Full Text of SB0661 102nd General Assembly
SB0661eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 65.110 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/65.110 new) | 7 | | Sec. 65.110. Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work | 8 | | Professional Educator License scholarship. | 9 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, beginning with awards for | 10 | | the 2022-2023 academic year, the Commission shall award | 11 | | annually up to 250 Post-Master of Social Work School Social | 12 | | Work Professional Educator License scholarships to a person | 13 | | who: | 14 | | (1) holds a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social | 15 | | work license or social work license; | 16 | | (2) has obtained a master's degree in social work from | 17 | | an approved program; | 18 | | (3) is a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen; | 19 | | and | 20 | | (4) submits an application to the Commission for such | 21 | | scholarship and agrees to take courses to obtain an | 22 | | Illinois Professional Educator License with an endorsement | 23 | | in School Social Work. |
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| 1 | | (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be | 2 | | issued pursuant to rules adopted by the Commission. In | 3 | | awarding scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to | 4 | | those applicants who are members of a racial minority. In this | 5 | | subsection (b), "racial minority" means a person who is a | 6 | | citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident | 7 | | alien of the United States and who is: | 8 | | (1) Black (a person having origins in any of the black | 9 | | racial groups in Africa); | 10 | | (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese | 11 | | culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America, | 12 | | or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race); | 13 | | (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of | 14 | | the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the | 15 | | Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands); or | 16 | | (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having | 17 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North America). | 18 | | (c) Each scholarship shall be applied to the payment of | 19 | | tuition and mandatory fees at the University of Illinois, | 20 | | Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, | 21 | | Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, | 22 | | Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, | 23 | | Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University. | 24 | | Each scholarship may be applied to pay tuition and mandatory | 25 | | fees required to obtain an Illinois Professional Educator | 26 | | License with an endorsement in School Social Work. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Commission shall make tuition and fee payments | 2 | | directly to the qualified institution of higher learning that | 3 | | the applicant attends. | 4 | | (e) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under this | 5 | | Section must, within one year after graduation or termination | 6 | | of enrollment in a Post-Master of Social Work Professional | 7 | | Education License with an endorsement in School Social Work | 8 | | program, begin working as a school social worker at a public or | 9 | | nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or | 10 | | secondary school located in this State for at least 2 of the 5 | 11 | | years immediately following that graduation or termination, | 12 | | excluding, however, from the computation of that 5-year | 13 | | period: (i) any time up to 3 years spent in the military | 14 | | service, whether such service occurs before or after the | 15 | | person graduates; (ii) the time that person is a person with a | 16 | | temporary total disability for a period of time not to exceed 3 | 17 | | years, as established by the sworn affidavit of a qualified | 18 | | physician; and (iii) the time that person is seeking and | 19 | | unable to find full-time employment as a school social worker | 20 | | at a State public, private, or parochial school.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 22 | | 1, 2022.
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