TROTTER-HENDON. 110 ILCS 947/38 new Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the minority environmental scholarship program to increase the number of minority students resident of Illinois who are enrolled as engineering, environmental science, chemistry, or law enforcement students at qualified institutions of higher learning, pursuing environmentally related undergraduate or graduate degrees in any of those fields. Provides for administration of the program by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, which is to award the scholarships, beginning with the 1998-1999 academic year, subject to appropriations made for purposes of funding the minority environmental scholarship program. Requires the Commission to promulgate rules for administration of the program, including qualifications, application forms, annual filing deadlines, and scholarship amounts. Defines terms. Effective immediately. 97-01-22 S FIRST READING 97-01-22 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-01-23 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION 97-02-05 S DO PASS 006-002-002 SESE 97-02-05 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-02-06 97-02-26 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 97-02-26 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-TROTTER 97-02-26 S AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL 97-02-28 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-TROTTER 97-02-28 S RULES REFERS TO SESE 97-03-12 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-TROTTER 97-03-12 S HELD IN COMMITTEE SESE 97-03-18 S SECOND READING 97-03-18 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-19 97-03-19 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR HENDON 97-03-19 S THIRD READING - LOST 025-017-010 97-03-19 S TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 01 97-03-19 S THIRD READING - LOST 025-017-010 99-01-12 S SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary