(110 ILCS 66/15)
    Sec. 15. Withholding of official transcripts.
    (a) An institution of higher education:
        (1) must provide an official transcript of a current
    
or former student even if the current or former student owes a debt if the student requests the official transcript to:
            (A) complete a job application;
            (B) transfer from one institution of higher
        
education to another;
            (C) apply for State, federal, or institutional
        
financial aid;
            (D) join the United States Armed Forces or
        
Illinois National Guard; or
            (E) pursue other postsecondary opportunities;
        (2) may not condition the provision of an official
    
transcript to a current or potential employer on the payment of a debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript; and
        (3) may not charge a higher fee for providing an
    
official transcript or provide less favorable treatment for such a request because a current or former student owes a debt.
    (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits an institution of higher education from adopting a more lenient policy on providing an official transcript to a current or former student who owes a debt.
(Source: P.A. 102-998, eff. 5-27-22; 103-54, eff. 6-9-23.)