Public Act 0491 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0841 Enrolled LRB095 05586 NHT 25676 b

Public Act 095-0491

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The College and Career Success for All Students Act is amended by adding Section 25 as follows:

(105 ILCS 302/25 new)

Sec. 25. AP exam fee waiver program. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall create, under the College and Career Success for All Students program set forth in this Act, a program in public schools where at least 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches whereby fees charged by the College Board for Advanced Placement exams are waived by the school, but paid for by the State, for those students who do not qualify for a fee waiver provided by federal funds or the College Board.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/28/2007