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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5039 Introduced 2/7/2012, by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In a Section concerning a police officer or fire officer survivor grant, provides that, with respect to disabled police and fire officers, natural children need not be born before the disability occurred in order to receive the grant. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5039 | | LRB097 17511 NHT 62715 b |
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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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 55 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/55)
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| 7 | | Sec. 55. Police officer or fire officer survivor grant. |
| 8 | | Grants shall be
provided for any spouse, natural child, legally |
| 9 | | adopted child, or child in
the legal custody of police officers |
| 10 | | and fire officers killed or permanently
disabled with 90% to |
| 11 | | 100% disability in the line of duty while employed by, or
in |
| 12 | | the voluntary service of, this State or any local public entity |
| 13 | | in this
State. Beneficiaries need not be Illinois residents at |
| 14 | | the time of enrollment
in order to receive this grant. With |
| 15 | | respect to disabled police and fire officers, natural children |
| 16 | | need not be born before the disability occurred in order to |
| 17 | | receive this grant. Beneficiaries are entitled to 8 semesters |
| 18 | | or
12 quarters of full payment of tuition and mandatory fees at |
| 19 | | any
State-sponsored Illinois institution of higher learning |
| 20 | | for either full or
part-time study, or the equivalent of 8 |
| 21 | | semesters or 12 quarters of payment
of
tuition and
mandatory |
| 22 | | fees at the rate established by the Commission for private
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| 23 | | institutions in the State of Illinois, provided the recipient |