Full Text of HB0796 102nd General Assembly
HB0796 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB0796 Introduced 2/10/2021, by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 118/5 | | 110 ILCS 118/10 | | 110 ILCS 118/15 | | 110 ILCS 118/50 | | 110 ILCS 118/95 | |
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Amends the Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, requires the University of Illinois to create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under the Act to admit first-time freshman students for each semester of the pilot program; makes corresponding changes. Provides that if an institution requires a student's successful completion of certain curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with enrollment at the institution, then the institution shall identify and connect the student to a community college that offers the required curriculum and that has an articulation agreement with the institution or the institution shall offer the required curriculum through online instruction to the student. Provides that for purposes of determining enrollment capacity, priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must be given to applicants who are residents of this State and admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled exclusively by students who are State residents.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot | 5 | | Program Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 50, and | 6 | | 95 as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 118/5)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | 9 | | Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act, "institution" means, | 10 | | except for the University of Illinois, Illinois State | 11 | | University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois | 12 | | University, and Chicago State University, a public university | 13 | | in this State.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20 .) | 15 | | (110 ILCS 118/10)
| 16 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | 17 | | Sec. 10. Uniform admission system pilot program. | 18 | | (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each | 19 | | institution , except for the University of Illinois, shall | 20 | | create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under | 21 | | this Act to admit first-time freshman students for each | 22 | | semester of the pilot program.
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| 1 | | (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, the | 2 | | University of Illinois shall create a 4-year uniform admission | 3 | | system pilot program under this Act to admit first-time | 4 | | freshman students for each semester of the pilot program. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20 .) | 6 | | (110 ILCS 118/15)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | 8 | | Sec. 15. Automatic admission. | 9 | | (a) Each institution shall admit an applicant for general | 10 | | admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if | 11 | | the applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top | 12 | | 10% or was certified to be in the top 10% of the student's high | 13 | | school graduating class in one of the 2 school years preceding | 14 | | the academic year for which the applicant is applying for | 15 | | admission and: | 16 | | (1) the applicant graduated from a public or private | 17 | | high school in this State accredited by a generally | 18 | | recognized accrediting organization or from a high school | 19 | | operated by the United States Department of Defense; | 20 | | (2) the applicant: | 21 | | (A) successfully completed the minimum college | 22 | | preparatory curriculum requirements established by law | 23 | | for admission to the institution; and | 24 | | (B) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment | 25 | | or the SAT college admission assessment composite |
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| 1 | | score and subscores required for admission to the | 2 | | institution to which the applicant applied as well as | 3 | | any composite scores or subscores for colleges within | 4 | | that institution; and | 5 | | (3) if the applicant graduated from a high school | 6 | | operated by the United States Department of Defense, the | 7 | | applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay | 8 | | tuition fees at the rate provided for State residents for | 9 | | the term or semester to which admitted. | 10 | | (b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum | 11 | | requirements prescribed by item (A) of subdivision (2) of | 12 | | subsection (a) of this Section is considered to have satisfied | 13 | | those requirements for the purposes of this Act if the student | 14 | | completed the portion of the college preparatory curriculum | 15 | | that was available to the student but was unable to complete | 16 | | the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses | 17 | | necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the | 18 | | student at the appropriate times in the student's high school | 19 | | career as a result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment | 20 | | capacity, or another cause not within the student's control. | 21 | | An institution may require a student's successful completion | 22 | | of such curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with | 23 | | enrollment at the institution. If the institution does so, the | 24 | | institution shall identify and connect the student to a | 25 | | community college that offers the required curriculum and that | 26 | | has an articulation agreement with the institution or the |
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| 1 | | institution shall offer the required curriculum through online | 2 | | instruction to the student. | 3 | | (c) An applicant who graduates in a graduating class of a | 4 | | school, whether public or non-public, that has so few students | 5 | | that class rank does not make a reliable contribution toward | 6 | | assessing the student's college readiness is considered to | 7 | | have satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) of this | 8 | | Section if the student has a grade point average of 3.5 or | 9 | | higher on a 4-point scale and has met the requirements of items | 10 | | (A) and (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this | 11 | | Section.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20 .) | 13 | | (110 ILCS 118/50)
| 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | 15 | | Sec. 50. Admissions denial; reference to Act. | 16 | | (a) If an institution denies admission to an applicant for | 17 | | an academic year, then, in any letter or other communication | 18 | | the institution provides to the applicant notifying the | 19 | | applicant of that denial, the institution may not reference | 20 | | the provisions of this Act, including using a description of a | 21 | | provision of this Act such as "the top 10% automatic | 22 | | admissions law", as a reason the institution is unable to | 23 | | offer admission to the applicant, unless the number of | 24 | | applicants for admission to the institution for that academic | 25 | | year who qualify for automatic admission under Section 15 of |
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| 1 | | this Act is sufficient to fill 100% of the institution's | 2 | | enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident | 3 | | undergraduate students.
| 4 | | (b) For purposes of determining enrollment capacity, | 5 | | priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must | 6 | | be given to applicants who are residents of this State. | 7 | | Admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant | 8 | | who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment | 9 | | capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled | 10 | | exclusively by students who are State residents. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20 .) | 12 | | (110 ILCS 118/95)
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | 14 | | Sec. 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2027 2025 .
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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