Bill Text: IL HB2512 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, no later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, each public university must submit a report to the Board of Higher Education on the amount of tuition that undergraduate, degree-seeking students attending the university paid in the previous academic year that includes (i) the percentage of undergraduate students who paid more than 75% of full tuition costs, (ii) the percentage of undergraduate students who paid more than 50% but no more than 75% of full tuition costs, (iii) the percentage of undergraduate students who paid more than 25% but no more than 50% of full tuition costs, (iv) the percentage of undergraduate students who paid no more than 25% of full tuition costs, and (v) the percentage of undergraduate students who had no tuition costs. Provides that the tuition costs calculated must reflect the amount of tuition paid by a student after all scholarships, grants, and other financial assistance have been applied to his or her tuition charge and must reflect only the amounts paid by undergraduate, degree-seeking students. Requires the Board of Higher Education to annually compile and submit, as part of its tuition and fee waiver report to the General Assembly, the information received by each public university.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0093 [HB2512 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2512-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
changing Section 9.29 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/9.29)
Sec. 9.29. Tuition and fee waiver report.
(a) The Board of Higher Education shall annually compile
information concerning tuition and fee waivers and tuition and
fee waiver programs that has been provided by the Boards of
Trustees of the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois
University, Governors State University, Illinois State
University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
Illinois University, and Western Illinois University and shall
report its findings and recommendations concerning tuition and
fee waivers and tuition and fee waiver programs to the General
Assembly by filing electronic or paper copies of its report by
December 31 of each year as provided in Section 3.1 of the
General Assembly Organization Act.
(b) No later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter,
each public university must submit a report to the Board of
Higher Education on the amount of tuition that undergraduate,

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degree-seeking students attending the university paid in the
previous academic year that includes all of the following
information:
(1) The percentage of undergraduate students who paid
more than 75% of full tuition costs.
(2) The percentage of undergraduate students who paid
more than 50% but no more than 75% of full tuition costs.
(3) The percentage of undergraduate students who paid
more than 25% but no more than 50% of full tuition costs.
(4) The percentage of undergraduate students who paid
no more than 25% of full tuition costs.
(5) The percentage of undergraduate students who had no
tuition costs.
The tuition costs calculated under this subsection must reflect
the amount of tuition paid by a student after all scholarships,
grants, and other financial assistance have been applied to his
or her tuition charge and must reflect only the amounts paid by
undergraduate, degree-seeking students.
The Board of Higher Education must annually compile and
submit to the General Assembly, as part of the report required
under subsection (a), the information received under this
subsection.
(Source: P.A. 100-167, eff. 1-1-18.)