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90_HB1631eng
110 ILCS 947/38 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to
conduct an annual survey of freshmen MAP recipients to
determine grade point averages, retention rates, progress
rates, student goal attainment rates, time-to-degree, and
degrees conferred. Requires the Commission to report its
survey findings annually to the General Assembly. Effective
July 1, 1997.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Higher Education Student Assistance
2 Act by adding Section 38.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
6 is amended by adding Section 38 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 947/38 new)
8 Sec. 38. Monetary award program accountability. The
9 Illinois Student Assistance Commission is directed to assess
10 the educational persistence of monetary award program
11 recipients. An assessment under this Section shall include
12 an analysis of such factors as undergraduate educational
13 goals, chosen field of study, retention rates, and expected
14 time to complete a degree. The assessment also shall include
15 an analysis of the academic success of monetary award program
16 recipients through a review of measures that are typically
17 associated with academic success, such as grade point
18 average, satisfactory academic progress, and credit hours
19 earned. Each analysis should take into consideration student
20 class level, dependency types, and the type of higher
21 education institution at which each monetary award program
22 recipient is enrolled. The Commission shall report its
23 findings to the General Assembly and the Board of Higher
24 Education by February 1, 1999 and at least every 2 years
25 thereafter.
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
27 1, 1997.