Illinois · Through at least Public Act 104-790

110 ILCS 153/1-10: Definitions.

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
As used in this Act:
"Academic military leave" means any period of leave of absence by a service member student to perform military service.
"Academic status" means a service member student's academic position in an institution of higher education in terms of academic program, enrollment status, credit or clock hours completed, academic standing, and academic progress.
"Academic program" means a set of academic requirements that lead to a degree, diploma, certificate, or any other such credential.
"Academic progress" means the degree to which a service member student is on track to graduate on time and is meeting the institution's academic standards for satisfactory completion of an academic program.
"Academic standing" means grade point average.
"Academic year division" means the method in which an institution divides the academic year, including semester, quarter, trimester, 4-1-4 system, 4-4-1 system, continuous or year-round, block, 3-term system, or any other such method of determining the division of an academic year.
"Accommodation" means a mutually agreed upon modification between a service member student and the institution to academic coursework that creates an opportunity for a service member student to avoid negative impact on academic status because of academic military leave. "Accommodation" includes, but is not limited to, make-up work, flexible deadlines, alternative assignments, make-up exams, accessing missed lecture materials, remote participation, extended time for tasks, course adjustments, and opportunities to complete assignments, tasks, exams, and other course requirements earlier than their respective due dates.
"Appropriate military authority" means any commissioned, warrant, or noncommissioned officer authorized to issue orders for military service in the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state or territory.
"Discrimination" means any unjust or prejudicial treatment, including, but not limited to, harassment, based on perceived or actual association or affiliation with military service.
"Enrollment status" means whether a service member student is full-time, part-time, half-time, withdrawn, degree-seeking, non-degree-seeking, a graduate, on leave, or in any other such matriculation relationship to the institution or program.
"Financial aid" means any moneys, including, but not limited to, grants, scholarships, work-study, and loans, provided to help service member students in remunerating an institution of higher education. It includes veterans' education benefits such as those provided under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 and the Illinois Veteran grant program under the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
"Institution" or "institution of higher education" means a public or private college, university, or other institution that provides postsecondary education and awards degrees, diplomas, certificates, or other such credential.
"ISERRA Advocate" means the Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act Advocate appointed by the Attorney General under Section 30-5 of the Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
"Military accommodation" means specific accommodation granted by, and at the sole discretion of, appropriate military authority with respect to a service member student. It may be requested by the service member student or an institution and relates to the timing, frequency, and duration of impending academic military leave with the sole purpose to prevent or limit negative impact on a service member student's academic status.
"Military service" means a service member student receives orders in the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Guard of any state or territory regardless of status or voluntariness, or the Illinois State Guard as described in the State Guard Act. "Military service" includes service under the authority of U.S.C. Titles 10, 14, or 32, or State Active Duty. "Military service" includes active and inactive duty.
"Reasonable efforts" means actions taken to accommodate service member students due to academic military leave, but does not require significant difficulty or expense on the operation of the institution of higher education or on educational standards.
"Service member student" means a person enrolled in an institution of higher education who is eligible to be ordered to military service.
"Volunteer orders" means reserve component voluntary active service as that term is defined in Section 1-10 of the Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

Where this section sits in the code

CHAPTER 110 HIGHER EDUCATION
Service Member Education Rights Veneration Act.

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

As used in this Act:

"Academic military leave" means any period of leave of absence by a service member student to perform military service.

"Academic status" means a service member student's academic position in an institution of higher education in terms of academic program, enrollment status, credit or clock hours completed, academic standing, and academic progress.

"Academic program" means a set of academic requirements that lead to a degree, diploma, certificate, or any other such credential.

"Academic progress" means the degree to which a service member student is on track to graduate on time and is meeting the institution's academic standards for satisfactory completion of an academic program.

"Academic standing" means grade point average.

"Academic year division" means the method in which an institution divides the academic year, including semester, quarter, trimester, 4-1-4 system, 4-4-1 system, continuous or year-round, block, 3-term system, or any other such method of determining the division of an academic year.

"Accommodation" means a mutually agreed upon modification between a service member student and the institution to academic coursework that creates an opportunity for a service member student to avoid negative impact on academic status because of academic military leave. "Accommodation" includes, but is not limited to, make-up work, flexible deadlines, alternative assignments, make-up exams, accessing missed lecture materials, remote participation, extended time for tasks, course adjustments, and opportunities to complete assignments, tasks, exams, and other course requirements earlier than their respective due dates.

"Appropriate military authority" means any commissioned, warrant, or noncommissioned officer authorized to issue orders for military service in the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state or territory.

"Discrimination" means any unjust or prejudicial treatment, including, but not limited to, harassment, based on perceived or actual association or affiliation with military service.

"Enrollment status" means whether a service member student is full-time, part-time, half-time, withdrawn, degree-seeking, non-degree-seeking, a graduate, on leave, or in any other such matriculation relationship to the institution or program.

"Financial aid" means any moneys, including, but not limited to, grants, scholarships, work-study, and loans, provided to help service member students in remunerating an institution of higher education. It includes veterans' education benefits such as those provided under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 and the Illinois Veteran grant program under the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.

"Institution" or "institution of higher education" means a public or private college, university, or other institution that provides postsecondary education and awards degrees, diplomas, certificates, or other such credential.

"ISERRA Advocate" means the Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act Advocate appointed by the Attorney General under Section 30-5 of the Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

"Military accommodation" means specific accommodation granted by, and at the sole discretion of, appropriate military authority with respect to a service member student. It may be requested by the service member student or an institution and relates to the timing, frequency, and duration of impending academic military leave with the sole purpose to prevent or limit negative impact on a service member student's academic status.

"Military service" means a service member student receives orders in the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Guard of any state or territory regardless of status or voluntariness, or the Illinois State Guard as described in the State Guard Act. "Military service" includes service under the authority of U.S.C. Titles 10, 14, or 32, or State Active Duty. "Military service" includes active and inactive duty.

"Reasonable efforts" means actions taken to accommodate service member students due to academic military leave, but does not require significant difficulty or expense on the operation of the institution of higher education or on educational standards.

"Service member student" means a person enrolled in an institution of higher education who is eligible to be ordered to military service.

"Volunteer orders" means reserve component voluntary active service as that term is defined in Section 1-10 of the Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

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