Full Text of SB2755 93rd General Assembly
SB2755enr 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning higher 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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 45 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 947/45)
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| Sec. 45. Illinois National Guard grant program.
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| (a) As used in this Section:
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| "State controlled university or community college" means | 10 |
| those
institutions under the administration of the Chicago | 11 |
| State University Board
of Trustees, the Eastern Illinois | 12 |
| University Board of Trustees, the Governors
State University | 13 |
| Board of Trustees, the Illinois State University Board of
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| Trustees, the Northeastern Illinois University Board of | 15 |
| Trustees, the Northern
Illinois University Board of Trustees, | 16 |
| the Western Illinois University Board of
Trustees, Southern | 17 |
| Illinois University
Board of Trustees, University of Illinois | 18 |
| Board of Trustees, or the Illinois
Community College Board.
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| "Tuition and fees" shall not include expenses for any | 20 |
| sectarian
or denominational instruction, the construction or | 21 |
| maintenance of sectarian
or denominational facilities, or any | 22 |
| other sectarian or denominational
purposes or activity.
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| "Fees" means matriculation, graduation, activity, term, or | 24 |
| incidental fees.
Exemption shall not be granted from any other | 25 |
| fees, including book rental,
service, laboratory, supply, and | 26 |
| union building fees, hospital and medical
insurance fees, and | 27 |
| any fees established for the operation and maintenance of
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| buildings, the income of which is pledged to the payment of | 29 |
| interest and
principal on bonds issued by the governing board | 30 |
| of any university or community
college.
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| (b) Any enlisted person or
any company grade officer,
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| including warrant officers, First and Second Lieutenants, and |
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| Captains in
the Army and Air National Guard, who has served at | 2 |
| least one
year in the
Illinois National Guard and who possesses | 3 |
| all necessary
entrance requirements shall, upon application | 4 |
| and proper proof, be
awarded a grant to the State-controlled | 5 |
| university or community
college of his or her choice, | 6 |
| consisting of exemption from tuition and
fees for not more than | 7 |
| the equivalent of 4 years of full-time enrollment
in relation | 8 |
| to his or her course of study at that State controlled
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| university or community college while he or she is a member of | 10 |
| the Illinois
National Guard. Except as otherwise provided in | 11 |
| this Section, if
If the recipient of any grant awarded under | 12 |
| this Section
ceases to be a member of the Illinois National | 13 |
| Guard while enrolled in a
course of study under that grant, the | 14 |
| grant shall be terminated as of the date
membership in the | 15 |
| Illinois National Guard ended, and the recipient shall be
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| permitted to complete the school term in which he or she is | 17 |
| then enrolled only
upon payment of tuition and other fees | 18 |
| allocable to the part of the term then
remaining.
If the | 19 |
| recipient of a grant awarded under this Section ceases to be a | 20 |
| member of the Illinois National Guard while enrolled in a | 21 |
| course of study under that grant but (i) has served in the | 22 |
| Illinois National Guard for at least 5 years and (ii) has | 23 |
| served a cumulative total of at least 6 months of active duty, | 24 |
| then that recipient shall continue to be eligible for a grant | 25 |
| for one year after membership in the Illinois National Guard | 26 |
| ended, provided that the recipient has not already received the | 27 |
| exemption from tuition and fees for the equivalent of 4 years | 28 |
| of full-time enrollment under this Section. If the recipient of | 29 |
| the grant fails to complete his or her
military
service | 30 |
| obligations or requirements for satisfactory participation, | 31 |
| the
Department of Military Affairs shall require the recipient | 32 |
| to repay the amount
of the grant received, prorated according | 33 |
| to the fraction of the service
obligation not completed, and, | 34 |
| if applicable, reasonable collection fees. The
Department of | 35 |
| Military Affairs may adopt rules relating to its
collection | 36 |
| activities for repayment of the grant under this Section.
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| Unsatisfactory participation shall be defined by rules adopted
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| by the Department of Military Affairs. Repayments shall be | 3 |
| deposited
in the National Guard Grant Fund. The National Guard | 4 |
| Grant Fund is created as
a special fund in the State treasury. | 5 |
| All money in the National Guard Grant
Fund shall be used, | 6 |
| subject to appropriation, by the Department of Military
Affairs | 7 |
| for the purposes of this Section.
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| A grant awarded under this Section shall be considered an | 9 |
| entitlement
which the State-controlled university or community | 10 |
| college in which the
holder is enrolled shall honor without any | 11 |
| condition other than the
holder's maintenance of minimum grade | 12 |
| levels and a satisfactory student
loan repayment record | 13 |
| pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 20 of this
Act.
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| (c) Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes, | 15 |
| the
Commission may reimburse the State-controlled university | 16 |
| or community
college for grants authorized by this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-589, eff. 7-1-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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