 110 ILCS 305/7f Deletes the proposal to extend the benefits of the partial tuition waiver program at the University of Illinois to certain persons employed by the Department of Natural Resources. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0750 Last action date: 98-08-14 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status