Full Text of HB3383 98th General Assembly
HB3383 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB3383 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act in the provision concerning the Illinois National Guard and Naval Militia grant program. Provides that beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, any person who has served over 10 years in the Illinois National Guard shall be awarded an additional grant to the State-controlled university or community college of his or her choice, consisting of an exemption from tuition and fees for not more than the equivalent of an additional 2 years of full-time enrollment, including summer terms. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning higher education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 45 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/45)
| 7 | | Sec. 45. Illinois National Guard and Naval Militia grant | 8 | | program.
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section:
| 10 | | "State controlled university or community college" means | 11 | | those
institutions under the administration of the Chicago | 12 | | State University Board
of Trustees, the Eastern Illinois | 13 | | University Board of Trustees, the Governors
State University | 14 | | Board of Trustees, the Illinois State University Board of
| 15 | | Trustees, the Northeastern Illinois University Board of | 16 | | Trustees, the Northern
Illinois University Board of Trustees, | 17 | | the Western Illinois University Board of
Trustees, Southern | 18 | | Illinois University
Board of Trustees, University of Illinois | 19 | | Board of Trustees, or the Illinois
Community College Board.
| 20 | | "Tuition and fees" shall not include expenses for any | 21 | | sectarian
or denominational instruction, the construction or | 22 | | maintenance of sectarian
or denominational facilities, or any | 23 | | other sectarian or denominational
purposes or activity.
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| 1 | | "Fees" means matriculation, graduation, activity, term, or | 2 | | incidental fees.
Exemption shall not be granted from any other | 3 | | fees, including book rental,
service, laboratory, supply, and | 4 | | union building fees, hospital and medical
insurance fees, and | 5 | | any fees established for the operation and maintenance of
| 6 | | buildings, the income of which is pledged to the payment of | 7 | | interest and
principal on bonds issued by the governing board | 8 | | of any university or community
college.
| 9 | | (b) Any person who has served at least one
year in the
| 10 | | Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia and who | 11 | | possesses all necessary
entrance requirements shall, upon | 12 | | application and proper proof, be
awarded a grant to the | 13 | | State-controlled university or community
college of his or her | 14 | | choice, consisting of exemption from tuition and
fees for not | 15 | | more than the equivalent of 4 years of full-time enrollment, | 16 | | including summer terms,
in relation to his or her course of | 17 | | study at that State controlled
university or community college | 18 | | while he or she is a member of the Illinois
National Guard or | 19 | | the Illinois Naval Militia. Beginning with the 2013-2014 | 20 | | academic year, any person who has served over 10 years in the | 21 | | Illinois National Guard shall be awarded an additional grant to | 22 | | the State-controlled university or community college of his or | 23 | | her choice, consisting of an exemption from tuition and fees | 24 | | for not more than the equivalent of an additional 2 years of | 25 | | full-time enrollment, including summer terms. Except as | 26 | | otherwise provided in this Section, if the recipient of any |
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| 1 | | grant awarded under this Section
ceases to be a member of the | 2 | | Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia while | 3 | | enrolled in a
course of study under that grant, the grant shall | 4 | | be terminated as of the date
membership in the Illinois | 5 | | National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia ended, and the | 6 | | recipient shall be
permitted to complete the school term in | 7 | | which he or she is then enrolled only
upon payment of tuition | 8 | | and other fees allocable to the part of the term then
| 9 | | remaining.
If the recipient of a grant awarded under this | 10 | | Section ceases to be a member of the Illinois National Guard or | 11 | | the Illinois Naval Militia while enrolled in a course of study | 12 | | under that grant but (i) has served in the Illinois National | 13 | | Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia for at least 5 years and | 14 | | (ii) has served a cumulative total of at least 6 months of | 15 | | active duty, then that recipient shall continue to be eligible | 16 | | for a grant for one year after membership in the Illinois | 17 | | National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia ended, provided | 18 | | that the recipient has not already received the exemption from | 19 | | tuition and fees for the equivalent of 4 years of full-time | 20 | | enrollment, including summer terms, under this Section. If the | 21 | | recipient of the grant fails to complete his or her
military
| 22 | | service obligations or requirements for satisfactory | 23 | | participation, the
Department of Military Affairs shall | 24 | | require the recipient to repay the amount
of the grant | 25 | | received, prorated according to the fraction of the service
| 26 | | obligation not completed, and, if applicable, reasonable |
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| 1 | | collection fees. The
Department of Military Affairs may adopt | 2 | | rules relating to its
collection activities for repayment of | 3 | | the grant under this Section.
Unsatisfactory participation | 4 | | shall be defined by rules adopted
by the Department of Military | 5 | | Affairs. Repayments shall be deposited
in the National Guard | 6 | | and Naval Militia Grant Fund. The National Guard and Naval | 7 | | Militia Grant Fund is created as
a special fund in the State | 8 | | treasury. All money in the National Guard and Naval Militia
| 9 | | Grant
Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the | 10 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the purposes of this | 11 | | Section.
| 12 | | A grant awarded under this Section shall be considered an | 13 | | entitlement
which the State-controlled university or community | 14 | | college in which the
holder is enrolled shall honor without any | 15 | | condition other than the
holder's maintenance of minimum grade | 16 | | levels and a satisfactory student
loan repayment record | 17 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 20 of this
Act.
| 18 | | (c) Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes, | 19 | | the
Commission may reimburse the State-controlled university | 20 | | or community
college for grants authorized by this Section.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 93-838, eff. 7-30-04; 93-856, eff. 8-3-04; | 22 | | 94-583, eff. 8-15-05; 94-1020, eff. 7-11-06.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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