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 1        AN ACT regarding education.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 30-9 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
 7        Sec. 30-9. General Assembly  scholarship;  conditions  of
 8    admission; award by competitive examination.
 9        Each member of the General Assembly may nominate annually
10    2  persons  of  school  age  and otherwise eligible, from his
11    district; one shall receive a certificate of  scholarship  in
12    the  University  of  Illinois  and  the other shall receive a
13    certificate of  scholarship  in  any  other  State  supported
14    university  designated  by  the  member.  Any  member  of the
15    General Assembly in making nominations under this Section may
16    designate that his nominee be granted a 4 year scholarship or
17    may instead designate 2 or 4  nominees  for  that  particular
18    scholarship,  each  to  receive  a  2  year  or  a  one  year
19    scholarship,  respectively.  The  nominee, if a graduate of a
20    school accredited by the University to which nominated, shall
21    be admitted to the university on the same  conditions  as  to
22    educational   qualifications   as   are  other  graduates  of
23    accredited schools. If the nominee is not  a  graduate  of  a
24    school  accredited  by  the university to which nominated, he
25    must,  before  being  entitled  to  the   benefits   of   the
26    scholarship,  pass an examination given by the superintendent
27    of schools of the county where he resides at the time  stated
28    in   Section   30-7  for  the  competitive  examination.  The
29    president  of  each  university  shall  prescribe  the  rules
30    governing the examination for scholarship to his university.
31        A  member  of  the  General  Assembly   may   award   the
 
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 1    scholarship  by  competitive examination conducted under like
 2    rules as prescribed in Section 30-7 even though one  or  more
 3    of  the applicants are graduates of schools accredited by the
 4    university.
 5        A member of the General  Assembly  may  delegate  to  the
 6    Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission  the  authority  to
 7    nominate persons for General Assembly scholarships which that
 8    member  would  otherwise  be entitled to award, or may direct
 9    the Commission to evaluate and make  recommendations  to  the
10    member  concerning  candidates  for such scholarships. In the
11    event a member delegates his nominating authority or  directs
12    the   Commission   to   evaluate   and  make  recommendations
13    concerning candidates for General Assembly scholarships,  the
14    member shall inform the Commission in writing of the criteria
15    which  he  wishes  the  Commission  to apply in nominating or
16    recommending candidates. Those criteria may include  some  or
17    all  of  the  criteria  provided  in Section 25 of the Higher
18    Education Student Assistance Act.  A member  of  the  General
19    Assembly  may  delegate  to  the  Department  of Children and
20    Family Services the authority to nominate persons for General
21    Assembly scholarships that  the  member  would  otherwise  be
22    entitled  to  award, and the Department may nominate any ward
23    of the State regardless of where that person resides as  long
24    as  he  or  she  resides  within  the State.  A delegation of
25    authority under this paragraph may be revoked at any time  by
26    the member.
27        Failure  of  a  member  of the General Assembly to make a
28    nomination in any year shall not cause  that  scholarship  to
29    lapse,  but  the  member  may  make  a  nomination  for  such
30    scholarship  at  any time thereafter before the expiration of
31    his term, and the person so nominated shall  be  entitled  to
32    the  same  benefits as holders of other scholarships provided
33    herein. Any such scholarship for which a member has  made  no
34    nomination  prior  to the expiration of the term for which he
 
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 1    was elected shall lapse upon the expiration of that term.
 2    (Source: P.A. 87-997.)

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