093_HB0202

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning schools.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Mathematics and Science  Academy
 5    Law is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 305/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1503-2)
 7        Sec.  2.   Establishment,  Funding and Location. There is
 8    hereby created the Illinois Mathematics and  Science  Academy
 9    which  shall  be a residential institution located in the Fox
10    River Valley in  close  proximity  to  the  national  science
11    laboratories based in Illinois.  The Academy shall be a State
12    agency, funded by State appropriations, private contributions
13    and endowments, tuition charges collected from students, and.
14    minimal  fees  for  residential  students  that  also  may be
15    charged.
16        The annual tuition charged to each student of the Academy
17    shall be determined in accordance with the following table:

18        Adjusted Gross Income          Annual Tuition Charge
19            $0 to $34,999                        $0
20         $35,000 to $49,999                     $500
21         $50,000 to $64,999                    $1,000
22         $65,000 to $84,999                    $1,500
23         $85,000 or greater                    $2,000

24    As used in the above table, "adjusted gross income" means the
25    adjusted  gross  income  of  the  Academy  student's   family
26    properly  reportable  for  federal  income  tax  purposes, as
27    determined under the Internal Revenue Code, for  the  taxable
28    year  last  ending before commencement of the school year for
29    which the annual tuition charge is made; and as used in  this
30    Section,  the term "student's family" means:  (i) the parents
 
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 1    of the student; or (ii) if the student  has  no  parent,  the
 2    legal  guardian  of  the  student and any spouse of the legal
 3    guardian who resides in the same  household  with  the  legal
 4    guardian;  or  (iii)  if  the  student has no parent or legal
 5    guardian, any relative of the student who is a member of  the
 6    same household as the student and who claims or is the spouse
 7    of the person who claims the student as a dependent on his or
 8    her  federal  income  tax  return,  and  any  spouse  of that
 9    relative  who  resides  in  the  same  household  with   that
10    relative.   The  annual tuition charge shall be prorated if a
11    student is not an enrolled student of the Academy during  any
12    part  of  a  semester  or  quarter of the school term, if the
13    Academy actually has divided the school  term  into  separate
14    and distinct semesters or quarters.
15        The  Academy  may admit those students who have completed
16    the academic equivalent of the 9th  grade  and  may  offer  a
17    program of secondary and postsecondary course work. Admission
18    shall be determined by competitive examination.
19        In  order  to  be  eligible for State appropriations, the
20    Academy shall submit to the Board  of  Higher  Education  not
21    later  than  the  1st  day of October of each year its budget
22    proposal for the operation and capital needs of  the  Academy
23    for its next fiscal year.
24    (Source: P.A. 86-109.)

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
26    1, 2003.