Full Text of HB5531 97th General Assembly
HB5531ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Luis Arroyo Filed: 3/27/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5531
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5531 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7f as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
| 7 | | Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 9 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 10 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 11 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 12 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 13 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 14 | | this Section is granted. | 15 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 16 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois |
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| 1 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 2 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 3 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 4 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 5 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 6 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 7 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 8 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 9 | | received an honorable discharge. | 10 | | (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
| 11 | | Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate | 12 | | education at any
campus under its governance or supervision to | 13 | | the children of employees of
an Illinois college or university | 14 | | who have been employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois | 15 | | college or university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
| 16 | | years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the | 17 | | child of an
employee of an Illinois college or university (i) | 18 | | must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic | 19 | | year during which the partial tuition waiver
is to be | 20 | | effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to the | 21 | | University of
Illinois
under the same admissions requirements, | 22 | | standards and policies which the
University of Illinois applies | 23 | | to applicants for admission generally to its
respective
| 24 | | undergraduate colleges and programs.
| 25 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 26 | | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain |
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| 1 | | 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 of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 10 | | regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | 11 | | provisions of this Section.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 13 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 14 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
| 15 | | (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
| 16 | | Sec. 8f. Partial tuition waivers.
| 17 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 18 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 19 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 20 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 21 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 22 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 23 | | this Section is granted. | 24 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the |
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| 1 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 2 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 3 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 4 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 5 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 6 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 7 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 8 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 9 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 10 | | received an honorable discharge. | 11 | | (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
| 12 | | University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate | 13 | | education at any
campus under its governance or supervision to | 14 | | the children of employees of
an Illinois college or university | 15 | | who have been employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois | 16 | | college or university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
| 17 | | years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the | 18 | | child of an
employee of an Illinois college or university (i) | 19 | | must
be under the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic | 20 | | year during which the partial tuition waiver
is to be | 21 | | effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to Southern
| 22 | | Illinois University
under the same admissions requirements, | 23 | | standards and policies which Southern
Illinois
University | 24 | | applies to applicants for admission generally to its respective
| 25 | | undergraduate colleges and programs.
| 26 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| 1 | | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 2 | | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 3 | | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 4 | | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 5 | | waiver benefits under this Section.
| 6 | | (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 7 | | eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 8 | | Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 9 | | established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 10 | | (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 11 | | regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | 12 | | provisions of this Section.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 14 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 15 | | changing Section 5-90 as follows:
| 16 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
| 17 | | Sec. 5-90. Partial tuition waivers.
| 18 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 19 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 20 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 21 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 22 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 23 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 24 | | this Section is granted. |
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| 1 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 2 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 3 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 4 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 5 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 6 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 7 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 8 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 9 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 10 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 11 | | received an honorable discharge. | 12 | | (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State
University shall | 13 | | offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
| 14 | | campus under its governance to the children of employees of
an | 15 | | 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. To be eligible to receive | 18 | | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | 19 | | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | 20 | | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | 21 | | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | 22 | | qualify for admission to Chicago State University
under the | 23 | | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | 24 | | Chicago
State University applies to applicants for admission | 25 | | generally to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and | 26 | | programs.
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| 1 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 2 | | (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.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 15 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 16 | | by changing Section 10-90 as follows:
| 17 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
| 18 | | Sec. 10-90. Partial tuition waivers.
| 19 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 20 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 21 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 22 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 23 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 24 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under |
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| 1 | | this Section is granted. | 2 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 3 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 4 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 5 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 6 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 7 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 8 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 9 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 10 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 11 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 12 | | received an honorable discharge. | 13 | | (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois
University | 14 | | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 15 | | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
| 16 | | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 17 | | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 18 | | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | 19 | | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | 20 | | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | 21 | | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | 22 | | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | 23 | | qualify for admission to Eastern Illinois University
under the | 24 | | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | 25 | | Eastern
Illinois University applies to applicants for | 26 | | admission generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges |
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| 1 | | and programs.
| 2 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 3 | | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 4 | | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 5 | | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 6 | | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 7 | | waiver benefits under this Section.
| 8 | | (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 9 | | eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 10 | | Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 11 | | established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 12 | | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 13 | | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 14 | | Section.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 16 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 17 | | by changing Section 15-90 as follows:
| 18 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
| 19 | | Sec. 15-90. Partial tuition waivers.
| 20 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 21 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 22 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 23 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 24 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual |
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| 1 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 2 | | this Section is granted. | 3 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 4 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 5 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 6 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 7 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 8 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 9 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 10 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 11 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 12 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 13 | | received an honorable discharge. | 14 | | (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University shall | 15 | | offer 50%
tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any | 16 | | campus under its governance
to the children of employees of an | 17 | | Illinois college or university who have been
employed by any | 18 | | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
| 19 | | aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive | 20 | | a partial
tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | 21 | | Illinois college or university (i) must be under the age of 25
| 22 | | at the commencement of the academic year during which the | 23 | | partial tuition
waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must | 24 | | qualify for admission to Governors
State University under the | 25 | | same admissions requirements, standards and policies
which | 26 | | Governors State University applies to applicants for admission |
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| 1 | | generally
to its respective undergraduate colleges and | 2 | | programs.
| 3 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection | 4 | | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 5 | | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 6 | | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 7 | | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 8 | | waiver benefits under this Section.
| 9 | | (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any | 10 | | eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 11 | | Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 12 | | established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 13 | | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are | 14 | | necessary to
implement and administer the provisions of this | 15 | | Section.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98 .)
| 17 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended by | 18 | | changing Section 20-90 as follows:
| 19 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
| 20 | | Sec. 20-90. Partial tuition waivers.
| 21 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 22 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 23 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 24 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is |
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| 1 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 2 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 3 | | this Section is granted. | 4 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 5 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 6 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 7 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 8 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 9 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 10 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 11 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 12 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 13 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 14 | | received an honorable discharge. | 15 | | (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State
University shall | 16 | | offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
| 17 | | campus under its governance to the children of employees of
an | 18 | | Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 19 | | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 20 | | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | 21 | | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | 22 | | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | 23 | | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | 24 | | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | 25 | | qualify for admission to Illinois State University
under the | 26 | | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which |
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| 1 | | Illinois
State University applies to applicants for admission | 2 | | generally to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and | 3 | | programs.
| 4 | | (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.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 18 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 19 | | amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:
| 20 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
| 21 | | Sec. 25-90. Partial tuition waivers.
| 22 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 23 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 24 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this |
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| 1 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 2 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 3 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 4 | | this Section is granted. | 5 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 6 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 7 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 8 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 9 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 10 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 11 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 12 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 13 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 14 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 15 | | received an honorable discharge. | 16 | | (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
University | 17 | | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 18 | | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
| 19 | | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 20 | | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 21 | | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | 22 | | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | 23 | | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | 24 | | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | 25 | | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | 26 | | qualify for admission to Northeastern
Illinois University
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| 1 | | under the same admissions requirements, standards and policies | 2 | | which
Northeastern Illinois University applies to applicants | 3 | | for
admission generally to its respective
undergraduate | 4 | | colleges and programs.
| 5 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 6 | | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 7 | | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 8 | | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 9 | | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 10 | | waiver benefits under this Section.
| 11 | | (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 12 | | eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 13 | | Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 14 | | established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 15 | | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 16 | | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 17 | | Section.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 19 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended | 20 | | by changing Section 30-90 as follows:
| 21 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
| 22 | | Sec. 30-90. Partial tuition waivers.
| 23 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 24 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or |
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| 1 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 2 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 3 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 4 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 5 | | this Section is granted. | 6 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 7 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 8 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 9 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 10 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 11 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 12 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 13 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 14 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 15 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 16 | | received an honorable discharge. | 17 | | (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois
University | 18 | | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 19 | | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
| 20 | | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 21 | | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 22 | | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | 23 | | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | 24 | | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | 25 | | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the | 26 | | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must |
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| 1 | | qualify for admission to Northern
Illinois University
under the | 2 | | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | 3 | | Northern
Illinois University applies to applicants for | 4 | | admission generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges | 5 | | and programs.
| 6 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 7 | | (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 8 | | satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 9 | | or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 10 | | she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 11 | | waiver benefits under this Section.
| 12 | | (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 13 | | eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 14 | | Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 15 | | established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 16 | | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 17 | | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 18 | | Section.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 20 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 21 | | by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
| 22 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
| 23 | | Sec. 35-90. Partial tuition waivers.
| 24 | | (a) As used in this Section : , |
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| 1 | | "Employee" means an employee of an Illinois college or | 2 | | university (i) who is a veteran at the time a waiver under this | 3 | | Section is granted, (ii) who is the parent of a veteran who is | 4 | | applying for a waiver under this Section, or (iii) whose annual | 5 | | household income is $50,000 or less at the time a waiver under | 6 | | this Section is granted. | 7 | | "Illinois college or university" means any
of the | 8 | | following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois | 9 | | University,
Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois | 10 | | University, Governors State
University, Illinois State | 11 | | University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern | 12 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.
| 13 | | "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served as a | 14 | | member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty or | 15 | | State active duty, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or | 16 | | a member of the United States Reserve Forces and who has | 17 | | received an honorable discharge. | 18 | | (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois
University | 19 | | shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 20 | | any
campus under its governance to the children of employees of
| 21 | | an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 22 | | one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 23 | | aggregate period of at least 7
years. To be eligible to receive | 24 | | a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an | 25 | | Illinois college or university (i) must
be under the age of 25 | 26 | | at the
commencement of the academic year during which the |
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| 1 | | partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (ii) must | 2 | | qualify for admission to Western Illinois University
under the | 3 | | same admissions requirements, standards and policies which | 4 | | Western
Illinois University applies to applicants for | 5 | | admission generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges | 6 | | and programs.
| 7 | | (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 8 | | (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.
| 13 | | (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 14 | | 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.
| 17 | | (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 18 | | necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 19 | | Section.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect September | 22 | | 1, 2012.".
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