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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB3727 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Ann Gillespie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment grant program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications from eligible social workers who are employed by a public elementary or secondary school district in the State. Relative thereto, the grant program may encourage a grant recipient to use the financial assistance for the repayment of educational loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Effective July 1, 2021.
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| | SB3727 | | LRB101 19838 CMG 69358 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning higher 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 adding Section 65.110 as follows: |
6 | | (110 ILCS 947/65.110 new) |
7 | | Sec. 65.110. School social work shortage loan repayment |
8 | | grant program. |
9 | | (a) To encourage Illinois students to work, and to continue |
10 | | to work, as a school social worker in public and nonpublic |
11 | | school districts in this State, the Commission shall, each |
12 | | year, receive and consider applications for loan repayment |
13 | | assistance under this Section. This program shall be known as |
14 | | the Illinois School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment |
15 | | Program. The Commission shall administer the program and shall |
16 | | adopt all necessary and proper rules to effectively implement |
17 | | the program. |
18 | | (b) Beginning July 1, 2021, subject to a separate |
19 | | appropriation made for such purposes, the Commission shall |
20 | | award a grant up to a maximum of $6,500 to each qualified |
21 | | applicant. The Commission may encourage the recipient of a |
22 | | grant under this Section to use the grant award for repayment |
23 | | of the recipient's educational loan. |