101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2280
 
Introduced 10/28/2019, by Sen. Jil Tracy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
110 ILCS 305/9  from Ch. 144, par. 30

     Amends the University of Illinois Act.  Provides that a county is entitled to a scholarship in the University of Illinois for the benefit of the children of persons who served in the armed forces of the United States until any time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that
persons in service are no longer eligible for the Kosovo Campaign Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
  


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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 University of Illinois Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 



6    (110 ILCS 305/9)  (from Ch. 144, par. 30)



7    Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of 
8the following
periods of hostilities, each county shall be 
9entitled, annually, to one
honorary scholarship in the 
10University, for the benefit of the children of
persons who 
11served in the armed forces of the United States, except that 
12the total number of scholarships annually granted to recipients 
13from each county may not exceed 3: any time between September 
1416, 1940 and the
termination of World War II, any time during 
15the national emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 
161955, any time during the Viet
Nam conflict between January 1, 
171961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the siege of Beirut and 
18the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 and December 15, 
191983, or any
time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress 
20or the President orders that
persons in service are no longer 
21eligible for
the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Kosovo 
22Campaign Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, 
23Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.  
 
 
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1Preference for scholarships shall be
given to the children of 
2persons who are deceased or to the children of persons who have 
3a disability.    Such scholarships shall be
granted to such pupils 
4as shall, upon public examination, conducted as
the board of 
5trustees of the University may determine, be decided to
have 
6attained the greatest proficiency in the branches of learning

7usually taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of 
8good moral
character, and not less than 15 years of age.  Such 
9pupils, so selected,
shall be entitled to receive, without 
10charge for tuition, instruction in
any or all departments of 
11the University for a term of at least 4
consecutive years.  Such 
12pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the
rules and 
13regulations of the University, established for the government

14of the pupils in attendance.

15(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15; 
1699-642, eff. 7-28-16.)