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90_HB2777
110 ILCS 947/65.65 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act to
require the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to
establish a scholarship program for students whose Illinois
Goals and Assessment Program scores are below State
standards. Provides that the scholarship entitles a student
to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of tuition and mandatory fees
at an institution of higher learning in this State.
LRB9010982NTsb
LRB9010982NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Higher Education Student Assistance
2 Act by adding Section 65.65.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
6 is amended by adding Section 65.65 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 947/65.65 new)
8 Sec. 65.65. Students with low IGAP scores; scholarship
9 program. The Commission shall establish a scholarship
10 program for students whose Illinois Goals and Assessment
11 Program scores are below State standards. The scholarship
12 shall entitle a student to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of full
13 payment of tuition and mandatory fees at any State-supported
14 Illinois institution of higher learning for either full or
15 part-time study or 8 semesters or 12 quarters of payment of
16 tuition and mandatory fees at the rate established by the
17 Commission for private institutions in the State of Illinois.