Senate Sponsors: TROTTER-HENDON. Short description: MINORITY ENVIRONMNTL SCHOLRSHP Synopsis of Bill as introduced: 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. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status