Full Text of HB3742 99th General Assembly
HB3742 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3742 Introduced , by Rep. Sheri L Jesiel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission is authorized to deny and shall immediately revoke a scholarship or grant to any person who has been convicted of a violent crime, as defined under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/20)
| 7 | | Sec. 20. Functions of Commission.
| 8 | | (a) The Commission, in accordance with this Act, shall | 9 | | prepare and supervise
the issuance of public information | 10 | | concerning its provisions; prescribe the
form and regulate the | 11 | | submission of applications for assistance; provide for
and | 12 | | conduct, or cause to be conducted, all eligibility | 13 | | determinations of
applicants; award the appropriate financial | 14 | | assistance; and, upon request by a
member of the General | 15 | | Assembly, nominate or evaluate and recommend for
nomination | 16 | | applicants for General Assembly scholarships in accordance | 17 | | with
criteria specified by the member under Section 30-9 of the | 18 | | School Code.
| 19 | | (b) The Commission is authorized to participate in any | 20 | | programs
for monetary assistance to students and to receive, | 21 | | hold, and disburse all such
funds made available by any agency | 22 | | or organization for the purpose or purposes
for which they are | 23 | | made available. The Commission is authorized to administer
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| 1 | | program of grant assistance as authorized by the Baccalaureate | 2 | | Savings Act.
The Commission is authorized to participate in any | 3 | | programs established to
improve student financial aid services | 4 | | or the proficiency of persons engaged in
student financial aid | 5 | | services and to receive, hold, and disburse all funds
made | 6 | | available by any agency or organization for the purpose or | 7 | | purposes for
which they are made available subject to the | 8 | | appropriations of the General
Assembly.
| 9 | | (c) The Commission is authorized to deny a scholarship or a | 10 | | grant to
any person who has defaulted on a guaranteed student | 11 | | loan and who is not
maintaining a satisfactory repayment | 12 | | record. If a person has a defaulted
guaranteed student loan but | 13 | | is otherwise eligible for assistance pursuant
to Section 40, | 14 | | the Commission shall award one term of assistance
during which | 15 | | a satisfactory repayment record must be established. If such a
| 16 | | repayment record is not established, additional assistance | 17 | | shall be denied
until a satisfactory repayment record is | 18 | | established.
| 19 | | (c-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the | 20 | | Commission is authorized to deny and shall immediately revoke a | 21 | | scholarship or grant to any person who has been convicted of a | 22 | | violent crime, as defined under Section 3 of the Rights of | 23 | | Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. | 24 | | (d) The Commission is authorized to participate with | 25 | | federal, state,
county, local, and university law enforcement | 26 | | agencies in cooperative
efforts to detect and prosecute |
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| 1 | | incidents of fraud in student assistance
programs.
| 2 | | (e) The Administrative Review Law shall apply to and govern | 3 | | all proceedings
for the judicial review of final administrative | 4 | | decisions of the
Commission.
| 5 | | (f) The Commission is authorized to make all necessary and | 6 | | proper rules, not
inconsistent with this Act, for the efficient | 7 | | exercise of the foregoing
functions.
| 8 | | (g) Unless otherwise provided by statute, the functions of | 9 | | the
Commission shall be exercised without regard to any | 10 | | applicant's race,
creed, sex, color, national origin, or | 11 | | ancestry. | 12 | | (h) The Commission is authorized to establish systems and | 13 | | programs to encourage employers to match employee | 14 | | contributions to prepaid programs of college savings by making | 15 | | donations to the Commission for prepaid programs of college | 16 | | savings to make higher education affordable for all residents | 17 | | of the State and to receive, hold, and disburse all such funds | 18 | | made available through those programs for the purposes for | 19 | | which they are authorized by rule or by law.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-198, eff. 8-10-09.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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