Full Text of HR1039 94th General Assembly
HR1039 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| 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.
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