HB3760 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3760

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Katie Stuart

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 118/10

Amends the Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, each institution shall create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program to admit community college transfer students for each semester of the pilot program. Exempts a university that already has a uniform admission policy for transfer students equal to or less restrictive than that prescribed in the amendatory Act. Sets forth minimum requirements for guaranteeing admission. Provides that institutions may establish or implement less restrictive uniform admission transfer policies.

A BILL FOR

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 Section 10 as follows:

(110 ILCS 118/10)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027)

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.

(c) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, each institution 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. This subsection does not apply to a university that already has a uniform admission policy for transfer students equal to or less restrictive than that prescribed in this Section and maintains that policy for the duration of the effective period of this subsection.

At a minimum, the universities shall guarantee admission to all applicants who:

(1) have enrolled at an State community college after graduating from an State 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.

Nothing in this Section prohibits institutions from establishing or implementing less restrictive uniform admission transfer policies.

(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20; 102-187, eff. 1-1-22.)