Bill Text: IL HB0304 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the tuition rate and fee limit of 1/3 of the per capita cost applies until the effective date of the amendatory Act and beginning again 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0304 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB0304-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 304
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 304 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 6-4 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 805/6-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-4. Variable rates and fees. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Any community college district, by
resolution of the | ||||||
| 9 | board, may establish variable tuition rates and fees for
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| 10 | students attending its college in an amount not to exceed 1/3 | ||||||
| 11 | of the per capita
cost as defined in Section 6-2, provided that | ||||||
| 12 | voluntary contributions, as
defined in Section 65 of the Higher | ||||||
| 13 | Education Student Assistance Act, shall not
be included in any | ||||||
| 14 | calculation
of community college tuition and fee rates for the | ||||||
| 15 | purpose of this Section.
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| 16 | (b) Through June 30, 2014, a board notified by the State | ||||||
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| 1 | Board to be exceeding the 1/3 per capita cost limitation under | ||||||
| 2 | subsection (a) of this Section may, by proper resolution | ||||||
| 3 | following a public hearing set by the board or the chairperson | ||||||
| 4 | of the board (that is preceded (i) by at least one published | ||||||
| 5 | notice over the name of the clerk or secretary of the board, | ||||||
| 6 | occurring at least 7 days and not more than 30 days prior to | ||||||
| 7 | the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation within the | ||||||
| 8 | community college district and (ii) by posted notice over the | ||||||
| 9 | name of the secretary of the board, at least 48 hours before | ||||||
| 10 | the hearing at the principal office of the community college | ||||||
| 11 | district or at the building where the hearing is to be held if | ||||||
| 12 | a principal office does not exist, setting forth the time, | ||||||
| 13 | date, place, and subject matter of the hearing), waive the | ||||||
| 14 | tuition rate and fee limitation of 1/3 of the per capita cost. | ||||||
| 15 | The State Board shall determine, through examination of annual | ||||||
| 16 | financial audit reports submitted by the community college | ||||||
| 17 | districts, where the need exists to increase tuition under this | ||||||
| 18 | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.".
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