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Rep. Jil Tracy
Filed: 2/22/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 304
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 304 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 6-4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/6-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6-4. Variable rates and fees. |
| 8 | | (a) Any community college district, by
resolution of the |
| 9 | | board, may establish variable tuition rates and fees for
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| 10 | | students attending its college in an amount not to exceed 1/3 |
| 11 | | of the per capita
cost as defined in Section 6-2, provided that |
| 12 | | voluntary contributions, as
defined in Section 65 of the Higher |
| 13 | | Education Student Assistance Act, shall not
be included in any |
| 14 | | calculation
of community college tuition and fee rates for the |
| 15 | | purpose of this Section.
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| 16 | | (b) Through June 30, 2014, a board notified by the State |
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| 1 | | Board to be exceeding the 1/3 per capita cost limitation under |
| 2 | | subsection (a) of this Section may, by proper resolution |
| 3 | | following a public hearing set by the board or the chairperson |
| 4 | | of the board (that is preceded (i) by at least one published |
| 5 | | notice over the name of the clerk or secretary of the board, |
| 6 | | occurring at least 7 days and not more than 30 days prior to |
| 7 | | the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation within the |
| 8 | | community college district and (ii) by posted notice over the |
| 9 | | name of the secretary of the board, at least 48 hours before |
| 10 | | the hearing at the principal office of the community college |
| 11 | | district or at the building where the hearing is to be held if |
| 12 | | a principal office does not exist, setting forth the time, |
| 13 | | date, place, and subject matter of the hearing), waive the |
| 14 | | tuition rate and fee limitation of 1/3 of the per capita cost. |
| 15 | | The State Board shall determine, through examination of annual |
| 16 | | financial audit reports submitted by the community college |
| 17 | | districts, where the need exists to increase tuition under this |
| 18 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.".
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