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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 |
| amended by
changing Sections 50, 52, and 65.15 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 947/50)
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| Sec. 50. Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship | 8 |
| program.
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| (a) As used in this Section:
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| "Eligible applicant" means a minority student who has | 11 |
| graduated
from high school or has received a
General | 12 |
| Educational Development Certification and has
maintained a | 13 |
| cumulative grade point average of
no
less than 2.5 on a 4.0 | 14 |
| scale, and who by reason thereof is entitled to
apply for | 15 |
| scholarships to be awarded under this Section.
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| "Minority student" means a student who is either (i) | 17 |
| Black (a person
having origins in any of the black racial | 18 |
| groups in Africa); (ii)
Hispanic (a person of Spanish or | 19 |
| Portuguese culture with origins in Mexico,
South or Central | 20 |
| America, or the Caribbean islands, regardless of race);
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| (iii)
Asian American (a person with origins in any of the | 22 |
| original peoples of the Far
East, Southeast Asia, the | 23 |
| Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan, and the
Pacific | 24 |
| Islands, including, among others, Hawaii, Melanesia, | 25 |
| Micronesia and
Polynesia); or (iv) Native American (a | 26 |
| person who is a member of a federally or
state recognized | 27 |
| Indian tribe, or whose parents or grandparents have such
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| membership) and to include the native people of Alaska.
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| "Qualified student" means a person (i) who is a | 30 |
| resident of this State
and a citizen or permanent resident | 31 |
| of the United States; (ii) who is a
minority student, as | 32 |
| defined in this Section; (iii) who, as an eligible
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| applicant, has made a timely application for a minority | 2 |
| teaching
scholarship under this Section; (iv) who is | 3 |
| enrolled on at least a
half-time basis at a
qualified | 4 |
| Illinois institution of
higher learning; (v) who is | 5 |
| enrolled in a course of study leading to
teacher | 6 |
| certification, including alternative teacher | 7 |
| certification; (vi)
who maintains a grade point average of | 8 |
| no
less than 2.5 on a 4.0 scale;
and (vii) who continues to | 9 |
| advance satisfactorily toward the attainment
of a degree.
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| (b) In order to encourage academically talented Illinois | 11 |
| minority
students to pursue teaching careers at the preschool | 12 |
| or elementary or
secondary
school
level, each qualified student | 13 |
| shall be awarded a minority teacher
scholarship to any | 14 |
| qualified Illinois institution of higher learning.
However, | 15 |
| preference may be given to qualified applicants enrolled at or | 16 |
| above
the
junior level.
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| (c) Each minority teacher scholarship awarded under this | 18 |
| Section shall
be in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and | 19 |
| fees and room and board
costs of the qualified Illinois | 20 |
| institution of higher learning at which the
recipient is | 21 |
| enrolled, up to an annual maximum of $5,000;
except that
in
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| case of a recipient who does not reside on-campus at the | 23 |
| institution at
which he or she is enrolled, the amount of the | 24 |
| scholarship shall be
sufficient to pay tuition and fee expenses | 25 |
| and a commuter allowance, up to
an annual maximum of $5,000.
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| (d) The total amount of minority teacher scholarship | 27 |
| assistance awarded by
the Commission under this Section to an | 28 |
| individual in any given fiscal
year, when added to other | 29 |
| financial assistance awarded to that individual
for that year, | 30 |
| shall not exceed the cost of attendance at the institution
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| which the student is enrolled. If the amount of minority | 32 |
| teacher
scholarship to be awarded to a qualified student as | 33 |
| provided in
subsection (c) of this Section exceeds the cost of | 34 |
| attendance at the
institution at which the student is enrolled, | 35 |
| the minority teacher
scholarship shall be reduced by an amount | 36 |
| equal to the amount by which the
combined financial assistance |
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| available to the student exceeds the cost
of attendance.
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| (e) The maximum number of academic terms for which a | 3 |
| qualified
student
can receive minority teacher scholarship | 4 |
| assistance shall be 8 semesters or
12 quarters.
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| (f) In any academic year for which an eligible applicant | 6 |
| under this
Section accepts financial assistance through the | 7 |
| Paul Douglas Teacher
Scholarship Program, as authorized by | 8 |
| Section 551 et seq. of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, the | 9 |
| applicant shall not be eligible for scholarship
assistance | 10 |
| awarded under this Section.
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| (g) All applications for minority teacher scholarships to | 12 |
| be awarded
under this Section shall be made to the Commission | 13 |
| on forms which the
Commission shall provide for eligible | 14 |
| applicants. The form of applications
and the information | 15 |
| required to be set forth therein shall be determined by
the | 16 |
| Commission, and the Commission shall require eligible | 17 |
| applicants to
submit with their applications such supporting | 18 |
| documents or recommendations
as the Commission deems | 19 |
| necessary.
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| (h) Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes, | 21 |
| payment of
any minority teacher scholarship awarded under this | 22 |
| Section shall be
determined by the Commission. All scholarship | 23 |
| funds distributed in
accordance with this subsection shall be | 24 |
| paid to the institution and used
only for payment of the | 25 |
| tuition and fee and room and board expenses
incurred by the | 26 |
| student in connection with his or her attendance as an
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| undergraduate student at a qualified Illinois institution of | 28 |
| higher
learning. Any minority teacher scholarship awarded | 29 |
| under this Section
shall be applicable to 2 semesters or 3 | 30 |
| quarters of enrollment. If a
qualified student withdraws from | 31 |
| enrollment prior to completion of the
first semester or quarter | 32 |
| for which the minority teacher scholarship is
applicable, the | 33 |
| school shall refund to the Commission the full amount of the
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| minority teacher scholarship.
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| (i) The Commission shall administer the minority teacher | 36 |
| scholarship aid
program established by this Section and shall |
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| make all necessary and proper
rules not inconsistent with this | 2 |
| Section for its effective implementation.
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| (j) When an appropriation to the Commission for a given | 4 |
| fiscal year is
insufficient to provide scholarships to all | 5 |
| qualified students, the
Commission shall allocate the | 6 |
| appropriation in accordance with this
subsection. If funds are | 7 |
| insufficient to provide all qualified students
with a | 8 |
| scholarship as authorized by this Section, the Commission shall
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| allocate the available scholarship funds for that fiscal year | 10 |
| on the basis
of the date the Commission receives a complete | 11 |
| application form.
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| (k) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (j) or any | 13 |
| other
provision of this Section, at least 30% of the funds | 14 |
| appropriated for
scholarships awarded under this Section in | 15 |
| each fiscal year shall be reserved
for qualified male minority | 16 |
| applicants.
If the Commission does not receive enough | 17 |
| applications from qualified male
minorities on or before
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| January 1 of each fiscal year to award 30% of the funds | 19 |
| appropriated for these
scholarships to qualified
male minority | 20 |
| applicants, then the Commission may award a portion of the
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| reserved funds to qualified
female minority applicants.
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| (l) Prior to receiving scholarship assistance for any | 23 |
| academic year,
each recipient of a minority teacher scholarship | 24 |
| awarded under this Section
shall be required by the Commission | 25 |
| to sign an agreement under which the
recipient pledges that, | 26 |
| within the one-year period following the
termination
of the | 27 |
| program for which the recipient was awarded a minority
teacher | 28 |
| scholarship, the recipient (i) shall begin teaching for a
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| period of not less
than one year for each year of scholarship | 30 |
| assistance he or she was awarded
under this Section; and (ii) | 31 |
| shall fulfill this teaching obligation at a
nonprofit Illinois | 32 |
| public, private, or parochial preschool, elementary school,
or | 33 |
| secondary school at which no less than 30% of the enrolled | 34 |
| students are
minority students in the year during which the | 35 |
| recipient begins teaching at the
school; and (iii) shall, upon | 36 |
| request by the Commission, provide the Commission
with evidence |
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| that he or she is fulfilling or has fulfilled the terms of the
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| teaching agreement provided for in this subsection.
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| (m) If a recipient of a minority teacher scholarship | 4 |
| awarded under this
Section fails to fulfill the teaching | 5 |
| obligation set forth in subsection
(l) of this Section, the | 6 |
| Commission shall require the recipient to repay
the amount of | 7 |
| the scholarships received, prorated according to the fraction
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| of the teaching obligation not completed, at a rate of interest | 9 |
| equal to
5%, and, if applicable, reasonable collection fees.
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| The Commission is authorized to establish rules relating to its | 11 |
| collection
activities for repayment of scholarships under this | 12 |
| Section. All repayments
collected under this Section shall be | 13 |
| forwarded to the State Comptroller for
deposit into the State's | 14 |
| General Revenue Fund.
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| (n) A recipient of minority teacher scholarship shall not | 16 |
| be considered
in violation of the agreement entered into | 17 |
| pursuant to subsection (l) if
the recipient (i) enrolls on a | 18 |
| full time basis as a graduate student in a
course of study | 19 |
| related to the field of teaching at a qualified Illinois
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| institution of higher learning; (ii) is serving, not in excess | 21 |
| of 3 years,
as a member of the armed services of the United | 22 |
| States; (iii) is
temporarily totally disabled for a period of | 23 |
| time not to exceed 3 years as
established by sworn affidavit of | 24 |
| a qualified physician; (iv) is seeking
and unable to find full | 25 |
| time employment as a teacher at an Illinois public,
private, or | 26 |
| parochial preschool or elementary or secondary school that
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| satisfies the
criteria set forth in subsection (l) of this | 28 |
| Section and is able to provide
evidence of that fact; or, (v) | 29 |
| becomes permanently totally disabled as
established by sworn | 30 |
| affidavit of a qualified physician ; (vi) is taking additional | 31 |
| courses, on at least a half-time basis, needed to obtain | 32 |
| certification as a teacher in Illinois; or (vii) is fulfilling | 33 |
| teaching requirements associated with other programs | 34 |
| administered by the Commission and cannot concurrently fulfill | 35 |
| them under this Section in a period of time equal to the length | 36 |
| of the teaching obligation .
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| (o) Scholarship recipients under this Section who withdraw | 2 |
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a program of teacher education but remain enrolled in | 3 |
| school
to continue their postsecondary studies in another | 4 |
| academic discipline shall
not be required to commence repayment | 5 |
| of their Minority Teachers of Illinois
scholarship so long as | 6 |
| they remain enrolled in school on a full-time basis or
if they | 7 |
| can document for the Commission special circumstances that | 8 |
| warrant
extension of repayment.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-670, eff. 12-22-99; 92-845, eff. 1-1-03.)
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| (110 ILCS 947/52)
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| Sec. 52. Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program.
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| (a) In order to encourage academically talented Illinois | 13 |
| students,
especially minority students, to pursue teaching | 14 |
| careers, especially in
teacher shortage
disciplines
(which | 15 |
| shall be defined to include early childhood education) or at
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| hard-to-staff schools (as defined by the Commission in | 17 |
| consultation with the
State Board of Education),
the Commission | 18 |
| shall, each year, receive and consider applications
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| scholarship assistance under this Section. An applicant is | 20 |
| eligible for a
scholarship under this Section when the | 21 |
| Commission finds that the applicant is:
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| (1) a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen;
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| (2) a resident of Illinois;
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| (3) a high school graduate or a person who has received | 25 |
| a General
Educational Development Certificate;
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| (4) enrolled or accepted for enrollment at or above the | 27 |
| junior level,
on at least a half-time basis, at an Illinois | 28 |
| institution of higher learning;
and
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| (5) pursuing a postsecondary course of study leading to | 30 |
| initial
certification or pursuing additional
course
work
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| needed to gain State Board of Education approval to teach, | 32 |
| including
alternative teacher certification.
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| (b) Recipients shall be selected from among applicants | 34 |
| qualified pursuant to
subsection (a) based on a combination of | 35 |
| the following criteria as set forth by
the Commission: (1) |
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| academic excellence; (2) status as a minority student as
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| defined in Section 50; and (3) financial need. Preference may | 3 |
| be given to
previous recipients of assistance under this | 4 |
| Section, provided they continue to
maintain eligibility and | 5 |
| maintain satisfactory academic progress as determined
by the | 6 |
| institution of higher learning at which they enroll.
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| (c) Each scholarship awarded under this Section shall be in | 8 |
| an amount
sufficient to pay the tuition and fees and room and | 9 |
| board costs of the Illinois
institution of higher learning at | 10 |
| which the recipient is enrolled, up to
an annual maximum of | 11 |
| $5,000; except that in the case of a
recipient who
does not
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| reside
on-campus at the institution of higher learning at which | 13 |
| he or she is enrolled,
the amount of the scholarship shall be | 14 |
| sufficient to pay tuition and fee
expenses and a commuter | 15 |
| allowance, up to an annual maximum of $5,000.
For recipients | 16 |
| who agree to teach in a teacher shortage discipline or at a
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| hard-to-staff school under subsection (i) of this Section, the | 18 |
| Commission
may, by rule and subject to appropriation, increase | 19 |
| the annual
maximum amount to $10,000. If a recipient agrees to | 20 |
| teach in both a
teacher shortage discipline and at a | 21 |
| hard-to-staff school under
subsection (i) of this Section, the | 22 |
| Commission may increase the amount of the
scholarship awarded
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| by up to an additional $5,000.
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| (d) The total amount of scholarship assistance awarded by | 25 |
| the Commission
under this Section to an individual in any given | 26 |
| fiscal year, when added to
other financial assistance awarded | 27 |
| to that individual for that year, shall not
exceed the cost of | 28 |
| attendance at the institution of higher learning at which
the | 29 |
| student is enrolled.
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| (e) A recipient may receive up to 4 semesters or 6
quarters | 31 |
| of scholarship
assistance under this Section.
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| (f) All applications for scholarship assistance to be | 33 |
| awarded under this
Section shall be made to the Commission in a | 34 |
| form as set forth by the
Commission. The form of application | 35 |
| and the information required to be set
forth therein shall be | 36 |
| determined by the Commission, and the Commission shall
require |
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| eligible applicants to submit with their applications such | 2 |
| supporting
documents as the Commission deems necessary.
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| (g) Subject to a separate appropriation made for such | 4 |
| purposes, payment of
any
scholarship awarded under this Section | 5 |
| shall be determined by the Commission.
There shall be a | 6 |
| separate appropriation made for scholarships awarded
to | 7 |
| recipients who agree to teach in a teacher shortage discipline | 8 |
| or at a
hard-to-staff school under subsection (i) of this | 9 |
| Section.
The Commission may use for scholarship assistance | 10 |
| under this Section
(i) all funds appropriated for scholarships | 11 |
| under this Section that were
formerly known as ITEACH Teacher | 12 |
| Shortage Scholarships and (ii) all
funds appropriated for | 13 |
| scholarships under Section 65.65 of this Act
(repealed by this | 14 |
| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly), formerly
known as | 15 |
| Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarships.
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| All scholarship funds distributed in accordance with this | 17 |
| Section shall be
paid
to the institution on behalf of the | 18 |
| recipients. Scholarship funds are
applicable toward 2 | 19 |
| semesters or 3 quarters of enrollment within an academic
year.
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| (h) The Commission shall administer the
scholarship | 21 |
| program established by this Section and shall make all | 22 |
| necessary
and
proper rules not inconsistent with this Section | 23 |
| for its effective
implementation.
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| (i) Prior to receiving scholarship assistance for any | 25 |
| academic year, each
recipient of a scholarship awarded under | 26 |
| this
Section shall be required by the Commission to sign an | 27 |
| agreement under which
the
recipient pledges that, within the | 28 |
| one-year period following the
termination
of the academic | 29 |
| program for which the recipient was awarded a scholarship, the
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| recipient: (i) shall begin teaching for a period of not
less | 31 |
| than 5 years, (ii) shall fulfill this teaching obligation at a | 32 |
| nonprofit
Illinois public,
private, or parochial
preschool or | 33 |
| an Illinois public elementary or secondary school, and (iii)
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| shall, upon request of
the
Commission, provide the Commission | 35 |
| with evidence that he or she is fulfilling
or has fulfilled the | 36 |
| terms of the teaching agreement provided for in this
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| subsection.
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| (j) If a recipient of a scholarship awarded under this | 3 |
| Section fails to
fulfill the teaching obligation set forth in | 4 |
| subsection (i) of this Section,
the Commission shall require | 5 |
| the recipient to repay the amount of the
scholarships received, | 6 |
| prorated according to the fraction of the teaching
obligation | 7 |
| not completed, plus interest at a rate of 5% and if applicable, | 8 |
| reasonable
collection fees. The Commission is authorized to | 9 |
| establish rules relating to
its collection activities for | 10 |
| repayment
of scholarships under this Section.
Payments | 11 |
| received by the Commission under this subsection (j)
shall be | 12 |
| remitted to the State Comptroller for deposit into
the General | 13 |
| Revenue Fund, except that that portion of a
recipient's | 14 |
| repayment that equals the amount in expenses that
the | 15 |
| Commission has reasonably incurred in attempting
collection | 16 |
| from that recipient shall be remitted to the State
Comptroller | 17 |
| for deposit into the Commission's Accounts
Receivable Fund. | 18 |
| (k) A recipient of a scholarship awarded by the Commission | 19 |
| under this
Section shall not be in violation of the agreement | 20 |
| entered into pursuant to
subsection (i) if the recipient (i) | 21 |
| enrolls on a full-time basis as a graduate
student in a course | 22 |
| of study related to the field of teaching at an institution
of | 23 |
| higher learning; (ii) is serving as a member of the armed | 24 |
| services of the
United States; (iii) is temporarily totally | 25 |
| disabled, as established by sworn
affidavit of a qualified | 26 |
| physician; or (iv) is seeking and unable to find
full-time | 27 |
| employment as a teacher at a school that satisfies the criteria | 28 |
| set
forth
in subsection (i) and is able to provide evidence of | 29 |
| that fact ; (v) is taking additional courses, on at least a | 30 |
| half-time basis, needed to obtain certification as a teacher in | 31 |
| Illinois ; or (vi) is fulfilling teaching requirements | 32 |
| associated with other programs administered by the Commission | 33 |
| and cannot concurrently fulfill them under this Section in a | 34 |
| period of time equal to the length of the teaching obligation . | 35 |
| Any such
extension of the period during which the teaching | 36 |
| requirement must be fulfilled
shall be subject to limitations |
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| of duration as established by the Commission.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-845, eff. 1-1-03; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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| (110 ILCS 947/65.15)
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| Sec. 65.15. Special education teacher scholarships.
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| (a) There shall be awarded annually 250
scholarships to | 6 |
| persons qualifying as members of any
either of the
following
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| groups:
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| (1) Students who are otherwise qualified to receive a | 9 |
| scholarship as
provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this | 10 |
| Section and who make application
to the Commission for such | 11 |
| scholarship and agree to take courses that will
prepare the | 12 |
| student for the teaching of children described in Section | 13 |
| 14-1 of
the School Code.
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| (2) Persons holding a valid certificate issued under | 15 |
| the laws relating
to the certification of teachers and who | 16 |
| make application to the Commission
for such scholarship and | 17 |
| agree to take courses that will prepare them for the
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| teaching of children described in Section 14-1 of the | 19 |
| School Code.
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| (3) Persons who (A) have graduated high school; (B) | 21 |
| have not been
certified as a teacher; and (C) make | 22 |
| application to the Commission for such
scholarship and | 23 |
| agree to take courses that will prepare them for the | 24 |
| teaching
of children described in Section 14-1 of the | 25 |
| School Code.
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| Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be issued | 27 |
| pursuant to
regulations promulgated by the Commission;
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| provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State | 29 |
| Board of
Education prior to the effective date of this | 30 |
| amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant
to the exercise of any right, | 31 |
| power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending
business | 32 |
| transferred from the State Board of Education to the Commission | 33 |
| under
this Section shall be affected thereby, and all such | 34 |
| rules and regulations
shall become the rules and regulations of | 35 |
| the Commission until modified or
changed by the Commission in |
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| accordance with law.
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| For the purposes of this Section scholarships awarded each | 3 |
| school year
shall be deemed to be issued on July 1 of the year | 4 |
| prior to
the start of the postsecondary school term and all | 5 |
| calculations for use of the scholarship shall be based on such
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| date. Each scholarship shall entitle its holder to exemption | 7 |
| from fees as
provided in subsection (a) of Section 65.40 while | 8 |
| enrolled in a special
education program of
teacher education, | 9 |
| for a period of not more than 4 calendar years and shall be
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| available for use at any time during such period of study | 11 |
| except as provided in
subsection (b) of Section 65.40.
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| Scholarships issued to holders of a valid certificate | 13 |
| issued under the
laws relating to the certification of teachers | 14 |
| as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection may also | 15 |
| entitle the holder thereof to
a program of teacher education | 16 |
| that will prepare the student for the
teaching of children | 17 |
| described in Section 14-1 of the School Code at the
graduate | 18 |
| level.
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| (b) Each year , The principal, or his or her
designee, of an | 20 |
| approved
each recognized
public, private and parochial high | 21 |
| school maintaining the twelfth grade shall
certify to the | 22 |
| Commission , for
the names and addresses of students who are | 23 |
| Illinois residents and are
completing an application , that the | 24 |
| students
with the intent to prepare to teach in any recognized
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| public, private, or parochial school of Illinois and ranked
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| scholastically in the upper one-half of their graduating class | 27 |
| or, for those
not yet
graduated, whose scholastic rank in the | 28 |
| 4-year high school course of study at
the end of
the sixth | 29 |
| semester is in the upper one-half of their class .
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| (c) Each holder of a scholarship must furnish proof to the
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| Commission, in such form and at such intervals as the
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| Commission prescribes, of the holder's continued
enrollment in | 33 |
| a teacher education program qualifying the holder for the
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| scholarship. Any holder of a scholarship who fails to register | 35 |
| in a
special education program of teacher education at the | 36 |
| university within 10
days after the
commencement of the term, |
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| quarter or semester immediately following the
receipt of the | 2 |
| scholarship or who, having registered, withdraws from the
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| university or transfers out of teacher education, shall | 4 |
| thereupon
forfeit the right to use it and it may be granted to | 5 |
| the person having
the next highest rank as shown on the list | 6 |
| held by the
Commission. If the person having the next
highest | 7 |
| rank, within 10 days after notification thereof by the
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| Commission, fails to register at any such
university in a | 9 |
| special education program of teacher education, or who,
having | 10 |
| registered,
withdraws from the university or transfers out of | 11 |
| teacher education, the
scholarship may then be granted to the | 12 |
| person shown on the list as
having the rank next below such | 13 |
| person.
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| (d) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under the | 15 |
| preceding
subsections of this Section must, within one year | 16 |
| after graduation from or
termination of
enrollment in a teacher | 17 |
| education program, begin teaching at a nonprofit
Illinois | 18 |
| public,
private, or parochial preschool or elementary or | 19 |
| secondary school for a period of at least 2 of the
5 years
| 20 |
| immediately following that graduation or termination, | 21 |
| excluding, however, from
the computation of that 5 year period | 22 |
| (i) any time up to 3 years
spent in the
military service, | 23 |
| whether such service occurs before or after the person
| 24 |
| graduates; (ii) any time
that person is enrolled full-time in | 25 |
| an academic program related to the field
of teaching leading to | 26 |
| a
graduate or postgraduate degree; (iii) the time that person | 27 |
| is
temporarily totally disabled for a period of time not to | 28 |
| exceed 3 years, as
established by the sworn affidavit of a | 29 |
| qualified physician; (iv) the time that
person is seeking and | 30 |
| unable to find full time employment as a teacher at an
Illinois | 31 |
| public, private, or parochial school; or (v) the time that | 32 |
| person is
taking additional courses, on at least a half-time | 33 |
| basis, needed to obtain
certification as a teacher in Illinois ; | 34 |
| or (vi) the time that person is fulfilling teaching | 35 |
| requirements associated with other programs administered by | 36 |
| the Commission if he or she cannot concurrently fulfill them |
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| under this Section in a period of time equal to the length of | 2 |
| the teaching obligation .
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| A person who has accepted a scholarship under the preceding
| 4 |
| subsections of this Section and who has been unable to
fulfill | 5 |
| the teaching requirements of this Section may
receive a | 6 |
| deferment from the obligation of repayment under
this | 7 |
| subsection (d) under guidelines established by the Commission; | 8 |
| provided
that no guideline established for any such purpose by | 9 |
| the State Board of
Education prior to the effective date of | 10 |
| this amendatory Act of 1993 shall be
affected by the transfer | 11 |
| to the Commission of the responsibility for
administering and | 12 |
| implementing the provisions of this Section, and all
guidelines | 13 |
| so established shall become the guidelines of the Commission | 14 |
| until
modified or changed by the Commission.
| 15 |
| Any such person who fails to fulfill this teaching | 16 |
| requirement shall pay
to the Commission the amount of tuition | 17 |
| waived by
virtue of his or her acceptance of the scholarship, | 18 |
| together with interest at
5% per year on that amount. However, | 19 |
| this obligation to repay the
amount of
tuition waived plus | 20 |
| interest does not apply when the failure to fulfill the
| 21 |
| teaching requirement results from the death or adjudication as | 22 |
| a person
under legal disability of the person holding the | 23 |
| scholarship, and no claim for
repayment may be filed against | 24 |
| the estate of such a decedent or person under
legal disability. | 25 |
| Payments received by the Commission under this subsection
(d) | 26 |
| shall be remitted to the State
Treasurer for deposit in
the | 27 |
| General Revenue
Fund. Each person receiving a
scholarship shall | 28 |
| be
provided with a
description of the provisions of this | 29 |
| subsection (d) at the time
he or she qualifies for the benefits | 30 |
| of
such a scholarship.
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| (e) This Section is basically the same as Sections
30-1, | 32 |
| 30-2, 30-3, and
30-4a of the School Code, which are repealed by | 33 |
| this amendatory Act of 1993,
and shall be construed as a | 34 |
| continuation of the teacher scholarship program
established by | 35 |
| that prior law, and not as a new or different teacher
| 36 |
| scholarship program. The State Board of Education shall |
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| transfer to the
Commission, as the successor to the State Board | 2 |
| of Education for all purposes
of administering and implementing | 3 |
| the provisions of this Section, all books,
accounts, records, | 4 |
| papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending
business | 5 |
| in any way relating to the teacher scholarship program | 6 |
| continued under
this Section; and all scholarships at any time | 7 |
| awarded under that program by,
and all applications for any | 8 |
| such scholarships at any time made to, the State
Board of | 9 |
| Education shall be unaffected by the transfer
to the Commission | 10 |
| of all responsibility for the administration and
| 11 |
| implementation of the teacher scholarship program continued | 12 |
| under this
Section. The State Board of Education shall furnish | 13 |
| to the Commission such
other information as the Commission may | 14 |
| request to assist it in administering
this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-496, eff. 8-13-99; 92-845, eff. 1-1-03.)
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| (110 ILCS 922/Act rep.)
| 17 |
| Section 10. The Child Development Teacher Scholarship Act | 18 |
| is repealed. | 19 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | 20 |
| 1, 2005, except that the changes to Section 65.15 of the Higher | 21 |
| Education Student Assistance Act take effect on July 1, 2006. |
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