Bill Title: Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall provide all Illinois students transferring from a public community college in this State with the university's undergraduate transfer admissions application fee waiver policy and, if such a policy exists, any application or forms necessary to apply for a fee waiver as part of the university's transfer admissions process. Provides that the governing board of each public university is encouraged to develop a policy to automatically waive the undergraduate transfer admissions application fee for low-income Illinois students transferring from a public community college in this State. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall post this policy in an easily accessible place on the university's Internet website. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0936 [SB3081 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Celina Villanueva [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Simmons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-007	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Adriane Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Doris Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Emil Jones [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Hernandez [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kimberly Du Buclet [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005	N/A	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Sharon Chung [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Dagmara Avelar [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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