97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0015

 

Introduced 1/12/2011, by Rep. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 805/6-2  from Ch. 122, par. 106-2

    Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes changes in a Section requiring a community college district to pay the tuition of a student attending a community college outside of the district. With respect to the maximum amount of tuition that may be charged, provides that the provision setting forth how the per capita cost of a community college must be computed does not apply from the effective date of the amendatory Act until 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Community College Act is amended by
5changing Section 6-2 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 805/6-2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 106-2)
7    Sec. 6-2. Any graduate of a recognized high school or
8student otherwise qualified to attend a public community
9college and residing outside a community college district who
10notifies the board of education of his district may, subject to
11Section 3-17, attend any recognized public community college in
12the State which he chooses, and the board of education of that
13district shall pay his tuition, as defined herein, for any
14semester, quarter or term of that academic year and the
15following summer term from the educational fund or the proceeds
16of a levy made under Section 6-1. In addition, any graduate of
17a recognized high school or student otherwise qualified to
18attend a public community college and residing in a new
19community college district formed pursuant to Section 6-6.1 who
20notifies the board of education of his district may, subject to
21the provisions of Section 3-17, attend any recognized public
22community college in the State, and the board of education of
23that district shall pay his tuition until January 1, 1991. If a

 

 

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1resident is not eligible for tuition for a summer term because
2he did not notify his board of education by the previous
3September 15, he may become eligible for that tuition for a
4summer term by giving notice to the board of education by May
515 preceding his enrollment for the summer term. Such tuition
6may not exceed the per capita cost of the community college
7attended for the previous year, or in the case of the first
8year of operation the estimated per capita cost, less certain
9deductions to be computed in the manner set forth below. Until
10the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
11Assembly and beginning again 3 years after the effective date
12of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the The
13community college per capita cost shall be computed, in a
14manner consistent with any accounting system prescribed by the
15State Board, by adding all of the non-capital expenditures,
16including interest, to the depreciation on capital outlay
17expenditures paid from sources other than State and Federal
18funds and then dividing by the number of full-time equivalent
19students for the fiscal year as defined in this Section. The
20community college tuition to be charged to the district of the
21student's residence shall be computed, in a manner consistent
22with any accounting system prescribed by the State Board, by
23adding all of the non-capital expenditures for the previous
24year, including interest, to the depreciation on capital outlay
25expenditures paid from sources other than State and Federal
26funds less any payments toward non-capital expenditures

 

 

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1received from State and Federal sources for the previous year
2except grants through the State Board, as authorized in Section
32-16 or 2-16.02, as the case may be, and then dividing by the
4number of full-time equivalent students for that fiscal year as
5defined in this Section; this average per student computation
6shall be converted to a semester hour or quarter hour base and
7further reduced by the combined rate of State grants other than
8equalization grants for the current year as provided for in
9Section 2-16.02 and any rate of tuition and fees assessed all
10students for the current year as authorized in Section 6-4.
11    Any person who has notified the board of education of his
12or her district as provided above and who is a resident of that
13district at the time of such notification shall have his or her
14tuition paid by that district for that academic year and the
15following summer term so long as he or she resides in Illinois
16outside a community college district. If he or she becomes a
17resident of a community college district, he or she shall be
18classified as a resident of that district at the beginning of
19any semester, quarter or term following that change of
20residence.
21    If a resident of a community college district wishes to
22attend the community college maintained by the district of his
23or her residence but the program in which the student wishes to
24enroll is not offered by that community college, and the
25community college maintained by the district of his residence
26does not have a contractual agreement under Section 3-40 of

 

 

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1this Act for such program, the student may attend any
2recognized public community college in some other district,
3subject to the provisions of Section 3-17, and have his or her
4tuition, as defined herein, paid by the community college
5district of his or her residence while enrolled in a program at
6that college which is not offered by his or her home community
7college if he or she makes application to his or her home board
8at least 30 days prior to the beginning of any semester,
9quarter or term in accordance with rules, regulations and
10procedures established and published by his or her home board.
11The payment of tuition by his or her district of residence may
12not exceed the per capita cost of the community college
13attended for the previous year, or in the case of the first
14year of operation the estimated per capita cost, less certain
15deductions to be computed in the manner set forth above for the
16community college tuition to be charged to the district of the
17student's residence.
18    Payment shall be made hereunder to the community college
19district of attendance immediately upon receipt, by the
20district liable for the payment, of a statement from that
21community college district of the amount due it. Before sending
22such a statement requesting payment, however, the community
23college district of attendance shall make all calculations and
24deductions required under this Section so that the amount
25requested for payment is the exact amount required under this
26Section to be paid by the district liable for payment.

 

 

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1    If the moneys in the educational fund or the proceeds from
2a levy made under Section 6-1 of a district liable for payments
3under this Section are insufficient to meet such payments, the
4district liable for such payments may issue tax anticipation
5warrants as provided in Section 3-20.10.
6    A full-time equivalent student for a semester, quarter or
7term is defined as a student doing 15 semester hours of work
8per semester or 15 quarter hours of work per quarter or the
9equivalent thereof, and the number of full-time equivalent
10students enrolled per term shall be determined by dividing by
1115 the total number of semester hours or quarter hours of work
12for which State Board grants are received, or the equivalent
13thereof, carried by all students of the college through the
14mid-term of each semester, quarter or term. The number of
15full-time equivalent students for a fiscal year shall be
16computed by adding the total number of semester hours or
17quarter hours of work or the equivalent thereof carried by all
18students of the college through the mid-term of each semester,
19quarter or term during that fiscal year and dividing that sum
20by 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours or the equivalent
21thereof depending upon the credit hour system utilized by the
22college. Tuition of students carrying more or less than 15
23semester hours of work per semester or 15 quarter hours of work
24per quarter or the equivalent thereof shall be computed in the
25proportion which the number of hours so carried bears to 15
26semester hours or 15 quarter hours or the equivalent thereof.

 

 

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1    If the United States Government, the State of Illinois, or
2any agency pays tuition for any community college student,
3neither the district of residence of the student nor the
4student may be required to pay that tuition or such part
5thereof as is otherwise paid. No part of the State's financial
6responsibility provided for in Section 2-16 may be transferred
7to a student's district of residence under this Section.
8(Source: P.A. 86-469; 86-1246; 87-1018.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.