Full Text of HB3626 101st General Assembly
HB3626 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3626 Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates a legislative grant committee to receive and consider applications for grant assistance. Requires the committee to receive and consider nominations for grant assistance, with a total of 8 grants per representative district to be awarded each year. Provides that a nominee is eligible for a grant if the committee finds that the nominee meets certain qualifications, including that he or she is a resident of the representative district for which a grant is to be awarded and that he or she is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a public university in this State. Provides that legislative grants are good for a period of not more than one year while enrolled for residence credit, are applicable toward 2 semesters of enrollment within an academic year, and exempt the holder from the payment of tuition and fees. Sets forth provisions concerning application for a grant and renewals.
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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 adding Section 65.105 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/65.105 new) | 7 | | Sec. 65.105. Legislative grant program. | 8 | | (a) A legislative grant committee is created to receive and | 9 | | consider applications for grant assistance under this Section. | 10 | | The committee shall consist of the following members: | 11 | | (1) Five members of the House of Representatives | 12 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House. | 13 | | (2) Five members of the House of Representatives | 14 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House. | 15 | | (3) Five members of the Senate appointed by the | 16 | | President of the Senate. | 17 | | (4) Five members of the Senate appointed by the | 18 | | Minority Leader of the Senate. | 19 | | Members of the committee shall serve without compensation. | 20 | | The Commission shall provide administrative and other support | 21 | | to the committee. | 22 | | (b) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, the | 23 | | legislative grant committee shall, each year, receive and |
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| 1 | | consider nominations for grant assistance under this Section. A | 2 | | total of 8 grants per representative district shall be awarded | 3 | | each year. A nominee is eligible for a grant under this Section | 4 | | if the committee finds that the nominee meets all of the | 5 | | following qualifications: | 6 | | (1) He or she is a United States citizen or eligible | 7 | | noncitizen. | 8 | | (2) He or she is a resident of the representative | 9 | | district for which a grant is to be awarded. | 10 | | (3) He or she is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at | 11 | | a public university in this State. | 12 | | (c) Recipients of legislative grants shall be selected from | 13 | | among nominees who are qualified pursuant to subsection (b) and | 14 | | who have filled out a grant application. All applications for | 15 | | grant assistance to be awarded under this Section shall be made | 16 | | to the legislative grant committee in a form as set forth by | 17 | | the committee. The form of application and the information | 18 | | required to be set forth in the application shall be determined | 19 | | by the committee, and the committee shall require eligible | 20 | | applicants to submit with their applications such supporting | 21 | | documents as the committee deems necessary. | 22 | | (d) A legislative grant is good for a period of not more | 23 | | than one year while enrolled for residence credit. A recipient | 24 | | of the grant is not required to pay any tuition or mandatory | 25 | | fees while attending a State-controlled university in this | 26 | | State for a period that is equivalent to one year of full-time |
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| 1 | | enrollment, including summer terms, and shall exempt the holder | 2 | | from the payment of tuition or any matriculation, graduation, | 3 | | activity, term, or incidental fee, except any portion of a | 4 | | multipurpose fee that is used for a purpose for which exemption | 5 | | is not granted under this Section. Exemption may not be granted | 6 | | from any other fees, including book rental fees, service fees, | 7 | | laboratory fees, supply fees, union building fees, hospital and | 8 | | medical insurance fees, and any fees established for the | 9 | | operation and maintenance of buildings, the income of which is | 10 | | pledged to the payment of interest and principal on bonds | 11 | | issued by the governing board of a university. Any student who | 12 | | has been or is to be awarded a grant shall be reimbursed by the | 13 | | appropriate university for any fees that he or she has paid and | 14 | | for which exemption is granted under this Section if | 15 | | application for such reimbursement is made within 2 months | 16 | | following the academic term for which the fees were paid. | 17 | | (e) Renewals may be given to previous recipients of | 18 | | assistance under this Section, provided they continue to | 19 | | maintain eligibility and maintain satisfactory academic | 20 | | progress as determined by the university at which they enroll. | 21 | | A recipient may receive up to 8 semesters of grant assistance | 22 | | under this Section.
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