SB0462sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Celina Villanueva

Filed: 4/10/2024

10300SB0462sam001 LRB103 02913 RJT 71911 a

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 462

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 462 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Admissions Based on Legacy Status or Donor Relation Prevention Law.

Section 5. The Public Higher Education Act is amended by adding Section 15 as follows:

(110 ILCS 167/15 new)

Sec. 15. Admission based on legacy status or donor relation prohibited.

(a) In this Section:

"Alumnus" means a graduate of a public institution of higher education.

"Familial relationship" means an individual's father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great-aunt, great-uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister; the father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the individual's spouse; or the individual's fiance or fiancee.

"Legacy status" means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission to a public institution of higher education to an alumnus or former or current attendee of the public institution of higher education.

(b) In determining admission to a public institution of higher education, the public institution of higher education may not consider an applicant's legacy status or the applicant's familial relationship to any past, current, or prospective donor of something of value to the public institution of higher education as a factor in admitting the applicant.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".