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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 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 30-15.25 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/30-15.25) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-15.25)
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7 | Sec. 30-15.25. (a) As used in this Section, the term | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | "public institution
of higher education" includes: the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | University of Illinois; Southern
Illinois University;
Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | State University; Eastern Illinois University; Governors State
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11 | University; Illinois State University; Northeastern Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | University;
Northern Illinois University; Western Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | University; the public community
colleges of the State; and any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | other public
universities, colleges and community colleges now | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | or hereafter established
or authorized by the General Assembly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | The term "nonpublic institution of
higher education" includes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | any educational organization in this State,
other than a public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | institution of higher education, which provides a
minimum of an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | organized 2 year program at the private junior college level
or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | higher and which operates not-for-profit and in conformity with
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21 | standards substantially equivalent to those of public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | institutions of
higher education.
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23 | (b) Each public institution of higher education shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | disclose
the terms, restrictions and requirements attached to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | or made a part of any
endowment, gift, grant, contract award or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | property of any kind or value
in excess of $100,000 made to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | such institution, or to any school, college,
division, branch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | or other organizational entity within or forming a part
of such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | institution, by a foreign government or an individual who is
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30 | neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States, in any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | calendar or
fiscal year. If the foreign government or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | individual donates more than one
gift in any calendar or fiscal |
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1 | year, and the total value of those gifts
exceeds $100,000, such | ||||||
2 | institution shall report all the gifts received.
This | ||||||
3 | subsection shall not apply to funds that public institutions of | ||||||
4 | higher
education receive from grants and contracts through | ||||||
5 | either the federal
government or the State of Illinois.
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6 | (c) The provisions of this subsection apply to each | ||||||
7 | nonpublic
institution of higher education: (i) which receives | ||||||
8 | any grant or award
under the Illinois Financial Assistance Act | ||||||
9 | for Nonpublic Institutions of
Higher Learning , the | ||||||
10 | Baccalaureate Completion Matching Grant Act, or under the | ||||||
11 | Higher Education Cooperation Act, or (ii)
which is a | ||||||
12 | participant in a program of interinstitutional cooperation
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13 | administered by a not-for-profit organization that is | ||||||
14 | organized to
administer such program under the Higher Education | ||||||
15 | Cooperation Act and that
receives any grant under and in | ||||||
16 | furtherance of the purposes of that Act, or
(iii) which | ||||||
17 | receives any grant or distribution of grant moneys appropriated
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18 | from the State Treasury or any fund therein to such institution | ||||||
19 | or to the
Board of Higher Education for distribution to | ||||||
20 | nonpublic institutions of
higher education for purposes of | ||||||
21 | Section 4 of the Build Illinois Bond Act
or for any other | ||||||
22 | purpose authorized by law. Each nonpublic institution of
higher | ||||||
23 | education to which the provisions of this subsection apply | ||||||
24 | shall
disclose the terms, restrictions and requirements | ||||||
25 | attached to or made a
part of any endowment, gift, grant, | ||||||
26 | contract award or property of any kind
or value in excess of | ||||||
27 | $250,000 made to such institution, or to any school,
college, | ||||||
28 | division, branch or other organizational entity within or | ||||||
29 | forming
a part of such institution, by a foreign government or | ||||||
30 | an individual who is
neither a citizen nor a resident of the | ||||||
31 | United States, in any calendar or
fiscal year. If the foreign | ||||||
32 | government or individual donates more than one
gift in any | ||||||
33 | calendar or fiscal year, and the total value of those gifts
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34 | exceeds $250,000, such institution shall report all the gifts | ||||||
35 | received.
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36 | (d) Such information shall be forwarded to the Attorney
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1 | General no later than 30 days after the final day of each | ||||||
2 | calendar or fiscal
year of such institution, whichever type of | ||||||
3 | year is used by the institution
in accounting for the gifts | ||||||
4 | received for the purposes of this Section. The
information | ||||||
5 | shall include:
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6 | (1) the name of the foreign government in the case of a | ||||||
7 | gift
by a government, or the name of the foreign country of | ||||||
8 | which an individual
donor is a citizen, in the case of a | ||||||
9 | gift by an individual;
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10 | (2) the amount and the date of the contribution or | ||||||
11 | contributions;
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12 | (3) when the gift is conditional, matching or | ||||||
13 | designated for a
particular purpose, full details of the | ||||||
14 | conditions, matching provisions or
designation; and
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15 | (4) the purpose or purposes for which the contribution | ||||||
16 | will be used.
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17 | Such information shall be a matter of public record.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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19 | Section 10. The Illinois Financial Assistance Act for | ||||||
20 | Nonpublic Institutions of
Higher Learning is amended by | ||||||
21 | changing Sections 1 and 3 as follows:
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22 | (110 ILCS 210/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1331)
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23 | Sec. 1. Short title.
This Act shall be known and may be | ||||||
24 | cited as the Baccalaureate Completion Matching Grant Act
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25 | "Illinois Financial
Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions | ||||||
26 | of Higher Learning" .
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27 | (Source: P.A. 77-273.)
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28 | (110 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 1333)
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29 | Sec. 3. Grants.
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30 | (a) For the academic year beginning in 2002,
institutional
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31 | grants may be made for that and for each succeeding academic | ||||||
32 | year
through the academic year beginning in 2005 to each
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33 | nonpublic institution of higher learning in an amount |
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1 | determined by allocating
amounts for funding this Act among the | ||||||
2 | eligible institutions in accordance
with a formula or formulae | ||||||
3 | based
upon one or more of the following factors: the number of
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4 | undergraduate degrees granted to students who are residents of | ||||||
5 | the
State of Illinois enrolled as students at each such | ||||||
6 | institution; the number
of
full-time equivalent undergraduate
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7 | students who are residents of the State of Illinois enrolled as | ||||||
8 | students
at each such institution; and the number of full-time
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9 | equivalent of such students who are junior or senior students | ||||||
10 | at such
institutions. The Board of Higher Education shall | ||||||
11 | establish formula allocations and adopt
rules necessary for the | ||||||
12 | administration of this Act.
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13 | Conditions of institutional eligibility for these grants | ||||||
14 | shall
include but need not be limited to the following:
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15 | (1) That the governing board of the institution possess | ||||||
16 | its own
sovereignty.
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17 | (2) That the governing board, or its delegated | ||||||
18 | institutional
officials, possess final authority in all | ||||||
19 | matters of local control,
including educational policy, | ||||||
20 | choice of personnel, determination of
program, and | ||||||
21 | financial management.
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22 | (3) That the institution possess and maintain an open | ||||||
23 | policy with
respect to race, creed and color as to | ||||||
24 | admission of students,
appointment of faculty and | ||||||
25 | employment of staff.
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26 | (4) That the institution be able to show its current | ||||||
27 | financial
stability and reasonable prospects for its | ||||||
28 | future stability.
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29 | (5) That the institution not be operated for profit.
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30 | (6) That the institution provide a full financial | ||||||
31 | report including a
certified audit, and participate in the | ||||||
32 | unit cost study and other
studies conducted annually by the | ||||||
33 | Board of Higher Education.
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34 | (7) If required by rule of the Board, that the | ||||||
35 | institution submit to
an additional annual external audit | ||||||
36 | of its enrollment records and
nonsectarian use of funds.
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1 | (b) For the academic year beginning in 2006,
institutional
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2 | grants may be made annually for that and for each succeeding | ||||||
3 | academic year to each
private not-for-profit institution of | ||||||
4 | higher learning in an amount determined by allocating
amounts | ||||||
5 | for funding this Act among the eligible institutions in | ||||||
6 | accordance
with a formula or formulae based
upon the number of
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7 | undergraduate
students who are residents of the State of | ||||||
8 | Illinois enrolled as students
at each such institution and the | ||||||
9 | number of such students who have completed at least 48 credit | ||||||
10 | hours. Students may remain eligible for the grant no longer | ||||||
11 | than the equivalent of 6 full-time semesters. The Board of | ||||||
12 | Higher Education shall establish formula allocations and adopt
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13 | rules necessary for the administration of this Act. The goal of | ||||||
14 | this grant program is to increase the number of graduates | ||||||
15 | maintaining residency in the State of Illinois following degree | ||||||
16 | completion.
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17 | Conditions of institutional eligibility for these grants | ||||||
18 | shall
include but need not be limited to the following:
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19 | (1) That the institution belong to a statewide | ||||||
20 | organization of private institutions that will monitor | ||||||
21 | compliance and collect data regarding the effectiveness of | ||||||
22 | the grants.
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23 | (2) That the governing board of the institution, or its | ||||||
24 | delegated institutional
officials, possess final authority | ||||||
25 | in all matters of local control,
including educational | ||||||
26 | policy, choice of personnel, determination of
program, and | ||||||
27 | financial management.
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28 | (3) That the institution possess and maintain an open | ||||||
29 | policy with
respect to race, creed, and color as to | ||||||
30 | admission of students,
appointment of faculty, and | ||||||
31 | employment of staff.
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32 | (4) That the institution be able to show its current | ||||||
33 | financial
stability and reasonable prospects for its | ||||||
34 | future stability.
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35 | (5) That the institution not be operated for profit.
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36 | (6) That the institution provide a full financial |
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1 | report, including a
certified audit, and participate in the | ||||||
2 | unit cost study and other
studies conducted annually by the | ||||||
3 | Board.
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4 | (7) If required by rule of the Board, that the | ||||||
5 | institution submit to
an additional annual external audit | ||||||
6 | of its enrollment records and
nonsectarian use of funds.
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7 | (8) That the institution match the State's grant for | ||||||
8 | each student. | ||||||
9 | (9) That the grant appear on the student's tuition | ||||||
10 | statement or bill. | ||||||
11 | (10) That the data designed to track the effectiveness | ||||||
12 | of the grant and the institution's compliance be collected | ||||||
13 | from participating institutions. | ||||||
14 | (11) The an institution may decline to participate in | ||||||
15 | the program.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 92-45, eff. 7-1-02.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
18 | 2006.
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