102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0039

 

Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Katie Stuart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 305/7f  from Ch. 144, par. 28f
110 ILCS 520/8f  from Ch. 144, par. 658f
110 ILCS 660/5-90
110 ILCS 665/10-90
110 ILCS 670/15-90
110 ILCS 675/20-90
110 ILCS 680/25-90
110 ILCS 685/30-90
110 ILCS 690/35-90

    Amends various acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Removes the requirement that employees of an Illinois college or university must have been employed for an aggregate period of at least 7 years by any one or more than one Illinois college or university for the children of employees to be eligible for a 50% tuition waiver for undergraduate education. Adds the requirement that employees of an Illinois college or university must be employed by an Illinois college or university at the time of enrollment for the child to be eligible for a 50% tuition waiver for undergraduate education. Provides that for an employee's child to remain eligible for a partial tuition waiver, the employee must continue to be employed by an Illinois college or university throughout the duration of the child's enrollment or until the child has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial tuition waiver benefits.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 7f as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/7f)  (from Ch. 144, par. 28f)
7    Sec. 7f. Partial tuition waivers.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
9university" means any of the following: the University of
10Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
11University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
12University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
13University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
14University.
15    (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of the University of
16Illinois shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
17education at any campus under its governance or supervision to
18the children of employees of an Illinois college or university
19who are employed by an Illinois college or university at the
20time of enrollment have been employed by any one or by more
21than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
22period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive a partial
23tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois

 

 

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1college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
2commencement of the academic year during which the partial
3tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
4admission to the University of Illinois under the same
5admissions requirements, standards and policies which the
6University of Illinois applies to applicants for admission
7generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
8programs. For an employee's child to remain eligible for a
9partial tuition waiver, subject to subsection (c), the
10employee must continue to be employed by an Illinois college
11or university throughout the duration of the child's
12enrollment.
13    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
14subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
15maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
16have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
17as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
18tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
19    (d) (Blank).
20    (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
21regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
22provisions of this Section.
23(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
24    Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management
25Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (110 ILCS 520/8f)  (from Ch. 144, par. 658f)
2    Sec. 8f. Partial tuition waivers.
3    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
4university" means any of the following: the University of
5Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
6University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
7University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
8University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
9University.
10    (b) Each year the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
11University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
12education at any campus under its governance or supervision to
13the children of employees of an Illinois college or university
14who are employed by an Illinois college or university at the
15time of enrollment have been employed by any one or by more
16than one Illinois college or university for an aggregate
17period of at least 7 years. To be eligible to receive a partial
18tuition waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois
19college or university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the
20commencement of the academic year during which the partial
21tuition waiver is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for
22admission to Southern Illinois University under the same
23admissions requirements, standards and policies which Southern
24Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
25generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and

 

 

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1programs. For an employee's child to remain eligible for a
2partial tuition waiver, subject to subsection (c), the
3employee must continue to be employed by an Illinois college
4or university throughout the duration of the child's
5enrollment.
6    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
7subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
8maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
9have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
10as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
11tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
12    (d) (Blank).
13    (e) The Board of Trustees shall prescribe rules and
14regulations as are necessary to implement and administer the
15provisions of this Section.
16(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
17    Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by
18changing Section 5-90 as follows:
 
19    (110 ILCS 660/5-90)
20    Sec. 5-90. Partial tuition waivers.
21    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
22university" means any of the following: the University of
23Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
24University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State

 

 

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1University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
2University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
3University.
4    (b) Each year the Board of Chicago State University shall
5offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
6campus under its governance to the children of employees of an
7Illinois college or university who are employed by an Illinois
8college or university at the time of enrollment have been
9employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or
10university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be
11eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
12employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
13under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
14during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
15and (ii) must qualify for admission to Chicago State
16University under the same admissions requirements, standards
17and policies which Chicago State University applies to
18applicants for admission generally to its respective
19undergraduate colleges and programs. For an employee's child
20to remain eligible for a partial tuition waiver, subject to
21subsection (c), the employee must continue to be employed by
22an Illinois college or university throughout the duration of
23the child's enrollment.
24    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
25subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
26maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may

 

 

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1have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
2as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
3tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
4    (d) (Blank).
5    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
6necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
7Section.
8(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
9    Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended
10by changing Section 10-90 as follows:
 
11    (110 ILCS 665/10-90)
12    Sec. 10-90. Partial tuition waivers.
13    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
14university" means any of the following: the University of
15Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
16University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
17University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
18University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
19University.
20    (b) Each year the Board of Eastern Illinois University
21shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
22any campus under its governance to the children of employees
23of an Illinois college or university who are employed by an
24Illinois college or university at the time of enrollment have

 

 

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1been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college
2or university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To
3be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of
4an employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
5under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
6during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
7and (ii) must qualify for admission to Eastern Illinois
8University under the same admissions requirements, standards
9and policies which Eastern Illinois University applies to
10applicants for admission generally to its respective
11undergraduate colleges and programs. For an employee's child
12to remain eligible for a partial tuition waiver, subject to
13subsection (c), the employee must continue to be employed by
14an Illinois college or university throughout the duration of
15the child's enrollment.
16    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
17subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
18maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
19have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
20as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
21tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
22    (d) (Blank).
23    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
24necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
25Section.
26(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended
2by changing Section 15-90 as follows:
 
3    (110 ILCS 670/15-90)
4    Sec. 15-90. Partial tuition waivers.
5    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
6university" means any of the following: the University of
7Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
8University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
9University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
10University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
11University.
12    (b) Each year the Board of Governors State University
13shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
14any campus under its governance to the children of employees
15of an Illinois college or university who are employed by an
16Illinois college or university at the time of enrollment have
17been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college
18or university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To
19be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of
20an employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
21under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
22during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
23and (ii) must qualify for admission to Governors State
24University under the same admissions requirements, standards

 

 

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1and policies which Governors State University applies to
2applicants for admission generally to its respective
3undergraduate colleges and programs. For an employee's child
4to remain eligible for a partial tuition waiver, subject to
5subsection (c), the employee must to be employed by an
6Illinois college or university throughout the duration of the
7child's enrollment.
8    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
9subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
10maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
11have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
12as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
13tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
14    (d) (Blank).
15    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
16necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
17Section.
18(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
19    Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended
20by 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
24university" means any of the following: the University of

 

 

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1Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
2University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
3University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
4University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
5University.
6    (b) Each year the Board of Illinois State University shall
7offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at any
8campus under its governance to the children of employees of an
9Illinois college or university who are employed by an Illinois
10college or university at the time of enrollment have been
11employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college or
12university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To be
13eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of an
14employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
15under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
16during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
17and (ii) must qualify for admission to Illinois State
18University under the same admissions requirements, standards
19and policies which Illinois State University applies to
20applicants for admission generally to its respective
21undergraduate colleges and programs. For an employee's child
22to remain eligible for a partial tuition waiver, subject to
23subsection (c), the employee must continue to be employed by
24an Illinois college or university throughout the duration of
25the child's enrollment.
26    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of

 

 

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1subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
2maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
3have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
4as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
5tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
6    (d) (Blank).
7    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
8necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
9Section.
10(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
11    Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
12amended by changing Section 25-90 as follows:
 
13    (110 ILCS 680/25-90)
14    Sec. 25-90. Partial tuition waivers.
15    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
16university" means any of the following: the University of
17Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
18University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
19University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
20University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
21University.
22    (b) Each year the Board of Northeastern Illinois
23University shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate
24education at any campus under its governance to the children

 

 

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1of employees of an Illinois college or university who are
2employed by an Illinois college or university at the time of
3enrollment have been employed by any one or by more than one
4Illinois college or university for an aggregate period of at
5least 7 years. To be eligible to receive a partial tuition
6waiver, the child of an employee of an Illinois college or
7university (i) must be under the age of 25 at the commencement
8of the academic year during which the partial tuition waiver
9is to be effective, and (ii) must qualify for admission to
10Northeastern Illinois University under the same admissions
11requirements, standards and policies which Northeastern
12Illinois University applies to applicants for admission
13generally to its respective undergraduate colleges and
14programs. For an employee's child to remain eligible for a
15partial tuition waiver, subject to subsection (c), the
16employee must continue to be employed by an Illinois college
17or university throughout the duration of the child's
18enrollment.
19    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
20subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
21maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
22have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
23as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
24tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
25    (d) (Blank).
26    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are

 

 

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1necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
2Section.
3(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
4    Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is
5amended by changing Section 30-90 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 685/30-90)
7    Sec. 30-90. Partial tuition waivers.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
9university" means any of the following: the University of
10Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
11University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
12University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
13University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
14University.
15    (b) Each year the Board of Northern Illinois University
16shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
17any campus under its governance to the children of employees
18of an Illinois college or university who are employed by an
19Illinois college or university at the time of enrollment have
20been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college
21or university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To
22be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of
23an employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
24under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year

 

 

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1during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
2and (ii) must qualify for admission to Northern Illinois
3University under the same admissions requirements, standards
4and policies which Northern Illinois University applies to
5applicants for admission generally to its respective
6undergraduate colleges and programs. For an employee's child
7to remain eligible for a partial tuition waiver, subject to
8subsection (c), the employee must continue to be employed by
9an Illinois college or university throughout the duration of
10the child's enrollment.
11    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
12subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
13maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
14have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
15as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
16tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
17    (d) (Blank).
18    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
19necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
20Section.
21(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
22    Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended
23by changing Section 35-90 as follows:
 
24    (110 ILCS 690/35-90)

 

 

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1    Sec. 35-90. Partial tuition waivers.
2    (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or
3university" means any of the following: the University of
4Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
5University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
6University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
7University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
8University.
9    (b) Each year the Board of Western Illinois University
10shall offer 50% tuition waivers for undergraduate education at
11any campus under its governance to the children of employees
12of an Illinois college or university who are employed by an
13Illinois college or university at the time of enrollment have
14been employed by any one or by more than one Illinois college
15or university for an aggregate period of at least 7 years. To
16be eligible to receive a partial tuition waiver, the child of
17an employee of an Illinois college or university (i) must be
18under the age of 25 at the commencement of the academic year
19during which the partial tuition waiver is to be effective,
20and (ii) must qualify for admission to Western Illinois
21University under the same admissions requirements, standards
22and policies which Western Illinois University applies to
23applicants for admission generally to its respective
24undergraduate colleges and programs. For an employee's child
25to remain eligible for a partial tuition waiver, subject to
26subsection (c), the employee must continue to be employed by

 

 

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1an Illinois college or university throughout the duration of
2the child's enrollment.
3    (c) Subject to the provisions and limitations of
4subsection (b), an eligible applicant who has continued to
5maintain satisfactory academic progress toward graduation may
6have his or her partial tuition waiver renewed until the time
7as he or she has expended 4 years of undergraduate partial
8tuition waiver benefits under this Section.
9    (d) (Blank).
10    (e) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations as are
11necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this
12Section.
13(Source: P.A. 100-824, eff. 8-13-18.)