Bill Amendment: IL HB0026 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: HIGHER ED-UNIFORM ADMISSION
Status: 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0448 [HB0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0026-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: HIGHER ED-UNIFORM ADMISSION
Status: 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0448 [HB0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0026-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 26
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 26 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "institution" means, | ||||||
7 | except for the University of Illinois, Illinois State | ||||||
8 | University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
9 | University, and Chicago State University, a public university | ||||||
10 | in this State.
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11 | Section 10. Uniform admission system pilot program. | ||||||
12 | Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each institution | ||||||
13 | shall create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program | ||||||
14 | under this Act to admit first-time freshman students for each | ||||||
15 | semester of the pilot program.
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1 | Section 15. Automatic admission. | ||||||
2 | (a) Each institution shall admit an applicant for general | ||||||
3 | admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if the | ||||||
4 | applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top 10% | ||||||
5 | or was certified to be in the top 10% of the student's high | ||||||
6 | school graduating class in one of the 2 school years preceding | ||||||
7 | the academic year for which the applicant is applying for | ||||||
8 | admission and: | ||||||
9 | (1) the applicant graduated from a public or private | ||||||
10 | high school in this State accredited by a generally | ||||||
11 | recognized accrediting organization or from a high school | ||||||
12 | operated by the United States Department of Defense; | ||||||
13 | (2) the applicant: | ||||||
14 | (A) successfully completed the minimum college | ||||||
15 | preparatory curriculum requirements established by law | ||||||
16 | for admission to the institution; and | ||||||
17 | (B) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment | ||||||
18 | or the SAT college admission assessment composite | ||||||
19 | score and subscores required for admission to the | ||||||
20 | institution to which the applicant applied as well as | ||||||
21 | any composite scores or subscores for colleges within | ||||||
22 | that institution; and | ||||||
23 | (3) if the applicant graduated from a high school | ||||||
24 | operated by the United States Department of Defense, the | ||||||
25 | applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay tuition |
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1 | fees at the rate provided for State residents for the term | ||||||
2 | or semester to which admitted. | ||||||
3 | (b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum | ||||||
4 | requirements prescribed by item (A) of subdivision (2) of | ||||||
5 | subsection (a) of this Section is considered to have satisfied | ||||||
6 | those requirements for the purposes of this Act if the student | ||||||
7 | completed the portion of the college preparatory curriculum | ||||||
8 | that was available to the student but was unable to complete | ||||||
9 | the remainder of the curriculum solely because courses | ||||||
10 | necessary to complete the remainder were unavailable to the | ||||||
11 | student at the appropriate times in the student's high school | ||||||
12 | career as a result of course scheduling, lack of enrollment | ||||||
13 | capacity, or another cause not within the student's control. An | ||||||
14 | institution may require a student's successful completion of | ||||||
15 | such curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with | ||||||
16 | enrollment at the institution. | ||||||
17 | (c) An applicant who graduates in a graduating class of a | ||||||
18 | school, whether public or non-public, that has so few students | ||||||
19 | that class rank does not make a reliable contribution toward | ||||||
20 | assessing the student's college readiness is considered to have | ||||||
21 | satisfied the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section if | ||||||
22 | the student has a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a | ||||||
23 | 4-point scale and has met the requirements of item (A) or (B) | ||||||
24 | of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this Section.
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25 | Section 20. Admission requirements. |
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(a) To qualify for admission under this Act, an applicant | ||||||
2 | must: | ||||||
3 | (1) submit an application before the expiration of any | ||||||
4 | application filing deadline established by the | ||||||
5 | institution; and | ||||||
6 | (2) provide a high school transcript or diploma that | ||||||
7 | satisfies the requirements of subsection (b) of this | ||||||
8 | Section. | ||||||
9 | (b) For purposes of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of | ||||||
10 | this Section, a student's official transcript or diploma must, | ||||||
11 | not later than the end of the student's junior year, indicate: | ||||||
12 | (1) whether the student has satisfied or is on schedule | ||||||
13 | to satisfy the requirements of item (A) of subdivision (2) | ||||||
14 | of subsection (a) of Section 15 of this Act; or | ||||||
15 | (2) if subsection (b) of Section 15 of this Act applies | ||||||
16 | to the student, whether the student has completed the | ||||||
17 | portion of the college preparatory curriculum that was | ||||||
18 | available to the student.
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19 | Section 25. Graduates of nonaccredited private schools. | ||||||
20 | (a) As used in this Section, "nonaccredited secondary | ||||||
21 | education" means a course of study at the secondary school | ||||||
22 | level in a nonaccredited private school setting. | ||||||
23 | (b) Because the State of Illinois considers successful | ||||||
24 | completion of a nonaccredited secondary education to be | ||||||
25 | equivalent to graduation from a public high school, an |
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1 | institution, in complying with this Act and for all other | ||||||
2 | purposes, must treat an applicant for admission to the | ||||||
3 | institution as an undergraduate student who presents evidence | ||||||
4 | that he or she has successfully completed a nonaccredited | ||||||
5 | secondary education according to the same general standards, | ||||||
6 | including specific standardized testing score requirements, as | ||||||
7 | other applicants for undergraduate admission who have | ||||||
8 | graduated from a public high school. | ||||||
9 | (c) An institution may not require an applicant for | ||||||
10 | admission to the institution as an undergraduate student who | ||||||
11 | presents evidence that he or she has successfully completed a | ||||||
12 | nonaccredited secondary education to: | ||||||
13 | (1) obtain or submit evidence that the person has | ||||||
14 | obtained a general educational development certificate, | ||||||
15 | certificate of high school equivalency, or other | ||||||
16 | credentials equivalent to a public high school degree; ?or | ||||||
17 | (2) take an examination or comply with any other | ||||||
18 | application or admission requirement not generally | ||||||
19 | applicable to other applicants for undergraduate admission | ||||||
20 | to the institution. | ||||||
21 | (d) In complying with this Act or otherwise, when an | ||||||
22 | institution in its undergraduate admission review process | ||||||
23 | sorts or is required to sort applicants by high school | ||||||
24 | graduating class rank, the institution shall place any | ||||||
25 | applicant who presents evidence that the applicant has | ||||||
26 | successfully completed a nonaccredited secondary education |
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1 | that does not include a high school graduating class ranking at | ||||||
2 | the average high school graduating class rank of undergraduate | ||||||
3 | applicants to the institution who have equivalent standardized | ||||||
4 | testing scores as the applicant. | ||||||
5 | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with | ||||||
6 | respect to admission into the institution or any program within | ||||||
7 | the institution, with respect to scholarship programs, and with | ||||||
8 | respect to other terms and conditions, and in complying with | ||||||
9 | this Act, an institution may not treat an applicant who has | ||||||
10 | successfully completed a nonaccredited secondary education | ||||||
11 | that does not include a high school graduating class ranking | ||||||
12 | differently than an applicant who graduated from an accredited | ||||||
13 | public school.
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14 | Section 30. Admission for child of fallen police officer, | ||||||
15 | firefighter, or Department of Corrections employee. Each | ||||||
16 | institution shall admit an applicant for admission to the | ||||||
17 | institution as an undergraduate student if the applicant: | ||||||
18 | (1) is the child of a police officer or firefighter | ||||||
19 | employed by or in the voluntary service of this State or | ||||||
20 | any local public entity in this State who was killed or | ||||||
21 | sustained a fatal injury in the line of duty or is the | ||||||
22 | child of an employee of the Department of Corrections who | ||||||
23 | was assigned to a security position with the Department | ||||||
24 | with responsibility for inmates of a correctional | ||||||
25 | institution under the jurisdiction of the Department and |
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1 | who was killed or sustained a fatal injury in the line of | ||||||
2 | duty; | ||||||
3 | (2) meets the minimum requirements, if any, | ||||||
4 | established for purposes of this Section by the governing | ||||||
5 | board of the institution for high school or prior | ||||||
6 | college-level grade point average and performance on | ||||||
7 | standardized tests; and | ||||||
8 | (3) satisfies the ACT college admission assessment or | ||||||
9 | the SAT college admission assessment composite score and | ||||||
10 | subscores required for admission to the institution to | ||||||
11 | which the applicant applied as well as any composite scores | ||||||
12 | or subscores for colleges within that institution.
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13 | Section 35. Additional preparation for college. After | ||||||
14 | admitting an applicant under this Act, the institution shall | ||||||
15 | review the applicant's record and any other factor the | ||||||
16 | institution considers appropriate to determine whether the | ||||||
17 | applicant may require additional preparation for college-level | ||||||
18 | work or would benefit from inclusion in a retention program. | ||||||
19 | The institution may require a student so identified to enroll | ||||||
20 | during the summer immediately after the student is admitted | ||||||
21 | under this Act to participate in appropriate enrichment courses | ||||||
22 | and orientation programs. This Act does not prohibit a student | ||||||
23 | who is not determined to need additional preparation for | ||||||
24 | college-level work from enrolling, if the student chooses, | ||||||
25 | during the summer immediately after the student is admitted |
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1 | under this Act.
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2 | Section 40. Student outreach program. The Illinois Student | ||||||
3 | Assistance Commission, by rule, shall develop and implement a | ||||||
4 | program to increase and enhance the efforts of institutions in | ||||||
5 | conducting outreach to academically high-performing high | ||||||
6 | school seniors in this State who are likely to be eligible for | ||||||
7 | automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act to provide to | ||||||
8 | those students information and counseling regarding the | ||||||
9 | operation of this Act and other opportunities, including | ||||||
10 | financial assistance, available to those students for success | ||||||
11 | at institutions. Under the program, the Commission, after | ||||||
12 | gathering information and recommendations from available | ||||||
13 | sources and examining current outreach practices by | ||||||
14 | institutions of higher education in this State and in other | ||||||
15 | states, shall prescribe best practice guidelines and standards | ||||||
16 | to be used by institutions in conducting the student outreach | ||||||
17 | described by this Section.
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18 | Section 45. Fall or summer enrollment. An institution that | ||||||
19 | admits, under this Act, an applicant qualified for automatic | ||||||
20 | admission under Section 15 of this Act may admit the applicant | ||||||
21 | for either the fall semester of the academic year for which the | ||||||
22 | applicant applies or for the summer session preceding that fall | ||||||
23 | semester, as determined by the institution.
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1 | Section 50. Admissions denial; reference to Act. If an | ||||||
2 | institution denies admission to an applicant for an academic | ||||||
3 | year, then, in any letter or other communication the | ||||||
4 | institution provides to the applicant notifying the applicant | ||||||
5 | of that denial, the institution may not reference the | ||||||
6 | provisions of this Act, including using a description of a | ||||||
7 | provision of this Act such as "the top 10% automatic admissions | ||||||
8 | law", as a reason the institution is unable to offer admission | ||||||
9 | to the applicant, unless the number of applicants for admission | ||||||
10 | to the institution for that academic year who qualify for | ||||||
11 | automatic admission under Section 15 of this Act is sufficient | ||||||
12 | to fill 100% of the institution's enrollment capacity | ||||||
13 | designated for first-time resident undergraduate students.
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14 | Section 90. Rules. The Board of Higher Education and the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission may adopt any rules | ||||||
16 | necessary to implement this Act.
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17 | Section 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2025.".
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