Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
Filed: 11/15/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 925
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 925 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 9 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
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7 | Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of | ||||||
8 | the following
periods of hostilities, each county shall be | ||||||
9 | entitled, annually, to one
honorary scholarship in the | ||||||
10 | University, for the benefit of the children of
persons who | ||||||
11 | served in the armed forces of the United States: the
Civil War, | ||||||
12 | World War I, any time between September 16, 1940 and the
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13 | termination of World War II, any time during the national | ||||||
14 | emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time | ||||||
15 | during the Viet
Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, | ||||||
16 | 1975, and any
time on or after August 2, 1990 and until | ||||||
17 | Congress or the President orders that
persons in service are no | ||||||
18 | longer eligible for
the Southwest Asia Service Medal , and any | ||||||
19 | time on or after September 11, 2001 and until Congress or the | ||||||
20 | President orders that persons in service are no longer eligible | ||||||
21 | for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal . Preference | ||||||
22 | shall be
given to the children of persons who are deceased or
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23 | disabled. Such scholarships shall be
granted to such pupils as | ||||||
24 | shall, upon public examination, conducted as
the board of |
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1 | trustees of the University may determine, be decided to
have | ||||||
2 | attained the greatest proficiency in the branches of learning
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3 | usually taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of | ||||||
4 | good moral
character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such | ||||||
5 | pupils, so selected,
shall be entitled to receive, without | ||||||
6 | charge for tuition, instruction in
any or all departments of | ||||||
7 | the University for a term of at least 4
consecutive years. Such | ||||||
8 | pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the
rules and | ||||||
9 | regulations of the University, established for the government
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10 | of the pupils in attendance.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 88-177; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95.)".
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