093_SB2080 BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 AN ACT making appropriations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 ARTICLE 1 5 Section 5. The following amounts, or so much of those 6 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 7 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student 8 Assistance Commission for its ordinary and contingent 9 expenses: 10 For Administration 11 For Personal Services......................... $2,602,800 12 For Employee Retirement Contributions 13 Paid by Employer.......................... 104,100 14 For State Contributions to State 15 Employees Retirement System............... 261,600 16 For State Contributions to 17 Social Security........................... 199,100 18 For Contractual Services...................... 2,013,000 19 For Travel.................................... 26,400 20 For Commodities............................... 32,800 21 For Printing.................................. 100,000 22 For Equipment................................. 10,000 23 For Telecommunications........................ 110,500 24 For Operation of Auto Equipment............... 5,500 25 Total $5,465,800 26 Section 10. The sum of $100,000, or so much there of as 27 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 28 Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for costs 29 associated with federal costs allocation requirements. -2- BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 Section 15. The sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as 2 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 3 Assistance Commission from the Higher EdNet Fund for costs 4 associated with administration of the Illinois Higher EdNet, 5 a clearinghouse for post-secondary education financial aid 6 information. 7 Section 20. The following named amounts, or so much 8 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 9 to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission from the 10 Student Loan Operating Fund for its ordinary and contingent 11 expenses: 12 For Administration 13 For Personal Services........................$ 13,887,700 14 For Employee Retirement Contributions 15 Paid by Employer.......................... 555,600 16 For State Contributions to State 17 Employees Retirement System............... 1,456,400 18 For State Contributions to 19 Social Security........................... 1,062,500 20 For State Contributions for 21 Employees Group Insurance................. 2,626 000 22 For Contractual Services...................... 33,742,000 23 For Travel.................................... 191,000 24 For Commodities............................... 234,700 25 For Printing.................................. 558,000 26 For Equipment................................. 540,000 27 For Telecommunications........................ 1,733,500 28 For Operation of Auto Equipment............... 32,400 29 Total $56,619,800 30 Section 25. The sum of $332,699,800, or so much thereof 31 as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 32 Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for -3- BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 payment of grant awards to students eligible to receive such 2 awards, as provided by law, including up to $7,000,000 for 3 transfer into the Monetary Award Program Reserve Fund. 4 Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much 5 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 6 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student 7 Assistance Commission for the following purposes: 8 Grants and Scholarships 9 For payment of matching grants to Illinois 10 institutions to supplement scholarship 11 programs, as provided by law.............. $950,000 12 For payment of Merit Recognition Scholarships 13 to undergraduate students under the Merit 14 Recognition Scholarship Program provided 15 for in Section 31 of the Higher Education 16 Student Assistance Act.................... 5,400,000 17 For the payment of scholarships to students 18 who are children of policemen or firemen 19 killed in the line of duty, or who are 20 dependents of correctional officers killed 21 or permanently disabled in the line of 22 duty, as provided by law.................. 275,000 23 For payment of Illinois National Guard and 24 Naval Militia Scholarships at 25 State-controlled universities and public 26 community colleges in Illinois to students 27 eligible to receive such awards, as 28 provided by law........................... 4,500,000 29 For payment of military Veterans' scholarships 30 at State-controlled universities and at 31 public community colleges for students 32 eligible, as provided by law.............. 19,250,000 33 For college savings bond grants to students -4- BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 eligible to receive such awards........... 650,000 2 For payment of Minority Teacher Scholarships.. 3,100,000 3 For payment of David A. DeBolt Teacher 4 Shortage Scholarships..................... 2,900,000 5 For payment of Illinois Incentive for Access 6 grants, as provided by law................ 7,200,000 7 For payment of Illinois Scholars Scholarships. 2,914,300 8 Total $47,139,300 9 Section 40. The sum of $2,700,000, or so much thereof as 10 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 11 Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the 12 Loan Repayment for Teachers Program. 13 Section 45. The following named amount, or so much 14 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 15 Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarship Fund to the 16 Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the following 17 purpose: 18 Grants and Scholarships 19 For payment of Illinois Future Teacher 20 Corps Scholarships, as provided by law ...........$ 50,000 21 Section 46. The following named amount, or so much 22 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 23 Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission 24 for the following purpose: 25 Grants and Scholarships 26 For payment of Illinois Future Teacher 27 Corps Scholarships, as provided by law ........$ 4,100,000 28 Section 47. The following named amount, or so much 29 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 30 Contracts and Grants Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance -5- BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 Commission for the following purpose: 2 To support outreach and training activities ........$ 50,000 3 Section 48. The following named amount, or so much 4 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 5 Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund to the 6 Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the following 7 purpose: 8 Grants and Scholarships 9 For payment of scholarships for the 10 Optometric Education Scholarship 11 Program, as provided by law ......................$ 50,000 12 Section 50. The following sum, or so much thereof as may 13 be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Student 14 Incentive Trust Fund for the Educational Assistance and 15 Supplemental Leveraging Educational Assistance Programs to 16 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the following 17 purpose: 18 Grants 19 For payment of grant awards to full-time and 20 Part-time students eligible to receive such 21 Awards, as provided by law.................. $3,700,000 22 Section 60. The sum of $150,000, or so much thereof as 23 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 24 Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for 25 support of new initiatives to increase awareness of 26 educational and financial aid opportunities among underserved 27 or underrepresented populations. 28 Section 65. The sum of $220,000,000, or so much thereof 29 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Student 30 Loan Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for -6- BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 distribution when necessary as a result of the following: for 2 guarantees of loans that are uncollectable, for collection 3 payments to the Student Loan Operating Fund as required under 4 agreements with the United States Secretary of Education, for 5 payment to the Student Loan Operating Fund for Default 6 Aversion Fees, and for other distributions as necessary and 7 provided for under the Federal Higher Education Act. 8 Section 70. The sum of $24,000,000, or so much thereof 9 as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois 10 Student Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating 11 Fund for distribution as necessary for the following: for 12 payment of collection agency fees associated with collection 13 activities for Federal Family Education Loans, for Default 14 Aversion Fee reversals, and for distributions as necessary 15 and provided for under the Federal Higher Education Act. 16 Section 75. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 17 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 18 Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating Fund 19 for costs associated with Federal Loan System Development and 20 Maintenance. 21 Section 80. The sum of $13,000,000, or so much thereof 22 as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 23 Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating Fund 24 for transfer to the Federal Student Loan Fund for 25 reimbursement of sums transferred for working capital 26 purposes as permitted by federal law. 27 Section 85. The sum of $1,300,000, or so much thereof as 28 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Reserve 29 Recall Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for 30 default prevention activities. -7- BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 Section 90. The sum of $300,000, or so much of that 2 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Accounts 3 Receivable Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission 4 for costs associated with the collection of delinquent 5 scholarship awards pursuant to the Illinois State Collection 6 Act of 1986. 7 Section 95. The following named amount, or so much 8 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal 9 Student Assistance Scholarship Fund to the Illinois Student 10 Assistance Commission for the following purpose: 11 For payment of Robert C. Byrd 12 Honors Scholarships........................ $1,800,000 13 Section 100. The sum of $70,000, or so much thereof as 14 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 15 Assistance Commission from the University Grant Fund for 16 payment of grants for the Higher Education License Plate 17 Program, as provided by law. 18 Section 105. The sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as 19 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 20 Assistance Commission from the Contract and Grants Fund to 21 support outreach and training activities. 22 Section 110. The following named amount, or so much 23 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal 24 Reserve Recall Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance 25 Commission for the following purpose: 26 For student loan reserve recalled by the 27 Secretary of Education, United States 28 Department of Education, for transfer to 29 the Federal Student Loan Fund ....................$ 50,000 -8- BOB093 00151 EMB 00151 b 1 Section 115. The following named amount, or so much 2 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal 3 Student Assistance Scholarship Fund to the Illinois Student 4 Assistance Commission for the following purpose: 5 For transferring repayment funds collected 6 under the Paul Duglas Teacher Scholarship 7 Program to the U.S. Treasury ....................$ 400,000 8 Section 120. The following named amount, or so much 9 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 10 Illinois Student Loan Operations Fund to the Illinois Student 11 Assistance Commission for the following purpose: 12 Enhance Outreach and Awareness ......................$162,500 13 E-Learning Initiative .............................. 250,000 14 Total $412,500 15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 16 July 1, 2003.