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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public | ||||||
| 5 | Higher Education Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 3. Intent. It is the intent of the General | ||||||
| 7 | Assembly that the requirements set forth in this Act should | ||||||
| 8 | apply equally to each public institution of higher education | ||||||
| 9 | in this State and to the governing board of each public | ||||||
| 10 | institution of higher education in this State. | ||||||
| 11 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
| 12 | "Governing board of each public institution of higher | ||||||
| 13 | education" means the Board of Trustees of the University of | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | ||||||
| 16 | the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the | ||||||
| 17 | Board of Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of | ||||||
| 18 | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees | ||||||
| 19 | of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | ||||||
| 20 | Northern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois University, and the board of trustees of each | ||||||
| 22 | community college district in this State. | ||||||
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| 1 | "Public institution of higher education" means the | ||||||
| 2 | University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago | ||||||
| 3 | State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State | ||||||
| 4 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | University, a public community college in this State, or any | ||||||
| 7 | other public university, college, or community college now or | ||||||
| 8 | hereafter established or authorized by the General Assembly. | ||||||
| 9 | Section 10. Non-binary option on documents and forms. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, all | ||||||
| 11 | documents and forms issued by a public institution of higher | ||||||
| 12 | education that ask a student to identify the student's gender | ||||||
| 13 | or biological sex must offer the student the option to select | ||||||
| 14 | "non-binary" in addition to the option to select "male" or | ||||||
| 15 | "female". | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The requirements under subsection (a) apply to all | ||||||
| 17 | documents and forms, including applications for admission, | ||||||
| 18 | that are issued by the public institution of higher education, | ||||||
| 19 | whether in an electronic format or paper format.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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