Full Text of SB1982 95th General Assembly
SB1982 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB1982
Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 225/3 |
from Ch. 144, par. 2953 |
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Amends the Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program Act. Provides that grants to institutions of higher education under the Act shall support work experiences for students in academic program priority areas that address critical workforce skills shortages, including without limitation science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health, nursing, education, and other academic program priority areas as determined annually by the Board of Higher Education (now, the Board is required to assure that a representative number of the grants support cooperative work study programs that support work experiences for students in academic programs of engineering, science, math, and education). Effective July 1, 2008.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 225/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2953)
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| Sec. 3. Creation and implementation of program. A program | 8 |
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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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| 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 |
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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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| (1) strengthen cooperation between higher education, | 23 |
| business,
industry, and government;
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| (2) promote school/college partnerships;
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| (3) encourage social and community service activities;
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| (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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| (5) create new opportunities for partnerships between | 8 |
| the public
and private sectors;
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| (6) integrate other components of student financial | 10 |
| aid to reduce
reliance on student loans; and
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| (7) meet other criteria that the Board determines are | 12 |
| appropriate.
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| 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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| 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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| As part of its administration of the Act, the Board may |
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| 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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| The Board may adopt rules it deems necessary for | 7 |
| administration of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-513.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 10 |
| 2008.
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