093_HB1857eng HB1857 Engrossed LRB093 06184 NHT 06292 b 1 AN ACT in relation to higher education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by 5 changing Section 7g as follows: 6 (110 ILCS 305/7g) 7 Sec. 7g. Tuition waivers. In addition to any tuition 8 waivers that the Board of Trustees offers that are exempt by 9 statute from any tuition waiver limitation established by the 10 Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees is 11 authorized to waive, for personsindividualswith the 12 requisite athletic, academic, or other abilities, that 13 percentage of its undergraduate tuition that is authorized 14 under the tuition waiver limitation established in 15 regulations promulgated by the Illinois Board of Higher 16 Education. If in any fiscal year the Board of Trustees 17 issues undergraduate tuition waivers to individuals in an 18 aggregate amount exceeding the aggregate tuition waiver 19 amount authorized for that fiscal year under the tuition 20 waiver limitation established by the Illinois Board of Higher 21 Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding 22 fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois Board of Higher 23 Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess. 24 (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)