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91_HB0678eng
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1 AN ACT to amend the Board of Higher Education Act by
2 changing Section 9.28.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
6 by changing Section 9.28 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 205/9.28)
8 Sec. 9.28. 9.27. Graduation incentive grant program.
9 (a) The graduation incentive grant program is hereby
10 created. The program shall be implemented and administered
11 by the Board of Higher Education to provide grant incentives
12 to public universities that offer their undergraduate
13 students contracts under which the university commits itself
14 to provide the courses, programs, and support services
15 necessary to enable the contracting students to graduate
16 within 4 years, or for universities that (i) have a prominent
17 number of non-traditional or transfer students or (ii) do not
18 have freshman and sophomore enrollment, to have an expedited
19 graduation. Grants shall be awarded from appropriations made
20 to the Board of Higher Education for purposes of this
21 Section.
22 (b) To be eligible for grant consideration, a public
23 university shall annually file a report with the Board of
24 Higher Education detailing its 4-year or expedited graduation
25 contract program. The report shall include, at a minimum,
26 the following information: the number of undergraduate
27 students participating in the program, the requirements of
28 the 4-year or expedited graduation contracts offered by the
29 university, the types of additional support services provided
30 by the university to the contracting students, and the cost
31 of the program.
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1 (c) In awarding grants to public universities under this
2 Section, the Board of Higher Education may consider each
3 applicant's report data, the number of institutions wishing
4 to participate, and such other criteria as the Board of
5 Higher Education determines to be appropriate.
6 (d) The Board of Higher Education shall annually submit
7 to the Governor and the General Assembly a budgetary
8 recommendation for grants under this Section and shall notify
9 applicants for grant assistance that the award of grants
10 under this Section is contingent upon the availability of
11 appropriated funds.
12 (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules
13 as it deems necessary for administration of the grant program
14 created by this Section.
15 (Source: P.A. 90-750, eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-21-98.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.
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