Full Text of SB0662 102nd General Assembly
SB0662ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jonathan Carroll Filed: 5/11/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 662
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 662 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 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. School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment | 8 | | Program. | 9 | | (a) To encourage Illinois students to work, and to | 10 | | continue to work, as a school social worker in public school | 11 | | districts in this State, the Commission shall, each year, | 12 | | receive and consider applications for loan repayment | 13 | | assistance under this Section. This program shall be known as | 14 | | the School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. The | 15 | | Commission shall administer the program and shall adopt all | 16 | | necessary and proper rules to effectively implement the |
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| 1 | | program. | 2 | | (b) Beginning July 1, 2022, subject to a separate | 3 | | appropriation made for such purposes, the Commission shall | 4 | | award a grant, up to a maximum of $6,500, to each qualified | 5 | | applicant. The Commission may encourage the recipient of a | 6 | | grant under this Section to use the grant award for repayment | 7 | | of the recipient's educational loan. If an appropriation for | 8 | | this program for a given fiscal year is insufficient to | 9 | | provide grants to all qualified applicants, the Commission | 10 | | shall allocate the appropriation in accordance with this | 11 | | subsection. If funds are insufficient to provide all qualified | 12 | | applicants with a grant as authorized by this Section, the | 13 | | Commission shall allocate the available grant funds for that | 14 | | fiscal year to qualified applicants who submit a complete | 15 | | application on or before a date specified by the Commission, | 16 | | based on the following order of priority: | 17 | | (1) first, to new, qualified applicants who are | 18 | | members of a racial minority as defined in subsection (e); | 19 | | and | 20 | | (2) second, to other new, qualified applicants in | 21 | | accordance with this Section. | 22 | | (c) A person is a qualified applicant under this Section | 23 | | if he or she meets all of the following qualifications: | 24 | | (1) The person is a United States citizen or eligible | 25 | | noncitizen. | 26 | | (2) The person is a resident of this State. |
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| 1 | | (3) The person is a borrower with an outstanding | 2 | | balance due on an educational loan related to obtaining a | 3 | | degree in social work. | 4 | | (4) The person has been employed as a school social | 5 | | worker by a public elementary school or secondary school | 6 | | in this State for at least 12 consecutive months. | 7 | | (5) The person is currently employed as a school | 8 | | social worker by a public elementary school or secondary | 9 | | school in this State. | 10 | | (d) An applicant shall submit an application, in a form | 11 | | determined by the Commission, for grant assistance under this | 12 | | Section to the Commission. An applicant is required to submit, | 13 | | with the application, supporting documentation as the | 14 | | Commission may deem necessary. | 15 | | (e) Racial minorities are underrepresented as school | 16 | | social workers in elementary and secondary schools in | 17 | | Illinois, and the General Assembly finds that it is in the | 18 | | interest of this State to provide them priority consideration | 19 | | for programs that encourage their participation in this field | 20 | | and thereby foster a profession that is more reflective of the | 21 | | diversity of Illinois students and parents they will serve. A | 22 | | more reflective workforce in school social work allows | 23 | | improved outcomes for students and a better utilization of | 24 | | services. Therefore, the Commission shall give priority to | 25 | | those applicants who are members of a racial minority. In this | 26 | | subsection (e), "racial minority" means a person who is a |
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| 1 | | citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident | 2 | | alien of the United States and who is: | 3 | | (1) Black (a person having origins in any of the black
| 4 | | racial groups in Africa); | 5 | | (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
| 6 | | culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
| 7 | | or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race); | 8 | | (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of
| 9 | | the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the
| 10 | | Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands); or | 11 | | (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having
| 12 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North America).
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 14 | | 2022.".
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