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| Public Act 102-0187 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public University Uniform Admission Pilot | ||||
Program Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 50, and | ||||
95 as follows: | ||||
(110 ILCS 118/5)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||||
Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act, "institution" means, | ||||
except for the University of Illinois, Illinois State | ||||
University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||
University, and Chicago State University, a public university | ||||
in this State.
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(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.) | ||||
(110 ILCS 118/10)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||||
Sec. 10. Uniform admission system pilot program. | ||||
(a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each | ||||
institution, except for the University of Illinois, shall | ||||
create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under | ||||
this Act to admit first-time freshman students for each | ||||
semester of the pilot program.
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(b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, the | ||
University of Illinois shall create a 4-year uniform admission | ||
system pilot program under this Act to admit community college | ||
transfer students for each semester of the pilot program. | ||
The University of Illinois provides multiple pathways to | ||
transfer and shall guarantee admission to all applicants who: | ||
(1) have enrolled only at an Illinois community | ||
college after graduating from an Illinois high school; | ||
(2) have earned a minimum of 36 graded, transferable | ||
semester hours at the time of application to the | ||
University. Students are encouraged to consult the | ||
Illinois Articulation Initiative general education core | ||
curriculum course list and other resources at the State | ||
and University level to determine course transferability; | ||
(3) have attained a minimum grade point average of 3.0 | ||
in all transferable coursework completed at the time of | ||
application to the University; and | ||
(4) have satisfied the University's English language | ||
proficiency requirement. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.) | ||
(110 ILCS 118/15)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||
Sec. 15. Automatic admission. | ||
(a) Each institution shall admit an applicant for general | ||
admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if | ||
the applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top | ||
10% or was certified to be in the top 10% of the student's high | ||
school graduating class in one of the 2 school years preceding | ||
the academic year for which the applicant is applying for | ||
admission and: | ||
(1) the applicant graduated from a public or private | ||
high school in this State accredited by a generally | ||
recognized accrediting organization or from a high school | ||
operated by the United States Department of Defense; | ||
(2) the applicant: | ||
(A) successfully completed the minimum college | ||
preparatory curriculum requirements established by law | ||
for admission to the institution; and | ||
(B) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment | ||
or the SAT college admission assessment composite | ||
score and subscores required for admission to the | ||
institution to which the applicant applied as well as | ||
any composite scores or subscores for colleges within | ||
that institution; and | ||
(3) if the applicant graduated from a high school | ||
operated by the United States Department of Defense, the | ||
applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay | ||
tuition fees at the rate provided for State residents for | ||
the term or semester to which admitted. | ||
(b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum | ||
requirements prescribed by item (A) of subdivision (2) of | ||
subsection (a) of this Section is considered to have satisfied | ||
those requirements for the purposes of this Act if the student | ||
completed the portion of the college preparatory curriculum | ||
that was available to the student but was unable to complete | ||
the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses | ||
necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the | ||
student at the appropriate times in the student's high school | ||
career as a result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment | ||
capacity, or another cause not within the student's control. | ||
An institution may require a student's successful completion | ||
of such curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with | ||
enrollment at the institution. If the institution does so, the | ||
institution shall identify and connect the student to a | ||
community college that offers the required curriculum and that | ||
has an articulation agreement with the institution or the | ||
institution shall offer the required curriculum through online | ||
instruction to the student. | ||
(c) An applicant who graduates in a graduating class of a | ||
school, whether public or non-public, that has so few students | ||
that class rank does not make a reliable contribution toward | ||
assessing the student's college readiness is considered to | ||
have satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) of this | ||
Section if the student has a grade point average of 3.5 or | ||
higher on a 4-point scale and has met the requirements of items | ||
(A) and (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this | ||
Section.
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(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.) | ||
(110 ILCS 118/50)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||
Sec. 50. Admissions denial; reference to Act. | ||
(a) If an institution denies admission to an applicant for | ||
an academic year, then, in any letter or other communication | ||
the institution provides to the applicant notifying the | ||
applicant of that denial, the institution may not reference | ||
the provisions of this Act, including using a description of a | ||
provision of this Act such as "the top 10% automatic | ||
admissions law", as a reason the institution is unable to | ||
offer admission to the applicant, unless the number of | ||
applicants for admission to the institution for that academic | ||
year who qualify for automatic admission under Section 15 of | ||
this Act is sufficient to fill 100% of the institution's | ||
enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident | ||
undergraduate students.
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(b) For purposes of determining enrollment capacity, | ||
priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must | ||
be given to applicants who are residents of this State. | ||
Admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant | ||
who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment | ||
capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled | ||
exclusively by students who are State residents. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.) | ||
(110 ILCS 118/95)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | ||
Sec. 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2027 2025.
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(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
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