republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4244.md

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Bill	FINANCE-COLLEGE-CAPITAL GRANT	Amends the Private Colleges and Universities Capital Distribution Formula Act. Provides that if an institution received a certain grant and fails to meet the definition of "independent college" before the term of the grant is ended, the remaining funds shall be re-distributed, unless facilities for which the grant was given are operated by another institution that qualifies as an independent college. Further provides that in the event that the facilities are operated by another institution that qualifies as an independent college, the entire balance of the grant shall be transferred to that successor institution for the duration of the grant. Further provides that in the event that, on or before the effective date of the amendatory Act, the remaining funds have been re-allocated or re-distributed to other independent colleges, or the Illinois Board of Higher Education has planned for the remaining funds to be re-allocated or re-distributed to other independent colleges, before the 5-year period for the utilization of funds has ended, any funds so re-allocated or re-distributed shall be deducted from future allocations to those other independent colleges and be re-allocated or re-distributed to the initial institution or the successor entity operating the facilities of the original institution if: (i) the institution that failed to meet the definition of "independent college" once again meets the definition of "independent college" before the 5-year period has expired; or (ii) the facility or facilities of the former independent college are operated by another entity that qualifies as an "independent college" before the 5-year period has expired. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4244	Illinois HB 4244 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2014-01-21	2014-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/b9947527-fcb6-4c3f-9af3-c00a8365247a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4244&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78272&SessionID=85&GA=98	d878637cfa3a985690aef581ba0c5a02bd017cb0500293870c5fcd6eb8fd32dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4244 (98th) — FINANCE-COLLEGE-CAPITAL GRANT

Amends the Private Colleges and Universities Capital Distribution Formula Act. Provides that if an institution received a certain grant and fails to meet the definition of "independent college" before the term of the grant is ended, the remaining funds shall be re-distributed, unless facilities for which the grant was given are operated by another institution that qualifies as an independent college. Further provides that in the event that the facilities are operated by another institution that qualifies as an independent college, the entire balance of the grant shall be transferred to that successor institution for the duration of the grant. Further provides that in the event that, on or before the effective date of the amendatory Act, the remaining funds have been re-allocated or re-distributed to other independent colleges, or the Illinois Board of Higher Education has planned for the remaining funds to be re-allocated or re-distributed to other independent colleges, before the 5-year period for the utilization of funds has ended, any funds so re-allocated or re-distributed shall be deducted from future allocations to those other independent colleges and be re-allocated or re-distributed to the initial institution or the successor entity operating the facilities of the original institution if: (i) the institution that failed to meet the definition of "independent college" once again meets the definition of "independent college" before the 5-year period has expired; or (ii) the facility or facilities of the former independent college are operated by another entity that qualifies as an "independent college" before the 5-year period has expired. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Durkin — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2014-01-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin filing
• 2014-01-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-01-28 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2014-02-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-02-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-02-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-02-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2014-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2014-02-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2014-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2014
• 2014-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0715 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9947527-fcb6-4c3f-9af3-c00a8365247a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).