103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4492

 

Introduced 1/17/2024, by Rep. Dave Severin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 70/36t new
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 the State Universities Civil Service Act. Provides that each academic year, a public university shall offer a 50% tuition waiver for undergraduate education to each child of an employee of the State Universities Civil Service System ("University System") who has been employed by the University System for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. Sets forth requirements relating to the 50% tuition waiver. Provides that each academic year, a public university shall offer a full tuition waiver for undergraduate education to each child of a person who died while employed full time by the University System or while on leave from full-time employment. Sets forth requirements relating to the full tuition waiver. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in this State to require full undergraduate tuition waivers for the children of persons who died while employed full time by any public university or while on leave from full-time employment. Sets forth requirements relating to the full tuition waiver. Effective July 1, 2024.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Universities Civil Service Act is
5amended by adding Section 36t as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 70/36t new)
7    Sec. 36t. Tuition waivers.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "university" means the
9University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
10State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
11University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
12University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
13University.
14    (b) Each academic year, a university shall offer a 50%
15tuition waiver for undergraduate education to each child of an
16employee of the University System who has been employed by the
17University System for an aggregate period of at least 7 years.
18To be eligible to receive the partial tuition waiver, the
19child (i) must be under the age of 25 at the commencement of
20the academic year during which the partial tuition waiver is
21to be effective and (ii) must qualify for admission to the
22university under the same admissions requirements, standards,
23and policies that the university applies to applicants for

 

 

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1admission generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
2and programs.
3    (c) Each academic year, a university shall offer a full
4tuition waiver for undergraduate education to each child of a
5person who died while employed full time by the University
6System or while on leave from full-time employment with the
7University System. To be eligible to receive the full tuition
8waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
9commencement of the academic year during which the tuition
10waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify for admission
11to the university under the same admissions requirements,
12standards, and policies that the university applies to
13applicants for admission generally to its respective
14undergraduate colleges and programs.
15    (d) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), an eligible
16applicant for a tuition waiver under this Section who has
17continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
18graduation may have his or her tuition waiver renewed until
19the time as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
20tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
21    (e) The Merit Board shall adopt any rules necessary to
22implement and administer this Section.
23    (f) Nothing in this Section limits a university's
24implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
25children of employees.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
2changing Section 7f as follows:
 
3    (110 ILCS 305/7f)  (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
4    Sec. 7f. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
5    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
6university" means any of the following: the University of
7Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
8University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
9University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
10University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
11University.
12    (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
13Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
14education at any campus under its governance or supervision to
15the children of employees of an Illinois college or university
16who have been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois
17college or university for an aggregate period of at least 7
18years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the
19child of an employee of an Illinois college or university (i)
20must be under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic
21year during which the partial tuition waiver is to be
22effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to the
23University of Illinois under the same admissions requirements,
24standards and policies which the University of Illinois
25applies to applicants for admission generally to its

 

 

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1respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
2    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board of Trustees shall
3offer a full tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any
4campus under its governance or supervision to each child of a
5person who died while employed full time by any Illinois
6college or university or while on leave from full-time
7employment with any Illinois college or university. To be
8eligible to receive the full tuition waiver, the child (i)
9must be under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic
10year during which the full tuition waiver is to be effective
11and (ii) must qualify for admission to the University of
12Illinois under the same admissions requirements, standards,
13and policies that the University of Illinois applies to
14applicants for admission generally to its respective
15undergraduate colleges and programs.
16    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
17implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
18children of employees.
19    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
20subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
21continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
22graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
23until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
24undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
25Section.
26    (d) (Blank).

 

 

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1    (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
2regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
3provisions of this Section.
4(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
5    Section 15. The Southern Illinois University Management
6Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
 
7    (110 ILCS 520/8f)  (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
8    Sec. 8f. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
10university" means any of the following: the University of
11Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
12University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
13University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
14University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
15University.
16    (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
17University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
18education at any campus under its governance or supervision to
19the children of employees of an Illinois college or university
20who have been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois
21college or university for an aggregate period of at least 7
22years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the
23child of an employee of an Illinois college or university (i)
24must be under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic

 

 

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1year during which the partial tuition waiver is to be
2effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Southern
3Illinois University under the same admissions requirements,
4standards and policies which Southern Illinois University
5applies to applicants for admission generally to its
6respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
7    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board of Trustees shall
8offer a full tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any
9campus under its governance or supervision to each child of a
10person who died while employed full time by any Illinois
11college or university or while on leave from full-time
12employment with any Illinois college or university. To be
13eligible to receive the full tuition waiver, the child (i)
14must be under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic
15year during which the full tuition waiver is to be effective
16and (ii) must qualify for admission to Southern Illinois
17University under the same admissions requirements, standards,
18and policies that Southern Illinois University applies to
19applicants for admission generally to its respective
20undergraduate colleges and programs.
21    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
22implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
23children of employees.
24    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
25subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
26continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward

 

 

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1graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
2until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
3undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
4Section.
5    (d) (Blank).
6    (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
7regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
8provisions of this Section.
9(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
10    Section 20. The Chicago State University Law is amended by
11changing Section 5-90 as follows:
 
12    (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
13    Sec. 5-90. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
14    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
15university" means any of the following: the University of
16Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
17University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
18University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
19University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
20University.
21    (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State University shall
22offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
23campus under its governance to the children of employees of an
24Illinois college or university who have been employed by any

 

 

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1one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
2aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive
3a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an
4Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of 25
5at the commencement of the academic year during which the
6partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
7qualify for admission to Chicago State University under the
8same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
9Chicago State University applies to applicants for admission
10generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
11programs.
12    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board shall offer a full
13tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any campus under
14its governance or supervision to each child of a person who
15died while employed full time by any Illinois college or
16university or while on leave from full-time employment with
17any Illinois college or university. To be eligible to receive
18the full tuition waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of
1925 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
20full tuition waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify
21for admission to Chicago State University under the same
22admissions requirements, standards, and policies that Chicago
23State University applies to applicants for admission generally
24to its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
25    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
26implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the

 

 

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1children of employees.
2    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
3subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
4continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
5graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
6until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
7undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
8Section.
9    (d) (Blank).
10    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
11necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
12Section.
13(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
14    Section 25. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
15by changing Section 10-90 as follows:
 
16    (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
17    Sec. 10-90. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
18    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
19university" means any of the following: the University of
20Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
21University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
22University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
23University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
24University.

 

 

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1    (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois University
2shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
3any campus under its governance to the children of employees
4of an Illinois college or university who have been employed by
5any one or by more than one Illinois college or university for
6an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to
7receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
8an Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of
925 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
10partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
11qualify for admission to Eastern Illinois University under the
12same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
13Eastern Illinois University applies to applicants for
14admission generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
15and programs.
16    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board shall offer a full
17tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any campus under
18its governance or supervision to each child of a person who
19died while employed full time by any Illinois college or
20university or while on leave from full-time employment with
21any Illinois college or university. To be eligible to receive
22the full tuition waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of
2325 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
24full tuition waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify
25for admission to Eastern Illinois University under the same
26admissions requirements, standards, and policies that Eastern

 

 

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1Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
2generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
3programs.
4    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
5implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
6children of employees.
7    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
8subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
9continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
10graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
11until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
12undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
13Section.
14    (d) (Blank).
15    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
16necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
17Section.
18(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
19    Section 30. The Governors State University Law is amended
20by changing Section 15-90 as follows:
 
21    (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
22    Sec. 15-90. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
23    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
24university" means any of the following: the University of

 

 

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1Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
2University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
3University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
4University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
5University.
6    (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University
7shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
8any campus under its governance to the children of employees
9of an Illinois college or university who have been employed by
10any one or by more than one Illinois college or university for
11an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to
12receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
13an Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of
1425 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
15partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
16qualify for admission to Governors State University under the
17same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
18Governors State University applies to applicants for admission
19generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
20programs.
21    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board shall offer a full
22tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any campus under
23its governance or supervision to each child of a person who
24died while employed full time by any Illinois college or
25university or while on leave from full-time employment with
26any Illinois college or university. To be eligible to receive

 

 

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1the full tuition waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of
225 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
3full tuition waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify
4for admission to Governors State University under the same
5admissions requirements, standards, and policies that
6Governors State University applies to applicants for admission
7generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
8programs.
9    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
10implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
11children of employees.
12    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
13subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
14continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
15graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
16until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
17undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
18Section.
19    (d) (Blank).
20    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
21necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
22Section.
23(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
24    Section 35. The Illinois State University Law is amended
25by changing Section 20-90 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
2    Sec. 20-90. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
3    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
4university" means any of the following: the University of
5Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
6University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
7University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
8University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
9University.
10    (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State University shall
11offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
12campus under its governance to the children of employees of an
13Illinois college or university who have been employed by any
14one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
15aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive
16a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an
17Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of 25
18at the commencement of the academic year during which the
19partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
20qualify for admission to Illinois State University under the
21same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
22Illinois State University applies to applicants for admission
23generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
24programs.
25    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board shall offer a full

 

 

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1tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any campus under
2its governance or supervision to each child of a person who
3died while employed full time by any Illinois college or
4university or while on leave from full-time employment with
5any Illinois college or university. To be eligible to receive
6the full tuition waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of
725 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
8full tuition waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify
9for admission to Illinois State University under the same
10admissions requirements, standards, and policies that Illinois
11State University applies to applicants for admission generally
12to its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
13    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
14implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
15children of employees.
16    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
17subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
18continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
19graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
20until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
21undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
22Section.
23    (d) (Blank).
24    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
25necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
26Section.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
2    Section 40. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
3amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:
 
4    (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
5    Sec. 25-90. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
6    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
7university" means any of the following: the University of
8Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
9University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
10University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
11University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
12University.
13    (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
14University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
15education at any campus under its governance to the children
16of employees of an Illinois college or university who have
17been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college
18or university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To
19be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of
20an employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
21under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
22during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
23and (ii) must qualify for admission to Northeastern Illinois
24University under the same admissions requirements, standards

 

 

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1and policies which Northeastern Illinois University applies to
2applicants for admission generally to its respective
3undergraduate colleges and programs.
4    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board shall offer a full
5tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any campus under
6its governance or supervision to each child of a person who
7died while employed full time by any Illinois college or
8university or while on leave from full-time employment with
9any Illinois college or university. To be eligible to receive
10the full tuition waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of
1125 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
12full tuition waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify
13for admission to Northeastern Illinois University under the
14same admissions requirements, standards, and policies that
15Northeastern Illinois University applies to applicants for
16admission generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
17and programs.
18    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
19implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
20children of employees.
21    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
22subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
23continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
24graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
25until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
26undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this

 

 

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1Section.
2    (d) (Blank).
3    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
4necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
5Section.
6(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
7    Section 45. The Northern Illinois University Law is
8amended by changing Section 30-90 as follows:
 
9    (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
10    Sec. 30-90. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
11    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
12university" means any of the following: the University of
13Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
14University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
15University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
16University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
17University.
18    (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois University
19shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
20any campus under its governance to the children of employees
21of an Illinois college or university who have been employed by
22any one or by more than one Illinois college or university for
23an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to
24receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of

 

 

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1an Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of
225 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
3partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
4qualify for admission to Northern Illinois University under
5the same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
6Northern Illinois University applies to applicants for
7admission generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
8and programs.
9    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board shall offer a full
10tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any campus under
11its governance or supervision to each child of a person who
12died while employed full time by any Illinois college or
13university or while on leave from full-time employment with
14any Illinois college or university. To be eligible to receive
15the full tuition waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of
1625 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
17full tuition waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify
18for admission to Northern Illinois University under the same
19admissions requirements, standards, and policies that Northern
20Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
21generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
22programs.
23    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
24implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
25children of employees.
26    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of

 

 

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1subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
2continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
3graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
4until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
5undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
6Section.
7    (d) (Blank).
8    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
9necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
10Section.
11(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
12    Section 50. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
13by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
 
14    (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
15    Sec. 35-90. Tuition Partial tuition waivers.
16    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
17university" means any of the following: the University of
18Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
19University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
20University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
21University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
22University.
23    (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois University
24shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at

 

 

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1any campus under its governance to the children of employees
2of an Illinois college or university who have been employed by
3any one or by more than one Illinois college or university for
4an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to
5receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an employee of
6an Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of
725 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
8partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
9qualify for admission to Western Illinois University under the
10same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
11Western Illinois University applies to applicants for
12admission generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
13and programs.
14    (b-5) Each academic year, the Board shall offer a full
15tuition waiver for undergraduate education at any campus under
16its governance or supervision to each child of a person who
17died while employed full time by any Illinois college or
18university or while on leave from full-time employment with
19any Illinois college or university. To be eligible to receive
20the full tuition waiver, the child (i) must be under the age of
2125 at the commencement of the academic year during which the
22full tuition waiver is to be effective and (ii) must qualify
23for admission to Western Illinois University under the same
24admissions requirements, standards, and policies that Western
25Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
26generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and

 

 

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1programs.
2    Nothing in this subsection limits the Board's
3implementation of its own tuition waiver program for the
4children of employees.
5    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
6subsection (b) and (b-5), an eligible applicant who has
7continued to maintain satisfactory academic progress toward
8graduation may have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed
9until the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
10undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits under this
11Section.
12    (d) (Blank).
13    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
14necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
15Section.
16(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
182024.