SB1674 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1674

Introduced 2/24/2005, by Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/30-12.5
105 ILCS 5/30-13	from Ch. 122, par. 30-13

Amends the School Code. Provides that a General Assembly scholarship covers the payment of tuition and fees if amounts are appropriated for that purpose to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (now, the scholarship exempts the holder from the payment of tuition and fees). Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 30-12.5 and 30-13 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/30-12.5)

Sec. 30-12.5. Waiver of confidentiality.

(a) As a condition of nomination for a General Assembly scholarship under Section 30-9, 30-10, or 30-11, each nominee shall provide to the member of the General Assembly making the nomination a waiver document stating that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if the nominee receives a General Assembly scholarship, then the nominee waives all rights to confidentiality with respect to the contents of the waiver document. The waiver document shall state at a minimum the nominee's name, domicile address, attending university, degree program in which the nominee is enrolled, amount of tuition covered waived by the legislative scholarship and the name of the member of the General Assembly who is making the nomination. The waiver document shall also contain a statement by the nominee that, at the time of the nomination for the legislative scholarship, the domicile of the nominee is within the legislative district of the legislator making the scholarship nomination. The waiver document must be signed by the nominee, and the nominee shall have his or her signature on the waiver document acknowledged before a notary public. The member of the General Assembly making the nomination shall file the signed, notarized waiver document, together with the nomination itself, with the State Superintendent of Education. By so filing the waiver document, the member waives all his or her rights to confidentiality with respect to the contents of the waiver document.

(b) The legislative scholarship of any nominee shall be revoked upon a determination by the State Board of Education after a hearing that the nominee knowingly provided false or misleading information on the waiver document. Upon revocation of the legislative scholarship, the scholarship nominee shall reimburse the Illinois Student Assistance Commission university for the full amount of any tuition covered by the scholarship waived prior to revocation of the scholarship.

(c) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall prepare a form waiver document to be used as provided in subsection (a) and shall provide copies of the form upon request.

(Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)

(105 ILCS 5/30-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-13)

Sec. 30-13. The scholarships issued under Sections 30-9 through 30-12 of this Article may be used at the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University as provided in those sections. Unless otherwise indicated, these scholarships shall be good for a period of not more than 4 years while enrolled for residence credit and, subject to appropriation to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for this purpose, shall cover exempt the holder from the payment of tuition and , or any matriculation, graduation, activity, term or incidental fee, except any portion of a multipurpose fee which is used for a purpose not covered by the scholarship for which exemption is not granted under this Section. The scholarship Exemption shall not cover be granted from any other fees, including book rental, service, laboratory, supply, union building, hospital and medical insurance fees and any fees established for the operation and maintenance of buildings, the income of which is pledged to the payment of interest and principal on bonds issued by the governing board of any university or community college.

Any student who has been or shall be awarded a scholarship shall be reimbursed by the appropriate university or community college for any fees which he has paid and for which the scholarship covers exemption is granted under this Section, if application for such reimbursement is made within 2 months following the school term for which the fees were paid.

The holder of a scholarship shall be subject to all examinations, rules and requirements of the university or community college in which he is enrolled except as herein directed.

This article does not prohibit the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Regents of the Regency Universities System and the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities for the institutions under their respective jurisdictions from granting other scholarships.

(Source: P.A. 88-228; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.