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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1624 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 110 ILCS 305/8 | from Ch. 144, par. 29 | 110 ILCS 520/8e | from Ch. 144, par. 658e | 110 ILCS 660/5-85 | | 110 ILCS 665/10-85 | | 110 ILCS 670/15-85 | | 110 ILCS 675/20-85 | | 110 ILCS 680/25-85 | | 110 ILCS 685/30-85 | | 110 ILCS 690/35-85 | |
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Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. With respect to the high school coursework that a person must satisfactorily complete for university admission, adds agricultural sciences as a course option for the science category and agricultural education as a course option for the electives category.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
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| 7 | | Sec. 8. Admissions.
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| 8 | | (a) (Blank).
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| 9 | | (b) No In addition, commencing in the fall of 1993, no new |
| 10 | | student shall
then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in |
| 11 | | any of the departments or
colleges of the University unless |
| 12 | | such student also has satisfactorily
completed:
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| 13 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 14 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 15 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 16 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 17 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| 18 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 19 | | and government);
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| 20 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 21 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 22 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
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| 23 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
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| 1 | | agricultural sciences); and
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| 2 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 3 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 4 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 5 | | education, or art;
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| 6 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual |
| 7 | | applicants if the
institution determines through |
| 8 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning |
| 9 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational |
| 10 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school |
| 11 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the |
| 12 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
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| 13 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be |
| 14 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for |
| 15 | | admission. The Board of Trustees of the
University of |
| 16 | | Illinois shall not discriminate in the University's |
| 17 | | admissions
process against an applicant for admission |
| 18 | | because of the applicant's
enrollment
in a charter school |
| 19 | | established under Article 27A of the School Code.
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| 20 | | Institutions
may also admit 1)
applicants who did not have |
| 21 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
| 22 | | curriculum in high school, and 2) educationally |
| 23 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 24 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 25 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 26 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
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| 1 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 2 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
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| 3 | | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework |
| 4 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 5 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 6 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 7 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| 8 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| 9 | | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 10 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 11 | | coursework required by
subsection (b).
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| 12 | | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 13 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 14 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 15 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
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| 16 | | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions |
| 17 | | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted |
| 18 | | to submit an application for admission to the University as a |
| 19 | | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the |
| 20 | | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The |
| 21 | | University may request that the Department of Veterans' |
| 22 | | Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably |
| 23 | | discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall |
| 24 | | semester. |
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management |
| 2 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
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| 3 | | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
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| 4 | | Sec. 8e. Admissions.
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| 5 | | (a) No Commencing in the fall of 1993, no new student shall
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| 6 | | then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in any of the |
| 7 | | departments or
colleges of the University unless such student |
| 8 | | also has satisfactorily
completed:
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| 9 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 10 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 11 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 12 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 13 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| 14 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 15 | | and government);
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| 16 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 17 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 18 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
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| 19 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 20 | | agricultural sciences); and
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| 21 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 22 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 23 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 24 | | education, or art;
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| 25 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual |
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| 1 | | applicants if the
institution determines through |
| 2 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning |
| 3 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational |
| 4 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school |
| 5 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the |
| 6 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
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| 7 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be |
| 8 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for |
| 9 | | admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern
Illinois |
| 10 | | University shall not discriminate in the University's
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| 11 | | admissions process against an applicant for admission |
| 12 | | because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a charter school |
| 13 | | established under Article 27A of the
School Code. |
| 14 | | Institutions may also admit 1)
applicants who did not have |
| 15 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
| 16 | | curriculum in high school, and 2) educationally |
| 17 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 18 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 19 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 20 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
| 21 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 22 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
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| 23 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| 24 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 25 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 26 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
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| 1 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| 2 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| 3 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 4 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 5 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
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| 6 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 7 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 8 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 9 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
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| 10 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 11 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 12 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 13 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 14 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 15 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
| 16 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
| 17 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 19 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by |
| 20 | | changing Section 5-85 as follows:
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| 21 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
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| 22 | | Sec. 5-85. Admissions.
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| 23 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any |
| 24 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Chicago State University |
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| 1 | | unless such student also has
satisfactorily completed:
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| 2 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 3 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 4 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 5 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 6 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| 7 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 8 | | and government);
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| 9 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 10 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 11 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
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| 12 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 13 | | agricultural sciences); and
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| 14 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 15 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 16 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 17 | | education, or art;
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| 18 | | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit |
| 19 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment |
| 20 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the |
| 21 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses |
| 22 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under |
| 23 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant |
| 24 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
| 25 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the |
| 26 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of |
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| 1 | | Trustees of Chicago State University
shall not |
| 2 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process |
| 3 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
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| 4 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
| 5 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Chicago State |
| 6 | | University may also admit
(i)
applicants who did not have |
| 7 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
| 8 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
| 9 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 10 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 11 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 12 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
| 13 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 14 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
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| 15 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| 16 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 17 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 18 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 19 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| 20 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| 21 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 22 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 23 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
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| 24 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 25 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 26 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
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| 1 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
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| 2 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 3 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 4 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 5 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 6 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 7 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
| 8 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
| 9 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 11 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended |
| 12 | | by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
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| 13 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
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| 14 | | Sec. 10-85. Admissions.
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| 15 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any |
| 16 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Eastern Illinois |
| 17 | | University unless such student also has
satisfactorily |
| 18 | | completed:
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| 19 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 20 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 21 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 22 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 23 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| 24 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
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| 1 | | and government);
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| 2 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 3 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 4 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
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| 5 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 6 | | agricultural sciences); and
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| 7 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 8 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 9 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 10 | | education, or art;
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| 11 | | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit |
| 12 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment |
| 13 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the |
| 14 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses |
| 15 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under |
| 16 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant |
| 17 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
| 18 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the |
| 19 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of |
| 20 | | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University
shall not |
| 21 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process |
| 22 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
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| 23 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
| 24 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Eastern Illinois |
| 25 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have |
| 26 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
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| 1 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
| 2 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 3 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 4 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 5 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
| 6 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 7 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
|
| 8 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| 9 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 10 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 11 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 12 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| 13 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| 14 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 15 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 16 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
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| 17 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 18 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 19 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 20 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
|
| 21 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 22 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 23 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 24 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 25 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 26 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
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| 1 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
| 2 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 4 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15-85. Admissions.
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| 8 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any |
| 9 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Governors State |
| 10 | | University unless such student also has
satisfactorily |
| 11 | | completed:
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| 12 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 13 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 14 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 15 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 16 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| 17 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 18 | | and government);
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| 19 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 20 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 21 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
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| 22 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 23 | | agricultural sciences); and
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| 24 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
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| 1 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 2 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 3 | | education, or art;
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| 4 | | (2) except that Governors State University may admit |
| 5 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment |
| 6 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the |
| 7 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses |
| 8 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under |
| 9 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant |
| 10 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
| 11 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the |
| 12 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of |
| 13 | | Trustees of Governors State University
shall not |
| 14 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process |
| 15 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
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| 16 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
| 17 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Governors State |
| 18 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have |
| 19 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
| 20 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
| 21 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 22 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 23 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 24 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
| 25 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 26 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
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| 1 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| 2 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 3 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 4 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 5 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| 6 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
|
| 7 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 8 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 9 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
|
| 10 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 11 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 12 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 13 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
|
| 14 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 15 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 16 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 17 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 18 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 19 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
| 20 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
| 21 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 23 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended |
| 24 | | by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
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| 2 | | Sec. 20-85. Admissions.
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| 3 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any |
| 4 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Illinois State |
| 5 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily |
| 6 | | completed:
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| 7 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 8 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 9 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 10 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 11 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
|
| 12 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 13 | | and government);
|
| 14 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 15 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 16 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
|
| 17 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 18 | | agricultural sciences); and
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| 19 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 20 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 21 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 22 | | education, or art;
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| 23 | | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit |
| 24 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment |
| 25 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the |
| 26 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses |
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| 1 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under |
| 2 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant |
| 3 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
| 4 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the |
| 5 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of |
| 6 | | Trustees of Illinois State University
shall not |
| 7 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process |
| 8 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
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| 9 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
| 10 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Illinois State |
| 11 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have |
| 12 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
| 13 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
| 14 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 15 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 16 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 17 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
| 18 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 19 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
|
| 20 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| 21 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 22 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 23 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 24 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
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| 25 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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| 26 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
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| 1 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 2 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
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| 3 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 4 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 5 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 6 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
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| 7 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 8 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 9 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 10 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 11 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 12 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
| 13 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
| 14 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 16 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is |
| 17 | | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
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| 18 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
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| 19 | | Sec. 25-85. Admissions.
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| 20 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any |
| 21 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois |
| 22 | | University unless such
student also has satisfactorily |
| 23 | | completed:
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| 24 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
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| 1 | | the following
5 categories:
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| 2 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 3 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 4 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
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| 5 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 6 | | and government);
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| 7 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 8 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 9 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
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| 10 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 11 | | agricultural sciences); and
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| 12 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 13 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 14 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 15 | | education, or art;
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| 16 | | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may |
| 17 | | admit individual
applicants
if it determines through |
| 18 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning |
| 19 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational |
| 20 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school |
| 21 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the |
| 22 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
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| 23 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be |
| 24 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for |
| 25 | | admission.
The Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois |
| 26 | | University
shall not discriminate in the University's |
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| 1 | | admissions process against an
applicant for admission |
| 2 | | because of the applicant's enrollment in a charter
school |
| 3 | | established under Article 27A of the School Code. |
| 4 | | Northeastern Illinois
University may also admit (i) |
| 5 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to
complete the |
| 6 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and |
| 7 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are |
| 8 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
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| 9 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, |
| 10 | | providing that in
either case, the institution |
| 11 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum |
| 12 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for |
| 13 | | course
deficiencies; and
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| 14 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| 15 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 16 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 17 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 18 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
|
| 19 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
|
| 20 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 21 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 22 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
|
| 23 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 24 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 25 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 26 | | test as a prerequisite
to admission.
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| 1 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 2 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 3 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 4 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 5 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 6 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
| 7 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
| 8 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 10 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is |
| 11 | | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
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| 12 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
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| 13 | | Sec. 30-85. Admissions.
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| 14 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any |
| 15 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois |
| 16 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily |
| 17 | | completed:
|
| 18 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 19 | | the following
5 categories:
|
| 20 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 21 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 22 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
|
| 23 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 24 | | and government);
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| 1 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 2 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 3 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
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| 4 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 5 | | agricultural sciences); and
|
| 6 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 7 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
| 8 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 9 | | education, or art;
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| 10 | | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit |
| 11 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment |
| 12 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the |
| 13 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses |
| 14 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under |
| 15 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant |
| 16 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
| 17 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the |
| 18 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of |
| 19 | | Trustees of Northern Illinois University
shall not |
| 20 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process |
| 21 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
|
| 22 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
| 23 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Northern Illinois |
| 24 | | University may also admit (i)
applicants who did not have |
| 25 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
| 26 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
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| 1 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 2 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 3 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 4 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
| 5 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 6 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
|
| 7 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| 8 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 9 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 10 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 11 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
|
| 12 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
|
| 13 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 14 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 15 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
|
| 16 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 17 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 18 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 19 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
|
| 20 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 21 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 22 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 23 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 24 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 25 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
| 26 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
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| 1 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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| 3 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended |
| 4 | | by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
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| 5 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
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| 6 | | Sec. 35-85. Admissions.
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| 7 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any |
| 8 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Western Illinois |
| 9 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily |
| 10 | | completed:
|
| 11 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
| 12 | | the following
5 categories:
|
| 13 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| 14 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 |
| 15 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
|
| 16 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
| 17 | | and government);
|
| 18 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| 19 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or |
| 20 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
|
| 21 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
| 22 | | agricultural sciences); and
|
| 23 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| 24 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
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| 1 | | Language), music, vocational
education, agricultural |
| 2 | | education, or art;
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| 3 | | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit |
| 4 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment |
| 5 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the |
| 6 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses |
| 7 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under |
| 8 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant |
| 9 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent |
| 10 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the |
| 11 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of |
| 12 | | Trustees of Western Illinois University
shall not |
| 13 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process |
| 14 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
|
| 15 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established |
| 16 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Western Illinois |
| 17 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have |
| 18 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
| 19 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
| 20 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal |
| 21 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to |
| 22 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, |
| 23 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
| 24 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic |
| 25 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
|
| 26 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
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| 1 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be |
| 2 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from |
| 3 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
| 4 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
|
| 5 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
|
| 6 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
| 7 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the |
| 8 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
|
| 9 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has |
| 10 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or |
| 11 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
| 12 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
|
| 13 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in |
| 14 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an |
| 15 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman |
| 16 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on |
| 17 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may |
| 18 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
| 19 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
| 20 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. |
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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