Full Text of SB2408 93rd General Assembly
SB2408 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2408
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Lawrence M. Walsh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 305/7f |
from Ch. 144, par. 28f |
110 ILCS 520/8f |
from Ch. 144, par. 658f |
110 ILCS 660/5-90 |
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110 ILCS 665/10-90 |
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110 ILCS 670/15-90 |
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110 ILCS 675/20-90 |
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110 ILCS 680/25-90 |
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110 ILCS 685/30-90 |
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110 ILCS 690/35-90 |
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Amends various Acts relating to the governance of the public
universities in Illinois. Provides that to be eligible for a partial tuition waiver, a child must be a natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her retirement. Requires the board of trustees of each university to offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education to the children of persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with one or more than one public university. Effective July 1, 2004.
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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 University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing
Section 7f as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 305/7f)
(from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
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| Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (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
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 13 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 14 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
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| Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate | 17 |
| education at any
campus under its governance or supervision to | 18 |
| the children of (1) employees
of
an Illinois college or | 19 |
| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 20 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 21 |
| at least 7
years
or (2) persons receiving a retirement or | 22 |
| disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code | 23 |
| based on at least 20 years of service with
one or more than one | 24 |
| Illinois college or university, including persons who
already | 25 |
| are receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly . To be eligible to | 27 |
| receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of | 28 |
| an Illinois college or university (i) must be a natural, | 29 |
| biological offspring or an adopted child or a stepchild of an | 30 |
| eligible employee prior to his or her retirement, (ii) must
be | 31 |
| under the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic year | 32 |
| during which the partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and |
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| (iii)
(ii) must qualify for admission to the University of
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| Illinois
under the same admissions requirements, standards and | 3 |
| policies which the
University of Illinois applies to applicants | 4 |
| for admission generally to its
respective
undergraduate | 5 |
| colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 8 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 9 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 10 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 11 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 14 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 15 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 17 |
| regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | 18 |
| provisions of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 21 |
| Act is amended by
changing Section 8f as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 520/8f)
(from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
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| Sec. 8f. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 25 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 26 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 27 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 29 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 30 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
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| University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate | 33 |
| education at any
campus under its governance or supervision to | 34 |
| the children of (1) employees
of
an Illinois college or |
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| university who have been employed
by any one or by more than | 2 |
| one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
period of | 3 |
| at least 7
years
or (2) persons receiving a retirement or | 4 |
| disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code | 5 |
| based on at least 20 years of service with
one or more than one | 6 |
| Illinois college or university, including persons who
already | 7 |
| are receiving such an annuity on the effective date of this
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| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly . To be eligible to | 9 |
| receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of | 10 |
| an Illinois college or university (i) must be a natural, | 11 |
| biological offspring or an adopted child or a stepchild of an | 12 |
| eligible employee prior to his or her retirement, (ii) must
be | 13 |
| under the age of 25 at the
commencement of the academic year | 14 |
| during which the partial tuition waiver
is to be effective, and | 15 |
| (iii)
(ii) must qualify for admission to Southern
Illinois | 16 |
| University
under the same admissions requirements, standards | 17 |
| and policies which Southern
Illinois
University applies to | 18 |
| applicants for admission generally to its respective
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| undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 22 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 23 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 24 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 25 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 28 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 29 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and | 31 |
| regulations
as
are necessary to implement and administer the | 32 |
| provisions of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 35 |
| changing
Section 5-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
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| Sec. 5-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 4 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 5 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 6 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 8 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 9 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State
University shall | 11 |
| offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
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| campus under its governance to the children of (1) employees of
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| an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 14 |
| one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 15 |
| aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) persons receiving a | 16 |
| retirement or disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois | 17 |
| Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with
one or | 18 |
| more than one Illinois college or university, including persons | 19 |
| who
already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date | 20 |
| of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly . To be | 21 |
| eligible to receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
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| employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be a | 23 |
| natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a | 24 |
| stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her | 25 |
| retirement, (ii) must
be under the age of 25 at the
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| commencement of the academic year during which the partial | 27 |
| tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (iii)
(ii) must qualify | 28 |
| for admission to Chicago State
University
under the same | 29 |
| admissions requirements, standards and policies which Chicago
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| State University applies to applicants for admission generally | 31 |
| to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 34 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 35 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or |
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| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 2 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 5 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 6 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 8 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 9 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 12 |
| by changing
Section 10-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
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| Sec. 10-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 16 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 17 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 18 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 20 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 21 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois
University | 23 |
| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 24 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
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| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been | 26 |
| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 27 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 28 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 29 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 | 30 |
| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 31 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 32 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 33 |
| 93rd General Assembly . To be eligible to receive a
partial | 34 |
| tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college |
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| or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an | 2 |
| adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to | 3 |
| his or her retirement, (ii) must
be under the age of 25 at the
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| commencement of the academic year during which the partial | 5 |
| tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (iii)
(ii) must qualify | 6 |
| for admission to Eastern Illinois
University
under the same | 7 |
| admissions requirements, standards and policies which Eastern
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| Illinois University applies to applicants for admission | 9 |
| generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges and | 10 |
| programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 13 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 14 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 15 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 16 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 19 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 20 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 22 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 23 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 26 |
| by changing
Section 15-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
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| Sec. 15-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 30 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 31 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 32 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 34 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois |
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| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University shall | 3 |
| offer 50%
tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any | 4 |
| campus under its governance
to the children of (1) employees of | 5 |
| an Illinois college or university who
have been
employed by any | 6 |
| one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an
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| aggregate period of at least 7 years
or (2) persons receiving a | 8 |
| retirement or disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois | 9 |
| Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with
one or | 10 |
| more than one Illinois college or university, including persons | 11 |
| who
already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date | 12 |
| of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly .
To be | 13 |
| eligible to receive a partial
tuition waiver, the child of an
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| employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be a | 15 |
| natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a | 16 |
| stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her | 17 |
| retirement, (ii) must be under the age of 25
at the | 18 |
| commencement of the academic year during which the partial | 19 |
| tuition
waiver is to be effective, and (iii)
(ii) must qualify | 20 |
| for admission to Governors
State University under the same | 21 |
| admissions requirements, standards and policies
which | 22 |
| Governors State University applies to applicants for admission | 23 |
| generally
to its respective undergraduate colleges and | 24 |
| programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection | 26 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 27 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 28 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 29 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 30 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any | 32 |
| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 33 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 34 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are | 36 |
| necessary to
implement and administer the provisions of this |
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| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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| Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 4 |
| by changing
Section 20-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
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| Sec. 20-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 8 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 9 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 10 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 12 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 13 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State
University shall | 15 |
| offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
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| campus under its governance to the children of (1) employees of
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| an Illinois college or university who have been employed
by any | 18 |
| one or by more than one Illinois college or university for an | 19 |
| aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) persons receiving a | 20 |
| retirement or disability retirement annuity
under the Illinois | 21 |
| Pension Code based on at least 20 years of service with
one or | 22 |
| more than one Illinois college or university, including persons | 23 |
| who
already are receiving such an annuity on the effective date | 24 |
| of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly . To be | 25 |
| eligible to receive a
partial tuition waiver, the child of an
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| employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be a | 27 |
| natural, biological offspring or an adopted child or a | 28 |
| stepchild of an eligible employee prior to his or her | 29 |
| retirement, (ii) must
be under the age of 25 at the
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| commencement of the academic year during which the partial | 31 |
| tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (iii)
(ii) must qualify | 32 |
| for admission to Illinois State
University
under the same | 33 |
| admissions requirements, standards and policies which Illinois
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| State University applies to applicants for admission generally |
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| to its
respective
undergraduate colleges and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
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| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 4 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 5 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 6 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 7 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
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| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 10 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 11 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
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| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 13 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 14 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 17 |
| amended by changing
Section 25-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
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| Sec. 25-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or | 21 |
| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 22 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 23 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
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| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 25 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 26 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
University | 28 |
| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 29 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
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| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been | 31 |
| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 32 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 33 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 34 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 |
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| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 2 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 3 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 4 |
| 93rd General Assembly . To be eligible to receive a
partial | 5 |
| tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college | 6 |
| or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an | 7 |
| adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to | 8 |
| his or her retirement, (ii) must
be under the age of 25 at the
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| commencement of the academic year during which the partial | 10 |
| tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (iii)
(ii) must qualify | 11 |
| for admission to Northeastern
Illinois University
under the | 12 |
| same admissions requirements, standards and policies which
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| Northeastern Illinois University applies to applicants for
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| admission generally to its respective
undergraduate colleges | 15 |
| and programs.
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| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 17 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 18 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 19 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 20 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 21 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
| 22 |
| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 23 |
| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 24 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 25 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 26 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 27 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 28 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 31 |
| amended by changing
Section 30-90 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
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| Sec. 30-90. Partial tuition waivers.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or |
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| university" means any
of the following: the University of | 2 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois University,
Chicago State | 3 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
| 4 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 5 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 6 |
| University.
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| (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois
University | 8 |
| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 9 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
| 10 |
| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been | 11 |
| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 12 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 13 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 14 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 | 15 |
| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 16 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 17 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 18 |
| 93rd General Assembly . To be eligible to receive a
partial | 19 |
| tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college | 20 |
| or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an | 21 |
| adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to | 22 |
| his or her retirement, (ii) must
be under the age of 25 at the
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| commencement of the academic year during which the partial | 24 |
| tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (iii)
(ii) must qualify | 25 |
| for admission to Northern
Illinois University
under the same | 26 |
| admissions requirements, standards and policies which Northern
| 27 |
| Illinois University applies to applicants for admission | 28 |
| generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges and | 29 |
| programs.
| 30 |
| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 31 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 32 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 33 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 34 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 35 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
| 36 |
| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
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| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 2 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 3 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 4 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 5 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 6 |
| Section.
| 7 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 8 |
| Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 9 |
| by changing
Section 35-90 as follows:
| 10 |
| (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
| 11 |
| Sec. 35-90. Partial tuition 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 Illinois | 18 |
| University.
| 19 |
| (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois
University | 20 |
| shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at | 21 |
| any
campus under its governance to the children of (1)
| 22 |
| employees of
an Illinois college or university who have been | 23 |
| employed
by any one or by more than one Illinois college or | 24 |
| university for an aggregate
period of at least 7
years
or (2) | 25 |
| persons receiving a retirement or disability retirement | 26 |
| annuity
under the Illinois Pension Code based on at least 20 | 27 |
| years of service with
one or more than one Illinois college or | 28 |
| university, including persons who
already are receiving such an | 29 |
| annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 30 |
| 93rd General Assembly . To be eligible to receive a
partial | 31 |
| tuition waiver, the child of an
employee of an Illinois college | 32 |
| or university (i) must be a natural, biological offspring or an | 33 |
| adopted child or a stepchild of an eligible employee prior to | 34 |
| his or her retirement, (ii) must
be under the age of 25 at the
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| commencement of the academic year during which the partial | 2 |
| tuition waiver
is to be effective, and (iii)
(ii) must qualify | 3 |
| for admission to Western Illinois
University
under the same | 4 |
| admissions requirements, standards and policies which Western
| 5 |
| Illinois University applies to applicants for admission | 6 |
| generally to
its respective
undergraduate colleges and | 7 |
| programs.
| 8 |
| (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection
| 9 |
| (b), an
eligible applicant who has continued to maintain | 10 |
| satisfactory academic
progress toward graduation may have his | 11 |
| or her partial tuition waiver
renewed until the time as he or | 12 |
| she has expended 4 years of undergraduate
partial tuition | 13 |
| waiver benefits under this Section.
| 14 |
| (d) No partial tuition waiver offered or allocated to any
| 15 |
| eligible
applicant in accordance with the provisions of this | 16 |
| Section shall be
charged against any tuition waiver limitation | 17 |
| established by the Illinois
Board of Higher Education.
| 18 |
| (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as
are | 19 |
| necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this | 20 |
| Section.
| 21 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 22 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | 23 |
| 1, 2004.
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