HB5655 EnrolledLRB103 36114 RJT 66204 b

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 Public Higher Education Act is amended by
5adding Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 167/15 new)
7    Sec. 15. National Guard and reservist classwork policy.
8The governing board of each public institution of higher
9education shall adopt a policy to allow a student who is a
10member of the National Guard of any state, the District of
11Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States
12or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United
13States to submit classwork and complete any other class
14assignments missed due to the student participating in a drill
15or other military obligation required as a member of the
16National Guard or the reserve component.