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91_HB0325

 
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 1        AN ACT relating to public university tuition statements.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
 5    Public University Tuition Statement Act.

 6        Section  10.    Definition.    In   this   Act,   "public
 7    university"  means  and  includes  Chicago  State University,
 8    Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State  University,
 9    Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois  University,
10    Northern  Illinois  University, Southern Illinois University,
11    Western Illinois University, the University of Illinois,  and
12    any  other public university established or authorized by the
13    General Assembly.

14        Section 15.  Tuition statements.  Each year,  using  data
15    from  the  preceding  fiscal  year, public universities shall
16    include as part of an undergraduate student's tuition bill or
17    other  statement  of  tuition  charges  or  as   a   separate
18    attachment to the bill or charge the following statement:
19        For  Fiscal  Year  .....,  the  General  Assembly and the
20        Governor authorized the aggregate amount of $..... to  be
21        appropriated  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  and  the
22        Education  Assistance  Fund  for operation of the State's
23        public  universities.   For  Fiscal  Year   .....,   each
24        resident   undergraduate   full-time   public  university
25        student received an average  tuition  subsidy  of  $.....
26        from  the  State of Illinois, which was applied to offset
27        the full cost of instruction.
28    The average resident tuition subsidy rate from the State  for
29    each   undergraduate  resident  full-time  public  university
30    student shall be determined annually by the Illinois Board of
 
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 1    Higher Education using the following  formula:   the  average
 2    total   undergraduate   instructional   costs  per  full-time
 3    equivalent   undergraduate   student   at   Illinois   public
 4    universities  minus  the  average   full-time   undergraduate
 5    resident  tuition  rate at Illinois public universities.  For
 6    the purposes of this  calculation,  a  full  time  equivalent
 7    undergraduate    student   shall   be   represented   by   30
 8    undergraduate hours taken in a fiscal year.
 9        The Illinois Board of Higher Education shall provide  the
10    calculation for the average tuition subsidy for the preceding
11    fiscal  year  to  all  public universities by March 1 of each
12    year.

13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
14    1, 1999.

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