Full Text of SB2171 095th General Assembly
SB2171 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2171
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/30-9 |
from Ch. 122, par. 30-9 |
105 ILCS 5/30-13 |
from Ch. 122, par. 30-13 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that a General Assembly scholarship must be used only for undergraduate 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 School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 30-9 and 30-13 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
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| Sec. 30-9. General Assembly scholarship; conditions of | 8 |
| admission; award by
competitive examination. Each member of the | 9 |
| General Assembly may nominate annually 2 persons of
school age | 10 |
| and otherwise eligible, from his district; each shall
receive a
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| certificate of scholarship for undergraduate education at in | 12 |
| any State supported
university designated by the member. Any | 13 |
| member of the General Assembly in
making nominations under this | 14 |
| Section may designate that his nominee be
granted a 4 year | 15 |
| scholarship or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for
that | 16 |
| particular scholarship, each to receive a 2 year or a one year
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| scholarship, respectively. The nominee, if a graduate of a | 18 |
| school
accredited by the University to which nominated, shall | 19 |
| be admitted to the
university on the same conditions as to | 20 |
| educational qualifications as are
other graduates of | 21 |
| accredited schools. If the nominee is not a graduate of
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| school accredited by the university to which nominated, he | 23 |
| must, before
being entitled to the benefits of the scholarship, |
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| pass an examination
given by the superintendent of schools of | 2 |
| the county where he resides at
the time stated in Section 30-7 | 3 |
| for the competitive examination. The
president of each | 4 |
| university shall prescribe the rules governing the
examination | 5 |
| for scholarship to his university.
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| A member of the General Assembly may award the scholarship | 7 |
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competitive examination conducted under like rules as | 8 |
| prescribed in Section
30-7 even though one or more of the | 9 |
| applicants are graduates of schools
accredited by the | 10 |
| university.
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| A member of the General Assembly may delegate to the | 12 |
| Illinois Student
Assistance Commission the authority to | 13 |
| nominate persons for General Assembly
scholarships which that | 14 |
| member would otherwise be entitled to award, or may
direct the | 15 |
| Commission to evaluate and make recommendations to the member
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| concerning candidates for such scholarships. In the event a | 17 |
| member
delegates his nominating authority or directs the | 18 |
| Commission to evaluate
and make recommendations concerning | 19 |
| candidates for General Assembly
scholarships, the member shall | 20 |
| inform the Commission in writing of the
criteria which he | 21 |
| wishes the Commission to apply in nominating or
recommending | 22 |
| candidates. Those criteria may include some or all of the
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| criteria provided in Section 25 of the Higher Education Student
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| Assistance Act. A delegation of authority under this paragraph | 25 |
| may be revoked
at any time by the member.
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| Failure of a member of the General Assembly to make a |
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| nomination in any
year shall not cause that scholarship to | 2 |
| lapse, but the member may make a
nomination for such | 3 |
| scholarship at any time thereafter before the
expiration of his | 4 |
| term, and the person so nominated shall be entitled to
the same | 5 |
| benefits as holders of other scholarships provided herein. Any
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| such scholarship for which a member has made no nomination | 7 |
| prior to the
expiration of the term for which he was elected | 8 |
| shall lapse upon the
expiration of that term.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/30-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-13)
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| Sec. 30-13. The scholarships issued under Sections 30-9 | 12 |
| through 30-12
of this Article may be used at the University of | 13 |
| Illinois, Southern Illinois
University, Chicago State | 14 |
| University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors
State | 15 |
| University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois | 16 |
| University,
Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois | 17 |
| University as provided in
those sections. Unless otherwise | 18 |
| indicated, these
scholarships shall be good for a period of not | 19 |
| more than 4 years while enrolled
for undergraduate residence | 20 |
| credit and shall exempt the holder from the payment of tuition,
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| or any matriculation, graduation, activity, term or incidental | 22 |
| fee, except
any portion of a multipurpose fee which is used for | 23 |
| a purpose for which
exemption is not granted under this | 24 |
| Section. Exemption shall not be granted
from any other fees, | 25 |
| including book rental, service, laboratory, supply,
union |
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| building, hospital and medical insurance fees and any fees | 2 |
| established
for the operation and maintenance of buildings, the | 3 |
| income of which is pledged
to the payment of interest and | 4 |
| principal on bonds issued by the governing
board of any | 5 |
| university or community college.
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| Any student who has been or shall be awarded a scholarship | 7 |
| shall be
reimbursed by the appropriate university or community | 8 |
| college for any fees
which he has paid and for which exemption | 9 |
| is granted under this Section, if
application for such | 10 |
| reimbursement is made within 2 months following the school
term | 11 |
| for which the fees were paid.
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| The holder of a scholarship shall be subject to all | 13 |
| examinations, rules
and requirements of the university or | 14 |
| community college in which he is enrolled
except as herein | 15 |
| directed.
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| This article does not prohibit the Board of Trustees of the | 17 |
| University
of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern | 18 |
| Illinois University, the
Board of Regents of the Regency | 19 |
| Universities System and the Board
of Governors of State | 20 |
| Colleges and Universities for the institutions under
their | 21 |
| respective jurisdictions from granting other scholarships.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-228; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 24 |
| 2008.
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