102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0796

 

Introduced 2/10/2021, by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 118/5
110 ILCS 118/10
110 ILCS 118/15
110 ILCS 118/50
110 ILCS 118/95

    Amends the Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, requires the University of Illinois to create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under the Act to admit first-time freshman students for each semester of the pilot program; makes corresponding changes. Provides that if an institution requires a student's successful completion of certain curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with enrollment at the institution, then the institution shall identify and connect the student to a community college that offers the required curriculum and that has an articulation agreement with the institution or the institution shall offer the required curriculum through online instruction to the student. Provides that for purposes of determining enrollment capacity, priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must be given to applicants who are residents of this State and admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled exclusively by students who are State residents.


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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 Public University Uniform Admission Pilot
5Program Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 50, and
695 as follows:
 
7    (110 ILCS 118/5)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
9    Sec. 5. Definition. In this Act, "institution" means,
10except for the University of Illinois, Illinois State
11University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois
12University, and Chicago State University, a public university
13in this State.
14(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
15    (110 ILCS 118/10)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
17    Sec. 10. Uniform admission system pilot program.
18    (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each
19institution, except for the University of Illinois, shall
20create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under
21this Act to admit first-time freshman students for each
22semester of the pilot program.

 

 

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1    (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, the
2University of Illinois shall create a 4-year uniform admission
3system pilot program under this Act to admit first-time
4freshman students for each semester of the pilot program.
5(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
6    (110 ILCS 118/15)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
8    Sec. 15. Automatic admission.
9    (a) Each institution shall admit an applicant for general
10admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if
11the applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top
1210% or was certified to be in the top 10% of the student's high
13school graduating class in one of the 2 school years preceding
14the academic year for which the applicant is applying for
15admission and:
16        (1) the applicant graduated from a public or private
17    high school in this State accredited by a generally
18    recognized accrediting organization or from a high school
19    operated by the United States Department of Defense;
20        (2) the applicant:
21            (A) successfully completed the minimum college
22        preparatory curriculum requirements established by law
23        for admission to the institution; and
24            (B) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment
25        or the SAT college admission assessment composite

 

 

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1        score and subscores required for admission to the
2        institution to which the applicant applied as well as
3        any composite scores or subscores for colleges within
4        that institution; and
5        (3) if the applicant graduated from a high school
6    operated by the United States Department of Defense, the
7    applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay
8    tuition fees at the rate provided for State residents for
9    the term or semester to which admitted.
10    (b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum
11requirements prescribed by item (A) of subdivision (2) of
12subsection (a) of this Section is considered to have satisfied
13those requirements for the purposes of this Act if the student
14completed the portion of the college preparatory curriculum
15that was available to the student but was unable to complete
16the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses
17necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the
18student at the appropriate times in the student's high school
19career as a result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment
20capacity, or another cause not within the student's control.
21An institution may require a student's successful completion
22of such curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with
23enrollment at the institution. If the institution does so, the
24institution shall identify and connect the student to a
25community college that offers the required curriculum and that
26has an articulation agreement with the institution or the

 

 

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1institution shall offer the required curriculum through online
2instruction to the student.
3    (c) An applicant who graduates in a graduating class of a
4school, whether public or non-public, that has so few students
5that class rank does not make a reliable contribution toward
6assessing the student's college readiness is considered to
7have satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) of this
8Section if the student has a grade point average of 3.5 or
9higher on a 4-point scale and has met the requirements of items
10(A) and (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this
11Section.
12(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
13    (110 ILCS 118/50)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
15    Sec. 50. Admissions denial; reference to Act.
16    (a) If an institution denies admission to an applicant for
17an academic year, then, in any letter or other communication
18the institution provides to the applicant notifying the
19applicant of that denial, the institution may not reference
20the provisions of this Act, including using a description of a
21provision of this Act such as "the top 10% automatic
22admissions law", as a reason the institution is unable to
23offer admission to the applicant, unless the number of
24applicants for admission to the institution for that academic
25year who qualify for automatic admission under Section 15 of

 

 

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1this Act is sufficient to fill 100% of the institution's
2enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident
3undergraduate students.
4    (b) For purposes of determining enrollment capacity,
5priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must
6be given to applicants who are residents of this State.
7Admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant
8who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment
9capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled
10exclusively by students who are State residents.
11(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
12    (110 ILCS 118/95)
13    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
14    Sec. 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2027 2025.
15(Source: P.A. 101-448, eff. 1-1-20.)