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Public Act 100-0086 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | ||||
by changing Section 10-92 as follows: | ||||
(110 ILCS 665/10-92) | ||||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2022) | ||||
Sec. 10-92. Tuition affordability discount program. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | ||||
findings: | ||||
(1) Both access and affordability are important points | ||||
in the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career | ||||
Success. | ||||
(2) This State is in the top quartile with respect to | ||||
the percentage of family income needed to pay for college. | ||||
(3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase, | ||||
versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college | ||||
attendance decreases. | ||||
(4) There is further research indicating socioeconomic | ||||
status may affect the willingness of students to use loans | ||||
to attend college. | ||||
(5) Strategic use of tuition discounting will decrease | ||||
the amount of loans that students must use to pay for |
tuition. | ||
(6) A modest, individually tailored tuition discount | ||
can make the difference in choosing to attend college and | ||
would enhance college access for low (up to 150% of the | ||
federal poverty level) and middle income (151% to 300% of | ||
the federal poverty level) families. | ||
(7) Even if the federally calculated financial need for | ||
college attendance is met, the federally determined | ||
Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting | ||
amount. | ||
(8) This State is the second largest exporter of | ||
students in the country. | ||
(9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State. | ||
State universities in other states have adopted pricing and | ||
incentives that make college expenses for residents of this | ||
State less than in this State. | ||
(10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of | ||
Illinois students to institutions in other states, | ||
assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly | ||
trained workforce. | ||
(11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, this | ||
State can bring out-of-state students to this State. | ||
(12) The program established under this Section will | ||
allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for highly | ||
qualified students who may reside in other states by | ||
mitigating the effect of cost differences. |
(13) Modest tuition discounts, individually targeted | ||
and tailored, result in enhanced revenue for university | ||
programs. | ||
(14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's | ||
capacity to strategically use tuition discounting, the | ||
University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition | ||
revenue by increasing enrollment yields. | ||
(15) The Board of Higher Education's current | ||
institutional tuition waiver limitation is 3% of total | ||
available undergraduate tuition revenue. | ||
(b) The Board shall establish a program to increase the | ||
Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | ||
limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase | ||
access to college and make college more affordable for | ||
undergraduate students. Under the program, the institutional | ||
tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2 percentage | ||
points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage points in | ||
the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in the | ||
2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the | ||
2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition | ||
waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the program and | ||
thereafter. | ||
(c) The program shall require that students who receive a | ||
tuition discount under the program be accepted to the | ||
university through normal admissions standards and processes. | ||
Individual tuition discounts granted under the program must not |
exceed $2,500 per academic year. The program shall provide a | ||
maximum of one discount per academic year for a maximum of 4 | ||
years to each student in the program who maintains satisfactory | ||
academic progress. The program shall be terminated after the | ||
2022-2023 2018-2019 academic year, with no new students | ||
receiving discounts. However, notwithstanding the Board of | ||
Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver limitation, | ||
existing students receiving discounts under the program are | ||
eligible to maintain those discounts, with satisfactory | ||
academic progress, under the 4-year limitation, after the | ||
2022-2023 2018-2019 academic year due to maintenance of effort | ||
within their 4-year window. Sunset dates for discounted support | ||
shall be based upon the first academic year in which a student | ||
receives a discount. | ||
(d) Every 2 years, the Board shall report to the Board of | ||
Higher Education on the program's impact on tuition revenue, | ||
enrollment goals, and increasing access and affordability on | ||
such dates as the Board of Higher Education shall determine. | ||
(e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that | ||
are necessary to implement this Section. | ||
(f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026 2022 .
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(Source: P.A. 97-290, eff. 8-10-11; 98-1100, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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