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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4406
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4406 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 65.75 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (110 ILCS 947/65.75 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 65.75. Grant for a person raised by a grandparent. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider | ||||||
| 9 | applications for grant assistance under this Section. An | ||||||
| 10 | applicant is eligible for a grant under this Section if the | ||||||
| 11 | Commission finds that the applicant: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) has been in the legal custody of his or her | ||||||
| 13 | grandparent and received public aid assistance under the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois Public Aid Code for a period of at least the | ||||||
| 15 | consecutive 12 months preceding the initial application | ||||||
| 16 | for assistance under this Section; | ||||||
| 17 | (2) has graduated from high school with a cumulative | ||||||
| 18 | grade point average of at least a 2.7 on a 4.0 scale or its | ||||||
| 19 | equivalent; | ||||||
| 20 | (3) has been recommended for assistance under this | ||||||
| 21 | Section by the principal or other appropriate | ||||||
| 22 | administrative officer of his or her high school; and | ||||||
| 23 | (4) is enrolled in or plans to enroll in an institution | ||||||
| 24 | of higher learning in this State full-time. | ||||||
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| 1 | (b) Applicants who are determined to be eligible for | ||||||
| 2 | assistance under this Section shall receive, subject to | ||||||
| 3 | appropriation, a renewable grant of $1,000 to be applied to | ||||||
| 4 | tuition and mandatory fees and paid directly to the institution | ||||||
| 5 | of higher learning at which the applicant is enrolled. However, | ||||||
| 6 | the total amount of assistance awarded by the Commission under | ||||||
| 7 | this Section to an individual in any fiscal year, when added to | ||||||
| 8 | other financial assistance awarded by the Commission to that | ||||||
| 9 | individual for that fiscal year, must not exceed the cost of | ||||||
| 10 | attendance at the institution of higher learning at which the | ||||||
| 11 | student is enrolled. | ||||||
| 12 | (c) A grant awarded under this Section may be renewed for a | ||||||
| 13 | total of up to 4 years of full-time enrollment. All of the | ||||||
| 14 | following are conditions of grant renewal: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) The student must provide the Commission with a | ||||||
| 16 | recommendation for the grant by an academic counselor, | ||||||
| 17 | advisor, or instructor at the student's institution of | ||||||
| 18 | higher learning.
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| 19 | (2) The student must have, at the time of renewal, a | ||||||
| 20 | cumulative grade point average of at least a 2.7 on a 4.0 | ||||||
| 21 | scale or its equivalent at the institution of higher | ||||||
| 22 | learning.
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| 23 | (d) The Commission shall make all necessary and proper | ||||||
| 24 | rules not inconsistent with this Section for its effective | ||||||
| 25 | implementation.".
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