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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4467 Introduced , by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In a Section concerning a police officer or fire officer survivor grant, provides that, with respect to disabled police and fire officers, natural children need not be born before the disability occurred in order to receive the grant. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4467 | | LRB100 17238 AXK 32397 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 55 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/55)
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| 7 | | Sec. 55. Police officer or fire officer survivor grant. |
| 8 | | Grants shall be
provided for any spouse, natural child, legally |
| 9 | | adopted child, or child in
the legal custody of police officers |
| 10 | | and fire officers who are killed or who become a person with a |
| 11 | | permanent disability with 90% to 100% disability in the line of |
| 12 | | duty while employed by, or
in the voluntary service of, this |
| 13 | | State or any local public entity in this
State. Beneficiaries |
| 14 | | need not be Illinois residents at the time of enrollment
in |
| 15 | | order to receive this grant. With respect to disabled police |
| 16 | | and fire officers, natural children need not be born before the |
| 17 | | disability occurred in order to receive this grant. |
| 18 | | Beneficiaries are entitled to 8 semesters or
12 quarters of |
| 19 | | full payment of tuition and mandatory fees at any
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| 20 | | State-sponsored Illinois institution of higher learning for |
| 21 | | either full or
part-time study, or the equivalent of 8 |
| 22 | | semesters or 12 quarters of payment
of
tuition and
mandatory |
| 23 | | fees at the rate established by the Commission for private
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