Full Text of HB0745 101st 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 changing Section 70 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/70)
| 7 | | Sec. 70. Administration of scholarship and grant programs.
| 8 | | (a) An applicant to whom the Commission has awarded a | 9 | | scholarship or
grant under this Act may apply for enrollment as | 10 | | a student in any
qualified institution of higher learning. The | 11 | | institution is not required to
accept the applicant for | 12 | | enrollment, but is free to exact compliance with its
own | 13 | | admissions requirements, standards, and policies. The | 14 | | institution may
receive the payments of tuition and other | 15 | | necessary fees provided by the
scholarship or grant, for credit | 16 | | against the student's obligation for such
tuition and fees, and | 17 | | for no other purpose, and shall be contractually
obligated:
| 18 | | (1) to provide facilities and instruction to the | 19 | | student on the
same terms as to other students generally;
| 20 | | (2) to provide the notices and information described in | 21 | | this Act; and
to maintain records and documents which | 22 | | demonstrate the eligibility of the
students for whom | 23 | | scholarships and grants are claimed.
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| 1 | | (b) If, in the course of any academic period, any student | 2 | | enrolled in
any institution pursuant to a scholarship or grant | 3 | | awarded under this Act
for any reason ceases to be a student in | 4 | | good standing, the institution shall
promptly give written | 5 | | notice to the Commission concerning that change of status
and | 6 | | the reason therefor. For purposes of this Section, a student | 7 | | does not cease
to be a student in good standing merely because | 8 | | he or she is not classified as
a full-time student.
| 9 | | (c) A student to whom a renewal scholarship or grant has | 10 | | been awarded
may either re-enroll in the institution which he | 11 | | or she attended during the
preceding year, or enroll in any | 12 | | other qualified institution of higher
learning; and in either | 13 | | event, the institution accepting the student for
enrollment or | 14 | | re-enrollment shall notify the Commission of
that acceptance | 15 | | and may receive payments and shall be contractually
obligated | 16 | | as provided with respect to a first-year scholarship or grant.
| 17 | | (d) The Commission shall administer the scholarship and | 18 | | grant accounts
and related records of each student who is | 19 | | attending an institution of
higher learning under financial | 20 | | assistance awarded pursuant to this Act,
and at each proper | 21 | | time shall certify to the State Comptroller, in the manner
| 22 | | prescribed by law, the current payment to be made to the | 23 | | institution on account
of such financial assistance, in | 24 | | accordance with an appropriate certificate
from the | 25 | | institution. The Commission may require the participating | 26 | | institution
of higher learning to perform specific eligibility |
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| 1 | | evaluation procedures as a
condition of participation.
| 2 | | (e) The Commission shall conduct on-site audits of | 3 | | educational
institutions participating in Commission | 4 | | administered programs. When
institutions have claimed and | 5 | | received funds on behalf of ineligible
recipients, the | 6 | | Commission may adjust subsequent institutional payments to
| 7 | | recover those funds.
| 8 | | (f) The Commission may, upon the request of any institution
| 9 | | which
received payment for scholarship and grant awards for | 10 | | each of the last 5
years, certify to the Comptroller an advance | 11 | | payment for the current term
to be made to the institution on | 12 | | account of such financial assistance in an
amount not to exceed | 13 | | 75% of announced awards for the institution for such
financial | 14 | | assistance for the current term, adjusted for attrition over | 15 | | the
last 5 years. For the purposes of this Section, "attrition" | 16 | | is the number
of announced award winners enrolled on the 10th | 17 | | class day as a percentage
of the total announced awards. The | 18 | | request for an advance payment for the
current term shall not | 19 | | be submitted until 10 class days after the last day
for | 20 | | registration for that term. Upon appropriate certification | 21 | | from the
institution presented for each payment period, after | 22 | | the standard tuition
and mandatory fees have been established | 23 | | for all students for the term of
payment and the award | 24 | | recipient has enrolled, the Commission shall certify
to the | 25 | | State Comptroller the balance of the current payment to be made | 26 | | to
the institution on account of such financial assistance. If |
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| 1 | | an advance
payment received by an institution exceeds the | 2 | | payment to which that
institution is entitled, the Commission | 3 | | shall reduce subsequent payments
to that institution for later | 4 | | terms within the same academic year as the
overpayment by an | 5 | | amount equal to the overpayment; if the reduction cannot
be | 6 | | made, the institution shall refund the overpayment to the | 7 | | Commission.
The Commission may deny or reduce the advance | 8 | | payment provided to any
institution under this Section if it | 9 | | has reason to believe that the advance
payment for the current | 10 | | term may exceed the full payment the institution is
entitled to | 11 | | receive for such assistance for that term.
| 12 | | (g) The personal identity and address of a scholarship, | 13 | | grant, or other financial assistance applicant or recipient | 14 | | under a non-discretionary program administered by the | 15 | | Commission, including, but not limited to, the Monetary Award | 16 | | Program under Section 35 of this Act, where eligibility data is | 17 | | obtained from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid | 18 | | authorized by 20 U.S.C. 1090 or is protected from disclosure | 19 | | under federal or State law or under rules and regulations | 20 | | implementing federal or State law, is information that is | 21 | | intended to remain private and shall be exempt from inspection | 22 | | and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. This | 23 | | subsection does not apply to the publication of the names of | 24 | | State Scholars designated pursuant to Section 25 of this Act or | 25 | | information disclosed in the aggregate in which a person's | 26 | | identity cannot be determined. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-887, eff. 8-14-18.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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