|
| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4130 Introduced 1/22/2020, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
|
| |
Amends the University of Illinois Act. Prohibits the Board of Trustees from requiring an individual to meet a minimum income threshold in determining whether the individual is an Illinois resident for tuition purposes. Effective June 1, 2020.
|
| |
| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
|
| | HB4130 | | LRB101 16892 NHT 66291 b |
|
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 7e-5 as follows:
|
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/7e-5)
|
| 7 | | Sec. 7e-5. In-state tuition charge.
|
| 8 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
| 9 | | contrary,
for tuition purposes, the Board of Trustees shall |
| 10 | | deem
an individual
an Illinois resident, until the individual |
| 11 | | establishes a residence
outside of this State, if all of the |
| 12 | | following conditions are met:
|
| 13 | | (1) The individual resided with his or her parent or |
| 14 | | guardian
while attending a public or private high school in |
| 15 | | this State.
|
| 16 | | (2) The individual graduated from a public or private |
| 17 | | high
school or received the equivalent of a high school |
| 18 | | diploma in this
State.
|
| 19 | | (3) The individual attended school in this State for at |
| 20 | | least 3 years as
of the date the individual graduated from |
| 21 | | high school or received
the equivalent of a high school |
| 22 | | diploma.
|
| 23 | | (4) The individual registers as an entering student in |
|
| | HB4130 | - 2 - | LRB101 16892 NHT 66291 b |
|
|
| 1 | | the
University not earlier than the 2003 fall semester.
|
| 2 | | (5) In the case of an individual who is not a citizen |
| 3 | | or a permanent
resident
of the United States,
the |
| 4 | | individual provides the University with an affidavit
|
| 5 | | stating that the individual will file an application to |
| 6 | | become a
permanent resident of the United States at the |
| 7 | | earliest opportunity
the individual is eligible to do so.
|
| 8 | | This subsection (a) applies only to tuition for a
term or |
| 9 | | semester that begins
on or after May 20, 2003 (the effective |
| 10 | | date of Public Act 93-7).
Any revenue lost by the University in |
| 11 | | implementing this subsection (a)
shall be absorbed by the |
| 12 | | University Income Fund.
|
| 13 | | (b) If a person is on active military duty and stationed in |
| 14 | | Illinois,
then the
Board of Trustees shall deem that person and |
| 15 | | any of his or her
dependents Illinois residents for tuition |
| 16 | | purposes. Beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year, if a |
| 17 | | person is on active military duty and is stationed out of |
| 18 | | State, but he or she was stationed in this State for at least 3 |
| 19 | | years immediately prior to being reassigned out of State, then |
| 20 | | the Board of Trustees shall deem that person and any of his or |
| 21 | | her dependents Illinois residents for tuition purposes, as long |
| 22 | | as that person or his or her dependent (i) applies for |
| 23 | | admission to the University within 18 months of the person on |
| 24 | | active military duty being reassigned or (ii) remains |
| 25 | | continuously enrolled at the University. Beginning with the |
| 26 | | 2013-2014 academic year, if a person is utilizing benefits |
|
| | HB4130 | - 3 - | LRB101 16892 NHT 66291 b |
|
|
| 1 | | under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance |
| 2 | | Act of 2008 or any subsequent variation of that Act, then the |
| 3 | | Board of Trustees shall deem that person an Illinois resident |
| 4 | | for tuition purposes. Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic |
| 5 | | year, if a person is utilizing benefits under the federal |
| 6 | | All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program, then the |
| 7 | | Board of Trustees shall deem that person an Illinois resident |
| 8 | | for tuition purposes. Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic |
| 9 | | year, per the federal requirements for maintaining approval for |
| 10 | | veterans' education benefits under 38 U.S.C. 3679(c), if a |
| 11 | | person is on active military duty or is receiving veterans' |
| 12 | | education benefits, then the Board of Trustees shall deem that |
| 13 | | person an Illinois resident for tuition purposes for any |
| 14 | | academic quarter, semester, or term, as applicable.
|
| 15 | | (c) The Board of Trustees may not require an individual to |
| 16 | | meet a minimum income threshold in determining whether the |
| 17 | | individual is an Illinois resident for tuition purposes. |
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 101-424, eff. 8-16-19.)
|
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, |
| 20 | | 2020.
|