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 1        AN ACT relating 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 University of Illinois Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 7f as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
 7        Sec. 7f.  Full tuition discount Partial tuition waivers.
 8        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
 9    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
10    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
11    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
12    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
13    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
14    Illinois University.
15        (b)  Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
16    Illinois shall  offer  100%  tuition  discounts  50%  tuition
17    waivers  for  undergraduate education at any campus under its
18    governance or  supervision  to  the  children  of  employees,
19    including  retired  employees,  of  an  Illinois  college  or
20    university  who have been employed by any one or by more than
21    one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
22    at least 7 years. For purposes of this Section,  an  employee
23    of  an  Illinois college or university is deemed to include a
24    person who is employed within any of the 4 divisions  of  the
25    Department  of  Natural  Resources under the authority of the
26    Board of Natural Resources and Conservation (Waste Management
27    and Research Center, Illinois State  Water  Survey,  Illinois
28    State  Geological  Survey, and Illinois State Natural History
29    Survey).  "Retired  employee"  means  a  person  receiving  a
30    retirement  or  disability  retirement  annuity   under   the
31    Illinois  Pension  Code  based on at least 7 years of service
 
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 1    with one or more than one  Illinois  college  or  university,
 2    including  a  person who already is receiving such an annuity
 3    on the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd
 4    General  Assembly.  To  be eligible to receive a full tuition
 5    discount partial tuition waiver, the child  of  any  such  an
 6    employee  of  an  Illinois  college or university (i) must be
 7    under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic  year
 8    during which the full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
 9    is  to  be  effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to
10    the  University  of  Illinois  under  the   same   admissions
11    requirements,  standards and policies which the University of
12    Illinois applies to applicants for admission generally to its
13    respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
14        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
15    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
16    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
17    have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition  waiver
18    renewed  until  the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
19    undergraduate full tuition discount  partial  tuition  waiver
20    benefits under this Section.
21        (d)  No  full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition waiver
22    offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in  accordance
23    with  the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
24    any tuition waiver limitation  established  by  the  Illinois
25    Board of Higher Education.
26        (e)  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  prescribe rules and
27    regulations as are necessary to implement and administer  the
28    provisions of this Section.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

30        Section  10.  The Southern Illinois University Management
31    Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:

32        (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
 
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 1        Sec. 8f.  Full tuition discount Partial tuition waivers.
 2        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
 3    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
 4    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
 5    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
 6    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
 7    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
 8    Illinois University.
 9        (b)  Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
10    University shall offer 100%  tuition  discounts  50%  tuition
11    waivers  for  undergraduate education at any campus under its
12    governance or  supervision  to  the  children  of  employees,
13    including  retired  employees,  of  an  Illinois  college  or
14    university  who have been employed by any one or by more than
15    one Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of
16    at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person receiving
17    a retirement  or  disability  retirement  annuity  under  the
18    Illinois  Pension  Code  based on at least 7 years of service
19    with one or more than one  Illinois  college  or  university,
20    including  a  person who already is receiving such an annuity
21    on the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd
22    General  Assembly.  To  be eligible to receive a full tuition
23    discount partial tuition waiver, the child  of  any  such  an
24    employee  of  an  Illinois  college or university (i) must be
25    under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic  year
26    during which the full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
27    is  to  be  effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to
28    Southern  Illinois  University  under  the  same   admissions
29    requirements,  standards and policies which Southern Illinois
30    University applies to applicants for admission  generally  to
31    its respective undergraduate colleges and programs.
32        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
33    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
34    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
 
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 1    have  his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
 2    renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4  years  of
 3    undergraduate  full  tuition  discount partial tuition waiver
 4    benefits under this Section.
 5        (d)  No full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition  waiver
 6    offered  or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
 7    with the provisions of this Section shall be charged  against
 8    any  tuition  waiver  limitation  established by the Illinois
 9    Board of Higher Education.
10        (e)  The Board of  Trustees  shall  prescribe  rules  and
11    regulations  as are necessary to implement and administer the
12    provisions of this Section.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

14        Section 15.  The Chicago State University Law is  amended
15    by changing Section 5-90 as follows:

16        (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
17        Sec.   5-90.  Full   tuition   discount  Partial  tuition
18    waivers.
19        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
20    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
21    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
22    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
23    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
24    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
25    Illinois University.
26        (b)  Each year the  Board  of  Chicago  State  University
27    shall  offer  100%  tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
28    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
29    the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
30    Illinois college or university who have been employed by  any
31    one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
32    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years. "Retired employee"
 
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 1    means  a  person  receiving  a   retirement   or   disability
 2    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
 3    at least 7 years  of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
 4    Illinois  college  or  university,  including  a  person  who
 5    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
 6    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd General Assembly.  To be
 7    eligible to receive a full tuition discount  partial  tuition
 8    waiver,  the  child  of  any  such an employee of an Illinois
 9    college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at  the
10    commencement  of  the  academic  year  during  which the full
11    tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
12    and   (ii)  must  qualify  for  admission  to  Chicago  State
13    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
14    and  policies  which  Chicago  State  University  applies  to
15    applicants   for   admission   generally  to  its  respective
16    undergraduate colleges and programs.
17        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
18    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
19    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
20    have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition  waiver
21    renewed  until  the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
22    undergraduate full tuition discount  partial  tuition  waiver
23    benefits under this Section.
24        (d)  No  full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition waiver
25    offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in  accordance
26    with  the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
27    any tuition waiver limitation  established  by  the  Illinois
28    Board of Higher Education.
29        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
30    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
31    this Section.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

33        Section  20.   The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law is
 
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 1    amended by changing Section 10-90 as follows:

 2        (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
 3        Sec.  10-90.  Full  tuition  discount   Partial   tuition
 4    waivers.
 5        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
 6    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
 7    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
 8    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
 9    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
10    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
11    Illinois University.
12        (b)  Each  year  the Board of Eastern Illinois University
13    shall offer 100% tuition discounts 50%  tuition  waivers  for
14    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
15    the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
16    Illinois  college or university who have been employed by any
17    one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
18    aggregate period of at  least  7  years.  "Retired  employee"
19    means   a   person   receiving  a  retirement  or  disability
20    retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code  based  on
21    at  least  7  years  of  service  with  one  or more than one
22    Illinois  college  or  university,  including  a  person  who
23    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
24    this amendatory Act of the 92nd  General  Assembly.    To  be
25    eligible  to  receive a full tuition discount partial tuition
26    waiver, the child of any such  an  employee  of  an  Illinois
27    college  or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
28    commencement of the  academic  year  during  which  the  full
29    tuition  discount  partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
30    and (ii) must  qualify  for  admission  to  Eastern  Illinois
31    University  under the same admissions requirements, standards
32    and policies which Eastern  Illinois  University  applies  to
33    applicants   for   admission   generally  to  its  respective
 
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 1    undergraduate colleges and programs.
 2        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
 3    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
 4    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
 5    have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition  waiver
 6    renewed  until  the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
 7    undergraduate full tuition discount  partial  tuition  waiver
 8    benefits under this Section.
 9        (d)  No  full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition waiver
10    offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in  accordance
11    with  the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
12    any tuition waiver limitation  established  by  the  Illinois
13    Board of Higher Education.
14        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
15    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
16    this Section.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

18        Section  25.   The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
19    amended by changing Section 15-90 as follows:

20        (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
21        Sec.   15-90.  Full   tuition  discount  Partial  tuition
22    waivers.
23        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
24    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
25    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
26    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
27    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
28    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
29    Illinois University.
30        (b)  Each year the Board of  Governors  State  University
31    shall  offer  100%  tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
32    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
 
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 1    the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
 2    Illinois college or university who have been employed by  any
 3    one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
 4    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years. "Retired employee"
 5    means  a  person  receiving  a   retirement   or   disability
 6    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
 7    at least 7 years  of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
 8    Illinois  college  or  university,  including  a  person  who
 9    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
10    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd General Assembly.  To be
11    eligible to receive a full tuition discount  partial  tuition
12    waiver,  the  child  of  any  such an employee of an Illinois
13    college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at  the
14    commencement  of  the  academic  year  during  which the full
15    tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
16    and  (ii)  must  qualify  for  admission  to  Governors State
17    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
18    and  policies  which  Governors  State  University applies to
19    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
20    undergraduate colleges and programs.
21        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
22    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
23    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
24    have  his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
25    renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4  years  of
26    undergraduate  full  tuition  discount partial tuition waiver
27    benefits under this Section.
28        (d)  No full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition  waiver
29    offered  or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
30    with the provisions of this Section shall be charged  against
31    any  tuition  waiver  limitation  established by the Illinois
32    Board of Higher Education.
33        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
34    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
 
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 1    this Section.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

 3        Section 30.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
 4    by changing Section 20-90 as follows:

 5        (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
 6        Sec.  20-90.    Full  tuition  discount  Partial  tuition
 7    waivers.
 8        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
 9    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
10    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
11    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
12    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
13    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
14    Illinois University.
15        (b)  Each year the Board  of  Illinois  State  University
16    shall  offer  100%  tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
17    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
18    the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
19    Illinois college or university who have been employed by  any
20    one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
21    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years. "Retired employee"
22    means  a  person  receiving  a   retirement   or   disability
23    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
24    at least 7 years  of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
25    Illinois  college  or  university,  including  a  person  who
26    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
27    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd General Assembly.  To be
28    eligible to receive a full tuition discount  partial  tuition
29    waiver,  the  child  of  any  such an employee of an Illinois
30    college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at  the
31    commencement  of  the  academic  year  during  which the full
32    tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
 
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 1    and  (ii)  must  qualify  for  admission  to  Illinois  State
 2    University  under the same admissions requirements, standards
 3    and policies  which  Illinois  State  University  applies  to
 4    applicants   for   admission   generally  to  its  respective
 5    undergraduate colleges and programs.
 6        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
 7    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
 8    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
 9    have his or her full tuition discount partial tuition  waiver
10    renewed  until  the time as he or she has expended 4 years of
11    undergraduate full tuition discount  partial  tuition  waiver
12    benefits under this Section.
13        (d)  No  full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition waiver
14    offered or allocated to any eligible applicant in  accordance
15    with  the provisions of this Section shall be charged against
16    any tuition waiver limitation  established  by  the  Illinois
17    Board of Higher Education.
18        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
19    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
20    this Section.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

22        Section  35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
23    amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:

24        (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
25        Sec.  25-90.    Full  tuition  discount  Partial  tuition
26    waivers.
27        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
28    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
29    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
30    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
31    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
32    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
 
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 1    Illinois University.
 2        (b)  Each  year  the  Board  of   Northeastern   Illinois
 3    University  shall  offer  100%  tuition discounts 50% tuition
 4    waivers for undergraduate education at any campus  under  its
 5    governance  to  the  children of employees, including retired
 6    employees, of an Illinois college or university who have been
 7    employed by any one or by more than one Illinois  college  or
 8    university  for  an  aggregate  period  of  at least 7 years.
 9    "Retired employee" means a person receiving a  retirement  or
10    disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code
11    based  on  at  least 7 years of service with one or more than
12    one Illinois college or university, including  a  person  who
13    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
14    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General Assembly. To be
15    eligible to receive a full tuition discount  partial  tuition
16    waiver,  the  child  of  any  such an employee of an Illinois
17    college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at  the
18    commencement  of  the  academic  year  during  which the full
19    tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
20    and  (ii) must qualify for admission to Northeastern Illinois
21    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
22    and  policies  which Northeastern Illinois University applies
23    to applicants  for  admission  generally  to  its  respective
24    undergraduate colleges and programs.
25        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
26    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
27    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
28    have  his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
29    renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4  years  of
30    undergraduate  full  tuition  discount partial tuition waiver
31    benefits under this Section.
32        (d)  No full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition  waiver
33    offered  or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
34    with the provisions of this Section shall be charged  against
 
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 1    any  tuition  waiver  limitation  established by the Illinois
 2    Board of Higher Education.
 3        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
 4    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
 5    this Section.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

 7        Section 40.  The  Northern  Illinois  University  Law  is
 8    amended by changing Section 30-90 as follows:

 9        (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
10        Sec.   30-90.  Full   tuition  discount  Partial  tuition
11    waivers.
12        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
13    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
14    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
15    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
16    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
17    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
18    Illinois University.
19        (b)  Each year the Board of Northern Illinois  University
20    shall  offer  100%  tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
21    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
22    the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
23    Illinois college or university who have been employed by  any
24    one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
25    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years. "Retired employee"
26    means  a  person  receiving  a   retirement   or   disability
27    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
28    at least 7 years  of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
29    Illinois  college  or  university,  including  a  person  who
30    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
31    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General Assembly. To be
32    eligible to receive a full tuition discount  partial  tuition
 
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 1    waiver,  the  child  of  any  such an employee of an Illinois
 2    college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at  the
 3    commencement  of  the  academic  year  during  which the full
 4    tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
 5    and  (ii)  must  qualify  for  admission to Northern Illinois
 6    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
 7    and  policies  which  Northern Illinois University applies to
 8    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
 9    undergraduate colleges and programs.
10        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
11    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
12    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
13    have  his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
14    renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4  years  of
15    undergraduate  full  tuition  discount partial tuition waiver
16    benefits under this Section.
17        (d)  No full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition  waiver
18    offered  or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
19    with the provisions of this Section shall be charged  against
20    any  tuition  waiver  limitation  established by the Illinois
21    Board of Higher Education.
22        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
23    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
24    this Section.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

26        Section 45.   The  Western  Illinois  University  Law  is
27    amended by changing Section 35-90 as follows:

28        (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
29        Sec.   35-90.  Full   tuition  discount  Partial  tuition
30    waivers.
31        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
32    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
 
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 1    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
 2    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
 3    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
 4    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
 5    Illinois University.
 6        (b)  Each year the Board of Western  Illinois  University
 7    shall  offer  100%  tuition discounts 50% tuition waivers for
 8    undergraduate education at any campus under its governance to
 9    the children of employees, including retired employees, of an
10    Illinois college or university who have been employed by  any
11    one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
12    aggregate  period  of  at  least  7 years. "Retired employee"
13    means  a  person  receiving  a   retirement   or   disability
14    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
15    at least 7 years  of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
16    Illinois  college  or  university,  including  a  person  who
17    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
18    this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General Assembly. To be
19    eligible to receive a full tuition discount  partial  tuition
20    waiver,  the  child  of  any  such an employee of an Illinois
21    college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at  the
22    commencement  of  the  academic  year  during  which the full
23    tuition discount partial tuition waiver is to  be  effective,
24    and  (ii)  must  qualify  for  admission  to Western Illinois
25    University under the same admissions requirements,  standards
26    and  policies  which  Western  Illinois University applies to
27    applicants  for  admission  generally   to   its   respective
28    undergraduate colleges and programs.
29        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
30    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
31    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
32    have  his or her full tuition discount partial tuition waiver
33    renewed until the time as he or she has expended 4  years  of
34    undergraduate  full  tuition  discount partial tuition waiver
 
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 1    benefits under this Section.
 2        (d)  No full  tuition  discount  partial  tuition  waiver
 3    offered  or allocated to any eligible applicant in accordance
 4    with the provisions of this Section shall be charged  against
 5    any  tuition  waiver  limitation  established by the Illinois
 6    Board of Higher Education.
 7        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
 8    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
 9    this Section.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

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

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