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| Public Act 103-0159
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| HB2503 Enrolled | LRB103 27470 RJT 53842 b |
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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 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
adding Section 6-1.5 and by changing Sections 6-2 and 6-4.1 as |
follows:
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(110 ILCS 805/6-1.5 new) |
Sec. 6-1.5. Attending community college outside of |
resident district. |
(a) The purpose of this Section is to expand educational |
services to the greatest number of students in each community |
college district and maximize the utilization of the finances, |
facilities, equipment, and personnel of each district to |
provide educational services that might otherwise be |
impracticable for a district individually. This Section is not |
intended to limit the ability of any community college |
district to establish new units of instruction, research, or |
public service under Section 3-25.1 of this Act. |
(b) In this Section: |
"Receiving college" means the community college |
district receiving a student from another community |
college district. |
"Sending college" means the community college district |
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sending a student to another community college district. |
(c) Pursuant to this Section, if a resident of a community |
college district wants to attend the community college |
maintained by the district of his or her residence, but the |
student wants to enroll in a program that is not offered by |
that community college and the community college does not have |
a contractual agreement under Section 3-40 of this Act for |
such a program, then the student, subject to Section 3-17, may |
attend any recognized public community college in any other |
district and shall pay tuition and fees at the in-district |
rate of the receiving college. If the student is seeking State |
or federal financial assistance, then the student shall apply |
for assistance at the receiving college. |
(d) The State Board shall maintain a program directory on |
the State Board's website to assist community colleges in |
determining which programs are offered at each community |
college. At a minimum, this directory shall provide a |
comparison of program titles and classification of |
instructional program codes.
Delivery methods and minor |
program differences, such as the length of a semester, online |
versus in-person instruction, competency-based instruction, |
and program credit hours, and minor course requirement |
differences do not constitute a difference in a program for |
purposes of attending another community college under this |
Section. Programmatic differences shall be based upon |
classification of instructional program codes, the |
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occupational outlook for completers, or other substantial |
programmatic differences. Determinations regarding |
programmatic differences shall be first determined by the |
sending college. The State Board shall establish a process for |
resolving disputes between community college districts |
regarding programmatic differences. |
(e) Students who want to enroll at a receiving college |
shall make an application to their sending college in |
accordance with rules and procedures established and published |
by their sending college. Community colleges shall make every |
attempt to review such requests in a timely manner so as to not |
impede the students' educational progress. Students shall |
secure from their sending college a letter designating them as |
participants in an approved program. A copy of such letter |
shall be sent to the receiving college.
A student may not |
enroll under the provisions of this Section in a program of a |
receiving college at the in-district tuition rate if the |
student's educational objectives can be met at the sending |
college. |
(f) Upon written approval from the sending college, a |
student shall register at the receiving college and shall be a |
member of the receiving college's district for the term of the |
student's enrollment. A student may choose to complete any |
required general education coursework and may take approved |
courses at the sending college or at the receiving college. |
Upon successful completion, courses taken at either the |
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sending college or the receiving college shall be acceptable |
for transfer to the sending college or receiving college for |
completion of any program. The receiving college shall |
maintain admission records and transcripts and issue any |
degrees or certificates to the student upon completing the |
educational program. The receiving college shall provide |
copies of such records to the sending college at the student's |
request or as part of any program verification for the sending |
college. |
(g) The receiving college shall provide access to its |
learning resources center and other instructional resources |
for students from the sending college, equal to those provided |
for any other student at the receiving college. The receiving |
college shall also provide counseling and guidance and other |
services that facilitate the learning process. |
(h) The receiving college shall be considered the |
student's district for athletic eligibility, for any activity |
in which the student officially represents a community |
college, for the military, and for scholarships offered by the |
Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Other athletic |
eligibility requirements shall be determined by the rules of |
the receiving college's athletic conference. Students from any |
sending college are eligible at the receiving college for any |
other extracurricular activities, scholarships, or other |
recognition of excellence in the program for which they are |
attending at the receiving college. |
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(i) Except for equalization grants, the receiving college |
is eligible to file claims for State grants under Section |
2-16.02 of this Act for any student from the sending college |
enrolled in courses offered at the receiving college. The |
receiving college shall provide the sending college with the |
semester credit hours taken by each student from the sending |
college for purposes of equalization grants. If the student |
enrolls in courses offered at the sending college, the sending |
college shall claim semester credit hours provided to the |
student in attendance at the sending college.
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(110 ILCS 805/6-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-2)
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Sec. 6-2.
Any graduate of a recognized high school or |
student otherwise
qualified to attend a public community |
college and residing outside a
community college district but |
within this State may, subject to Section 3-17, attend any |
recognized public
community college in the State at the |
tuition rate of a student residing in the district. Subject to |
appropriation, the State Board shall pay the difference |
between the in-district and out-of-district tuition amounts to |
the community college district for any
semester or term of |
that academic year.
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If he or
she becomes a resident of a community college |
district, he or she shall be
classified as a resident of that |
district at the beginning of any semester or term following |
that change of residence and the State Board shall no longer |
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pay the difference in tuition rates.
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If a resident of a community college district wishes to |
attend the
community college maintained by the district of his |
or her residence
but the program in which the student wishes to |
enroll is not offered by that
community college, and the |
community college maintained by the district
of his residence |
does not have a contractual agreement under Section
3-40 of |
this Act for such program, the student may attend any |
recognized
public community college in some other district, |
subject to the
provisions of Section 3-17, and have his or her |
tuition, as defined
herein, paid by the community college |
district of his or her residence
while enrolled in a program at |
that college which is not offered by his or
her home community |
college if he or she makes application to his or her
home board |
at least 30 days prior to the beginning of any semester, |
quarter
or term in accordance with rules, regulations and |
procedures established
and published by his or her home board. |
The payment of tuition by his or
her district of residence may |
not exceed the per Per capita cost shall of the
community |
college attended for the previous year, less certain
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deductions, to be computed by adding all of the non-capital |
expenditures for the previous year, including interest, to the |
depreciation on the capital outlay expenditures paid from |
sources other than State and federal funds, less any payments |
toward non-capital expenditures received from State and |
federal sources for the previous year (except for grants |
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through the State Board under Section 2-16.02 of this Act), |
and dividing that amount by the number of full-time equivalent |
students for that fiscal year as defined under this Section. |
This average per student computation shall be converted to a |
semester hour base and further reduced by the combined rate of |
State grants, other than equalization grants for the current |
year as provided under Section 2-16.02 of this Act, and any |
rate of tuition and fees assessed for all students for the |
current year as authorized under Section 6-4 of this Act.
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Payment shall be made hereunder to the community college |
district of
attendance immediately upon receipt, by the |
district liable for the
payment, of a statement from that |
community college district of the
amount due it. Before |
sending such a statement requesting payment,
however, the |
community college district of attendance shall make all
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calculations and deductions required under this Section so |
that the
amount requested for payment is the exact amount |
required under this
Section to be paid by the district liable |
for payment.
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If the moneys in the educational fund are insufficient to |
meet such payments, the district liable for
such payments may |
issue tax anticipation warrants as provided in Section
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3-20.10.
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A full-time equivalent student for a semester or term is
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defined as a student doing 15 semester hours of work per |
semester or the equivalent thereof, and the
number of |
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full-time equivalent students enrolled per term shall be
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determined by dividing by 15 the total number of semester |
hours for which State Board grants are received, or the
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equivalent thereof, carried by all students of the college |
through the
mid-term of each semester or term. The number of |
full-time
equivalent students for a fiscal year shall be |
computed by adding the total
number of semester hours of work |
or the equivalent thereof
carried by all students of the |
college through the mid-term of each
semester or term during |
that fiscal year and dividing that sum by
30 semester hours. |
Tuition of students
carrying more or less than 15 semester |
hours of work per semester or the equivalent thereof shall be
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computed in the proportion which the number of hours so |
carried bears to 15
semester hours or the equivalent thereof.
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If the United States Government, the State of Illinois, or |
any agency
pays tuition for any community college student, |
neither the district of
residence of the student nor the |
student may be required to pay that
tuition or such part |
thereof as is otherwise paid. No part of the
State's financial |
responsibility provided for in Section 2-16
may be transferred |
to a student's district of residence under this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 100-884, eff. 1-1-19.)
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(110 ILCS 805/6-4.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-4.1)
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Sec. 6-4.1.
If a resident of Illinois qualifies for |
admission to a public
community college under Section 3-17 but |
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does not qualify for financial
support under Section 6-1.5 or |
6-2, that person he may be enrolled in the college upon payment
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of the difference between the per capita cost as defined in |
Section 6-2
less any payments toward noncapital expenditures |
received from State and
federal sources for the previous year |
except grants through the State Board
as authorized in Section |
2-16 or 2-16.02, as the case may be, converted
to a semester |
hour
base, and the combined rate of State grants other than |
equalization grants
for the current year as authorized in |
Section 2-16.02,
notwithstanding tuition
limits of Section |
6-4. Subject to Section 3-17, a public community college
may |
accept out-of-state students upon payment of the per capita |
cost as
defined in Section 6-2. Notwithstanding the provisions |
of this Section, the
out-of-district or out-of-state tuition, |
whichever is applicable, may be
waived for a student who is |
employed for at least 35 hours per week by
an entity located
in |
the district or is enrolled in a course that is being provided
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under terms of a contract for services between the employing |
entity and the college.
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(Source: P.A. 100-884, eff. 1-1-19.)
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