Section 598.130  Terms of Performance

a)         Each scholarship recipient shall sign a written contract.  The contract contains terms and conditions which ensure compliance with this Part, the laws of the State of Illinois, and enforcement of the contract.

b)         Scholarship recipients who fail to complete school due to academic failure, as documented by recipient's school, shall be discharged from all obligations.

c)         Scholarship recipients who fail to complete school due to voluntary actions on their part shall repay to the Department an amount equal to 3 times the amount of the annual scholarship grant received for each unfulfilled year of the obligation together with interest at 7 percent per year on that amount.

d)         In the event the scholarship recipient is disabled or is otherwise unable for reasons beyond the recipient's control to perform the scholarship obligations, these obligations shall be suspended until such time as the scholarship recipient is able to resume the scholarship obligations.  Such suspension shall be requested in writing by the scholarship recipient.  The Department's acceptance or denial of the suspension request will be provided in writing under the Director's signature.  The Department shall accept a request for a suspension when supported by a letter from the recipient's physician attesting to the recipient's inability (either temporarily or permanently) to continue (either school or the practice of the allied health care professional field) and the recipient's agreeing to not continue either his or her education in the profession (or the practice of the allied health care profession) in any state.

e)         Misrepresentation of the facts presented in the recipient's application shall be considered a breach of contract.  All funds provided by the Department to the student shall be due in full, immediately.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6034, effective April 1, 1996)