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90_HB2565enr
110 ILCS 205/6 from Ch. 144, par. 186
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Supplies a
caption for a Section relating to the Board's master plan for
higher education.
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1 AN ACT in relation to higher education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
5 by adding Section 9.27 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 205/9.27 new)
7 Sec. 9.27. Graduation incentive grant program.
8 (a) The graduation incentive grant program is hereby
9 created. The program shall be implemented and administered
10 by the Board of Higher Education to provide grant incentives
11 to public universities that offer their undergraduate
12 students contracts under which the university commits itself
13 to provide the courses, programs, and support services
14 necessary to enable the contracting students to graduate
15 within 4 years. Grants shall be awarded from appropriations
16 made to the Board of Higher Education for purposes of this
17 Section.
18 (b) To be eligible for grant consideration, a public
19 university shall annually file a report with the Board of
20 Higher Education detailing its 4-year graduation contract
21 program. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
22 following information: the number of undergraduate students
23 participating in the program, the requirements of the 4-year
24 graduation contracts offered by the university, the types of
25 additional support services provided by the university to the
26 contracting students, and the cost of the program.
27 (c) In awarding grants to public universities under this
28 Section, the Board of Higher Education may consider each
29 applicant's report data, the number of institutions wishing
30 to participate, and such other criteria as the Board of
31 Higher Education determines to be appropriate.
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1 (d) The Board of Higher Education shall annually submit
2 to the Governor and the General Assembly a budgetary
3 recommendation for grants under this Section and shall notify
4 applicants for grant assistance that the award of grants
5 under this Section is contingent upon the availability of
6 appropriated funds.
7 (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules
8 as it deems necessary for administration of the grant program
9 created by this Section.
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
11 1, 1998.
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