Public Act 102-0187
 
HB0796 EnrolledLRB102 10669 CMG 15998 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot 
Program Act is amended  by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 50, and 
95 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 118/5)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
    Sec. 5. Definition.  In this Act, "institution" means, 
except for the University of Illinois, Illinois State 
University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois 
University, and Chicago State University, a public university 
in this State.

(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
    (110 ILCS 118/10)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
    Sec. 10. Uniform admission system pilot program.   
    (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each 
institution, except for the University of Illinois, shall 
create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under 
this Act to admit first-time freshman students for each 
semester of the pilot program.

    (b)  Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, the 
University of Illinois shall create a 4-year uniform admission 
system pilot program under this Act to admit community college 
transfer students for each semester of the pilot program. 
    The University of Illinois provides multiple pathways to 
transfer and shall guarantee admission to all applicants who: 
        (1) have enrolled only at an Illinois community 
    college after graduating from an Illinois high school; 
        (2) have earned a minimum of 36 graded, transferable 
    semester hours at the time of application to the 
    University. Students are encouraged to consult the 
    Illinois Articulation Initiative general education core 
    curriculum course list and other resources at the State 
    and University level to determine course transferability; 
        (3) have attained a minimum grade point average of 3.0 
    in all transferable coursework completed at the time of 
    application to the University; and 
        (4) have satisfied the University's English language 
    proficiency requirement. 
(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
    (110 ILCS 118/15)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
    Sec. 15. Automatic admission.
    (a) Each institution shall admit an applicant for general 
admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if 
the applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top 
10% or was certified to be in the top 10% of the student's high 
school graduating class in one of the 2 school years preceding 
the academic year for which the applicant is applying for 
admission and:
        (1)  the applicant graduated from a public or private 
    high school in this State accredited by a generally 
    recognized accrediting organization or from a high school 
    operated by the United States Department of Defense;
        (2)  the applicant:
            (A)  successfully completed the minimum college 
        preparatory curriculum requirements established by law 
        for admission to the institution; and
            (B) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment 
        or the SAT college admission assessment composite 
        score and subscores required for admission to the 
        institution to which the applicant applied as well as 
        any composite scores or subscores for colleges within 
        that institution; and
        (3)  if the applicant graduated from a high school 
    operated by the United States Department of Defense, the 
    applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay 
    tuition fees at the rate provided for State residents for 
    the term or semester to which admitted.
    (b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum 
requirements prescribed by item (A) of subdivision (2) of 
subsection (a) of this Section is considered to have satisfied 
those requirements for the purposes of this Act if the student 
completed the portion of the college preparatory curriculum 
that was available to the student but was unable to complete 
the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses 
necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the 
student at the appropriate times in the student's high school 
career as a result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment 
capacity, or another cause not within the student's control. 
An institution may require a student's successful completion 
of such curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with 
enrollment at the institution. If the institution does so, the 
institution shall identify and connect the student to a 
community college that offers the required curriculum and that 
has an articulation agreement with the institution or the 
institution shall offer the required curriculum through online 
instruction to the student.
    (c) An applicant who graduates in a graduating class of a 
school, whether public or non-public, that has so few students 
that class rank does not make a reliable contribution toward 
assessing the student's college readiness is considered to 
have satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) of this 
Section if the student has a grade point average of 3.5 or 
higher on a 4-point scale and has met the requirements of items 
(A) and (B)  of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this 
Section.

(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
    (110 ILCS 118/50)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
    Sec. 50. Admissions denial; reference to Act.   
    (a) If an institution denies admission to an applicant for 
an academic year, then, in any letter or other communication 
the institution provides to the applicant notifying the 
applicant of that denial, the institution may not reference 
the provisions of this Act, including using a description of a 
provision of this Act such as "the top 10% automatic 
admissions law", as a reason the institution is unable to 
offer admission to the applicant, unless the number of 
applicants for admission to the institution for that academic 
year who qualify for automatic admission under Section 15 of 
this Act is sufficient to fill 100% of the institution's 
enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident 
undergraduate students.

    (b)  For purposes of determining enrollment capacity, 
priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must 
be given to applicants who are residents of this State. 
Admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant 
who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment 
capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled 
exclusively by students who are State residents. 
(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
    (110 ILCS 118/95)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
    Sec. 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2027 2025.

(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)