98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1299

 

Introduced , by Rep. Pam Roth

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 305/9  from Ch. 144, par. 30

    Amends the University of Illinois Act in a Section concerning scholarships for the children of veterans. Adds as periods of hostilities for which a county may award a scholarship (i) any time during the siege of Beirut between June 14, 1982 and August 21, 1982 and (ii) any time during the Grenada Conflict between October 25, 1983 and December 15, 1983. Provides that if a scholarship is not awarded for a given period of hostilities listed in the Section because there are no qualified applicants, then the county may award the scholarship for another one of the listed periods of hostilities, in which case there may be more than one scholarship awarded for the same period of hostilities. Effective July 1, 2013.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/9)  (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
7    Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of
8the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be
9entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the
10University, for the benefit of the children of persons who
11served in the armed forces of the United States: the Civil War,
12World War I, any time between September 16, 1940 and the
13termination of World War II, any time during the national
14emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time
15during the Viet Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7,
161975, any time during the siege of Beirut between June 14, 1982
17and August 21, 1982, any time during the Grenada Conflict
18between October 25, 1983 and December 15, 1983, or any time on
19or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President
20orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the
21Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and
22Operation Iraqi Freedom. If an honorary scholarship is not
23awarded for a given period of hostilities because there are no

 

 

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1qualified applicants, then the county may award the scholarship
2for another one of the listed periods of hostilities, in which
3case there may be more than one scholarship awarded for the
4same period of hostilities. Preference for scholarships shall
5be given to the children of persons who are deceased or
6disabled. Such scholarships shall be granted to such pupils as
7shall, upon public examination, conducted as the board of
8trustees of the University may determine, be decided to have
9attained the greatest proficiency in the branches of learning
10usually taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of
11good moral character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such
12pupils, so selected, shall be entitled to receive, without
13charge for tuition, instruction in any or all departments of
14the University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such
15pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and
16regulations of the University, established for the government
17of the pupils in attendance.
18(Source: P.A. 95-64, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
202013.