HB4833 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4833

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. William Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 947/51 new

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to, each year, receive and consider applications for scholarship assistance to African American males who are enrolled in an Illinois-approved educator preparation program in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and fees of the institution at which the recipient is enrolled. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is amended by adding Section 51 as follows:

(110 ILCS 947/51 new)

Sec. 51. African American male teacher scholarship program. In an effort to increase the number of male African American teachers who traditionally have been underrepresented as teachers in elementary and secondary education, the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications for scholarship assistance under this Section. An applicant is eligible for a scholarship under this Section if the applicant is an African American male who is enrolled in an Illinois-approved educator preparation program. Each scholarship awarded under this Section shall be in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and fees of the institution at which the recipient is enrolled.

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