Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A community college district will establish its own student
tuition rates for in-district residents, in-state out-of-district residents,
out-of-state residents, and out-of-country residents in accordance with the Act
and this Section.
a) In-District
Tuition. The local community college board of trustees may set the tuition
rates for in-district residents within the following policies:
1) The local community college board of
trustees may set tuition rates for its in-district residents, including
variable rates for each of its programs, terms, time of enrollment, courses,
delivery method, or other identifiable grouping of courses, as long as the
weighted average of the tuition for all credit courses, including adult
education, is no more than 1/3 the college district's per capita cost. The
method of calculating the per capita cost will be as prescribed in Section 6-2
of the Act.
2) A public community
college shall charge in-district tuition rates for students who are currently
under the legal guardianship of the Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services or who have been recently emancipated from the Department and meet the
general residency provisions in Section
1501.501.
3) A public community college shall charge
in-district tuition rates for students utilizing benefits under the fedearl
All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program or the federal Post-9/11
Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or any subsequent variations of
that Act.
b)
Out-of-District Tuition. The local community college board of trustees may set
the tuition rates for out-of-district residents living within Illinois within
the following policies:
1) The college will
use the calculation for out-of-district tuition for chargeback purposes as
prescribed in Section 6-2 of the Act. The depreciation rate used in the
out-of-district tuition calculation for capital expenditures for equipment and
temporary buildings shall be 12.5 percent a year for eight years and for
permanent facilities 2 percent a year for 50 years.
2) The college may use the variable tuition
provision in Section 6-4 of the Act to set market-driven out-of-district
tuition rates for courses offered via Internet, correspondence, and other
distance learning modes.
3) The
college may set the out-of-district tuition rates for adult basic education,
adult secondary education, and English as a second language courses for
students who do not meet eligibility requirements in Section 10-22.20 of the
School Code.
4) The college may
charge in-district tuition to a student who is an out-of-district resident but
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 under terms of a
contract for services between the employing entity and the college.
5) The college board of trustees may at its
option charge in-district tuition to out-of-district residents who are
attending an educational institution located within the college
district.
6) The college may enter
into cooperative agreements for instruction with its neighboring districts for
any or all of their programs to provide increased access to education for their
students and may charge in-district tuition rates for students from any
district within the cooperative agreement.
7) The college may set the out-of-district
tuition rate for all other credit instruction offered by the college at a
minimum of
1.5 times the highest
in-district tuition rate of any of its neighboring contiguous Illinois
community college districts.
c) Out-of-State Tuition. The local community
college board of trustees may set the tuition rates for out-of-state residents
within the following policies:
1) The college
may use the variable tuition provision specified in Section 6-4 of the Act to
set market-driven out-of-state tuition rates for courses offered via Internet,
correspondence, and other distance learning modes.
2) The college may set the out-of-state
tuition rates for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and English
as a second language courses for students who do not meet eligibility
requirements in Section 10-22.20 of the School Code.
3) The college may charge in-district tuition
to a student who is an out-of-state resident but 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 under terms of a contract for services between
the employing entity and the college.
4) The community college board of trustees
may at its option charge in-district tuition to students who are out-of-state
residents but who are attending educational institutions within the college
district.
5) The college may set
out-of-state tuition rates within interstate agreements for instruction with
out-of-state institutions in accordance with the agreement, subject to approval
by the ICCB.
6) The college may set
out-of-state tuition rates for all other credit instruction offered by the
college at a minimum of 1.67 times its in-district tuition rate.
d) Out-of-Country Tuition. The
local community college board of trustees may set the tuition rates for
out-of-country residents using the same policies as for out-of-state residents
described in subsection (c).
e)
Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver. The local community college board of trustees
shall permit senior citizens, as defined in Section 1501.501, who reside within
the community college district to enroll without the payment of tuition in
regularly scheduled credit courses, other than credit courses designed
specifically for senior citizens, profided that available classroom space
exists and tuition paying students enrolled constitute the minimum number
required for the course.
