Rep. Daniel J. Burke

Filed: 3/16/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 201

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 201 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
530-9 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/30-9)  (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
7    Sec. 30-9. General Assembly scholarship; conditions of
8admission; award by competitive examination. Each member of the
9General Assembly may nominate annually 2 persons of school age
10and otherwise eligible, from his district; each shall receive a
11certificate of scholarship in any State supported university
12designated by the member. A member of the General Assembly may
13opt out of nominating persons for a scholarship. Any member of
14the General Assembly in making nominations under this Section
15may designate that his nominee be granted a 4 year scholarship
16or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for that particular

 

 

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1scholarship, each to receive a 2 year or a one year
2scholarship, respectively. The nominee, if a graduate of a
3school accredited by the University to which nominated, shall
4be admitted to the university on the same conditions as to
5educational qualifications as are other graduates of
6accredited schools. If the nominee is not a graduate of a
7school accredited by the university to which nominated, he
8must, before being entitled to the benefits of the scholarship,
9pass an examination given by the superintendent of schools of
10the county where he resides at the time stated in Section 30-7
11for the competitive examination. The president of each
12university shall prescribe the rules governing the examination
13for scholarship to his university.
14    A member of the General Assembly may award the scholarship
15by competitive examination conducted under like rules as
16prescribed in Section 30-7 even though one or more of the
17applicants are graduates of schools accredited by the
18university.
19    A member of the General Assembly may delegate to the
20Illinois Student Assistance Commission the authority to
21nominate persons for General Assembly scholarships which that
22member would otherwise be entitled to award, or may direct the
23Commission to evaluate and make recommendations to the member
24concerning candidates for such scholarships. In the event a
25member delegates his nominating authority or directs the
26Commission to evaluate and make recommendations concerning

 

 

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1candidates for General Assembly scholarships, the member shall
2inform the Commission in writing of the criteria which he
3wishes the Commission to apply in nominating or recommending
4candidates. Those criteria may include some or all of the
5criteria provided in Section 25 of the Higher Education Student
6Assistance Act. A delegation of authority under this paragraph
7may be revoked at any time by the member.
8    Failure of a member of the General Assembly to make a
9nomination in any year shall not cause that scholarship to
10lapse, but the member may make a nomination for such
11scholarship at any time thereafter before the expiration of his
12term, and the person so nominated shall be entitled to the same
13benefits as holders of other scholarships provided herein. Any
14such scholarship for which a member has made no nomination
15prior to the expiration of the term for which he was elected
16shall lapse upon the expiration of that term.
17(Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
192011.".