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90_HB2565eng
110 ILCS 205/6 from Ch. 144, par. 186
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Supplies a
caption for a Section relating to the Board's master plan for
higher education.
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1 AN ACT in relation to higher education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
5 by adding Sections 9.26 and 9.27 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 205/9.26 new)
7 Sec. 9.26. Textbook rental incentive grant program.
8 (a) The textbook rental incentive grant program is
9 hereby created. The program shall be implemented and
10 administered by the Board of Higher Education to provide
11 grant incentives to public universities and community
12 colleges that offer, as part of their undergraduate student
13 fee structure, a textbook rental program. Grants shall be
14 awarded from appropriations made to the Board of Higher
15 Education for purposes of this Section.
16 (b) To be eligible for grant consideration, public
17 universities and community colleges shall annually file a
18 report with the Board of Higher Education detailing their
19 program. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
20 following information: the number of undergraduate students
21 participating, the amount of the rental fee, and the overall
22 undergraduate student fee schedule of the university or
23 community college.
24 (c) In awarding grants to public universities and
25 community colleges under this Section, the Board of Higher
26 Education may consider each applicant's report data, the
27 number of institutions wishing to participate, and such other
28 criteria as the Board of Higher Education determines to be
29 appropriate.
30 (d) The Board of Higher Education shall annually submit
31 to the Governor and the General Assembly a budgetary
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1 recommendation for grants under this Section and shall notify
2 applicants for grant assistance that the award of grants
3 under this Section is contingent upon the availability of
4 appropriated funds.
5 (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules
6 as it deems necessary for administration of the grant program
7 created by this Section.
8 (110 ILCS 205/9.27 new)
9 Sec. 9.27. Graduation incentive grant program.
10 (a) The graduation incentive grant program is hereby
11 created. The program shall be implemented and administered
12 by the Board of Higher Education to provide grant incentives
13 to public universities that offer their undergraduate
14 students contracts under which the university commits itself
15 to provide the courses, programs, and support services
16 necessary to enable the contracting students to graduate
17 within 4 years. Grants shall be awarded from appropriations
18 made to the Board of Higher Education for purposes of this
19 Section.
20 (b) To be eligible for grant consideration, a public
21 university shall annually file a report with the Board of
22 Higher Education detailing its 4-year graduation contract
23 program. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
24 following information: the number of undergraduate students
25 participating in the program, the requirements of the 4-year
26 graduation contracts offered by the university, the types of
27 additional support services provided by the university to the
28 contracting students, and the cost of the program.
29 (c) In awarding grants to public universities under this
30 Section, the Board of Higher Education may consider each
31 applicant's report data, the number of institutions wishing
32 to participate, and such other criteria as the Board of
33 Higher Education determines to be appropriate.
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1 (d) The Board of Higher Education shall annually submit
2 to the Governor and the General Assembly a budgetary
3 recommendation for grants under this Section and shall notify
4 applicants for grant assistance that the award of grants
5 under this Section is contingent upon the availability of
6 appropriated funds.
7 (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules
8 as it deems necessary for administration of the grant program
9 created by this Section.
10 Section 8. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
11 changing Section 7f as follows:
12 (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
13 Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.
14 (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
15 university" means any of the following: the University of
16 Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
17 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
18 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
19 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
20 Illinois University.
21 (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
22 Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
23 education at any campus under its governance or supervision
24 to the children of employees of an Illinois college or
25 university who have been employed by any one or by more than
26 one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
27 at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive a partial
28 tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois
29 college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
30 commencement of the academic year during which the partial
31 tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
32 admission to the University of Illinois under the same
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1 admissions requirements, standards and policies which the
2 University of Illinois applies to applicants for admission
3 generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
4 programs. For purposes of this Section, an employee of an
5 Illinois college or university shall be deemed to include all
6 persons employed by the Department of Natural Resources under
7 the authority of the Board of Natural Resources and
8 Conservation in the: (i) Waste Management and Research
9 Center, (ii) Illinois State Geological Survey, (iii) Illinois
10 Natural History Survey, or (iv) Illinois State Water Survey.
11 (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
12 subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
13 maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
14 have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
15 as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
16 tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
17 (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to
18 any eligible applicant in accordance with the provisions of
19 this Section shall be charged against any tuition waiver
20 limitation established by the Illinois Board of Higher
21 Education.
22 (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
23 regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
24 provisions of this Section.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
27 1, 1998.