Full Text of HB2201 95th General Assembly
HB2201ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Filed: 4/19/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2201
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2201 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 |
| amended by adding Section 65.85 as follows: | 6 |
| (110 ILCS 947/65.85 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 65.85. Bilingual education teacher scholarship. | 8 |
| (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider | 9 |
| applications
for scholarship assistance under this Section. An | 10 |
| applicant is eligible for a
scholarship under this Section if | 11 |
| the Commission finds that the applicant is:
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| (1) a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen;
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| (2) a resident of Illinois;
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| (3) a high school graduate or a person who has received | 15 |
| a General
Educational Development Certificate;
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| (4) enrolled or accepted for enrollment,
on at least a |
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| half-time basis, at an Illinois institution of higher | 2 |
| learning;
and
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| (5) pursuing a postsecondary course of study leading to | 4 |
| initial
certification or pursuing additional
course
work
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| needed to gain State Board of Education approval to teach | 6 |
| bilingual education, including
alternative teacher | 7 |
| certification.
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| (b) Each scholarship awarded under this Section shall be in | 9 |
| an amount
sufficient to pay the tuition and fees of the | 10 |
| institution of higher learning at which the recipient is | 11 |
| enrolled.
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| (c) The total amount of scholarship assistance awarded by | 13 |
| the Commission
under this Section to an individual in any given | 14 |
| fiscal year, when added to
other financial assistance awarded | 15 |
| to that individual for that year, shall not
exceed the cost of | 16 |
| attendance at the institution of higher learning at which
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| student is enrolled.
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| (d) A recipient may receive up to 8 semesters or 12
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| quarters of scholarship
assistance under this Section.
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| (e) All applications for scholarship assistance to be | 21 |
| awarded under this
Section shall be made to the Commission in a | 22 |
| form as set forth by the
Commission. The form of application | 23 |
| and the information required to be set
forth therein shall be | 24 |
| determined by the Commission, and the Commission shall
require | 25 |
| eligible applicants to submit with their applications such | 26 |
| supporting
documents as the Commission deems necessary.
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| (f) Subject to a separate appropriation made for such | 2 |
| purposes, payment of
any
scholarship awarded under this Section | 3 |
| shall be determined by the Commission.
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| All scholarship funds distributed in accordance with this | 5 |
| Section shall be
paid
to the institution on behalf of the | 6 |
| recipients. Scholarship funds are
applicable toward 2 | 7 |
| semesters or 3 quarters of enrollment within an academic
year.
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| (g) The Commission shall administer the
scholarship | 9 |
| program established by this Section and shall make all | 10 |
| necessary
and
proper rules not inconsistent with this Section | 11 |
| for its effective
implementation.
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| (h) Prior to receiving scholarship assistance for any | 13 |
| academic year, each
recipient of a scholarship awarded under | 14 |
| this
Section shall be required by the Commission to sign an | 15 |
| agreement under which
the
recipient pledges that, within the | 16 |
| one-year period following the
termination
of the academic | 17 |
| program for which the recipient was awarded a scholarship, the
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| recipient (i) shall begin teaching bilingual education for a | 19 |
| period of not
less than the total number of years of | 20 |
| scholarship assistance received under this Section, (ii) shall | 21 |
| fulfill this teaching obligation at an Illinois public | 22 |
| elementary or secondary school, and (iii)
shall, upon request | 23 |
| of
the
Commission, provide the Commission with evidence that he | 24 |
| or she is fulfilling
or has fulfilled the terms of the teaching | 25 |
| agreement provided for in this
subsection.
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| (i) If a recipient of a scholarship awarded under this |
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| Section fails to
fulfill the teaching obligation set forth in | 2 |
| subsection (h) of this Section,
the Commission shall require | 3 |
| the recipient to repay the amount of the
scholarships received, | 4 |
| prorated according to the fraction of the teaching
obligation | 5 |
| not completed, plus interest at a rate of 5% and, if | 6 |
| applicable, reasonable
collection fees. The Commission is | 7 |
| authorized to establish rules relating to
its collection | 8 |
| activities for repayment
of scholarships under this Section.
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| Payments received by the Commission under this subsection (i)
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| shall be remitted to the State Comptroller for deposit into
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| General Revenue Fund, except that that portion of a
recipient's | 12 |
| repayment that equals the amount in expenses that
the | 13 |
| Commission has reasonably incurred in attempting
collection | 14 |
| from that recipient shall be remitted to the State
Comptroller | 15 |
| for deposit into the Commission's Accounts
Receivable Fund.
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| (j) A recipient of a scholarship awarded by the Commission | 17 |
| under this
Section shall not be in violation of the agreement | 18 |
| entered into pursuant to
subsection (h) of this Section if the | 19 |
| recipient (i) enrolls on a full-time basis as a graduate
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| student in a course of study related to the field of teaching | 21 |
| at an institution
of higher learning; (ii) is serving as a | 22 |
| member of the armed services of the
United States; (iii) is | 23 |
| temporarily totally disabled, as established by sworn
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| affidavit of a qualified physician; (iv) is seeking and unable | 25 |
| to find
full-time employment as a bilingual education teacher | 26 |
| at a school that satisfies the criteria set
forth
in subsection |
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| (h) of this Section and is able to provide evidence of that | 2 |
| fact; (v) is taking additional courses, on at least a half-time | 3 |
| basis, needed to obtain certification as a teacher in Illinois; | 4 |
| or (vi) is fulfilling teaching requirements associated with | 5 |
| other programs administered by the Commission and cannot | 6 |
| concurrently fulfill them under this Section in a period of | 7 |
| time equal to the length of the teaching obligation. Any such
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| extension of the period during which the teaching requirement | 9 |
| must be fulfilled
shall be subject to limitations of duration | 10 |
| as established by the Commission. ".
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