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1 | AN ACT concerning 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 School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 30-9, 30-10, 30-11, 30-12.5, 30-13, and 30-14 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
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7 | Sec. 30-9. General Assembly scholarship; conditions of | ||||||
8 | admission; award by
competitive examination.
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9 | Each member of the General Assembly may nominate annually 2 | ||||||
10 | persons of
school age and otherwise eligible, from his | ||||||
11 | district; each shall
receive a
certificate of scholarship in a
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12 | any State supported
university or public community college in | ||||||
13 | this State designated by the member. In addition to residing | ||||||
14 | within the legislative district, in the case of a scholarship | ||||||
15 | for a community college, the designated community college must | ||||||
16 | be within the community college district where the nominee | ||||||
17 | resides or the designated community college must have a | ||||||
18 | reciprocal tuition agreement for in-district rates with the | ||||||
19 | community college district where the nominee resides. Any | ||||||
20 | member of the General Assembly in
making nominations under this | ||||||
21 | Section may designate that his nominee be
granted a 4 year | ||||||
22 | scholarship or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for
that | ||||||
23 | particular scholarship, each to receive a 2 year or a one year
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1 | scholarship, respectively. The nominee, if a graduate of a | ||||||
2 | school
accredited by the University or community college to | ||||||
3 | which nominated, shall be admitted to the
university or | ||||||
4 | community college on the same conditions as to educational | ||||||
5 | qualifications as are
other graduates of accredited schools. If | ||||||
6 | the nominee is not a graduate of
a school accredited by the | ||||||
7 | university or community college to which nominated, he must, | ||||||
8 | before
being entitled to the benefits of the scholarship, pass | ||||||
9 | an examination
given by the superintendent of schools of the | ||||||
10 | county where he resides at
the time stated in Section 30-7 for | ||||||
11 | the competitive examination. The
president of each university | ||||||
12 | or community college shall prescribe the rules governing the
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13 | examination for scholarship to his or her university or | ||||||
14 | community college .
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15 | A member of the General Assembly may award the scholarship | ||||||
16 | by
competitive examination conducted under like rules as | ||||||
17 | prescribed in Section
30-7 even though one or more of the | ||||||
18 | applicants are graduates of schools
accredited by the | ||||||
19 | university or community college .
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20 | A member of the General Assembly may delegate to the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Student
Assistance Commission the authority to | ||||||
22 | nominate persons for General Assembly
scholarships which that | ||||||
23 | member would otherwise be entitled to award, or may
direct the | ||||||
24 | Commission to evaluate and make recommendations to the member
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25 | concerning candidates for such scholarships. In the event a | ||||||
26 | member
delegates his nominating authority or directs the |
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1 | Commission to evaluate
and make recommendations concerning | ||||||
2 | candidates for General Assembly
scholarships, the member shall | ||||||
3 | inform the Commission in writing of the
criteria which he | ||||||
4 | wishes the Commission to apply in nominating or
recommending | ||||||
5 | candidates. Those criteria may include some or all of the
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6 | criteria provided in Section 25 of the Higher Education Student
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7 | Assistance Act. A delegation of authority under this paragraph | ||||||
8 | may be revoked
at any time by the member.
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9 | Failure of a member of the General Assembly to make a | ||||||
10 | nomination in any
year shall not cause that scholarship to | ||||||
11 | lapse, but the member may make a
nomination for such | ||||||
12 | scholarship at any time thereafter before the
expiration of his | ||||||
13 | term, and the person so nominated shall be entitled to
the same | ||||||
14 | benefits as holders of other scholarships provided herein. Any
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15 | such scholarship for which a member has made no nomination | ||||||
16 | prior to the
expiration of the term for which he was elected | ||||||
17 | shall lapse upon the
expiration of that term.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
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19 | (105 ILCS 5/30-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-10)
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20 | Sec. 30-10. Filing nominations-Failure to accept or | ||||||
21 | pass-Second
nomination.
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22 | Nominations, under Section 30-9, showing the name and | ||||||
23 | address of the
nominee, and the term of the scholarship, | ||||||
24 | whether 4 years, 2 years or
one year, must be filed with the | ||||||
25 | State Superintendent of Education not later
than the opening |
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1 | day of the semester or term with which the scholarship is to
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2 | become effective. The State
Superintendent of Education shall | ||||||
3 | forthwith notify the
president of the university or community | ||||||
4 | college of such nomination.
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5 | If the nominee fails to accept the nomination or, not being | ||||||
6 | a
graduate of a school accredited by the university or | ||||||
7 | community college , fails to pass the
examination for admission, | ||||||
8 | the president of the university or community college shall at | ||||||
9 | once
notify the State Superintendent of Education. Upon | ||||||
10 | receiving such notification,
the State Superintendent of | ||||||
11 | Education shall notify the nominating
member, who may name | ||||||
12 | another person for the scholarship. The second
nomination must | ||||||
13 | be received by the State Superintendent of Education not
later | ||||||
14 | than the middle of the semester or term with which the | ||||||
15 | scholarship
was to have become effective under the original | ||||||
16 | nomination in order to
become effective as of the opening date | ||||||
17 | of such semester or term
otherwise it shall not become | ||||||
18 | effective until the beginning of the next
semester or term | ||||||
19 | following the making of the second nomination. Upon
receiving | ||||||
20 | such notification, the State Superintendent of Education shall
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21 | notify the president of the university or community college of | ||||||
22 | such second nomination.
If any person nominated after the | ||||||
23 | effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1973 to receive a | ||||||
24 | General Assembly scholarship changes his residence
to a | ||||||
25 | location outside of the district from which he was nominated, | ||||||
26 | his
nominating member may terminate that scholarship at the |
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1 | conclusion of
the college year in which he is then enrolled. | ||||||
2 | For purposes of this
paragraph, a person changes his residence | ||||||
3 | if he registers to vote in a
location outside of the district | ||||||
4 | from which he was nominated, but does
not change his residence | ||||||
5 | merely by taking off-campus housing or living
in a | ||||||
6 | nonuniversity or non-community college residence. In addition, | ||||||
7 | in the case of a scholarship for a community college, if the | ||||||
8 | nominee changes his or her residence to a location outside of | ||||||
9 | the community college district where he or she was residing and | ||||||
10 | the designated community college does not have a reciprocal | ||||||
11 | tuition agreement for in-district rates with the community | ||||||
12 | college district where the nominee now resides, then the | ||||||
13 | nominating member may terminate the scholarship at the | ||||||
14 | conclusion of the college year in which the nominee is then | ||||||
15 | enrolled.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
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17 | (105 ILCS 5/30-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-11)
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18 | Sec. 30-11. Failure to use scholarship - Further | ||||||
19 | nominations. If any nominee under Section 30-9 or 30-10 | ||||||
20 | discontinues his course
of instruction or fails to use the | ||||||
21 | scholarship, leaving 1, 2, 3, or 4
years thereof unused, the | ||||||
22 | member of the General Assembly may, except as
otherwise | ||||||
23 | provided in this Article, nominate some other person eligible
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24 | under this Article from his district who shall be entitled to | ||||||
25 | the
scholarship for the unexpired period thereof. Such |
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1 | appointment to an
unexpired scholarship vacated before July 1, | ||||||
2 | 1961, may be made only by
the member of the General Assembly | ||||||
3 | who made the original appointment and
during the time he is | ||||||
4 | such a member. If a scholarship is vacated on or
after July 1, | ||||||
5 | 1961, and the member of the General Assembly who made the
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6 | original appointment has ceased to be a member, some eligible | ||||||
7 | person may
be nominated in the following manner to fill the | ||||||
8 | vacancy: If the
original appointment was made by a Senator, | ||||||
9 | such nomination shall be
made by the Senator from the same | ||||||
10 | district; if the original appointment
was made by a | ||||||
11 | Representative,
such nomination
shall be made by the | ||||||
12 | Representative
from the same district. Every nomination to fill | ||||||
13 | a vacancy must
be accompanied either by a release of the | ||||||
14 | original nominee or if he is
dead then an affidavit to that | ||||||
15 | effect by some competent person. The
failure of a nominee to | ||||||
16 | register at the university or community college within 20 days | ||||||
17 | after
the opening of any semester or term shall be deemed a | ||||||
18 | release by him of
the nomination, unless he has been granted a | ||||||
19 | leave of absence in
accordance with Section 30-14 or unless his | ||||||
20 | absence is by reason of his
entry into the military service of | ||||||
21 | the United States. The university or community college shall | ||||||
22 | immediately upon the
expiration of 20 days after the beginning | ||||||
23 | of the semester or term notify
the State Board of Education
as | ||||||
24 | to the status of each
scholarship, who shall forthwith notify | ||||||
25 | the nominating member of any
nominee's failure to register or, | ||||||
26 | if the nominating member has ceased to
be a member of the |
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1 | General Assembly, shall notify the member or members
entitled | ||||||
2 | to make the nomination to fill the vacancy. All nominations to | ||||||
3 | unused
or unexpired scholarships shall be effective as of the | ||||||
4 | opening of the semester
or term of the university or community | ||||||
5 | college during which they are made if they are filed with
the | ||||||
6 | university or community college during the first half of the | ||||||
7 | semester or term, otherwise
they shall not be effective until | ||||||
8 | the opening of the next following
semester or term.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
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10 | (105 ILCS 5/30-12.5)
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11 | Sec. 30-12.5. Waiver of confidentiality.
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12 | (a) As a condition of nomination for a General Assembly | ||||||
13 | scholarship under
Section 30-9, 30-10, or 30-11, each nominee | ||||||
14 | shall provide to the member of the
General Assembly making the | ||||||
15 | nomination a waiver document stating that,
notwithstanding
any | ||||||
16 | provision of law to the contrary, if the nominee receives a | ||||||
17 | General
Assembly scholarship, then the nominee waives all | ||||||
18 | rights to confidentiality
with respect to the contents of the | ||||||
19 | waiver document. The waiver document shall
state at a minimum | ||||||
20 | the
nominee's name,
domicile address, attending university or | ||||||
21 | community college , degree program in which the
nominee is | ||||||
22 | enrolled, amount of tuition waived by the legislative
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23 | scholarship
and the name of the member of the General
Assembly | ||||||
24 | who is making the nomination.
The waiver document shall also | ||||||
25 | contain a statement by the nominee that, at
the time of the |
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1 | nomination for the legislative scholarship, the domicile of the
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2 | nominee is within the legislative district of the legislator | ||||||
3 | making the
scholarship nomination.
The waiver document must be | ||||||
4 | signed by
the nominee, and the nominee shall have his or her | ||||||
5 | signature on the waiver
document
acknowledged before a notary | ||||||
6 | public. The member of the General Assembly making
the | ||||||
7 | nomination shall file the signed, notarized waiver document, | ||||||
8 | together with
the
nomination itself, with the State | ||||||
9 | Superintendent of Education.
By so filing the waiver document, | ||||||
10 | the member waives all his or her rights to
confidentiality with | ||||||
11 | respect to the contents of the waiver document.
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12 | (b) The legislative scholarship of any nominee shall be | ||||||
13 | revoked upon a
determination by the State Board of Education | ||||||
14 | after a hearing that the nominee
knowingly provided false or | ||||||
15 | misleading information on the waiver document.
Upon revocation | ||||||
16 | of the legislative scholarship, the scholarship nominee shall
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17 | reimburse the university or community college for the full | ||||||
18 | amount of any tuition waived prior to
revocation of the | ||||||
19 | scholarship.
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20 | (c) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall | ||||||
21 | prepare a form waiver
document
to be used as provided in | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) and shall provide copies of the form
upon | ||||||
23 | request.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
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25 | (105 ILCS 5/30-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-13)
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1 | Sec. 30-13. The scholarships issued under Sections 30-9 | ||||||
2 | through 30-12
of this Article may be used at the University of | ||||||
3 | Illinois, Southern Illinois
University, Chicago State | ||||||
4 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors
State | ||||||
5 | University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
6 | University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | ||||||
7 | University , or a public community college located in this | ||||||
8 | State, as provided in
those sections. Unless otherwise | ||||||
9 | indicated, these
scholarships shall be good for a period of not | ||||||
10 | more than 4 years while enrolled
for residence credit and shall | ||||||
11 | exempt the holder from the payment of tuition,
or any | ||||||
12 | matriculation, graduation, activity, term or incidental fee, | ||||||
13 | except
any portion of a multipurpose fee which is used for a | ||||||
14 | purpose for which
exemption is not granted under this Section. | ||||||
15 | Exemption shall not be granted
from any other fees, including | ||||||
16 | book rental, service, laboratory, supply,
union building, | ||||||
17 | hospital and medical insurance fees and any fees established
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18 | for the operation and maintenance of buildings, the income of | ||||||
19 | which is pledged
to the payment of interest and principal on | ||||||
20 | bonds issued by the governing
board of any university or | ||||||
21 | community college.
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22 | Any student who has been or shall be awarded a scholarship | ||||||
23 | shall be
reimbursed by the appropriate university or community | ||||||
24 | college for any fees
which he has paid and for which exemption | ||||||
25 | is granted under this Section, if
application for such | ||||||
26 | reimbursement is made within 2 months following the school
term |
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1 | for which the fees were paid.
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2 | The holder of a scholarship shall be subject to all | ||||||
3 | examinations, rules
and requirements of the university or | ||||||
4 | community college in which he is enrolled
except as herein | ||||||
5 | directed.
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6 | This article does not prohibit the Board of Trustees of the | ||||||
7 | University
of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern | ||||||
8 | Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State | ||||||
9 | University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois | ||||||
10 | University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State | ||||||
11 | University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, | ||||||
12 | the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the | ||||||
13 | Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University, and the board | ||||||
14 | of trustees of a community college district
the
Board of | ||||||
15 | Regents of the Regency Universities System and the Board
of | ||||||
16 | Governors of State Colleges and Universities for the | ||||||
17 | institutions under
their respective jurisdictions from | ||||||
18 | granting other scholarships.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 88-228; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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20 | (105 ILCS 5/30-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-14)
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21 | Sec. 30-14. Leaves of absence to holders of scholarships.
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22 | Any student enrolled in a university or community college
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23 | to which he is holding a
scholarship issued under this Article | ||||||
24 | who satisfies the president of the
university or community | ||||||
25 | college or someone designated by him or her , that he or she
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1 | requires leave of absence
for the purpose of earning funds to | ||||||
2 | defray his or her expenses while in attendance
or on account of | ||||||
3 | illness or military service may be granted such leave and
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4 | allowed a period of not to exceed 6 years in which to complete | ||||||
5 | his course
at the university or community college . The | ||||||
6 | university or community college shall notify the county | ||||||
7 | superintendent of
the county from which the scholarship was | ||||||
8 | issued of the granting of the
leave. Time spent in the armed | ||||||
9 | forces shall not be part of the 6 years.
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10 | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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11 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
12 | Section 8.31 as follows: | ||||||
13 | (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
15 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
16 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
17 | the 95th General Assembly.
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
19 | 2007.
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