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| half-time basis, at an Illinois institution of higher |
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| learning;
and
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| (5) pursuing a postsecondary course of study leading to |
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| initial
certification or pursuing additional
course
work
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| needed to gain State Board of Education approval to teach |
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| bilingual education, including
alternative teacher |
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| certification.
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| (b) Each scholarship awarded under this Section shall be in |
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| an amount
sufficient to pay the tuition and fees of the |
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| institution of higher learning at which the recipient is |
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| enrolled.
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| (c) The total amount of scholarship assistance awarded by |
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| the Commission
under this Section to an individual in any given |
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| fiscal year, when added to
other financial assistance awarded |
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| to that individual for that year, shall not
exceed the cost of |
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| attendance at the institution of higher learning at which
the |
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| student is enrolled.
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| (d) A recipient may receive up to 8 semesters or 12
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| quarters of scholarship
assistance under this Section.
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| (e) All applications for scholarship assistance to be |
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| awarded under this
Section shall be made to the Commission in a |
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| form as set forth by the
Commission. The form of application |
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| and the information required to be set
forth therein shall be |
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| determined by the Commission, and the Commission shall
require |
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| eligible applicants to submit with their applications such |
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| supporting
documents as the Commission deems necessary.
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| (f) Subject to a separate appropriation made for such |
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| purposes, payment of
any
scholarship awarded under this Section |
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| shall be determined by the Commission.
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| All scholarship funds distributed in accordance with this |
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| Section shall be
paid
to the institution on behalf of the |
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| recipients. Scholarship funds are
applicable toward 2 |
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| semesters or 3 quarters of enrollment within an academic
year.
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| (g) The Commission shall administer the
scholarship |
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| program established by this Section and shall make all |
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| necessary
and
proper rules not inconsistent with this Section |
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| for its effective
implementation.
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| (h) Prior to receiving scholarship assistance for any |
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| academic year, each
recipient of a scholarship awarded under |
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| this
Section shall be required by the Commission to sign an |
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| agreement under which
the
recipient pledges that, within the |
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| one-year period following the
termination
of the academic |
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| program for which the recipient was awarded a scholarship, the
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| recipient (i) shall begin teaching bilingual education for a |
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| period of not
less than the total number of years of |
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| scholarship assistance received under this Section, (ii) shall |
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| fulfill this teaching obligation at an Illinois public |
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| elementary or secondary school, and (iii)
shall, upon request |
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| of
the
Commission, provide the Commission with evidence that he |
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| or she is fulfilling
or has fulfilled the terms of the teaching |
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| agreement provided for in this
subsection.
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| (i) If a recipient of a scholarship awarded under this |
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fulfill the teaching obligation set forth in |
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| subsection (h) of this Section,
the Commission shall require |
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| the recipient to repay the amount of the
scholarships received, |
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| prorated according to the fraction of the teaching
obligation |
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| not completed, plus interest at a rate of 5% and, if |
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| applicable, reasonable
collection fees. The Commission is |
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| authorized to establish rules relating to
its collection |
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| activities for repayment
of scholarships under this Section.
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| Payments received by the Commission under this subsection (i)
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| shall be remitted to the State Comptroller for deposit into
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| General Revenue Fund, except that that portion of a
recipient's |
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| repayment that equals the amount in expenses that
the |
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| Commission has reasonably incurred in attempting
collection |
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| from that recipient shall be remitted to the State
Comptroller |
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| for deposit into the Commission's Accounts
Receivable Fund.
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| (j) A recipient of a scholarship awarded by the Commission |
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| under this
Section shall not be in violation of the agreement |
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| entered into pursuant to
subsection (h) of this Section if the |
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| recipient (i) enrolls on a full-time basis as a graduate
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| student in a course of study related to the field of teaching |
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| at an institution
of higher learning; (ii) is serving as a |
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| member of the armed services of the
United States; (iii) is |
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| temporarily totally disabled, as established by sworn
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| affidavit of a qualified physician; (iv) is seeking and unable |
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| to find
full-time employment as a bilingual education teacher |
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| at a school that satisfies the criteria set
forth
in subsection |
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| (h) of this Section and is able to provide evidence of that |
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| fact; (v) is taking additional courses, on at least a half-time |
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| basis, needed to obtain certification as a teacher in Illinois; |
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| or (vi) is fulfilling teaching requirements associated with |
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| other programs administered by the Commission and cannot |
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| concurrently fulfill them under this Section in a period of |
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| time equal to the length of the teaching obligation. Any such
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| extension of the period during which the teaching requirement |
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| must be fulfilled
shall be subject to limitations of duration |
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| as established by the Commission. ".
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