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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, except that 
12the total number of scholarships annually granted to recipients 
13from each county may not exceed 3: any time between September 
1416, 1940 and the
termination of World War II, any time during 
15the national emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 
161955, any time during the Viet
Nam conflict between January 1, 
171961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the siege of Beirut and 
18the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 and December 15, 
191983, or any
time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress 
20or the President orders that
persons in service are no longer 
21eligible for
the Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation 
22Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Preference for 
23scholarships shall be
given to the children of persons who are 
 
 
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1deceased or to the children of persons who have a disability, 
2including the children of veterans who were police officers or 
3fire officers and were killed in the line of duty while 
4employed by, or in the voluntary service of, this State or any 
5local public entity in this State.    Such scholarships shall be

6granted to such pupils as shall, upon public examination, 
7conducted as
the board of trustees of the University may 
8determine, be decided to
have attained the greatest proficiency 
9in the branches of learning
usually taught in the secondary 
10schools, and who shall be of good moral
character, and not less 
11than 15 years of age.  Such pupils, so selected,
shall be 
12entitled to receive, without charge for tuition, instruction in

13any or all departments of the University for a term of at least 
144
consecutive years.  Such pupils shall conform, in all 
15respects, to the
rules and regulations of the University, 
16established for the government
of the pupils in attendance.

17(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15; 
1899-642, eff. 7-28-16.)

 

19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.