Senate Sponsors: PARKER-BERMAN-SMITH. House Sponsors: WIRSING-ERWIN Short description: BD HGH ED-REPORTS-PROGRAMS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Primary Care Medical Education Advisory Committee Act to revise the reporting duties of the Board of Higher Education under those Acts. Also amends the Board of Higher Education Act to create Incentive Grant and Technology Grant programs which the Board is to administer. Repeals the Dropout Prevention Services and Student Volunteers Corps programs that the Board was to administer or monitor. Also repeals the Illinois Architecture-Engineering Internship Act of 1983. Effective July 1, 1998. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 305/7 from Ch. 144, par. 28 Replaces the proposed incentive grant program with a matching grant program under which grants are made for use by Illinois higher education institutions as incentives in the competition for federal research grants and contracts. Also amends the University of Illinois Act to change the boundaries of the area adjacent to the University's Chicago campus within which the Board of Trustees is authorized to acquire interests in real property by exercise of the power of eminent domain and to exercise related powers of leasing and purchasing real property. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Board of Higher Education) New grant provisions' cost is contingent on annual approps. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0730 Last action date: 98-08-10 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status