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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 
13recipients from each county may not exceed 3: any time between 
14September 16, 1940 and the termination of World War II, any 
15time during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and 
16January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict 
17between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the 
18siege of Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 
19and December 15, 1983, any time during the invasion of Panama 
20between December 20, 1989 and January 31, 1990, or any time on 
21or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President 
22orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the 
23Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and 
 
 
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1Operation Iraqi Freedom. Preference for scholarships shall be 
2given to the children of persons who are deceased or to the 
3children of persons who have a disability. Such scholarships 
4shall be granted to such pupils as shall, upon public 
5examination, conducted as the board of trustees of the 
6University may determine, be decided to have attained the 
7greatest proficiency in the branches of learning usually 
8taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral 
9character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so 
10selected, shall be entitled to receive, without charge for 
11tuition, instruction in any or all departments of the 
12University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such 
13pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and 
14regulations of the University, established for the government 
15of the pupils in attendance.
16(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15; 
1799-642, eff. 7-28-16.)