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1 | | educational program at the
qualified institution of his or |
2 | | her choice.
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3 | | (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the |
4 | | student's application
and upon the Commission's finding that |
5 | | the applicant:
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6 | | (1) has remained a student in good standing;
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7 | | (2) remains a resident of this State; and
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8 | | (3) is in a financial situation that continues to |
9 | | warrant assistance.
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10 | | (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and |
11 | | necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
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12 | | amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest of
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13 | | the following amounts:
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14 | | (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year |
15 | | 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, and $6,468 for fiscal |
16 | | year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, or such lesser |
17 | | amount as
the Commission finds to be available, during an |
18 | | academic year;
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19 | | (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters |
20 | | tuition
and other necessary fees required generally by the |
21 | | institution of all
full-time undergraduate students; or
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22 | | (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be |
23 | | appropriate in view of
the applicant's financial |
24 | | resources.
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25 | | Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for |
26 | | students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c) |
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1 | | must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made |
2 | | by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of |
3 | | this subsection (c). |
4 | | "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section |
5 | | include the
customary charge for instruction and use of |
6 | | facilities in general, and the
additional fixed fees charged |
7 | | for specified purposes, which are required
generally of |
8 | | nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the |
9 | | grant
applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees |
10 | | payable only once or
breakage fees and other contingent |
11 | | deposits which are refundable in whole or in
part. The |
12 | | Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
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13 | | Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of |
14 | | tuition and other
necessary fees.
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15 | | (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no No |
16 | | applicant, including those presently receiving scholarship
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17 | | assistance under this Act, is eligible for monetary award |
18 | | program
consideration under this Act after receiving a |
19 | | baccalaureate degree or
the equivalent of 135 semester credit |
20 | | hours of award payments.
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21 | | (d-3) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year through |
22 | | the 2024-2025 academic year, an applicant who is otherwise |
23 | | eligible for grant assistance under this Section may receive |
24 | | grant assistance for an additional academic year after |
25 | | receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135 |
26 | | semester credit hours if he or she (i) enrolls in a |
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1 | | State-approved educator preparation program and (ii) within 5 |
2 | | years after receiving a Professional Educator License, teaches |
3 | | in this State for a minimum of 3 years. If at any time a person |
4 | | fails to meet the requirements of this subsection, he or she |
5 | | must repay the amount of additional assistance received to the |
6 | | Commission, in a manner as determined by the Commission, |
7 | | prorated according to the fraction of the teaching obligation |
8 | | not completed. This subsection is inoperative on and after July |
9 | | 1, 2025. |
10 | | (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means |
11 | | a student attending an institution of higher learning who |
12 | | received a Monetary Award Program grant during the prior |
13 | | academic year. Beginning with the processing of applications |
14 | | for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commission shall annually |
15 | | publish a priority deadline date for renewing applicants. |
16 | | Subject to appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by the |
17 | | published priority deadline date shall receive a grant if he or |
18 | | she continues to meet the eligibility requirements under this |
19 | | Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the |
20 | | priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5) |
21 | | shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if |
22 | | sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that |
23 | | date. |
24 | | (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to |
25 | | be offered,
shall take into consideration past experience with |
26 | | the rate of grant funds
unclaimed by recipients. The Commission |
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1 | | shall notify applicants that grant
assistance is contingent |
2 | | upon the availability of appropriated funds.
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3 | | (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is an |
4 | | important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to facilitate |
5 | | access to college both for students who pursue postsecondary |
6 | | education immediately following high school and for those who |
7 | | pursue postsecondary education later in life, particularly |
8 | | Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with financial need and |
9 | | who are seeking to improve their economic position through |
10 | | education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic years, the |
11 | | Commission shall give additional and specific consideration to |
12 | | the needs of dislocated workers with the intent of allowing |
13 | | applicants who are dislocated workers an opportunity to secure |
14 | | financial assistance even if applying later than the general |
15 | | pool of applicants. The Commission's consideration shall |
16 | | include, in determining the number of grants to be offered, an |
17 | | estimate of the resources needed to serve dislocated workers |
18 | | who apply after the Commission initially suspends award |
19 | | announcements for the upcoming regular academic year, but prior |
20 | | to the beginning of that academic year. For the purposes of |
21 | | this subsection (e-5), a dislocated worker is defined as in the |
22 | | federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act. |
23 | | (f) (Blank).
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24 | | (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and |
25 | | make grants to
applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit |
26 | | institutions in accordance with the
criteria set forth in this |
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1 | | Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at
such |
2 | | for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
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3 | | (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to |
4 | | eligible first-time
freshmen and
first-time transfer |
5 | | students who have attained an associate degree.
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6 | | (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to |
7 | | eligible freshmen
students,
transfer students who have |
8 | | attained an associate degree, and students who
receive a |
9 | | grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and |
10 | | whose grants
are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
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11 | | (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all |
12 | | eligible students.
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13 | | (h) The Commission may adopt rules to implement this |
14 | | Section. |
15 | | (Source: P.A. 100-477, eff. 9-8-17; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18; |
16 | | 100-823, eff. 8-13-18; revised 10-10-18.)
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17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
18 | | becoming law.".
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