# Illinois SB2448: UNI DIRECT ADMISSION PROGRAM Illinois SB2448, UNI DIRECT ADMISSION PROGRAM, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Christopher Belt (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-07-02 (Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB2448-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB2448 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: UNI DIRECT ADMISSION PROGRAM - Status: in committee - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2025-07-02, Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments - Sponsor: Christopher Belt (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: assignments, higher education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (13 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Creates the Public University Direct Admission Program Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the State Board of Education, shall establish and administer a direct admission program. Requires each public university in the direct admission program to identify and provide its grade point average standards for general admission for first time admission and for transfer students to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission by March 1 of each year. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 and each July 1 thereafter, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall use data collected from school districts to determine which students meet the standards for general admission and provide the data to the Board of Higher Education. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year, the Board of Higher Education, in collaboration with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and the State Board of Education, shall develop, in consultation with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a preselection outreach campaign to encourage qualifying State high school juniors and seniors to apply to the University of Illinois at Chicago or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Requires the Board of Higher Education to submit a report on the direct admission program and the preselection outreach campaign to the Governor and General Assembly by August 1, 2029 and each August 1 thereafter. Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to provide access to high school student directory information and each student's email address and grade point average to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and each public institution of higher education for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Christopher Belt (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bill Cunningham (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Simmons (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rachel Ventura (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Pass Higher Education; | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (16) - 2025-07-02: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass Higher Education; 013-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Higher Education (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-02-07: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt (Senate) ## Bill text - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2448.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2448sam001.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2448.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2448sam001.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB2448-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).