Full Text of HB4265 102nd General Assembly
HB4265eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public | 5 | | Higher Education Act. | 6 | | Section 3. Intent. It is the intent of the General | 7 | | Assembly that the requirements set forth in this Act should | 8 | | apply equally to each public institution of higher education | 9 | | in this State and to the governing board of each public | 10 | | institution of higher education in this State. | 11 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 12 | | "Governing board of each public institution of higher | 13 | | education" means the Board of Trustees of the University of | 14 | | Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois | 15 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | 16 | | the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the | 17 | | Board of Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of | 18 | | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees | 19 | | of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | 20 | | Northern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | 21 | | Illinois University, and the board of trustees of each | 22 | | community college district in this State. |
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| 1 | | "Public institution of higher education" means the | 2 | | University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago | 3 | | State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State | 4 | | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 5 | | University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois | 6 | | University, a public community college in this State, or any | 7 | | other public university, college, or community college now or | 8 | | hereafter established or authorized by the General Assembly. | 9 | | Section 10. Non-binary option on documents and forms. | 10 | | (a) Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, all | 11 | | documents and forms issued by a public institution of higher | 12 | | education that ask a student to identify the student's gender | 13 | | or biological sex must offer the student the option to select | 14 | | "non-binary" in addition to the option to select "male" or | 15 | | "female". | 16 | | (b) The requirements under subsection (a) apply to all | 17 | | documents and forms, including applications for admission, | 18 | | that are issued by the public institution of higher education, | 19 | | whether in an electronic format or paper format.
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law.
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