(110 ILCS 153/5-30) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
Sec. 5-30. Notice of intent to return. Notice of intent to return shall be provided to the institution placing the service member student on academic military leave consistent with the following: (1) Intent to return is presumed for academic military leave less than 31 days. (2) Intent to return is presumed when return is part of an established accommodation. (3) Notice of intent to return may be provided at any time between advance notice and within 3 years from the end of the academic military leave period. (4) Notice of intent to return requirement is not met when it is provided later than 3 years after the completion of military service unless a service member student is hospitalized or convalescing from an illness or injury incurred in or aggravated during such military service. In this case, notice of intent to return is not met when it is provided later than 2 years after the end of the period reasonably necessary for recovery of such illness or injury. (5) Failure to provide notice of intent to return subjects the service member student to the institution's established policies and procedures. (6) Notice of intent to return shall be provided to each applicable instructor or, when designated by the institution, to the appropriate official. (7) Notice of intent to return shall be written and in no particular format. (8) Notice of intent to return may be waived by, and at the sole discretion of, the institution. Waiver may be verbal or written or established in policy or procedure. (Source: P.A. 104-574, eff. 1-1-27.)