96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4984

 

Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Michael K. Smith

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 425/1.1  from Ch. 144, par. 136.1

    Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Changes provisions concerning entities that are not considered to be a private business and vocational school to include (1) any educational institution that maintains accredited status with the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools or other comparable regional accreditation association, (2) any educational institution that maintains accredited status with a national accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and (3) any educational institution that is regulated in whole or in part by the Illinois Board of Higher Education or other comparable out-of-State educational agency. Provides that an exempted institution must file with the Superintendent documentation that demonstrates (instead of an annual financial report to demonstrate) continued compliance by the institution with the requirements on which the exemption is based. Effective July 1, 2010.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Private Business and Vocational Schools Act
5 is amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 425/1.1)   (from Ch. 144, par. 136.1)
7     Sec. 1.1. Exemptions and annual filing.
8     (a) For purposes of this Act, the following shall not be
9 considered to be a private business and vocational school:
10         (1) Any eleemosynary institution.
11         (2) Any religious institution.
12         (3) Any public educational institution exempt from
13     property taxation under the laws of this State.
14         (4) Any in-service course of instruction and subject
15     offered by an employer provided no tuition is charged and
16     such instruction is offered only to employees of such
17     employer.
18         (5) (Blank) Any educational institution (A) which (i)
19     enrolls a majority of its students in degree programs and
20     has maintained an accredited status with the Commission on
21     Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central
22     Association of Colleges and Schools or (ii) on or after the
23     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General

 

 

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1     Assembly enrolls students in one or more bachelor-level
2     programs, enrolls a majority of its students in degree
3     programs, and is accredited by a national accrediting
4     agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of
5     Education and (B) which is regulated by the Illinois Board
6     of Higher Education under the Private College Act or the
7     Academic Degree Act, or which is exempt from such
8     regulation under either of the foregoing Acts solely for
9     the reason that such educational institution was in
10     operation on the effective date of either such Act.
11         (6) Any institution and the franchisees of such
12     institution which offer exclusively a course of
13     instruction in income tax theory or return preparation at a
14     total contract price of no more than $400, provided that
15     the total annual enrollment of such institution for all
16     such courses of instruction exceeds 500 students, and
17     further provided that the total contract price for all
18     instruction offered to a student in any one calendar year
19     does not exceed $400. For each calendar year after 1990,
20     the total contract price shall be adjusted, rounded off to
21     the nearest dollar, by the same percentage as the increase
22     or decrease in the general price level as measured by the
23     consumer price index for all urban consumers for the United
24     States, or its successor index, as defined and officially
25     reported by the United States Department of Labor, or its
26     successor agency. The change in the index shall be that as

 

 

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1     first published by the Department of Labor for the calendar
2     year immediately preceding the year in which the total
3     contract price is calculated.
4         (7) Any educational institution that maintains
5     accredited status with the Commission on Institutions of
6     Higher Education of the North Central Association of
7     Colleges and Schools or other comparable regional
8     accreditation association.
9         (8) Any educational institution that maintains
10     accredited status with a national accrediting agency that
11     is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
12         (9) Any educational institution that is regulated in
13     whole or in part by the Illinois Board of Higher Education
14     or other comparable out-of-State educational agency.
15     (b) An institution exempted under subsection (a) of this
16 Section must file with the Superintendent documentation that
17 demonstrates an annual financial report to demonstrate
18 continued compliance by the institution with the requirements
19 on which the exemption is based.
20 (Source: P.A. 95-126, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
22 2010.