93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2408

 

Introduced 2/3/2004, by Lawrence M. Walsh

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 305/7f  from Ch. 144, par. 28f
110 ILCS 520/8f  from Ch. 144, par. 658f
110 ILCS 660/5-90
110 ILCS 665/10-90
110 ILCS 670/15-90
110 ILCS 675/20-90
110 ILCS 680/25-90
110 ILCS 685/30-90
110 ILCS 690/35-90

    Amends various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities in Illinois. Provides that to be eligible for a partial tuition waiver, a child must be a natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her retirement. Requires the board of trustees of each university to offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education to the children of persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with one or more than one public university. Effective July 1, 2004.


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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 7f as follows:
 
6     (110 ILCS 305/7f)   (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
7     Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.
8     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
9 university" means any of the following: the University of
10 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
11 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
12 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
13 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
14 University.
15     (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
16 Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
17 education at any campus under its governance or supervision to
18 the children of (1) employees of an Illinois college or
19 university who have been employed by any one or by more than
20 one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
21 at least 7 years or (2) persons receiving a retirement or
22 disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code
23 based on at least 20 years of service with one or more than one
24 Illinois college or university, including persons who already
25 are receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
26 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. To be eligible to
27 receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
28 an Illinois college or university (i) must be a natural,
29 biological offspring or an adopted child or a stepchild of an
30 eligible employee prior to his or her retirement, (ii) must be
31 under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
32 during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and

 

 

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1 (iii) (ii) must qualify for admission to the University of
2 Illinois under the same admissions requirements, standards and
3 policies which the University of Illinois applies to applicants
4 for admission generally to its respective undergraduate
5 colleges and programs.
6     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
7 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
8 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
9 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
10 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
11 waiver benefits under this Section.
12     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
13 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
14 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
15 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
16     (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
17 regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
18 provisions of this Section.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
20     Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
21 Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
 
22     (110 ILCS 520/8f)   (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
23     Sec. 8f. Partial tuition waivers.
24     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
25 university" means any of the following: the University of
26 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
27 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
28 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
29 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
30 University.
31     (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
32 University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
33 education at any campus under its governance or supervision to
34 the children of (1) employees of an Illinois college or

 

 

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1 university who have been employed by any one or by more than
2 one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
3 at least 7 years or (2) persons receiving a retirement or
4 disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code
5 based on at least 20 years of service with one or more than one
6 Illinois college or university, including persons who already
7 are receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
8 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. To be eligible to
9 receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
10 an Illinois college or university (i) must be a natural,
11 biological offspring or an adopted child or a stepchild of an
12 eligible employee prior to his or her retirement, (ii) must be
13 under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
14 during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and
15 (iii) (ii) must qualify for admission to Southern Illinois
16 University under the same admissions requirements, standards
17 and policies which Southern Illinois University applies to
18 applicants for admission generally to its respective
19 undergraduate colleges and programs.
20     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
21 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
22 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
23 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
24 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
25 waiver benefits under this Section.
26     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
27 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
28 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
29 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
30     (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
31 regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
32 provisions of this Section.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
34     Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by
35 changing Section 5-90 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
2     Sec. 5-90. Partial tuition waivers.
3     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
4 university" means any of the following: the University of
5 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
6 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
7 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
8 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
9 University.
10     (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State University shall
11 offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
12 campus under its governance to the children of (1) employees of
13 an Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
14 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
15 aggregate period of at least 7 years or (2) persons receiving a
16 retirement or disability retirement annuity under the Illinois
17 Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with one or
18 more than one Illinois college or university, including persons
19 who already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date
20 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. To be
21 eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
22 employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be a
23 natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a
24 stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her
25 retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25 at the
26 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
27 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (iii) (ii) must qualify
28 for admission to Chicago State University under the same
29 admissions requirements, standards and policies which Chicago
30 State University applies to applicants for admission generally
31 to its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
32     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
33 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
34 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
35 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or

 

 

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1 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
2 waiver benefits under this Section.
3     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
4 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
5 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
6 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
7     (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
8 necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
9 Section.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
11     Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
12 by changing Section 10-90 as follows:
 
13     (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
14     Sec. 10-90. Partial tuition waivers.
15     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
16 university" means any of the following: the University of
17 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
18 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
19 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
20 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
21 University.
22     (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois University
23 shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
24 any campus under its governance to the children of (1)
25 employees of an Illinois college or university who have been
26 employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or
27 university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years or (2)
28 persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement
29 annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20
30 years of service with one or more than one Illinois college or
31 university, including persons who already are receiving such an
32 annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
33 93rd General Assembly. To be eligible to receive a partial
34 tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois college

 

 

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1 or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an
2 adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to
3 his or her retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25 at the
4 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
5 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (iii) (ii) must qualify
6 for admission to Eastern Illinois University under the same
7 admissions requirements, standards and policies which Eastern
8 Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
9 generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
10 programs.
11     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
12 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
13 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
14 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
15 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
16 waiver benefits under this Section.
17     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
18 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
19 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
20 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
21     (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
22 necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
23 Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
25     Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended
26 by changing Section 15-90 as follows:
 
27     (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
28     Sec. 15-90. Partial tuition waivers.
29     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
30 university" means any of the following: the University of
31 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
32 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
33 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
34 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois

 

 

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1 University.
2     (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University shall
3 offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
4 campus under its governance to the children of (1) employees of
5 an Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
6 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
7 aggregate period of at least 7 years or (2) persons receiving a
8 retirement or disability retirement annuity under the Illinois
9 Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with one or
10 more than one Illinois college or university, including persons
11 who already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date
12 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. To be
13 eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
14 employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be a
15 natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a
16 stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her
17 retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25 at the
18 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
19 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (iii) (ii) must qualify
20 for admission to Governors State University under the same
21 admissions requirements, standards and policies which
22 Governors State University applies to applicants for admission
23 generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
24 programs.
25     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
26 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
27 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
28 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
29 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
30 waiver benefits under this Section.
31     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
32 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
33 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
34 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
35     (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
36 necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this

 

 

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1 Section.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
3     Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended
4 by changing Section 20-90 as follows:
 
5     (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
6     Sec. 20-90. Partial tuition waivers.
7     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
8 university" means any of the following: the University of
9 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
10 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
11 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
12 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
13 University.
14     (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State University shall
15 offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
16 campus under its governance to the children of (1) employees of
17 an Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
18 one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
19 aggregate period of at least 7 years or (2) persons receiving a
20 retirement or disability retirement annuity under the Illinois
21 Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with one or
22 more than one Illinois college or university, including persons
23 who already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date
24 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. To be
25 eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
26 employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be a
27 natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a
28 stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her
29 retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25 at the
30 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
31 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (iii) (ii) must qualify
32 for admission to Illinois State University under the same
33 admissions requirements, standards and policies which Illinois
34 State University applies to applicants for admission generally

 

 

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1 to its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
2     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
3 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
4 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
5 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
6 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
7 waiver benefits under this Section.
8     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
9 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
10 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
11 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
12     (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
13 necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
14 Section.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
16     Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
17 amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:
 
18     (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
19     Sec. 25-90. Partial tuition waivers.
20     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
21 university" means any of the following: the University of
22 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
23 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
24 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
25 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
26 University.
27     (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois University
28 shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
29 any campus under its governance to the children of (1)
30 employees of an Illinois college or university who have been
31 employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or
32 university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years or (2)
33 persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement
34 annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20

 

 

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1 years of service with one or more than one Illinois college or
2 university, including persons who already are receiving such an
3 annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
4 93rd General Assembly. To be eligible to receive a partial
5 tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois college
6 or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an
7 adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to
8 his or her retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25 at the
9 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
10 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (iii) (ii) must qualify
11 for admission to Northeastern Illinois University under the
12 same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
13 Northeastern Illinois University applies to applicants for
14 admission generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
15 and programs.
16     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
17 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
18 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
19 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
20 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
21 waiver benefits under this Section.
22     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
23 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
24 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
25 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
26     (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
27 necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
28 Section.
29 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
30     Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is
31 amended by changing Section 30-90 as follows:
 
32     (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
33     Sec. 30-90. Partial tuition waivers.
34     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or

 

 

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1 university" means any of the following: the University of
2 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
3 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
4 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
5 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
6 University.
7     (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois University
8 shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
9 any campus under its governance to the children of (1)
10 employees of an Illinois college or university who have been
11 employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or
12 university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years or (2)
13 persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement
14 annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20
15 years of service with one or more than one Illinois college or
16 university, including persons who already are receiving such an
17 annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
18 93rd General Assembly. To be eligible to receive a partial
19 tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois college
20 or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an
21 adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to
22 his or her retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25 at the
23 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
24 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (iii) (ii) must qualify
25 for admission to Northern Illinois University under the same
26 admissions requirements, standards and policies which Northern
27 Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
28 generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
29 programs.
30     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
31 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
32 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
33 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
34 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
35 waiver benefits under this Section.
36     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any

 

 

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1 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
2 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
3 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
4     (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
5 necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
6 Section.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
8     Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
9 by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
 
10     (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
11     Sec. 35-90. Partial tuition waivers.
12     (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
13 university" means any of the following: the University of
14 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
15 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
16 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
17 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
18 University.
19     (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois University
20 shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
21 any campus under its governance to the children of (1)
22 employees of an Illinois college or university who have been
23 employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or
24 university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years or (2)
25 persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement
26 annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20
27 years of service with one or more than one Illinois college or
28 university, including persons who already are receiving such an
29 annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
30 93rd General Assembly. To be eligible to receive a partial
31 tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois college
32 or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an
33 adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to
34 his or her retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25 at the

 

 

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1 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
2 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (iii) (ii) must qualify
3 for admission to Western Illinois University under the same
4 admissions requirements, standards and policies which Western
5 Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
6 generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
7 programs.
8     (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
9 (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to maintain
10 satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may have his
11 or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time as he or
12 she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition
13 waiver benefits under this Section.
14     (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
15 eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of this
16 Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver limitation
17 established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
18     (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
19 necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
20 Section.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July
23 1, 2004.