{"data":{"id":"us-il/110-ilcs-153-5-10","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"110 ILCS 153/5-10","heading":"Academic military leave.","body":"(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)\n(a) Permission. A service member student is not required to get permission from his or her institution for academic military leave. The service member student is only required to provide advance notice of pending military service in accordance with this Act. Advance notice entitles a service member student to academic military leave.\n(b) Conditions. An institution of higher education may not impose conditions for academic military leave not otherwise imposed under this Act or other applicable law.\n(1) This subsection shall not be construed to prevent an institution from providing conditions as part of academic accommodation.\n(2) This subsection shall not be construed to prevent an institution from establishing reasonable policies, procedures, and practices in furtherance of this Act.\n(c) Military accommodation. A service member student is not required to accommodate an institution's needs as to the timing, frequency, or duration of academic military leave; however, institutions are permitted and encouraged to request accommodations that benefit the service member student in advance of such academic military leave, subject to the following:\n(1) Such requests shall be in collaboration with and in the best interest of service member students.\n(2) Such requests shall be directed to the attention of the appropriate military authority.\n(3) The accommodation of such requests is subject to military law and discretion.\n(d) Academic obligation not excused. Academic military leave alone does not excuse a service member student from any academic obligation except at the sole discretion of the institution as part of an accommodation.","path":["CHAPTER 110 HIGHER EDUCATION","Service Member Education Rights Veneration Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4692\u0026ChapterID=18\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:27Z","sha256":"a5b07069278d53777c7c4636295916ea383c3c756221214871bb1b3b539da8df","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/110-ilcs-153-5-5","next":"us-il/110-ilcs-153-5-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}