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HB 3522 - Requires Each Public University in the Direct Admission Program to Identify its Grade Point Average Standards for First Time Admission and Transfer Students - Illinois Key Vote

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Title: Requires Each Public University in the Direct Admission Program to Identify its Grade Point Average Standards for First Time Admission and Transfer Students

Signed by Governor JB Pritzker


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Title: Requires Each Public University in the Direct Admission Program to Identify its Grade Point Average Standards for First Time Admission and Transfer Students

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that requires each public university in the direct admissions program to identify its grade point average standards for first time admission and transfer students in Illinois.

Highlights:

  • Requires each of the following public universities in the direct admissions program to identify its grade point average standards for first time admission and transfer students in Illinois, including (Sec. 1-98):

    • University of Illinois at Springfield;

    • Southern Illinois University;

    • Chicago State University;

    • Eastern Illinois University;

    • Governors State University;

    • Illinois State University;

    • Northeastern Illinois University;

    • Northern Illinois University; and

    • Western Illinois University.

  • Authorizes sending high school and community college students direct admissions offers to the state’s public universities depending on their academic performance (Sec. 1-98).

  • Specifies that each public university participating in the program will set GPA standards for first-time and transfer students by March 1 annually (Sec. 1-98).

  • Specifies that the state will then inform students about which colleges will automatically accept them based on that criteria beginning with the 2027-28 academic year (Sec. 1-98).

  • Requires that beginning July 1, 2026, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission will use data collected from the state’s school districts to determine which students meet the standards for direct admissions (Sec. 1-98). 

  • Specifies that this information will also be used to identify those students’ local community colleges (Sec. 1-98).

  • Specifies that students will then receive direct admissions offers from public universities whose criteria they meet, along with their local community colleges and students at public community colleges who meet the GPA standards and have completed at least 30 transferable credit hours will also receive automatic offers from public universities (Sec. 1-98).

  • Requires that students participating in the direct admissions program will have their application fees waived (Sec. 1-98).

  • Establishes an outreach campaign to encourage students who meet certain criteria to apply to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago, which are not listed as participants in the direct admissions program (Sec. 1-98).

  • Specifies that, the bill does not dictate that they guarantee admissions to certain students (Sec. 1-98).

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 99).

Full Bill Text

Title: Requires Each Public University in the Direct Admission Program to Identify its Grade Point Average Standards for First Time Admission and Transfer Students

Title: Requires Each Public University in the Direct Admission Program to Identify its Grade Point Average Standards for First Time Admission and Transfer Students

Title: Requires Each Public University in the Direct Admission Program to Identify its Grade Point Average Standards for First Time Admission and Transfer Students

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