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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 Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program Act | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 225/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2953)
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| 7 | Sec. 3. Creation and implementation of program. A program | ||||||
| 8 | of
financial assistance to support student cooperative work | ||||||
| 9 | study programs in
higher education is established to benefit | ||||||
| 10 | students academically and
financially, reduce reliance on | ||||||
| 11 | loans, enhance public-private sector
partnerships, and | ||||||
| 12 | encourage students to seek permanent employment in Illinois.
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| 13 | The Board shall administer the program of financial | ||||||
| 14 | assistance and shall
distribute the funds appropriated by the | ||||||
| 15 | General Assembly for this purpose
in the form of grants to | ||||||
| 16 | public or nonpublic institutions of higher
education to expand | ||||||
| 17 | opportunities for students to pursue internships,
clinical | ||||||
| 18 | placement, cooperative programs with business and industry, | ||||||
| 19 | and
other work opportunities linked to a student's academic | ||||||
| 20 | program. In awarding
grants under this Act, the Board shall | ||||||
| 21 | consider whether programs:
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| 22 | (1) strengthen cooperation between higher education, | ||||||
| 23 | business,
industry, and government;
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| 1 | (2) promote school/college partnerships;
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| 2 | (3) encourage social and community service activities;
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| 3 | (4) maximize the use of matching contributions from | ||||||
| 4 | business and
industry, governmental and social agencies, | ||||||
| 5 | and participating colleges and
universities to support | ||||||
| 6 | student wages;
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| 7 | (5) create new opportunities for partnerships between | ||||||
| 8 | the public
and private sectors;
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| 9 | (6) integrate other components of student financial | ||||||
| 10 | aid to reduce
reliance on student loans; and
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| 11 | (7) meet other criteria that the Board determines are | ||||||
| 12 | appropriate.
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| 13 | Grants to institutions under this Act shall support work | ||||||
| 14 | experiences for students in academic program priority areas | ||||||
| 15 | that address critical workforce skills shortages, including | ||||||
| 16 | without limitation science, technology, engineering, | ||||||
| 17 | mathematics, health, nursing, education, and other academic | ||||||
| 18 | program priority areas as determined annually by the Board. The | ||||||
| 19 | Board shall assure that a representative number of the grants | ||||||
| 20 | support
cooperative work study programs that support work | ||||||
| 21 | experiences for students
in academic programs of engineering, | ||||||
| 22 | science, math, and education.
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| 23 | No grant may be awarded under this Section for any program | ||||||
| 24 | of sectarian
instruction or for any program designed to serve a | ||||||
| 25 | sectarian purpose.
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| 26 | As part of its administration of the Act, the Board may | ||||||
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| 1 | require
evaluations, audits or reports in relation to fiscal | ||||||
| 2 | and academic aspects
of any program for which a grant is | ||||||
| 3 | awarded under this Act. The Board
shall annually submit to the | ||||||
| 4 | Governor and General Assembly a budgetary
recommendation for | ||||||
| 5 | grants under this Act.
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| 6 | The Board may adopt rules it deems necessary for | ||||||
| 7 | administration of this Act.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 87-513.)
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 10 | 2008.
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