Full Text of SB0457 95th General Assembly
SB0457 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0457
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 305/7f |
from Ch. 144, par. 28f |
110 ILCS 520/8f |
from Ch. 144, par. 658f |
110 ILCS 660/5-90 |
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110 ILCS 665/10-90 |
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110 ILCS 670/15-90 |
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110 ILCS 675/20-90 |
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110 ILCS 680/25-90 |
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110 ILCS 685/30-90 |
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110 ILCS 690/35-90 |
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Amends various Acts relating to the governance of the public
universities in Illinois. 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 if the child is the biological offspring or an adopted child or step-child of the person prior to his or her retirement. Effective July 1, 2007.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing
Section 7f as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 305/7f)
(from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
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| Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (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
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 13 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 14 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
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| 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 |
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| Illinois college or university, including persons who
already | 2 |
| are receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if the child is | 4 |
| the biological offspring or an adopted child or step-child of | 5 |
| the person prior to his or her retirement . To be eligible to | 6 |
| receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of | 7 |
| an Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of | 8 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | 9 |
| partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | 10 |
| qualify for admission to the University of
Illinois
under the | 11 |
| same admissions requirements, standards and policies which the
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| University of Illinois applies to applicants for admission | 13 |
| generally to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and | 14 |
| programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 17 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 18 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 19 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 20 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 23 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 24 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 26 |
| regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the |
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| provisions of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 4 |
| Act is amended by
changing Section 8f as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 520/8f)
(from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
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| Sec. 8f. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (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
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 12 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 13 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
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| University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate | 16 |
| education at any
campus under its governance or supervision to | 17 |
| the children of (1) employees
of
an Illinois college or | 18 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 19 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 20 |
| at least 7
years
or (2) persons receiving a retirement or | 21 |
| disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code | 22 |
| based on at least 20 years of service with
one or more than one | 23 |
| Illinois college or university, including persons who
already | 24 |
| are receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if the child is | 2 |
| the biological offspring or an adopted child or step-child of | 3 |
| the person prior to his or her retirement . To be eligible to | 4 |
| receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of | 5 |
| an Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of | 6 |
| 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | 7 |
| partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | 8 |
| qualify for admission to Southern
Illinois University
under the | 9 |
| same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | 10 |
| Southern
Illinois
University applies to applicants for | 11 |
| admission generally to its respective
undergraduate colleges | 12 |
| and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 15 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 16 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 17 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 18 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 21 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 22 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 24 |
| regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | 25 |
| provisions of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 2 |
| changing
Section 5-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
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| Sec. 5-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 6 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 7 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 8 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 10 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 11 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State
University shall | 13 |
| offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
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| campus under its governance to the children of (1) employees of
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| an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 16 |
| one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 17 |
| aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) persons receiving a | 18 |
| retirement or disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois | 19 |
| Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with
one or | 20 |
| more than one Illinois college or university, including persons | 21 |
| who
already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date | 22 |
| of this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if the | 23 |
| child is the biological offspring or an adopted child or | 24 |
| step-child of the person prior to his or her retirement . To be |
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| eligible to receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
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| employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must
be under | 3 |
| the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during | 4 |
| which the partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) | 5 |
| must qualify for admission to Chicago State
University
under | 6 |
| the same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | 7 |
| Chicago
State University applies to applicants for admission | 8 |
| generally to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and | 9 |
| programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 12 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 13 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 14 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 15 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 18 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 19 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 21 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 22 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 25 |
| by changing
Section 10-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
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| Sec. 10-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (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
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 8 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 9 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois
University | 11 |
| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 12 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
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| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been | 14 |
| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 15 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 16 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 17 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 | 18 |
| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 19 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 20 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 21 |
| 95th General Assembly, if the child is the biological offspring | 22 |
| or an adopted child or step-child of the person prior to his or | 23 |
| her retirement . To be eligible to receive a
partial tuition | 24 |
| waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college or | 25 |
| university (i) must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement |
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| of the academic year during which the partial tuition waiver
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| to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Eastern | 3 |
| Illinois
University
under the same admissions requirements, | 4 |
| standards and policies which Eastern
Illinois University | 5 |
| applies to applicants for admission generally to
its respective
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| undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 9 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 10 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 11 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 12 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 15 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 16 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 18 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 19 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 22 |
| by changing
Section 15-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
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| Sec. 15-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 2 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 3 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 4 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 5 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 6 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 7 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University shall | 9 |
| offer 50%
tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any | 10 |
| campus under its governance
to the children of (1) employees of | 11 |
| an Illinois college or university who
have been
employed by any | 12 |
| one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
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| aggregate period of at least 7 years
or (2) persons receiving a | 14 |
| retirement or disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois | 15 |
| Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with
one or | 16 |
| more than one Illinois college or university, including persons | 17 |
| who
already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date | 18 |
| of this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if the | 19 |
| child is the biological offspring or an adopted child or | 20 |
| step-child of the person prior to his or her retirement .
To be | 21 |
| eligible to receive a partial
tuition waiver, the child of an
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| employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be under | 23 |
| the age of 25
at the commencement of the academic year during | 24 |
| which the partial tuition
waiver is to be effective, and (ii) | 25 |
| must qualify for admission to Governors
State University under | 26 |
| the same admissions requirements, standards and policies
which |
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| Governors State University applies to applicants for admission | 2 |
| generally
to its respective undergraduate colleges and | 3 |
| programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection | 5 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 6 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 7 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 8 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 9 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
| 10 |
| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any | 11 |
| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 12 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 13 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 14 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are | 15 |
| necessary to
implement and administer the provisions of this | 16 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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| Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 19 |
| by changing
Section 20-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
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| Sec. 20-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 23 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 24 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State |
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| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 3 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 4 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State
University shall | 6 |
| offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
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| campus under its governance to the children of (1) employees of
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| an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 9 |
| one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 10 |
| aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) persons receiving a | 11 |
| retirement or disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois | 12 |
| Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with
one or | 13 |
| more than one Illinois college or university, including persons | 14 |
| who
already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date | 15 |
| of this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if the | 16 |
| child is the biological offspring or an adopted child or | 17 |
| step-child of the person prior to his or her retirement . To be | 18 |
| eligible to receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
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| employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must
be under | 20 |
| the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic year during | 21 |
| which the partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) | 22 |
| must qualify for admission to Illinois State
University
under | 23 |
| the same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | 24 |
| Illinois
State University applies to applicants for admission | 25 |
| generally to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and | 26 |
| programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 3 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 4 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 5 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 6 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
| 7 |
| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 8 |
| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 9 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 10 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 11 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 12 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 13 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 16 |
| amended by changing
Section 25-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
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| Sec. 25-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 20 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 21 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 22 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 24 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois |
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| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
University | 3 |
| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 4 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
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| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been | 6 |
| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 7 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 8 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 9 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 | 10 |
| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 11 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 12 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 13 |
| 95th General Assembly, if the child is the biological offspring | 14 |
| or an adopted child or step-child of the person prior to his or | 15 |
| her retirement . To be eligible to receive a
partial tuition | 16 |
| waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college or | 17 |
| university (i) must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement | 18 |
| of the academic year during which the partial tuition waiver
is | 19 |
| to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to | 20 |
| Northeastern
Illinois University
under the same admissions | 21 |
| requirements, standards and policies which
Northeastern | 22 |
| Illinois University applies to applicants for
admission | 23 |
| generally to its respective
undergraduate colleges and | 24 |
| programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 26 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain |
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| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 2 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 3 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 4 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
| 5 |
| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 6 |
| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 7 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 8 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 9 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 10 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 11 |
| Section.
| 12 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 13 |
| Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 14 |
| amended by changing
Section 30-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
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| Sec. 30-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 18 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 19 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 20 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 21 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 22 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 23 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois
University |
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| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 2 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
| 3 |
| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been | 4 |
| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 5 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 6 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 7 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 | 8 |
| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 9 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 10 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 11 |
| 95th General Assembly, if the child is the biological offspring | 12 |
| or an adopted child or step-child of the person prior to his or | 13 |
| her retirement . To be eligible to receive a
partial tuition | 14 |
| waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college or | 15 |
| university (i) must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement | 16 |
| of the academic year during which the partial tuition waiver
is | 17 |
| to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to | 18 |
| Northern
Illinois University
under the same admissions | 19 |
| requirements, standards and policies which Northern
Illinois | 20 |
| University applies to applicants for admission generally to
its | 21 |
| respective
undergraduate colleges and programs.
| 22 |
| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 23 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 24 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 25 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 26 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition |
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| waiver benefits under this Section.
| 2 |
| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 3 |
| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 4 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 5 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 6 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 7 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 8 |
| Section.
| 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 10 |
| Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 11 |
| by changing
Section 35-90 as follows:
| 12 |
| (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
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| Sec. 35-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 15 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 16 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 17 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 19 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 20 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois
University | 22 |
| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 23 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
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| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been |
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| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 2 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 3 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 4 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 | 5 |
| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 6 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 7 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 8 |
| 95th General Assembly, if the child is the biological offspring | 9 |
| or an adopted child or step-child of the person prior to his or | 10 |
| her retirement . To be eligible to receive a
partial tuition | 11 |
| waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college or | 12 |
| university (i) must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement | 13 |
| of the academic year during which the partial tuition waiver
is | 14 |
| to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Western | 15 |
| Illinois
University
under the same admissions requirements, | 16 |
| standards and policies which Western
Illinois University | 17 |
| applies to applicants for admission generally to
its respective
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| undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 21 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 22 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 23 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 24 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this |
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| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 2 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 4 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 5 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | 8 |
| 1, 2007.
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