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(110 ILCS 1010/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 234)
Sec. 4. Period before award. (a) Unless a degree granting institution
was authorized to operate in Illinois, or was in operation, on
August 14, 1961, it shall
not award any earned degree until one year after it has
filed a written notice with and until such institution has received the
authorization and approval of the Board.
Except as permitted under Section 5, no educational organization or
entity shall be authorized to award any degree nor be approved as a
degree granting institution unless it requires an appropriate period of
instruction to be in residence. The notice shall be under oath or affirmation
of the
principal officer of the institution and shall contain: the name and
address of the degree granting institution; the names and addresses of
the president or other administrative head and of each member of the
board of trustees or other governing board; a description of the degree
or degrees to be awarded and the course or courses of study prerequisite
thereto; and such additional information relevant to the purposes of
this Act as the Board may prescribe. An
amendment to the notice shall be under oath or affirmation of the
principal officer of the institution and shall be filed with the Board
prior to the award of any degree not
contained in the original notice or prior amendments thereto. A degree
authorized in an amendment shall not be awarded until one year after the
filing of the amendment with and the authorization of the Board. The
submission of the regular catalog of
the institution shall, if it covers the matters hereinabove mentioned,
be deemed to constitute compliance herewith.
(b) A degree granting institution shall keep the notice which it
shall have filed with the Board current at
all times. For this purpose, it shall report annually, by appropriate
amendment of the notice, any change in any fact previously reported.
(c) The Board shall not approve any
notice or amendment thereto filed pursuant to this Section unless it
finds the facts stated therein to be correct and further finds that such
facts constitute compliance with the requirements of this Act for degree
granting institutions.
(d) The Board may not approve any notice, amendment, or application that has been plagiarized, in part or in whole, and may return any notice, amendment, or application. Additionally, the Board may not approve any notice, amendment, or application that has not been completed in its entirety. Any such uncompleted notice, amendment, or application shall be returned to the degree granting institution. (e) The Board may not approve any proposed degree program unless it is educationally and economically consistent with the educational priorities and needs of this State and meets a need that is not currently met by existing institutions and is supported by clear evidence of need. (Source: P.A. 102-1046, eff. 6-7-22.)
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