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91_HB2759
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1 AN ACT concerning tuition at public institutions of
2 higher education.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Access to College Education Act.
7 Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act "public
8 institution of higher education" has the meaning ascribed to
9 it in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act, except
10 that it does not include any public community college of this
11 State.
12 Section 10. Access to College Education.
13 Notwithstanding any other law of this State, the governing
14 board of a public institution of higher education shall not
15 increase or authorize an increase in the rate of
16 undergraduate or graduate tuition charged at any campus of a
17 university under its jurisdiction for any period of any
18 academic year that begins on or after the effective date of
19 this Act if that tuition increase exceeds the annual cost of
20 living index as determined by the U.S. Department of
21 Agriculture without approval and a supplemental
22 appropriation, for the amount proposed that exceeds the
23 annual cost of living, by the General Assembly.
24 Section 95. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
25 by changing Section 10 as follows:
26 (110 ILCS 205/10) (from Ch. 144, par. 190)
27 Sec. 10. The Board of Trustees of the University of
28 Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
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1 University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
2 University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
3 University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
4 University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
5 University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
6 University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
7 University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
8 University, and the Illinois Community College Board shall
9 retain all the powers and duties heretofore given and
10 conferred upon them by statute, except insofar as they are
11 limited by the powers and duties delegated to the Board of
12 Higher Education by this Act.
13 Nothing, however, in this Act shall be construed to
14 prevent individual state universities and colleges from
15 establishing higher minimum admission requirements and higher
16 minimum admission requirements may be established for
17 out-of-state students than for Illinois residents. Each
18 public university is subject to the Access to Education Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.