Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Higher Education Scholarship Act. Allows scholarships to be awarded to entering freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors at community colleges, colleges, and universities, whether public or private, located in this State. Establishes Illinois residency requirements, minimum grade point average requirements, and other requirements that the student must meet to be eligible for a scholarship. Provides that the scholarship, subject to the amounts appropriated by the General Assembly, includes tuition and mandatory fees (in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount allowed to be awarded under the Monetary Award Program for a student at a private institution). Authorizes the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to promulgate rules relating to the scholarships. Effective July 1, 2009.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Higher Education Scholarship Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2009	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang
1/14/2009	House	First Reading
1/14/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/4/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
2/4/2009	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
2/5/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
2/10/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2/20/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2/20/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Higher Education Committee
3/11/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; 004-003-000
3/11/2009	House	Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Higher Education Committee; 004-003-000
3/12/2009	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
3/27/2009	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
4/1/2009	House	Second Reading - Standard Debate
4/1/2009	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate
4/3/2009	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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