Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 3/2/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3737

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3737 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Private Business and Vocational Schools Act
5 is amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 425/1.1)   (from Ch. 144, par. 136.1)
7     Sec. 1.1. Exemptions and annual filing.
8     (a) For purposes of this Act, the following shall not be
9 considered to be a private business and vocational school:
10         (1) Any eleemosynary institution.
11         (2) Any religious institution.
12         (3) Any public educational institution exempt from
13     property taxation under the laws of this State.
14         (4) Any in-service course of instruction and subject
15     offered by an employer provided no tuition is charged and
16     such instruction is offered only to employees of such

 

 

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1     employer.
2         (5) (Blank) Any educational institution (A) which (i)
3     enrolls a majority of its students in degree programs and
4     has maintained an accredited status with the Commission on
5     Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central
6     Association of Colleges and Schools or (ii) on or after the
7     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
8     Assembly enrolls students in one or more bachelor-level
9     programs, enrolls a majority of its students in degree
10     programs, and is accredited by a national accrediting
11     agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of
12     Education and (B) which is regulated by the Illinois Board
13     of Higher Education under the Private College Act or the
14     Academic Degree Act, or which is exempt from such
15     regulation under either of the foregoing Acts solely for
16     the reason that such educational institution was in
17     operation on the effective date of either such Act.
18         (6) Any institution and the franchisees of such
19     institution which offer exclusively a course of
20     instruction in income tax theory or return preparation at a
21     total contract price of no more than $400, provided that
22     the total annual enrollment of such institution for all
23     such courses of instruction exceeds 500 students, and
24     further provided that the total contract price for all
25     instruction offered to a student in any one calendar year
26     does not exceed $400. For each calendar year after 1990,

 

 

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1     the total contract price shall be adjusted, rounded off to
2     the nearest dollar, by the same percentage as the increase
3     or decrease in the general price level as measured by the
4     consumer price index for all urban consumers for the United
5     States, or its successor index, as defined and officially
6     reported by the United States Department of Labor, or its
7     successor agency. The change in the index shall be that as
8     first published by the Department of Labor for the calendar
9     year immediately preceding the year in which the total
10     contract price is calculated.
11         (7) Any educational institution that maintains
12     accredited status with the Commission on Institutions of
13     Higher Education of the North Central Association of
14     Colleges and Schools or other comparable regional
15     accreditation association.
16         (8) Any educational institution that maintains
17     accredited status with a national accrediting agency that
18     is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
19         (9) Any educational institution that is regulated in
20     whole or in part by the Illinois Board of Higher Education
21     or other comparable out-of-State educational agency.
22     (b) An institution exempted under subsection (a) of this
23 Section must file with the Superintendent documentation that
24 demonstrates an annual financial report to demonstrate
25 continued compliance by the institution with the requirements
26 on which the exemption is based.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 95-126, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
3 2010.".