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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: the
Civil War, World War I, 
14any time between September 16, 1940 and the
termination of 
15World War II, any time during the national emergency
between 
16June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet

17Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time 
18during the siege of Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between 
19June 14, 1982 and December 15, 1983, or any
time on or after 
20August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that

21persons in service are no longer eligible for
the Southwest 
22Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation 
23Iraqi Freedom.  If an honorary scholarship is not awarded for a 
 
 
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1given period of hostilities because there are no qualified 
2applicants, then the county may award the scholarship for 
3another one of the listed periods of hostilities, in which case 
4there may be more than one scholarship awarded for the same 
5period of hostilities. Preference for scholarships shall be

6given to the children of persons who are deceased or
disabled.    
7Such scholarships shall be
granted to such pupils as shall, 
8upon public examination, conducted as
the board of trustees of 
9the University may determine, be decided to
have attained the 
10greatest proficiency in the branches of learning
usually taught 
11in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral

12character, and not less than 15 years of age.  Such pupils, so 
13selected,
shall be entitled to receive, without charge for 
14tuition, instruction in
any or all departments of the 
15University for a term of at least 4
consecutive years.  Such 
16pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the
rules and 
17regulations of the University, established for the government

18of the pupils in attendance.

19(Source: P.A. 95-64, eff. 1-1-08.)

 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
212015.