Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 Higher Education: Article -

• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 0.01
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Academic Degree Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 1
  Declaration of policy.) It is the policy of this State to prevent deception of the public resulting from the offering, conferring and use of...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 2
  Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) "Degree granting institution" means an educational facility maintained by any person, partnership, public or private corporation or...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 3
  Award of degrees.) A degree or any object in evidence thereof may be awarded only by a degree granting institution. Anything in this Act...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 4
  Period before award.) (a) Unless a degree granting institution was authorized to operate in Illinois, or was in operation, on August 14, 1961, it...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 5
  Degrees by other than residence institutions.) (a) Any educational organization or entity which does not conduct instruction in residence may award degrees and qualify...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 6
  Right of inspection; Penalty for refusal or obstruction. Any duly authorized employee or other representative of the Board may enter upon the premises of...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 7
  Unlawful Representations.) Neither the fact of filing nor the permission to grant any degree or degrees shall be held to mean that the Board...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 8
  Penalties. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, degree granting institution, or other entity making any false statement in any notice or amendment thereto filed...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 9
  Injunctions. The Board acting through the Attorney General may proceed by injunction against any violation of this Act, but no such proceeding and no...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 10
  Judicial review. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 10.5
  Fees. Fees to cover the cost of reviewing applications for authorization to operate and for authorization to grant degrees may be set by the Board...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 10.10
  Academic Quality Assurance Fund. The Academic Quality Assurance Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All fees collected for the administration...
• Illinois Academic Degree Act. - 110 ILCS 1010, Section 11
  Exemptions. This Act shall not apply to any school or educational institution regulated or approved under the Nurse Practice Act. This Act shall not apply...

Last modified: February 18, 2015