Full Text of HB3218 102nd General Assembly
HB3218ham002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Nicholas K. Smith Filed: 4/9/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3218
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3218 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Admissions.
| 8 | | (a) (Blank).
| 9 | | (b) No In addition, commencing in the fall of 1993, no new | 10 | | student shall
then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in | 11 | | any of the departments or
colleges of the University unless | 12 | | such student also has satisfactorily
completed:
| 13 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 14 | | the following
5 categories:
| 15 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 16 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
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| 1 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 2 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 3 | | and government);
| 4 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 5 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 6 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 7 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 8 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 9 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 10 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 11 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 12 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 13 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 14 | | applicants if the
institution determines through | 15 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 16 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 17 | | technical vocational education
courses and courses taken | 18 | | in a charter school established under Article 27A
of the | 19 | | School Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and | 20 | | skills
substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and | 21 | | skills expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 22 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of the
| 23 | | University of Illinois shall not discriminate in the | 24 | | University's admissions
process against an applicant for | 25 | | admission because of the applicant's
enrollment
in a | 26 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the School |
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| 1 | | Code.
Institutions
may also admit 1)
applicants who did | 2 | | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
| 3 | | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | 4 | | educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to | 5 | | the formal organized special assistance
programs that are | 6 | | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
| 7 | | either case, the institution incorporates in the | 8 | | applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other | 9 | | academic activities that compensate for course
| 10 | | deficiencies; and
| 11 | | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | 12 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 13 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 14 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 15 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 16 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 17 | | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 18 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 19 | | coursework required by
subsection (b).
| 20 | | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 21 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 22 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 23 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 24 | | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | 25 | | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted | 26 | | to submit an application for admission to the University as a |
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| 1 | | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | 2 | | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | 3 | | University may request that the Department of Veterans' | 4 | | Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably | 5 | | discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall | 6 | | semester. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.) | 8 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 9 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
| 10 | | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
| 11 | | Sec. 8e. Admissions.
| 12 | | (a) No Commencing in the fall of 1993, no new student shall
| 13 | | then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in any of the | 14 | | departments or
colleges of the University unless such student | 15 | | also has satisfactorily
completed:
| 16 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 17 | | the following
5 categories:
| 18 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 19 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 20 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 21 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 22 | | and government);
| 23 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 24 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
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| 1 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 2 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 3 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 4 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 5 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 6 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 7 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 8 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 9 | | applicants if the
institution determines through | 10 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 11 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 12 | | technical vocational education
courses and courses taken | 13 | | in a charter school established under Article 27A
of the | 14 | | School Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and | 15 | | skills
substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and | 16 | | skills expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 17 | | required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern
| 18 | | Illinois University shall not discriminate in the | 19 | | University's
admissions process against an applicant for | 20 | | admission because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a | 21 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the
School | 22 | | Code. Institutions may also admit 1)
applicants who did | 23 | | not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college
| 24 | | preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) | 25 | | educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to | 26 | | the formal organized special assistance
programs that are |
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| 1 | | tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in
| 2 | | either case, the institution incorporates in the | 3 | | applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other | 4 | | academic activities that compensate for course
| 5 | | deficiencies; and
| 6 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 7 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 8 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 9 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 10 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 11 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 12 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 13 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 14 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 15 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 16 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 17 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 18 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 19 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 20 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 21 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 22 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 23 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 24 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 25 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 26 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 2 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 3 | | changing Section 5-85 as follows:
| 4 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
| 5 | | Sec. 5-85. Admissions.
| 6 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 7 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Chicago State University | 8 | | unless such student also has
satisfactorily completed:
| 9 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 10 | | the following
5 categories:
| 11 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 12 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 13 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 14 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 15 | | and government);
| 16 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 17 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 18 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 19 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 20 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 21 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 22 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 23 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 24 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
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| 1 | | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | 2 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 3 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 4 | | coursework taken, including career and technical | 5 | | vocational education
courses and courses taken in a | 6 | | charter school established under Article 27A
of the School | 7 | | Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
| 8 | | substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 9 | | expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 10 | | required for admission.
The Board of Trustees of Chicago | 11 | | State University
shall not discriminate in the | 12 | | University's
admissions process against an applicant for | 13 | | admission because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a | 14 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the
School | 15 | | Code.
Chicago State University may also admit
(i)
| 16 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 17 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 18 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are | 19 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 20 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 21 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 22 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 23 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 24 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 25 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 26 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
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| 1 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 2 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 3 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 4 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 5 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 6 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 7 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 8 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 9 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 10 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 11 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 12 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 13 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 14 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 15 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 16 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 17 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 18 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 19 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 21 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 22 | | by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
| 23 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
| 24 | | Sec. 10-85. Admissions.
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| 1 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 2 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Eastern Illinois | 3 | | University unless such student also has
satisfactorily | 4 | | completed:
| 5 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 6 | | the following
5 categories:
| 7 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 8 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 9 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 10 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 11 | | and government);
| 12 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 13 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 14 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 15 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 16 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 17 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 18 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 19 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 20 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 21 | | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | 22 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 23 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 24 | | coursework taken, including career and technical | 25 | | vocational education
courses and courses taken in a | 26 | | charter school established under Article 27A
of the School |
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| 1 | | Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
| 2 | | substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 3 | | expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 4 | | required for admission.
The Board of Trustees of Eastern | 5 | | Illinois University
shall not discriminate in the | 6 | | University's
admissions process against an applicant for | 7 | | admission because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a | 8 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the
School | 9 | | Code.
Eastern Illinois University may also
admit (i)
| 10 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 11 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 12 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are | 13 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 14 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 15 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 16 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 17 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 18 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 19 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 20 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 21 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 22 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 23 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 24 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 25 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 26 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
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| 1 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 2 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 3 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 4 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 5 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 6 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 7 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 8 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 9 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 10 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 11 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 12 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 13 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 15 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 16 | | by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
| 17 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
| 18 | | Sec. 15-85. Admissions.
| 19 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 20 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Governors State | 21 | | University unless such student also has
satisfactorily | 22 | | completed:
| 23 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 24 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 1 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 2 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 3 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 4 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 5 | | and government);
| 6 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 7 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 8 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 9 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 10 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 11 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 12 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 13 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 14 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 15 | | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | 16 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 17 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 18 | | coursework taken, including career and technical | 19 | | vocational education
courses and courses taken in a | 20 | | charter school established under Article 27A
of the School | 21 | | Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
| 22 | | substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 23 | | expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 24 | | required for admission.
The Board of Trustees of Governors | 25 | | State University
shall not discriminate in the | 26 | | University's
admissions process against an applicant for |
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| 1 | | admission because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a | 2 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the
School | 3 | | Code.
Governors State University may also
admit (i)
| 4 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 5 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 6 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are | 7 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 8 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 9 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 10 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 11 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 12 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 13 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 14 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 15 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 16 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 17 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 18 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 19 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 20 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 21 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 22 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 23 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 24 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 25 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 26 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
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| 1 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 2 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 3 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 4 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 5 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 6 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 7 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 9 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 10 | | by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
| 11 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
| 12 | | Sec. 20-85. Admissions.
| 13 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 14 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Illinois State | 15 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 16 | | completed:
| 17 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 18 | | the following
5 categories:
| 19 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 20 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 21 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 22 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 23 | | and government);
| 24 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
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| 1 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 2 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 3 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 4 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 5 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 6 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 7 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 8 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 9 | | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | 10 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 11 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 12 | | coursework taken, including career and technical | 13 | | vocational education
courses and courses taken in a | 14 | | charter school established under Article 27A
of the School | 15 | | Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
| 16 | | substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 17 | | expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 18 | | required for admission.
The Board of Trustees of Illinois | 19 | | State University
shall not discriminate in the | 20 | | University's
admissions process against an applicant for | 21 | | admission because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a | 22 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the
School | 23 | | Code.
Illinois State University may also
admit (i)
| 24 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 25 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 26 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are |
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| 1 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 2 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 3 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 4 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 5 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 6 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 7 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 8 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 9 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 10 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 11 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 12 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 13 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 14 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 15 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 16 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 17 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 18 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 19 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 20 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 21 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 22 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 23 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 24 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 25 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 26 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
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| 1 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 3 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 4 | | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
| 5 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
| 6 | | Sec. 25-85. Admissions.
| 7 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 8 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | 9 | | University unless such
student also has satisfactorily | 10 | | completed:
| 11 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 12 | | the following
5 categories:
| 13 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 14 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 15 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 16 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 17 | | and government);
| 18 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 19 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 20 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 21 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 22 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 23 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 24 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
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| 1 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 2 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 3 | | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | 4 | | admit individual
applicants
if it determines through | 5 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 6 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and | 7 | | technical vocational education
courses and courses taken | 8 | | in a charter school established under Article 27A
of the | 9 | | School Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and | 10 | | skills
substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and | 11 | | skills expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 12 | | required for admission.
The Board of Trustees of | 13 | | Northeastern Illinois University
shall not discriminate in | 14 | | the University's admissions process against an
applicant | 15 | | for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a | 16 | | charter
school established under Article 27A of the School | 17 | | Code. Northeastern Illinois
University may also admit (i) | 18 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to
complete the | 19 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 20 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are | 21 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 22 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 23 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 24 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 25 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 26 | | course
deficiencies; and
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| 1 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 2 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 3 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 4 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 5 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 6 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 7 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 8 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 9 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 10 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 11 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 12 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 13 | | test as a prerequisite
to admission.
| 14 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 15 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 16 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 17 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 18 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 19 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 20 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 21 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 23 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 24 | | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
| 2 | | Sec. 30-85. Admissions.
| 3 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 4 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | 5 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 6 | | completed:
| 7 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 8 | | the following
5 categories:
| 9 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 10 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 11 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 12 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 13 | | and government);
| 14 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 15 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 16 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 17 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 18 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 19 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 20 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 21 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 22 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 23 | | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | 24 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 25 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 26 | | coursework taken, including career and technical |
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| 1 | | vocational education
courses and courses taken in a | 2 | | charter school established under Article 27A
of the School | 3 | | Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
| 4 | | substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 5 | | expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 6 | | required for admission.
The Board of Trustees of Northern | 7 | | Illinois University
shall not discriminate in the | 8 | | University's
admissions process against an applicant for | 9 | | admission because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a | 10 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the
School | 11 | | Code.
Northern Illinois University may also admit (i)
| 12 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 13 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 14 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are | 15 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 16 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 17 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 18 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 19 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 20 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 21 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 22 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 23 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 24 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 25 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 26 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| 1 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 2 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 3 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 4 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 5 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 6 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 7 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 8 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 9 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 10 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 11 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 12 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 13 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 14 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 15 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 17 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 18 | | by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
| 19 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
| 20 | | Sec. 35-85. Admissions.
| 21 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 22 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | 23 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 24 | | completed:
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| 1 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 2 | | the following
5 categories:
| 3 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 4 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 5 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 6 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 7 | | and government);
| 8 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 9 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 10 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 11 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 12 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 13 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 14 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 15 | | Language), music, career and technical vocational
| 16 | | education , agricultural education, or art;
| 17 | | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | 18 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 19 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 20 | | coursework taken, including career and technical | 21 | | vocational education
courses and courses taken in a | 22 | | charter school established under Article 27A
of the School | 23 | | Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
| 24 | | substantially
equivalent to the knowledge and skills | 25 | | expected to be acquired in the high
school courses | 26 | | required for admission.
The Board of Trustees of Western |
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| 1 | | Illinois University
shall not discriminate in the | 2 | | University's
admissions process against an applicant for | 3 | | admission because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a | 4 | | charter school established under Article 27A of the
School | 5 | | Code.
Western Illinois University may also
admit (i)
| 6 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the | 7 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 8 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are | 9 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 10 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 11 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 12 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 13 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 14 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 15 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 16 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 17 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 18 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 19 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 20 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 21 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 22 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 23 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 24 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 25 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 26 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
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| 1 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 2 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 3 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 4 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 5 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 6 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 7 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 8 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 9 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)".
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