Full Text of HR0897 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State's Monetary Award Program (MAP) is one of | 3 | | the largest and most successful need-based, student financial | 4 | | aid program in the United States; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The award size of MAP grants and their historic, | 6 | | student-focused nature have enabled students of need to attend | 7 | | the college or university that best suits their educational | 8 | | needs; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, MAP grant recipients are able to achieve their | 10 | | potential through education, something that our State holds in | 11 | | the highest value; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, MAP grants are limited in the amount of funds that | 13 | | can be appropriated for them each fiscal year, and the General | 14 | | Assembly and Governor are seeking additional ways to improve | 15 | | the performance of these grants by asking more of the grant | 16 | | recipients and the institutions they choose to attend; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall convene a task | 21 | | force to deliberate options for the adoption of new rules for |
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| 1 | | the Monetary Award Program (MAP), with the goal of improving | 2 | | the outcomes for students who receive these awards; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That the task force shall include without | 5 | | limitation the following: | 6 | | (1)
one representative of Illinois public | 7 | | universities; | 8 | | (2)
one representative of Illinois public community | 9 | | colleges; | 10 | | (3)
one representative of Illinois non-profit, private | 11 | | colleges and universities; | 12 | | (4)
one representative of Illinois proprietary | 13 | | institutions; | 14 | | (5)
one representative of an association of financial | 15 | | aid administrators; | 16 | | (6)
one student who is currently receiving a MAP grant; | 17 | | (7)
one representative of the Illinois Community | 18 | | College Board; | 19 | | (8)
one representative of the Board of Higher | 20 | | Education; | 21 | | (9) one representative of the Office of the Lieutenant | 22 | | Governor; and | 23 | | (10)
the Executive Director of the Illinois Student | 24 | | Assistance Commission, who shall serve as chairperson of | 25 | | the task force, and one other representative of the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That members of the task force shall be appointed | 3 | | by the Executive Director of the Illinois Student Assistance | 4 | | Commission; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the task force shall serve | 6 | | without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their | 7 | | reasonable and necessary expenses from funds available for that | 8 | | purpose; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Student Assistance Commission | 10 | | shall provide administrative and other support to the task | 11 | | force; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That the task force shall hold public meetings | 13 | | and seek input from students and additional stakeholders; and | 14 | | be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That the new rules should be created with the | 16 | | following goals: | 17 | | (1)
to improve the partnerships between this State and | 18 | | institutions as they provide both financial assistance and | 19 | | academic support to MAP recipients; | 20 | | (2)
to improve the overall effectiveness of MAP grants | 21 | | in helping students of need not only enter college, but to |
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| 1 | | complete a degree program; and | 2 | | (3)
to recognize that all colleges and universities are | 3 | | different, and the different natures of their student | 4 | | populations and their varying missions must be recognized | 5 | | as inherently good and valuable; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That these new rules should be designed so that | 7 | | they do not alter, nor have an adverse impact on, an | 8 | | institution's mission; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the deliberations should include the | 10 | | following concepts: | 11 | | (1)
institutional eligibility for MAP grants may, in | 12 | | the future, become based in part on an institution's | 13 | | ability to improve its MAP-grant students' progress | 14 | | towards a degree or its MAP-grant degree completion rate; | 15 | | (2)
a student's eligibility for a MAP grant may, in the | 16 | | future, become based in part on that student's ability to | 17 | | demonstrate that he or she is achieving academic success | 18 | | and making progress; and | 19 | | (3)
an institution's eligibility for MAP grants may, in | 20 | | the future, become based in part on its ability to | 21 | | demonstrate that it is a partner with this State and the | 22 | | institution is providing financial aid to students from its | 23 | | own resources; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That to provide adequate time for the creation | 2 | | and implementation of new measurement and performance systems, | 3 | | the new systems should not become eligibility criteria for MAP | 4 | | funds prior to the Fiscal Year 2015 budget; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That the task force shall complete its work and | 6 | | report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly | 7 | | no later than January 1, 2013; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | delivered to the Executive Director of the Illinois Student | 10 | | Assistance Commission.
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