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90_SB0878
110 ILCS 947/20
Amends the Higher Education Assistance Act. Provides
that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission may
administer a program of grant assistance as authorized by
other statutes that may be referenced in the Higher Education
Assistance Act. Provides that the Commission may receive,
hold, and disburse funds made available by individuals for
the purposes for which those funds were made available.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Higher Education Student Assistance
2 Act by changing Section 20.
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 changing Section 20 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 947/20)
8 Sec. 20. Functions of Commission.
9 (a) The Commission, in accordance with this Act, shall
10 prepare and supervise the issuance of public information
11 concerning its provisions; prescribe the form and regulate
12 the submission of applications for assistance; provide for
13 and conduct, or cause to be conducted, all eligibility
14 determinations of applicants; award the appropriate financial
15 assistance; and, upon request by a member of the General
16 Assembly, nominate or evaluate and recommend for nomination
17 applicants for General Assembly scholarships in accordance
18 with criteria specified by the member under Section 30-9 of
19 the School Code.
20 (b) The Commission is authorized to participate in any
21 programs for monetary assistance to students and to receive,
22 hold, and disburse all such funds made available by any
23 agency or organization for the purpose or purposes for which
24 they are made available. The Commission is authorized to
25 administer a program of grant assistance as authorized by the
26 Baccalaureate Savings Act and other statutes that may be
27 referenced herein. The Commission is authorized to
28 participate in any programs established to improve student
29 financial aid services or the proficiency of persons engaged
30 in student financial aid services and to receive, hold, and
31 disburse all funds made available by any individual, agency
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1 or organization for the purpose or purposes for which they
2 are made available subject to the appropriations of the
3 General Assembly.
4 (c) The Commission is authorized to deny a scholarship
5 or a grant to any person who has defaulted on a guaranteed
6 student loan and who is not maintaining a satisfactory
7 repayment record. If a person has a defaulted guaranteed
8 student loan but is otherwise eligible for assistance
9 pursuant to Section 40, the Commission shall award one term
10 of assistance during which a satisfactory repayment record
11 must be established. If such a repayment record is not
12 established, additional assistance shall be denied until a
13 satisfactory repayment record is established.
14 (d) The Commission is authorized to participate with
15 federal, state, county, local, and university law enforcement
16 agencies in cooperative efforts to detect and prosecute
17 incidents of fraud in student assistance programs.
18 (e) The Administrative Review Law shall apply to and
19 govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final
20 administrative decisions of the Commission.
21 (f) The Commission is authorized to make all necessary
22 and proper rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for the
23 efficient exercise of the foregoing functions.
24 (g) Unless otherwise provided by statute, the functions
25 of the Commission shall be exercised without regard to any
26 applicant's race, creed, sex, color, national origin, or
27 ancestry.
28 (Source: P.A. 87-997.)