101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4833

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 947/51 new

    Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to, each year, receive and consider applications for scholarship assistance to African American males who are enrolled in an Illinois-approved educator preparation program in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and fees of the institution at which the recipient is enrolled. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
5amended by adding Section 51 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 947/51 new)
7    Sec. 51. African American male teacher scholarship
8program. In an effort to increase the number of male African
9American teachers who traditionally have been underrepresented
10as teachers in elementary and secondary education, the
11Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications
12for scholarship assistance under this Section. An applicant is
13eligible for a scholarship under this Section if the applicant
14is an African American male who is enrolled in an
15Illinois-approved educator preparation program. Each
16scholarship awarded under this Section shall be in an amount
17sufficient to pay the tuition and fees of the institution at
18which the recipient is enrolled.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.