Full Text of HB5205 96th General Assembly
HB5205 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5205
Introduced 2/3/2010, by Rep. Dan Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/30-14.2 |
from Ch. 122, par. 30-14.2 |
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Amends the School Code with respect to MIA/POW scholarships. Provides that, for the purposes of the definition of "eligible veteran or serviceperson", a person shall be deemed to have entered service as an Illinois resident if he or she entered service while a resident of another state, left that service and became a resident of this State, and joined the Illinois National Guard or the reserves of the armed forces of the United States while a resident of this State. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 30-14.2 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/30-14.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-14.2)
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| Sec. 30-14.2. MIA/POW scholarships.
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| (a) Any spouse, natural child, legally adopted child, or | 9 |
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step-child of an eligible veteran or serviceperson who | 10 |
| possesses all necessary
entrance requirements shall, upon | 11 |
| application and proper proof, be awarded
a MIA/POW Scholarship | 12 |
| consisting of the equivalent of 4 calendar years of
full-time | 13 |
| enrollment including summer terms, to the state supported
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| Illinois institution of higher learning of his choice, subject | 15 |
| to the
restrictions listed below.
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| "Eligible veteran or serviceperson" means any veteran or | 17 |
| serviceperson, including an Illinois National Guard member who | 18 |
| is on active duty or is active on a training assignment,
who | 19 |
| has been declared by the U. S. Department of Defense or the
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| U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs to be a prisoner of war, | 21 |
| be missing
in action, have died as the result of a | 22 |
| service-connected disability or be
permanently disabled from | 23 |
| service-connected causes with 100% disability and
who at the |
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| time of entering service was an Illinois resident or was an
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| Illinois resident within 6 months of entering such service. For | 3 |
| the purposes of this definition, a person shall be deemed to | 4 |
| have entered service as an Illinois resident if he or she | 5 |
| entered service while a resident of another state, left that | 6 |
| service and became a resident of this State, and joined the | 7 |
| Illinois National Guard or the reserves of the armed forces of | 8 |
| the United States while a resident of this State.
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| Full-time enrollment means 12 or more semester hours of | 10 |
| courses per semester,
or 12 or more quarter hours of courses | 11 |
| per quarter, or the equivalent thereof
per term. Scholarships | 12 |
| utilized by dependents enrolled in less than full-time
study | 13 |
| shall be computed in the proportion which the number of hours | 14 |
| so carried
bears to full-time enrollment.
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| Scholarships awarded under this Section may be used by a | 16 |
| spouse or child
without regard to his or her age. The holder of | 17 |
| a Scholarship
awarded under this Section shall be subject to | 18 |
| all examinations and academic
standards, including the | 19 |
| maintenance of minimum grade levels, that are
applicable | 20 |
| generally to other enrolled students at the Illinois | 21 |
| institution of
higher learning where the Scholarship is being | 22 |
| used.
If the surviving spouse
remarries or if there is a | 23 |
| divorce between the veteran or serviceperson and
his or her | 24 |
| spouse while the dependent is pursuing his or her course of
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| study, Scholarship benefits will be terminated at the end of | 26 |
| the term for
which he or she is presently enrolled. Such |
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| dependents shall also be
entitled, upon proper proof and | 2 |
| application, to enroll in any extension
course offered by a | 3 |
| State supported Illinois institution of higher learning
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| without payment of tuition and approved fees.
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| The holder of a MIA/POW Scholarship authorized under this | 6 |
| Section shall
not be required to pay any matriculation or | 7 |
| application fees, tuition,
activities fees, graduation fees or | 8 |
| other fees, except multipurpose
building fees or similar fees | 9 |
| for supplies and materials.
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| Any dependent who has been or shall be awarded a MIA/POW | 11 |
| Scholarship shall
be reimbursed by the appropriate institution | 12 |
| of higher learning for any
fees which he or she has paid and | 13 |
| for which exemption is granted under this
Section if | 14 |
| application for reimbursement is made within 2 months following
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| the end of the school term for which the fees were paid.
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| (b) In lieu of the benefit provided in subsection (a), any | 17 |
| spouse,
natural child, legally adopted child, or step-child of | 18 |
| an eligible veteran
or serviceperson, which spouse or child has | 19 |
| a physical, mental or
developmental disability, shall be | 20 |
| entitled to receive, upon application and
proper proof, a | 21 |
| benefit to be used for the purpose of defraying the cost of
the | 22 |
| attendance or treatment of such spouse or child at one or more
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| appropriate therapeutic, rehabilitative or educational | 24 |
| facilities. The
application and proof may be made by the parent | 25 |
| or legal guardian of the
spouse or child on his or her behalf.
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| The total benefit provided to any beneficiary under this |
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| subsection shall
not exceed the cost equivalent of 4 calendar | 2 |
| years of full-time enrollment,
including summer terms, at the | 3 |
| University of Illinois. Whenever
practicable in the opinion of | 4 |
| the Department of Veterans' Affairs, payment
of benefits under | 5 |
| this subsection shall be made directly to the facility,
the | 6 |
| cost of attendance or treatment at which is being defrayed, as | 7 |
| such
costs accrue.
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| (c) The benefits of this Section shall be administered by | 9 |
| and paid for out
of funds made available to the Illinois | 10 |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs.
The amounts that become due to | 11 |
| any state supported Illinois institution of
higher learning | 12 |
| shall be payable by the Comptroller to such institution on
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| vouchers approved by the Illinois Department of Veterans' | 14 |
| Affairs. The
amounts that become due under subsection (b) of | 15 |
| this Section shall be
payable by warrant upon vouchers issued | 16 |
| by the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs and approved by | 17 |
| the Comptroller. The Illinois Department
of Veterans' Affairs | 18 |
| shall determine the eligibility of the persons
who make | 19 |
| application for the benefits provided for in this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-825, eff. 7-28-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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