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Public Act 92-0589
SB2204 Enrolled LRB9214508NTpkB
AN ACT concerning higher education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
is amended by changing Section 45 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/45)
Sec. 45. Illinois National Guard grant program.
(a) As used in this Section:
"State controlled university or community college" means
those institutions under the administration of the Chicago
State University Board of Trustees, the Eastern Illinois
University Board of Trustees, the Governors State University
Board of Trustees, the Illinois State University Board of
Trustees, the Northeastern Illinois University Board of
Trustees, the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees,
the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees, Southern
Illinois University Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
Board of Trustees, or the Illinois Community College Board.
"Tuition and fees" shall not include expenses for any
sectarian or denominational instruction, the construction or
maintenance of sectarian or denominational facilities, or any
other sectarian or denominational purposes or activity.
"Fees" means matriculation, graduation, activity, term,
or incidental fees. Exemption shall not be granted from any
other fees, including book rental, service, laboratory,
supply, and union building fees, hospital and medical
insurance fees, and any fees established for the operation
and maintenance of buildings, the income of which is pledged
to the payment of interest and principal on bonds issued by
the governing board of any university or community college.
(b) Any enlisted person or any company grade officer,
including warrant officers, First and Second Lieutenants, and
Captains in the Army and Air National Guard, who has served
at least one year in the Illinois National Guard and who
possesses all necessary entrance requirements shall, upon
application and proper proof, be awarded a grant to the
State-controlled university or community college of his or
her choice, consisting of exemption from tuition and fees for
not more than the equivalent of 4 years of full-time
enrollment in relation to his or her course of study at that
State controlled university or community college while he or
she is a member of the Illinois National Guard. If the
recipient of any grant awarded under this Section ceases to
be a member of the Illinois National Guard while enrolled in
a course of study under that grant, the grant shall be
terminated as of the date membership in the Illinois National
Guard ended, and the recipient shall be permitted to complete
the school term in which he or she is then enrolled only upon
payment of tuition and other fees allocable to the part of
the term then remaining. If the recipient of the grant fails
to complete his or her military service obligations or
requirements for satisfactory participation, the Department
of Military Affairs shall require the recipient to repay the
amount of the grant received, prorated according to the
fraction of the service obligation not completed, and, if
applicable, reasonable collection fees. The Department of
Military Affairs may adopt rules relating to its collection
activities for repayment of the grant under this Section.
Unsatisfactory participation shall be defined by rules
adopted by the Department of Military Affairs. Repayments
shall be deposited in the National Guard Grant Fund. The
National Guard Grant Fund is created as a special fund in the
State treasury. All money in the National Guard Grant Fund
shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the Department of
Military Affairs for the purposes of this Section.
A grant awarded under this Section shall be considered an
entitlement which the State-controlled university or
community college in which the holder is enrolled shall honor
without any condition other than the holder's maintenance of
minimum grade levels and a satisfactory student loan
repayment record pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 20 of
this Act.
(c) Subject to a separate appropriation for such
purposes, the Commission may reimburse the State-controlled
university or community college for grants authorized by this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.570 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
Sec. 5.570. The National Guard Grant Fund.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
July 1, 2002.
Passed in the General Assembly May 09, 2002.
Approved June 26, 2002.
Effective July 01, 2002.
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