775 ILCS 5/5A-101
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 775 - HUMAN RIGHTS|775 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Human Rights Act.|Article 5A - Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education

 (from Ch. 68, par. 5A-101)Sec. 5A-101. Definitions.   The following definitions are applicable  strictly in the content of this Article, except that the term "sexual  harassment  in elementary, secondary, and  higher education" as defined herein has the meaning herein ascribed to  it whenever that term is used anywhere in this Act.(A) Institution of Elementary, Secondary, or Higher Education.  "Institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education"  means: (1) a    publicly or privately operated university, college,  community  college, junior college, business or vocational school, or other educational  institution offering degrees and instruction beyond the  secondary  school level; or  (2) a publicly or privately operated elementary school or secondary school.(B) Degree.  "Degree" means: (1) a   designation, appellation,  series of letters  or words or other symbols which signifies or purports to signify that the  recipient thereof has satisfactorily completed an organized academic, business  or vocational program of study offered beyond the  secondary  school level; or (2) a designation signifying that the recipient has  graduated from an elementary school or secondary school.(C) Student.  "Student" means any individual admitted to or applying for  admission to an  institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education, or  enrolled on a full or  part time basis in a course or program of academic, business or vocational  instruction offered by or through an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education.(D) Elementary, Secondary, or Higher Education Representative.  "Elementary, secondary, or higher education  representative"  means and includes the president, chancellor or other holder of any executive  office on the administrative staff of an institution of higher education,  an administrator of an elementary school or secondary school, a   member of the faculty of an institution of higher education,  including  but not limited to a dean or associate or assistant dean, a professor or  associate or assistant professor, and a full or part time instructor or  visiting professor, including a graduate assistant or other student who  is employed on a temporary basis of less than full time as a teacher or  instructor of any course or program of academic, business or vocational  instruction offered by or through an institution of higher education, and any  teacher, instructor, or other employee of an elementary school or secondary school.(E) Sexual Harassment in Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education.  "Sexual harassment in  elementary, secondary, and  higher  education" means any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors  made by an elementary, secondary, or   higher  education representative to a student, or any  conduct of  a sexual nature exhibited by  an elementary, secondary, or    higher education representative  toward a  student, when such conduct has the purpose of substantially interfering  with the student's educational performance or creating an intimidating,  hostile or offensive educational environment; or when the elementary, secondary, or higher education  representative either explicitly or implicitly makes the student's submission  to such conduct a term or condition of, or uses the student's submission  to or rejection of such conduct as a basis for determining:(1) Whether the student will be admitted to an     institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education;(2) The educational performance required or expected     of the student;(3) The attendance or assignment requirements     applicable to the student;(4) To what courses, fields of study or programs,     including honors and graduate programs, the student will be admitted;(5) What placement or course proficiency requirements     are applicable to the student;(6) The quality of instruction the student will     receive;(7) What tuition or fee requirements are applicable     to the student;(8) What scholarship opportunities are available to     the student;(9) What extracurricular teams the student will be a     member of or in what extracurricular competitions the student will participate;(10) Any grade the student will receive in any     examination or in any course or program of instruction in which the student is enrolled;(11) The progress of the student toward successful     completion of or graduation from any course or program of instruction in which the student is enrolled; or(12) What degree, if any, the student will receive.    (Source: P.A. 96-1319, eff. 7-27-10.)