Full Text of HB2095 102nd General Assembly
HB2095ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Ryan Spain Filed: 3/19/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2095
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2095 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 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, |
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| 1 | | the Western Illinois University Board of
Trustees, Southern | 2 | | Illinois University
Board of Trustees, University of Illinois | 3 | | Board of Trustees, or the Illinois
Community College Board.
| 4 | | "Tuition and fees" shall not include expenses for any | 5 | | sectarian
or denominational instruction, the construction or | 6 | | maintenance of sectarian
or denominational facilities, or any | 7 | | other sectarian or denominational
purposes or activity.
| 8 | | "Fees" means matriculation, graduation, activity, term, or | 9 | | incidental fees.
Exemption shall not be granted from any other | 10 | | fees, including book rental,
service, laboratory, supply, and | 11 | | union building fees, hospital and medical
insurance fees, and | 12 | | any fees established for the operation and maintenance of
| 13 | | buildings, the income of which is pledged to the payment of | 14 | | interest and
principal on bonds issued by the governing board | 15 | | of any university or community
college.
| 16 | | (b) Any person who has served at least one
year in the
| 17 | | Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia and who | 18 | | possesses all necessary
entrance requirements shall, upon | 19 | | application and proper proof, be
awarded a grant to the | 20 | | State-controlled university or community
college of his or her | 21 | | choice, consisting of exemption from tuition and
fees for not | 22 | | more than the equivalent of 4 years of full-time enrollment, | 23 | | including summer terms,
in relation to his or her course of | 24 | | study at that State controlled
university or community college | 25 | | while he or she is a member of the Illinois
National Guard or | 26 | | the Illinois Naval Militia. Beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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| 1 | | academic year, any person who has served over 10 years in the | 2 | | Illinois National Guard shall be awarded an additional grant | 3 | | to the State-controlled university or community college of his | 4 | | or her choice, consisting of an exemption from tuition and | 5 | | fees for not more than the equivalent of an additional 2 years | 6 | | of full-time enrollment, including summer terms. Except as | 7 | | otherwise provided in this Section, if the recipient of any | 8 | | grant awarded under this Section
ceases to be a member of the | 9 | | Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia while | 10 | | enrolled in a
course of study under that grant, the grant shall | 11 | | be terminated as of the date
membership in the Illinois | 12 | | National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia ended, and the | 13 | | recipient shall be
permitted to complete the school term in | 14 | | which he or she is then enrolled only
upon payment of tuition | 15 | | and other fees allocable to the part of the term then
| 16 | | remaining.
If the recipient of a grant awarded under this | 17 | | Section ceases to be a member of the Illinois National Guard or | 18 | | the Illinois Naval Militia while enrolled in a course of study | 19 | | under that grant but (i) has served in the Illinois National | 20 | | Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia for at least 5 years and | 21 | | (ii) has served a cumulative total of at least 6 months of | 22 | | active duty, then that recipient shall continue to be eligible | 23 | | for a grant for 2 years one year after membership in the | 24 | | Illinois National Guard or the Illinois Naval Militia ended, | 25 | | provided that the recipient has not already received the | 26 | | exemption from tuition and fees for the equivalent of 4 years |
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| 1 | | of full-time enrollment, including summer terms, under this | 2 | | Section. If the recipient of the grant fails to complete his or | 3 | | her
military
service obligations or requirements for | 4 | | satisfactory participation, the
Department of Military Affairs | 5 | | shall require the recipient to repay the amount
of the grant | 6 | | received, prorated according to the fraction of the service
| 7 | | obligation not completed, and, if applicable, reasonable | 8 | | collection fees. The
Department of Military Affairs may adopt | 9 | | rules relating to its
collection activities for repayment of | 10 | | the grant under this Section.
Unsatisfactory participation | 11 | | shall be defined by rules adopted
by the Department of | 12 | | Military Affairs. Repayments shall be deposited
in the | 13 | | National Guard and Naval Militia Grant Fund. The National | 14 | | Guard and Naval Militia Grant Fund is created as
a special fund | 15 | | in the State treasury. All money in the National Guard and | 16 | | Naval Militia
Grant
Fund shall be used, subject to | 17 | | appropriation, by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission | 18 | | for the purposes of this Section.
| 19 | | A grant awarded under this Section shall be considered an | 20 | | entitlement
which the State-controlled university or community | 21 | | college in which the
holder is enrolled shall honor without | 22 | | any condition other than the
holder's maintenance of minimum | 23 | | grade levels and a satisfactory student
loan repayment record | 24 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 20 of this
Act.
| 25 | | (c) Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes, | 26 | | the
Commission may reimburse the State-controlled university |
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| 1 | | or community
college for grants authorized by this Section.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-314, eff. 8-12-13.)".
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