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HB0486 Engrossed |
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LRB095 08439 RAS 28615 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 9 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
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| Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of |
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| the following
periods of hostilities, each county shall be |
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| entitled, annually, to one
honorary scholarship in the |
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| University, for the benefit of the children of
persons who |
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| served in the armed forces of the United States: the
Civil War, |
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| World War I, any time between September 16, 1940 and the
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| termination of World War II, any time during the national |
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| emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time |
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| during the Viet
Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, |
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| 1975, and any
time on or after August 2, 1990 and until |
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| Congress or the President orders that
persons in service are no |
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| longer eligible for
the Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation |
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| Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Preference |
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| shall be
given to the children of persons who are deceased or
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| disabled. Such scholarships shall be
granted to such pupils as |
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| shall, upon public examination, conducted as
the board of |
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| trustees of the University may determine, be decided to
have |