Full Text of HJR0075 96th General Assembly
HJ0075 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The current distressing national, regional, and | 3 |
| State economic climates serve as the collective impetus for a | 4 |
| re-examination of State appropriations practices; and
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| WHEREAS, The wisdom of a renewed focus on best-spending | 6 |
| practices throughout all aspects of State appropriations and | 7 |
| expenditures is warranted; and
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| WHEREAS, The aim of the Monetary Award Program should be to | 9 |
| provide the most practical assistance possible in facilitating | 10 |
| Illinois students' access and choice in opening realistic | 11 |
| vistas of higher education; and
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| WHEREAS, Feasible new alternatives must always be | 13 |
| judiciously explored by those empowered by the public trust | 14 |
| with the responsibility of dispensing the public funds; and
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| WHEREAS, On December 9, 2008, the Board of Higher Education | 16 |
| unanimously endorsed the "Public Agenda for College and Career | 17 |
| Success", which codified the goal, among others, of matching | 18 |
| Illinois' educational attainment to the best-performing U.S. | 19 |
| states and world countries, as the blueprint to guide education | 20 |
| policy in this State for the next decade; and
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| WHEREAS, The "Public Agenda for College and Career Success" | 2 |
| cites, among several other barriers to the stated goal, both | 3 |
| the diminished buying power of the Monetary Award Program grant | 4 |
| and the denial of Monetary Award Program grant awards to | 5 |
| one-fourth of eligible students; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 8 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Board of Higher Education, | 9 |
| in consultation with the Illinois Student Assistance | 10 |
| Commission, the Illinois Community College Board, and any other | 11 |
| appropriate entity, shall undertake a study of the most | 12 |
| practical methodology to improve the efficiency and | 13 |
| sustainability of the Monetary Award Program that includes all | 14 |
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| (1) a review of the success rates of all Monetary Award | 16 |
| Program recipients, as defined by either degree completion | 17 |
| or skill set attainment; | 18 |
| (2) demographics of MAP recipients regarding the | 19 |
| disbursement of Monetary Award Program funds between and | 20 |
| among public, private, and proprietary institutions; | 21 |
| (3) potential steps to maximize efficiencies by the | 22 |
| Illinois Student Assistance Commission in the delivery of | 23 |
| student financial aid; and | 24 |
| (4) the feasibility of re-structuring Monetary Award | 25 |
| Program eligibility to only those freshmen and sophomore |
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| students, as defined by traditional credit-hour completion | 2 |
| criteria, attending Illinois community colleges and those | 3 |
| junior and senior students, as defined by traditional | 4 |
| credit-hour completion criteria, attending 4-year | 5 |
| institutions; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Board of Higher Education shall | 7 |
| prepare a report with the findings and recommendations on | 8 |
| improving the efficiency and sustainability of the Monetary | 9 |
| Award Program and submit that report to the General Assembly no | 10 |
| later than January 31, 2010; and be it further | 11 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the chairpersons of the Illinois Board of Higher | 13 |
| Education, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the | 14 |
| Illinois Community College Board.
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