Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 986/5 – Findings
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
The General Assembly makes all of the following findings:
(1) The State of Illinois is committed to ensuring
(1) The State of Illinois is committed to ensuring
|
that all students who are residents of this State have meaningful and equitable access to higher educational opportunities notwithstanding the student’s race, color, gender or gender identity, age, ancestry, marital status, military status, religion, pregnancy, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, order of protection status, as defined under § 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act, or immigration status.
|
(2) The State of Illinois is committed to ensuring
|
that students who may not have had the same educational opportunities are not penalized as they seek to achieve higher education.
|
(3) The State of Illinois is committed to ensuring
|
the success and retention of African American students by safeguarding equitable access to educational funding and eliminating systemic barriers.
|
(4) Lifting any caps on the Monetary Award Program,
|
other than those required by State law, will have a positive impact on the retention and equity of African American students and other students of color who are disproportionately impacted by the lack of access to resources in completing their postsecondary education.
|
(5) The State of Illinois is committed to retaining
|
Illinois students who wish to attend institutions of higher learning in this State by addressing financial barriers for those students.
|
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 986/5
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14