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 1        AN ACT relating to partial tuition waivers  for  children
 2    of  retired  employees of public universities, amending named
 3    Acts.

 4        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:

 6        Section  5.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 7    changing Section 7f as follows:

 8        (110 ILCS 305/7f) (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
 9        Sec. 7f.  Partial tuition waivers.
10        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
11    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
12    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
13    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
14    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
15    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
16    Illinois University.
17        (b)  Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
18    Illinois shall offer 50% tuition  waivers  for  undergraduate
19    education  at  any campus under its governance or supervision
20    to the children of employees, including retired employees, of
21    an Illinois college or university who have been  employed  by
22    any  one  or  by more than one Illinois college or university
23    for an  aggregate  period  of  at  least  7  years.  "Retired
24    employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
25    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
26    at least 7 years  of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
27    Illinois  college  or  university,  including  a  person  who
28    already is receiving such an annuity on the effective date of
29    this  amendatory  Act  of  1999.  To be eligible to receive a
30    partial tuition waiver, the child of any such an employee  of
31    an  Illinois  college or university (i) must be under the age
 
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 1    of 25 at the commencement of the academic year  during  which
 2    the  partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
 3    qualify for admission to the University of Illinois under the
 4    same admissions requirements, standards  and  policies  which
 5    the   University   of  Illinois  applies  to  applicants  for
 6    admission generally to its respective undergraduate  colleges
 7    and programs.
 8        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
 9    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
10    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
11    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
12    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
13    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
14        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
15    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
16    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
17    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
18    Education.
19        (e)  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  prescribe rules and
20    regulations as are necessary to implement and administer  the
21    provisions of this Section.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

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

25        (110 ILCS 520/8f) (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
26        Sec. 8f.  Partial tuition 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 Trustees of Southern Illinois
 3    University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate
 4    education  at  any campus under its governance or supervision
 5    to the children of employees, including retired employees, of
 6    an Illinois college or university who have been  employed  by
 7    any  one  or  by more than one Illinois college or university
 8    for an  aggregate  period  of  at  least  7  years.  "Retired
 9    employee" means a person receiving a retirement or disability
10    retirement  annuity  under the Illinois Pension Code based on
11    at least 7 years  of  service  with  one  or  more  than  one
12    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  1999.  To be eligible to receive a
15    partial tuition waiver, the child of any such an employee  of
16    an  Illinois  college or university (i) must be under the age
17    of 25 at the commencement of the academic year  during  which
18    the  partial tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must
19    qualify for admission to Southern Illinois  University  under
20    the  same  admissions  requirements,  standards  and policies
21    which Southern Illinois University applies to applicants  for
22    admission  generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
23    and programs.
24        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
25    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
26    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
27    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
28    as he or she has expended 4 years  of  undergraduate  partial
29    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
30        (d)  No  partial  tuition  waiver offered or allocated to
31    any eligible applicant in accordance with the  provisions  of
32    this  Section  shall  be  charged  against any tuition waiver
33    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
34    Education.
 
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 1        (e)  The Board of  Trustees  shall  prescribe  rules  and
 2    regulations  as are necessary to implement and administer the
 3    provisions of this Section.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

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

 7        (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
 8        Sec. 5-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
 9        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
10    university"  means  any  of the following:  the University of
11    Illinois,  Southern  Illinois   University,   Chicago   State
12    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
13    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
14    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
15    Illinois University.
16        (b)  Each  year  the  Board  of  Chicago State University
17    shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate  education
18    at  any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children of
19    employees,  including  retired  employees,  of  an   Illinois
20    college or university who have been employed by any one or by
21    more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
22    period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person
23    receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under
24    the  Illinois  Pension  Code  based  on  at  least 7 years of
25    service with  one  or  more  than  one  Illinois  college  or
26    university,  including a person who already is receiving such
27    an annuity on the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of
28    1999.    To  be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver,
29    the child of any such an employee of an Illinois  college  or
30    university   (i)   must  be  under  the  age  of  25  at  the
31    commencement of the academic year during  which  the  partial
32    tuition  waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
 
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 1    admission  to  Chicago  State  University  under   the   same
 2    admissions requirements, standards and policies which Chicago
 3    State   University   applies   to  applicants  for  admission
 4    generally  to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges   and
 5    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 partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
10    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
11    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
12        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
13    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
14    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
15    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
16    Education.
17        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
18    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
19    this Section.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

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

23        (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
24        Sec. 10-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
25        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "Illinois  college  or
26    university" means any of the following:   the  University  of
27    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
28    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
29    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
30    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
31    Illinois University.
32        (b)  Each year the Board of Eastern  Illinois  University
 
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 1    shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education
 2    at any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children  of
 3    employees,   including  retired  employees,  of  an  Illinois
 4    college or university who have been employed by any one or by
 5    more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
 6    period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person
 7    receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under
 8    the Illinois Pension Code  based  on  at  least  7  years  of
 9    service  with  one  or  more  than  one  Illinois  college or
10    university, including a person who already is receiving  such
11    an  annuity  on  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12    1999.  To be eligible to receive a  partial  tuition  waiver,
13    the  child  of any such an employee of an Illinois college or
14    university  (i)  must  be  under  the  age  of  25   at   the
15    commencement  of  the  academic year during which the partial
16    tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify  for
17    admission  to  Eastern  Illinois  University  under  the same
18    admissions requirements, standards and policies which Eastern
19    Illinois  University  applies  to  applicants  for  admission
20    generally  to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges   and
21    programs.
22        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
23    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
24    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
25    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
26    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
27    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
28        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
29    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
30    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
31    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
32    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  25.   The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
 4    amended by changing Section 15-90 as follows:

 5        (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
 6        Sec. 15-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
 7        (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
11    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
12    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
13    Illinois University.
14        (b)  Each  year  the  Board of Governors State University
15    shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate  education
16    at  any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children of
17    employees,  including  retired  employees,  of  an   Illinois
18    college or university who have been employed by any one or by
19    more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
20    period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person
21    receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under
22    the  Illinois  Pension  Code  based  on  at  least 7 years of
23    service with  one  or  more  than  one  Illinois  college  or
24    university,  including a person who already is receiving such
25    an annuity on the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of
26    1999.    To  be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver,
27    the child of any such an employee of an Illinois  college  or
28    university   (i)   must  be  under  the  age  of  25  at  the
29    commencement of the academic year during  which  the  partial
30    tuition  waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
31    admission  to  Governors  State  University  under  the  same
32    admissions  requirements,  standards   and   policies   which
 
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 1    Governors   State   University   applies  to  applicants  for
 2    admission generally to its respective undergraduate  colleges
 3    and programs.
 4        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
 5    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
 6    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
 7    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
 8    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
 9    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
10        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
11    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
12    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
13    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
14    Education.
15        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
16    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
17    this Section.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

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

21        (110 ILCS 675/20-90)
22        Sec. 20-90.  Partial tuition 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 Illinois State University
31    shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate  education
32    at  any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children of
 
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 1    employees,  including  retired  employees,  of  an   Illinois
 2    college or university who have been employed by any one or by
 3    more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
 4    period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person
 5    receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under
 6    the  Illinois  Pension  Code  based  on  at  least 7 years of
 7    service with  one  or  more  than  one  Illinois  college  or
 8    university,  including a person who already is receiving such
 9    an annuity on the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of
10    1999.    To  be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver,
11    the child of any such an employee of an Illinois  college  or
12    university   (i)   must  be  under  the  age  of  25  at  the
13    commencement of the academic year during  which  the  partial
14    tuition  waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
15    admission  to  Illinois  State  University  under  the   same
16    admissions   requirements,   standards   and  policies  which
17    Illinois State University applies to applicants for admission
18    generally  to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges   and
19    programs.
20        (c)  Subject   to   the  provisions  and  limitations  of
21    subsection (b), an eligible applicant who  has  continued  to
22    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
23    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
24    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
25    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
26        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
27    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
28    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
29    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
30    Education.
31        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
32    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
33    this Section.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
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 1        Section  35.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
 2    amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:

 3        (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
 4        Sec. 25-90.  Partial tuition 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   Northeastern   Illinois
13    University  shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
14    education at any campus under its governance to the  children
15    of  employees,  including  retired  employees, of an Illinois
16    college or university who have been employed by any one or by
17    more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
18    period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person
19    receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under
20    the Illinois Pension Code  based  on  at  least  7  years  of
21    service  with  one  or  more  than  one  Illinois  college or
22    university, including a person who already is receiving  such
23    an  annuity  on  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
24    1999. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the
25    child of any such an  employee  of  an  Illinois  college  or
26    university   (i)   must  be  under  the  age  of  25  at  the
27    commencement of the academic year during  which  the  partial
28    tuition  waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
29    admission to Northeastern Illinois University under the  same
30    admissions   requirements,   standards   and  policies  which
31    Northeastern Illinois University applies  to  applicants  for
32    admission  generally to its respective undergraduate colleges
33    and programs.
 
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 1        (c)  Subject  to  the  provisions  and   limitations   of
 2    subsection  (b),  an  eligible applicant who has continued to
 3    maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
 4    have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
 5    as he or she has expended 4 years  of  undergraduate  partial
 6    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
 7        (d)  No  partial  tuition  waiver offered or allocated to
 8    any eligible applicant in accordance with the  provisions  of
 9    this  Section  shall  be  charged  against any tuition waiver
10    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
11    Education.
12        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
13    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
14    this Section.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

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

18        (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
19        Sec. 30-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
20        (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
24    University,  Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
25    University,  Northern  Illinois   University,   and   Western
26    Illinois University.
27        (b)  Each  year the Board of Northern Illinois University
28    shall offer 50% tuition waivers for  undergraduate  education
29    at  any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children of
30    employees,  including  retired  employees,  of  an   Illinois
31    college or university who have been employed by any one or by
32    more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
 
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 1    period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person
 2    receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under
 3    the  Illinois  Pension  Code  based  on  at  least 7 years of
 4    service with  one  or  more  than  one  Illinois  college  or
 5    university,  including a person who already is receiving such
 6    an annuity on the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of
 7    1999. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the
 8    child  of  any  such  an  employee  of an Illinois college or
 9    university  (i)  must  be  under  the  age  of  25   at   the
10    commencement  of  the  academic year during which the partial
11    tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify  for
12    admission  to  Northern  Illinois  University  under the same
13    admissions  requirements,  standards   and   policies   which
14    Northern   Illinois  University  applies  to  applicants  for
15    admission generally to its respective undergraduate  colleges
16    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 partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
21    as  he  or  she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
22    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
23        (d)  No partial tuition waiver offered  or  allocated  to
24    any  eligible  applicant in accordance with the provisions of
25    this Section shall be  charged  against  any  tuition  waiver
26    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
27    Education.
28        (e)  The  Board  shall prescribe rules and regulations as
29    are necessary to implement and administer the  provisions  of
30    this Section.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

32        Section  45.   The  Western  Illinois  University  Law is
33    amended by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
 
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 1        (110 ILCS 690/35-90)
 2        Sec. 35-90.  Partial tuition waivers.
 3        (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
 7    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
 8    University,   Northern   Illinois   University,  and  Western
 9    Illinois University.
10        (b)  Each year the Board of Western  Illinois  University
11    shall  offer  50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education
12    at any  campus  under  its  governance  to  the  children  of
13    employees,   including  retired  employees,  of  an  Illinois
14    college or university who have been employed by any one or by
15    more than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
16    period of at least 7 years. "Retired employee" means a person
17    receiving a retirement or disability retirement annuity under
18    the Illinois Pension Code  based  on  at  least  7  years  of
19    service  with  one  or  more  than  one  Illinois  college or
20    university, including a person who already is receiving  such
21    an  annuity  on  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22    1999. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the
23    child of any such an  employee  of  an  Illinois  college  or
24    university   (i)   must  be  under  the  age  of  25  at  the
25    commencement of the academic year during  which  the  partial
26    tuition  waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
27    admission to  Western  Illinois  University  under  the  same
28    admissions requirements, standards and policies which Western
29    Illinois  University  applies  to  applicants  for  admission
30    generally   to  its  respective  undergraduate  colleges  and
31    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 partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
 2    as he or she has expended 4 years  of  undergraduate  partial
 3    tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
 4        (d)  No  partial  tuition  waiver offered or allocated to
 5    any eligible applicant in accordance with the  provisions  of
 6    this  Section  shall  be  charged  against any tuition waiver
 7    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 8    Education.
 9        (e)  The Board shall prescribe rules and  regulations  as
10    are  necessary  to implement and administer the provisions of
11    this Section.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-282, eff. 1-1-98.)

13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.

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