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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant, the
3 Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program, and the MIA-POW
4 Scholarship Program are entitlement programs that are awarded
5 to eligible recipients regardless of the funding level for the
6 programs; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The Illinois National Guard Grant is awarded to
8 applicants who are on active status and have served for at
9 least one year in the Illinois National Guard; a grant
10 recipient is entitled to receive payment of tuition and
11 eligible fees at all Illinois public universities or public
12 community colleges for a period equivalent to 8 semesters or 12
13 quarters of full-time enrollment; there is no minimum
14 enrollment requirement and non-credit courses are eligible for
15 the ING Grant; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The Illinois Veteran Grant is awarded to
17 applicants who are members of the Armed Forces of the United
18 States and have served at least one year of active duty and
19 whose separation from such service has been characterized as
20 honorable; a grant recipient is entitled to receive payment of
21 tuition and certain fees for either undergraduate or graduate
22 study at any Illinois public college or university or community
23 college for a period that is the equivalent of four academic
24 years of full-time enrollment, including summer terms; there is
25 no minimum enrollment requirement and audit and non-credit
26 courses are eligible for the IVG Program; and
 
27     WHEREAS, The MIA-POW Scholarship is awarded to dependents
28 of Illinois residents declared to be missing in action or
29 prisoners of war; and
 
30     WHEREAS, The community colleges of the State have not
31 received sufficient funds from the State to cover the costs of

 

 

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1 these entitlement grants, which, in turn, forces the community
2 colleges to waive the remaining tuition expenses that have not
3 been covered by the State and to, subsequently, raise tuition;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 the community colleges of the State are entitled to
8 reimbursement for the costs incurred in the administration of
9 the ING Grant, the IVG Program, and the MIA-POW Scholarship;
10 and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That for the 2005-2006 academic year, the
12 following community colleges are entitled to reimbursement
13 from the General Revenue Fund in the following amounts:
14         Black Hawk College...........................$101,689
15         Carl Sandburg College.........................$44,855
16         City Colleges of Chicago.....................$437,054
17         College of DuPage............................$341,296
18         College of Lake County.......................$127,300
19         Harper College...............................$282,150
20         Heartland Community College...................$80,750
21         Highland Community College....................$44,000
22         Illinois Eastern Community Colleges...........$15,717
23         Illinois Valley Community College.............$37,000
24         John Wood Community College...................$45,000
25         Joliet Junior College........................$133,200
26         Kankakee Community College....................$63,188
27         Kishwaukee College............................$84,646
28         Lake Land College.............................$86,611
29         Lewis & Clark Community College...............$73,426
30         McHenry County College........................$61,046
31         Moraine Valley Community College.............$194,750
32         Oakton Community College.......................$3,632
33         Parkland College.............................$191,331
34         Prairie State College........................$200,000

 

 

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1         Richland Community College....................$70,041
2         Rock Valley College..........................$125,963
3         Sauk Valley Community College.................$48,563
4         Shawnee Community College.....................$14,330
5         South Suburban College of Cook County........$132,715
6         Southeastern Illinois College.................$16,740
7         Southwestern Illinois College................$222,682
8         Spoon River College.........................$34,105;
9 and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
11 presented to the State Treasurer and the president of each
12 public community college of the State.