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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Sections 55 and 60 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 947/55)
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| 7 | Sec. 55. Police officer or fire officer survivor grant. | ||||||
| 8 | Grants shall be
provided for any spouse, natural child, legally | ||||||
| 9 | adopted child, or child in
the legal custody of police officers | ||||||
| 10 | and fire officers who are killed or who become a person with a | ||||||
| 11 | permanent disability with 90% to 100% disability in the line of | ||||||
| 12 | duty while employed by, or
in the voluntary service of, this | ||||||
| 13 | State or any local public entity in this
State. Beneficiaries | ||||||
| 14 | need not be Illinois residents at the time of enrollment
in | ||||||
| 15 | order to receive this grant. With respect to disabled police | ||||||
| 16 | and fire officers, natural children need not be born before the | ||||||
| 17 | disability occurred in order to receive this grant. | ||||||
| 18 | Beneficiaries are entitled to 8 semesters or
12 quarters of | ||||||
| 19 | full payment of tuition and mandatory fees at any
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| 20 | State-sponsored Illinois institution of higher learning for | ||||||
| 21 | either full or
part-time study, or the equivalent of 8 | ||||||
| 22 | semesters or 12 quarters of payment
of
tuition and
mandatory | ||||||
| 23 | fees at the rate established by the Commission for private
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| 1 | institutions in the State of Illinois, provided the recipient | ||||||
| 2 | is maintaining
satisfactory academic progress. This benefit | ||||||
| 3 | may be used for undergraduate or
graduate study. The benefits | ||||||
| 4 | of this Section shall be administered by and paid
out of funds | ||||||
| 5 | available to the Commission and shall accrue to the bona fide
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| 6 | applicant without the requirement of demonstrating financial | ||||||
| 7 | need to qualify
for those benefits.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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| 9 | (110 ILCS 947/60)
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| 10 | Sec. 60.
Grants for dependents of Department of Corrections | ||||||
| 11 | employees who are killed
or who become a person with a | ||||||
| 12 | permanent disability in the line of duty. Any spouse, natural | ||||||
| 13 | child, legally
adopted child, or child in the legal custody of | ||||||
| 14 | an employee of the Department
of Corrections who is assigned to | ||||||
| 15 | a security position with the Department with
responsibility for | ||||||
| 16 | inmates of any correctional institution under the
jurisdiction | ||||||
| 17 | of the Department and who is killed or who becomes a person | ||||||
| 18 | with a permanent disability with
90% to 100% disability in the | ||||||
| 19 | line of duty is entitled to 8 semesters or 12
quarters of full | ||||||
| 20 | payment of tuition and mandatory fees at any State-supported
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| 21 | Illinois institution of higher learning for either full or | ||||||
| 22 | part-time study, or
the equivalent of 8 semesters or 12 | ||||||
| 23 | quarters of payment of tuition and
mandatory fees at the rate
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| 24 | established by the Commission for private institutions in the | ||||||
| 25 | State of
Illinois, provided the recipient is maintaining | ||||||
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| 1 | satisfactory academic
progress. This benefit may be used for | ||||||
| 2 | undergraduate or graduate study.
Beneficiaries need not be | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois residents at the time of enrollment in order
to | ||||||
| 4 | receive this grant. With respect to disabled employees of the | ||||||
| 5 | Department of Corrections, natural children need not be born | ||||||
| 6 | before the disability occurred in order to receive this grant. | ||||||
| 7 | The benefits of this Section shall be administered by
and paid | ||||||
| 8 | out of funds available to the Commission and shall accrue to | ||||||
| 9 | the bona
fide applicant without the requirement of | ||||||
| 10 | demonstrating financial need to
qualify for those benefits.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.
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