Full Text of SB2032 94th General Assembly
SB2032eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 Children of Deceased Veterans Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (330 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26)
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| Sec. 1. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
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| provide, insofar as moneys are appropriated for those purposes, | 9 |
| for
matriculation and tuition fees, board, room rent, books and | 10 |
| supplies for
the use and benefit of children, not under 10 and | 11 |
| not over 18 years of age,
except extension of time may be | 12 |
| granted for a child to complete high school
but in no event | 13 |
| beyond the 19th birthday who have for 12 months immediately
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| preceding their application for these benefits had their | 15 |
| domicile in the
State of Illinois, of World War I
veterans who | 16 |
| were killed in action
or who died between April 6, 1917, and | 17 |
| July 2, 1921, and of World War II
veterans who were killed in | 18 |
| action or died after December 6, 1941, and on
or before | 19 |
| December 31, 1946, and of Korean conflict veterans who were | 20 |
| killed
in action or died between June 27, 1950 and January 31, | 21 |
| 1955, and of Vietnam
conflict veterans who were killed in | 22 |
| action or died between January 1, 1961
and May 7, 1975, as a | 23 |
| result of service in the Armed Forces of the United
States or | 24 |
| from other causes of World War I, World
War II, the Korean | 25 |
| conflict or the Vietnam conflict,
who died, whether before or | 26 |
| after the cessation of hostilities, from service-connected
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| disability, and of any veterans who died during the induction | 28 |
| periods specified
below or died of a service-connected | 29 |
| disability incurred during such induction
periods, such | 30 |
| periods to be those beginning September 16, 1940, and ending
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| December 6, 1941, and beginning January 1, 1947 and ending June | 32 |
| 26, 1950
and the period beginning February 1, 1955, and ending |
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| on the day before
the first day thereafter on which individuals | 2 |
| (other than individuals liable
for induction by reason of prior | 3 |
| deferment) are no longer liable for induction
for training and | 4 |
| service into the Armed Forces under the Universal Military
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| Training and Service Act, and beginning January 1, 1961 and | 6 |
| ending May
7, 1975 and of any veterans who are totally and | 7 |
| permanently
disabled as a result of a service-connected | 8 |
| disability (or who died
while a disability so evaluated was in | 9 |
| existence); which children are attending
or may attend a state | 10 |
| or private educational institution of elementary or high school
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| grade ,
a high
school or a business college, vocational training
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| school , or other educational institution in this State where | 13 |
| courses of
instruction are provided in subjects which would | 14 |
| tend to enable such
children to engage in any useful trade, | 15 |
| occupation or profession. As
used in this Act | 16 |
| "service-connected" means, with respect to disability
or | 17 |
| death, that such disability was incurred or aggravated, or that | 18 |
| the
death resulted from a disability incurred or aggravated, in | 19 |
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performance of active duty or active duty for training in | 20 |
| the military
services. Such children shall
be admitted to state | 21 |
| educational institutions free of tuition. No more
than $250.00 | 22 |
| may be paid under this Act for any one child for any one
school | 23 |
| year.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1187.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 |
| becoming law.
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