101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5001
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Will Guzzardi - Nicholas K. Smith
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
110 ILCS 947/22 new

     Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to annually include information about the Child Care Assistance Program and the federal dependent care allowance in the language that schools are required to provide to students eligible for Monetary Award Program grants. Specifies the information that must be included. Provides that an institution of higher learning that participates in the Monetary Award Program shall provide, at a minimum, the information to all students who are enrolled, or who are accepted for enrollment and are intending to enroll, and who have been identified by the Commission as Monetary Award Program-eligible at the institution. Provides that an institution of higher learning shall also provide the information to any student identified by the institution of higher learning as a student with dependents. Provides that an institution of higher learning may designate a public benefits liaison or single point person to assist students in taking the necessary steps to obtain public benefits if eligible. Requires the Commission to adopt rules to implement the provisions on or before October 1, 2020. Effective immediately.
  


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
 
 
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 22 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 947/22 new)
7    Sec. 22. Child care resources eligibility notification; 
8college students.
9    (a) To complement student financial assistance programs 
10and to enhance their effectiveness for students with 
11dependents, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall 
12annually include information about the Child Care Assistance 
13Program and the federal dependent care allowance in the 
14language that institutions are required to provide to students 
15eligible for Monetary Award Program grants. The language shall, 
16at a minimum, include information about program eligibility and 
17how to apply. The language shall also direct students to the 
18Department of Human Services for additional information about 
19the Child Care Assistance Program and to the institution's 
20financial aid office for additional information about the 
21federal dependent care allowance.
22    (b) An institution of higher learning that participates in 
23the Monetary Award Program shall provide, at a minimum, the 
 
 
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1notice described in subsection (a) to all students who are 
2enrolled, or who are accepted for enrollment and are intending 
3to enroll, and who have been identified by the Commission as 
4Monetary Award Program-eligible at the institution. An 
5institution of higher learning shall also provide, at a 
6minimum, the notice described in subsection (a) to any student 
7identified by the institution as a student with dependents.
8    (c) An institution may provide additional information 
9about benefits and resources the institution or community 
10offers to the students identified in subsection (b). If 
11possible, the institution may designate a public benefits 
12liaison or single point person to assist students in taking the 
13necessary steps to obtain public benefits if eligible.
14    (d) The Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to 
15implement this Section on or before October 1, 2020.
 
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.