Full Text of SB0236 103rd General Assembly
SB0236 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB0236 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 305/9 | from Ch. 144, par. 30 |
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Amends the University of Illinois Act. In provisions concerning scholarships for the children of veterans, provides that a honorary scholarship may also be given to the children of persons who served at any time during the invasion of Panama between December 20, 1989 and January 31, 1990.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 9 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
| 7 | | Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of | 8 | | the following
periods of hostilities, each county shall be | 9 | | entitled, annually, to one
honorary scholarship in the | 10 | | University, for the benefit of the children of
persons who | 11 | | served in the armed forces of the United States, except that | 12 | | the total number of scholarships annually granted to | 13 | | recipients from each county may not exceed 3: any time between | 14 | | September 16, 1940 and the
termination of World War II, any | 15 | | time during the national emergency
between June 25, 1950 and | 16 | | January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet
Nam conflict | 17 | | between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the | 18 | | siege of Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 | 19 | | and December 15, 1983, any time during the invasion of Panama | 20 | | between December 20, 1989 and January 31, 1990, or any
time on | 21 | | or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President | 22 | | orders that
persons in service are no longer eligible for
the | 23 | | Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and |
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| 1 | | Operation Iraqi Freedom. Preference for scholarships shall be
| 2 | | given to the children of persons who are deceased or to the | 3 | | children of persons who have a disability. Such scholarships | 4 | | shall be
granted to such pupils as shall, upon public | 5 | | examination, conducted as
the board of trustees of the | 6 | | University may determine, be decided to
have attained the | 7 | | greatest proficiency in the branches of learning
usually | 8 | | taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral
| 9 | | character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so | 10 | | selected,
shall be entitled to receive, without charge for | 11 | | tuition, instruction in
any or all departments of the | 12 | | University for a term of at least 4
consecutive years. Such | 13 | | pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the
rules and | 14 | | regulations of the University, established for the government
| 15 | | of the pupils in attendance.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15; | 17 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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