Section 597.200  Scholarship Description

a)         A full-time nursing student in good standing pursuing an associate degree in nursing may receive a scholarship for up to 2 academic years

b)         A full-time nursing student in good standing pursuing  a hospital-based diploma in nursing may receive a scholarship for up to 3 academic years.

c)         A full-time nursing student in good standing pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing may receive a scholarship for up to 4 academic years.

d)         A full-time nursing student in good standing pursuing a certificate in practical nursing may receive a scholarship for up to one academic year. (Section 5 of the Law)

e)         Full-time tuition and fees for students at approved private institutions shall not exceed the tuition and fee charges at community colleges and universities statewide and the uniform living allowance reported in the weighted Monetary Award Program (MAP) budget for the academic year in which the scholarship is made.

f)          Part-time awards shall be determined by applying the proportion represented by the part-time enrollment to full-time enrollment ratio to the average per term scholarship amount for a student in the same nursing degree category.

g)         Using information provided annually by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, 75% of the weighted tuition and fees charged by community colleges in Illinois shall be added to the uniform living allowance reported in the weighted Monetary Award Program (MAP) budget to determine the full-time scholarship amount for students pursuing an associate degree in nursing or a hospital-based diploma in nursing at an Illinois Community College.

h)         Scholarship amounts for students pursuing associate degrees in nursing or baccalaureate degrees in nursing at a college or university shall include 75% of the weighted tuition and fees charged by public universities in Illinois plus the uniform living allowance reported in the weighted Monetary Award Program (MAP) budget.

i)          Scholarship amounts for students in certificate in practical nursing programs shall include 75% of the average tuition and fees charges at all practical nursing programs plus the uniform living allowance reported in the weighted Monetary Award Program (MAP) budget. (Section 7 of the Law)

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 16965, effective November 08, 2002)