Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1000 - ILLINOIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ACT FOR NONPUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING › Section 1000.10 - Eligibility and Application Documentation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The institution through the Chairman of
			 its governing board or its Chief Executive Officer is required to certify that
			 the institution operates privately, not-for-profit and that the majority of its
			 undergraduate students are enrolled in programs which are at least two-year
			 programs of collegiate grade directly applicable to the attainment of a
			 baccalaureate degree. Institutions annually shall submit a catalog of programs
			 and courses offered for the current academic year, and when necessary to
			 establish that the institution is in conformity with standards substantially
			 equivalent to those of the State-supported institutions of higher learning, the
			 institution shall provide evidence that program credits are accepted for
			 transfer by State-supported, baccalaureate degree granting institutions in
			 Illinois. (Section 2 of the "Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic
			 Institutions of Higher Learning" (the Act), Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 144, par.
			 1332).
b) The institution through
			 the Chairman of its governing board or its Chief Executive Officer shall
			 certify that the governing board possesses its own sovereignty, including final
			 authority in all matters of local control, educational policy, choice of
			 personnel, determination of program, and financial management. In addition, the
			 institution must annually file its Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws with
			 the Board of Higher Education.
c)
			 The institution through the Chairman of its governing board or its Chief
			 Executive Officer shall certify that it maintains an open policy with respect
			 to race, creed, and color in the admission of students, appointment of faculty
			 and employment of staff. In addition, the institution must furnish the Board of
			 Higher Education: a copy of the institution's policy for employment of faculty
			 and staff; a sample copy of the institution's faculty and staff employment
			 contract or letter; a copy of the institution's policy for admission of
			 students; and a copy of the student admission application form and requirements
			 for admission to the institution.
d) The institution through the Chairman of
			 its governing board or its Chief Executive Officer shall file annually with the
			 Board of Higher Education a certified audit including an audit of the
			 enrollment claimed for this grant program and an audit verification that grant
			 funds have not been used for sectarian purposes.
e) The institution through the Chairman of
			 its governing board or its Chief Executive Officer shall participate in the
			 Board of Higher Education's: annual Fall Enrollment Study; annual Student
			 Financial Aid Study; annual Integrated Postsecondary Education Date Systems
			 (IPEDS) Survey; and any other studies requested by the Board of Higher
			 Education.
f) The institution's
			 Chief Executive Officer shall provide the list of names, addresses,
			 classification and credit hours of each resident of Illinois claimed as a
			 freshman, sophomore, junior or senior enrolled at the institution and shall
			 certify that that is a true and accurate representation of such enrollments and
			 credit hours on the reporting date.
g) The Board of Higher Education staff shall
			 review application documents of all institutions for compliance with the
			 eligibility requirements in the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic
			 Institutions of Higher Learning. The Board of Higher Education staff may
			 require additional documents or a meeting with institutional representatives to
			 discuss questions about application documents.
h) Institutions under the jurisdiction of "AN
			 ACT providing for the regulation of privately operated colleges, junior
			 colleges and universities" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 144, pars. 121 et seq.)
			 or "AN ACT to regulate the granting of academic degrees, diplomas and
			 certificates by certain educational institutions, to provide penalties for the
			 violation thereof and to make an appropriation therefor" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987,
			 ch. 144, pars. 231 et seq.) shall possess both operating authority and degree
			 granting authority as required under those Acts before becoming eligible for a
			 grant under the Illinois Financial Assistance Act for Nonpublic Institutions of
			 Higher Learning (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 144, pars. 1331 et seq.).