HB4565 - Public University Uniform Admission Act

• Creates automatic admission requirement for Illinois public universities: first-time freshman applicants who graduated in top 10% of their high school class must be admitted if they completed college preparatory curriculum or met ACT College Readiness Benchmarks or SAT score of at least 1,500.

• Applicants must graduate from accredited Illinois public/private high school or U.S. Department of Defense school and meet minimum academic requirements; graduates from DoD schools must be state residents or eligible for resident tuition rates.

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may limit automatic admissions to 75% of first-time resident undergraduate enrollment capacity, selecting by high school class percentile rank if applications exceed this threshold; remaining qualified applicants considered through regular admissions process.

• Requires high schools to indicate on transcripts by end of junior year whether students have satisfied or are on schedule to satisfy college preparatory requirements; allows institutions to require summer enrichment courses for admitted students needing additional college preparation.

• Establishes Board of Higher Education student outreach program with best practice guidelines to inform top-performing high school seniors about automatic admission opportunities and financial assistance; prohibits institutions from referencing this Act when denying admission unless enrollment capacity is completely filled by automatic admissions applicants.