Full Text of HB1097 103rd General Assembly
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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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 62 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/62) | 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-1100 ) | 8 | | Sec. 62. Grants for exonerated persons. | 9 | | (a) In this Section: | 10 | | "Dependent" means a spouse, natural child, legally adopted | 11 | | child, or child in the legal custody of an exonerated person. | 12 | | "Exonerated person" means an individual who has received a | 13 | | pardon from the Governor of the State of Illinois stating that | 14 | | such a pardon is issued on the grounds of innocence of the | 15 | | crime for which he or she was imprisoned or an individual who | 16 | | has received a certificate of innocence from a circuit court | 17 | | pursuant to Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure. | 18 | | "Satisfactory academic progress" means the qualified | 19 | | applicant's maintenance of minimum standards of academic | 20 | | performance, consistent with requirements for maintaining | 21 | | federal financial aid eligibility, as determined by the | 22 | | institution of higher learning. | 23 | | (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose, |
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| 1 | | the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider | 2 | | applications for grant assistance under this Section. Both an | 3 | | exonerated person and all of his or her dependents qualify to | 4 | | receive a grant Recipients of grants issued by the Commission | 5 | | in accordance with this Section must be exonerated persons . | 6 | | Provided that the recipient is maintaining satisfactory | 7 | | academic progress, the funds from the grant may be used to pay | 8 | | up to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and | 9 | | mandatory fees at any public university or public community | 10 | | college located in this State for either full or part-time | 11 | | study. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or graduate | 12 | | study. | 13 | | In addition, a qualified applicant an exonerated person | 14 | | who has not yet received a high school diploma or a high school | 15 | | equivalency certificate and completes a high school | 16 | | equivalency preparation course through an Illinois Community | 17 | | College Board-approved provider may use grant funds to pay | 18 | | costs associated with obtaining a high school equivalency | 19 | | certificate, including payment of the cost of the high school | 20 | | equivalency test and up to one retest on each test module, and | 21 | | any additional fees that may be required in order to obtain an | 22 | | Illinois High School Equivalency Certificate or an official | 23 | | transcript of test scores after successful completion of the | 24 | | high school equivalency test. | 25 | | (c) An applicant for a grant under this Section need not | 26 | | demonstrate financial need to qualify for the benefits. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to | 2 | | implement and administer this Section.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 99-199, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 4 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-1100 ) | 5 | | Sec. 62. Grants for exonerated persons. | 6 | | (a) In this Section: | 7 | | "Dependent" means a spouse, natural child, legally adopted | 8 | | child, or child in the legal custody of an exonerated person. | 9 | | "Exonerated person" means an individual who has received a | 10 | | pardon from the Governor of the State of Illinois stating that | 11 | | such a pardon is issued on the grounds of innocence of the | 12 | | crime for which he or she was imprisoned or an individual who | 13 | | has received a certificate of innocence from a circuit court | 14 | | pursuant to Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure. | 15 | | "Satisfactory academic progress" means the qualified | 16 | | applicant's maintenance of minimum standards of academic | 17 | | performance, consistent with requirements for maintaining | 18 | | federal financial aid eligibility, as determined by the | 19 | | institution of higher learning. | 20 | | (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose, | 21 | | the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider | 22 | | applications for grant assistance under this Section. Both an | 23 | | exonerated person and all of his or her dependents qualify to | 24 | | receive a grant Recipients of grants issued by the Commission | 25 | | in accordance with this Section must be exonerated persons . |
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| 1 | | Provided that the recipient is maintaining satisfactory | 2 | | academic progress, the funds from the grant may be used to pay | 3 | | up to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and | 4 | | mandatory fees at any public university or public community | 5 | | college located in this State for either full or part-time | 6 | | study. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or graduate | 7 | | study. | 8 | | In addition, a qualified applicant an exonerated person | 9 | | who has not yet received a high school diploma or a State of | 10 | | Illinois High School Diploma and completes a high school | 11 | | equivalency preparation course through an Illinois Community | 12 | | College Board-approved provider may use grant funds to pay | 13 | | costs associated with obtaining a State of Illinois High | 14 | | School Diploma, including payment of the cost of the high | 15 | | school equivalency test and up to one retest on each test | 16 | | module, and any additional fees that may be required in order | 17 | | to obtain a State of Illinois High School Diploma or an | 18 | | official transcript of test scores after successful completion | 19 | | of the high school equivalency test. | 20 | | (c) An applicant for a grant under this Section need not | 21 | | demonstrate financial need to qualify for the benefits. | 22 | | (d) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to | 23 | | implement and administer this Section.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23.) | 25 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes |
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| 1 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 2 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 3 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 4 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 5 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 6 | | Public Act.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 8 | | 2023.
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