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.