State of Illinois
91^st General Assembly
Public Acts

Public Act 91-0185

HB0325 Enrolled                                LRB9101353NTsb

    AN ACT relating to public university tuition statements.

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

    Section  5.   Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
Public University Tuition Statement Act.

    Section  10.    Definition.    In   this   Act,   "public
university"  means  and  includes  Chicago  State University,
Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State  University,
Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois  University,
Northern  Illinois  University, Southern Illinois University,
Western Illinois University, the University of Illinois,  and
any  other public university established or authorized by the
General Assembly.

    Section 15.  Tuition statements.  Each year,  using  data
from  the  preceding  fiscal  year, public universities shall
include as part of an undergraduate student's tuition bill or
other  statement  of  tuition  charges  or  as   a   separate
attachment to the bill or charge the following statement:
    For  Fiscal  Year  .....,  the  General  Assembly and the
    Governor authorized the aggregate amount of $..... to  be
    appropriated  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  and  the
    Education  Assistance  Fund  for operation of the State's
    public  universities.   For  Fiscal  Year   .....,   each
    resident   undergraduate   full-time   public  university
    student received an average  tuition  subsidy  of  $.....
    from  the  State of Illinois, which was applied to offset
    the full cost of instruction.
The average resident tuition subsidy rate from the State  for
each   undergraduate  resident  full-time  public  university
student shall be determined annually by the Illinois Board of
Higher Education using the following  formula:   the  average
total   undergraduate   instructional   costs  per  full-time
equivalent   undergraduate   student   at   Illinois   public
universities  minus  the  average   full-time   undergraduate
resident  tuition  rate at Illinois public universities.  For
the purposes of this  calculation,  a  full  time  equivalent
undergraduate    student   shall   be   represented   by   30
undergraduate hours taken in a fiscal year.
    The Illinois Board of Higher Education shall provide  the
calculation for the average tuition subsidy for the preceding
fiscal  year  to  all  public universities by March 1 of each
year.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
1, 1999.