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| Public Act 097-0290 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 3. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 8 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 188)
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Sec. 8.
The Board of Trustees of the University of | ||||
Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois | ||||
University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | ||||
the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board | ||||
of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | ||||
Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of | ||||
Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | ||||
Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | ||||
Illinois University, and
the Illinois Community College Board | ||||
shall submit to the Board not later
than the 15th day of | ||||
November of each year its budget proposals for the
operation | ||||
and capital needs of the institutions under its governance or
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supervision for the ensuing fiscal year. Each budget proposal | ||||
shall conform
to the procedures developed by the Board in the | ||||
design of an information
system for State universities and | ||||
colleges.
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In order to maintain a cohesive system of higher education, | ||||
the Board and
its staff shall communicate on a regular basis | ||
with all public university
presidents. They shall meet at least | ||
semiannually to achieve economies of
scale where possible and | ||
provide the most innovative and efficient programs and
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services.
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The Board, in the analysis of formulating the annual budget | ||
request,
shall consider rates of tuition and fees and | ||
undergraduate tuition and fee waiver programs at the state | ||
universities and
colleges. The Board shall also consider the | ||
current and projected
utilization of the total physical plant | ||
of each campus of a university or
college in approving the | ||
capital budget for any new building or facility.
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The Board of Higher Education shall submit to the Governor, | ||
to the
General Assembly, and to the appropriate budget agencies | ||
of the Governor
and General Assembly its analysis and | ||
recommendations on such budget
proposals.
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Each state supported institution within the application of | ||
this Act must
submit its plan for capital improvements of | ||
non-instructional facilities to
the Board for approval before | ||
final commitments are made. Non-instructional
uses shall | ||
include but not be limited to dormitories, union buildings,
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field houses, stadium, other recreational facilities and | ||
parking lots. The
Board shall determine whether or not any | ||
project submitted for approval is
consistent with the master | ||
plan for higher education and with instructional
buildings that | ||
are provided for therein. If the project is found by a
majority | ||
of the Board not to be consistent, such capital improvement | ||
shall
not be constructed.
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(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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Section 5. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | ||
by adding Section 10-92 as follows: | ||
(110 ILCS 665/10-92 new) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2019) | ||
Sec. 10-92. Tuition waiver limitation pilot program. | ||
(a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | ||
findings: | ||
(1) Both access and affordability are important points | ||
in the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career | ||
Success. | ||
(2) This State is in the top quartile with respect to | ||
the percentage of family income needed to pay for college. | ||
(3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase, | ||
versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college | ||
attendance decreases. | ||
(4) There is further research indicating socioeconomic | ||
status may affect the willingness of students to use loans | ||
to attend college. | ||
(5) Strategic use of tuition waivers will decrease the | ||
amount of loans that students must use to pay for tuition. | ||
(6) A modest, individually tailored tuition waiver can | ||
make the difference in choosing to attend college and would | ||
enhance college access for low (up to 150% of the federal | ||
poverty level) and middle income (151% to 300% of the | ||
federal poverty level) families. | ||
(7) Even if the federally calculated financial need for | ||
college attendance is met, the federally determined | ||
Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting | ||
amount. | ||
(8) This State is the second largest exporter of | ||
students in the country. | ||
(9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State. | ||
State universities in other states have adopted pricing and | ||
incentives that make college expenses for residents of this | ||
State less than in this State. | ||
(10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of | ||
Illinois students to institutions in other states, | ||
assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly | ||
trained workforce. | ||
(11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, this | ||
State can bring out-of-state students to this State. | ||
(12) The pilot program established under this Section | ||
will allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for | ||
highly qualified students who may reside in other states by | ||
mitigating the effect of cost differences. | ||
(13) Modest tuition waivers, individually targeted and | ||
tailored, result in enhanced revenue for university | ||
programs. | ||
(14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's | ||
capacity to strategically use tuition waivers, the | ||
University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition | ||
revenue by increasing enrollment yields. | ||
(15) The Board of Higher Education's current | ||
institutional tuition waiver limitation is 3% of total | ||
available undergraduate tuition revenue. | ||
(b) The Board shall establish a pilot program to increase | ||
the Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver | ||
limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase | ||
access to college and make college more affordable for | ||
undergraduate students. Under the pilot program, the | ||
institutional tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2 | ||
percentage points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage | ||
points in the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in | ||
the 2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the | ||
2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition | ||
waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot | ||
program. | ||
(c) The pilot program shall require that students who | ||
receive a tuition waiver under the pilot program be accepted to | ||
the university through normal admissions standards and | ||
processes. Individual tuition waivers granted under the pilot | ||
program must not exceed $2,500 per academic year. The pilot | ||
program shall provide a maximum of one waiver per academic year | ||
for a maximum of 4 years to each student in the pilot program | ||
who maintains satisfactory academic progress. The pilot | ||
program shall be terminated after the 2015-2016 academic year, | ||
with no new students receiving waivers. However, | ||
notwithstanding the Board of Higher Education's institutional | ||
tuition waiver limitation, existing students receiving waivers | ||
under the pilot program are eligible to maintain those waivers, | ||
with satisfactory academic progress, under the 4-year | ||
limitation, after the 2015-2016 academic year due to | ||
maintenance of effort within their 4-year window. Sunset dates | ||
for waiver support shall be based upon the first academic year | ||
in which a student receives a waiver. The sunset dates are as | ||
follows for each annual cohort of pilot program participants: | ||
(1) Cohort 1: the beginning year is 2012-2013 and the | ||
terminal year is 2015-2016. | ||
(2) Cohort 2: the beginning year is 2013-2014 and the | ||
terminal year is 2016-2017. | ||
(3) Cohort 3: the beginning year is 2014-2015 and the | ||
terminal year is 2017-2018. | ||
(4) Cohort 4: the beginning year is 2015-2016 and the | ||
terminal year is 2018-2019. | ||
(d) The Board shall annually report to the Board of Higher | ||
Education on the pilot program's impact on tuition revenue, | ||
enrollment goals, and increasing access and affordability on | ||
such dates as the Board of Higher Education shall determine. | ||
(e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that | ||
are necessary to implement this Section. | ||
(f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2019.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2011.
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