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Sen. Mike Porfirio
Filed: 5/23/2024
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5655
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5655 by inserting |
| 3 | | at the end of the bill the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 10. The University of Illinois Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of |
| 8 | | the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be |
| 9 | | entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the |
| 10 | | University, for the benefit of the children of persons who |
| 11 | | served in the armed forces of the United States, except that |
| 12 | | the total number of scholarships annually granted to |
| 13 | | recipients from each county may not exceed 3: any time between |
| 14 | | September 16, 1940 and the termination of World War II, any |
| 15 | | time during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and |
| 16 | | January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict |
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| 1 | | between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the |
| 2 | | siege of Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 |
| 3 | | and December 15, 1983, any time during the invasion of Panama |
| 4 | | between December 20, 1989 and January 31, 1990, or any time on |
| 5 | | or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President |
| 6 | | orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the |
| 7 | | Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and |
| 8 | | Operation Iraqi Freedom. Preference for scholarships shall be |
| 9 | | given to the children of persons who are deceased or to the |
| 10 | | children of persons who have a disability. Such scholarships |
| 11 | | shall be granted to such pupils as shall, upon public |
| 12 | | examination, conducted as the board of trustees of the |
| 13 | | University may determine, be decided to have attained the |
| 14 | | greatest proficiency in the branches of learning usually |
| 15 | | taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral |
| 16 | | character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so |
| 17 | | selected, shall be entitled to receive, without charge for |
| 18 | | tuition, instruction in any or all departments of the |
| 19 | | University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such |
| 20 | | pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and |
| 21 | | regulations of the University, established for the government |
| 22 | | of the pupils in attendance. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15; |
| 24 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)". |