Full Text of SB1592 98th 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 Sections 35 and 38 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/35)
| 7 | | Sec. 35. Monetary award program.
| 8 | | (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider | 9 | | applications
for grant assistance under this Section. Subject | 10 | | to a separate
appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is | 11 | | eligible for a grant under
this Section when the Commission | 12 | | finds that the applicant:
| 13 | | (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or | 14 | | permanent resident
of the United States; and
| 15 | | (2) in the absence of grant assistance, will be | 16 | | deterred by
financial considerations from completing an | 17 | | educational program at the
qualified institution of his or | 18 | | her choice.
| 19 | | (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the | 20 | | student's application
and upon the Commission's finding that | 21 | | the applicant:
| 22 | | (1) has remained a student in good standing;
| 23 | | (2) remains a resident of this State; and
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| 1 | | (3) is in a financial situation that continues to | 2 | | warrant assistance.
| 3 | | However, if a recipient of a grant under this Section is not | 4 | | permitted to continue attending an institution because he or | 5 | | she is not earning the minimum grades needed to continue to | 6 | | attend the institution, then that person may not receive a | 7 | | grant under this Section during the following academic year. | 8 | | The Commission may adopt any rules necessary for the | 9 | | enforcement of this prohibition. | 10 | | (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and | 11 | | necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
| 12 | | amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest of
| 13 | | the following amounts:
| 14 | | (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year | 15 | | 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, and $6,468 for fiscal | 16 | | year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, or such lesser | 17 | | amount as
the Commission finds to be available, during an | 18 | | academic year;
| 19 | | (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters | 20 | | tuition
and other necessary fees required generally by the | 21 | | institution of all
full-time undergraduate students; or
| 22 | | (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be | 23 | | appropriate in view of
the applicant's financial | 24 | | resources.
| 25 | | Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for | 26 | | students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c) |
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| 1 | | must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made | 2 | | by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of | 3 | | this subsection (c). | 4 | | "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section | 5 | | include the
customary charge for instruction and use of | 6 | | facilities in general, and the
additional fixed fees charged | 7 | | for specified purposes, which are required
generally of | 8 | | nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the | 9 | | grant
applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees | 10 | | payable only once or
breakage fees and other contingent | 11 | | deposits which are refundable in whole or in
part. The | 12 | | Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
| 13 | | Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of | 14 | | tuition and other
necessary fees.
| 15 | | (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving | 16 | | scholarship
assistance under this Act, is eligible for monetary | 17 | | award program
consideration under this Act after receiving a | 18 | | baccalaureate degree or
the equivalent of 135 semester credit | 19 | | hours of award payments.
| 20 | | (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to | 21 | | be offered,
shall take into consideration past experience with | 22 | | the rate of grant funds
unclaimed by recipients. The Commission | 23 | | shall notify applicants that grant
assistance is contingent | 24 | | upon the availability of appropriated funds.
| 25 | | The Commission shall request that the Illinois Association | 26 | | of Student Financial Aid Administrators, or a committee |
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| 1 | | designated by this association from among its membership, make | 2 | | recommendations on possible changes to how the Commission | 3 | | determines the number of grants to be offered and to whom they | 4 | | are offered. | 5 | | (f) The Commission may request appropriations for deposit | 6 | | into the
Monetary Award Program Reserve Fund. Monies deposited | 7 | | into the Monetary Award
Program Reserve Fund may be expended | 8 | | exclusively for one purpose: to make
Monetary Award Program | 9 | | grants to eligible students. Amounts on deposit in the
Monetary | 10 | | Award Program Reserve Fund may not exceed 2% of the current | 11 | | annual
State appropriation for the Monetary Award Program.
| 12 | | The purpose of the Monetary Award Program Reserve Fund is | 13 | | to enable the
Commission each year to assure as many students | 14 | | as possible of their
eligibility for a Monetary Award Program | 15 | | grant and to do so before commencement
of the academic year. | 16 | | Moneys deposited in this Reserve Fund are intended to
enhance | 17 | | the Commission's management of the Monetary Award Program, | 18 | | minimizing
the necessity, magnitude, and frequency of | 19 | | adjusting award amounts and ensuring
that the annual Monetary | 20 | | Award Program appropriation can be fully utilized.
| 21 | | (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and | 22 | | make grants to
applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit | 23 | | institutions in accordance with the
criteria set forth in this | 24 | | Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at
such | 25 | | for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
| 26 | | (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to |
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| 1 | | eligible first-time
freshmen and
first-time transfer | 2 | | students who have attained an associate degree.
| 3 | | (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to | 4 | | eligible freshmen
students,
transfer students who have | 5 | | attained an associate degree, and students who
receive a | 6 | | grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and | 7 | | whose grants
are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
| 8 | | (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all | 9 | | eligible students.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-917, eff. 8-26-08 .)
| 11 | | (110 ILCS 947/38)
| 12 | | Sec. 38.
Monetary award
program accountability. | 13 | | (a) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is directed
| 14 | | to assess the educational persistence of monetary award program | 15 | | recipients. An
assessment under this Section shall include an | 16 | | analysis of such factors as
undergraduate educational goals, | 17 | | chosen field of study, retention rates, and
expected time to | 18 | | complete a degree. The assessment also shall include an
| 19 | | analysis of the academic success of monetary award program | 20 | | recipients through a
review of measures that are typically | 21 | | associated with academic success, such as
grade point average, | 22 | | satisfactory academic progress, and credit hours earned.
Each | 23 | | analysis should take into consideration student class level, | 24 | | dependency
types, and the type of higher education institution | 25 | | at which each monetary
award
program recipient is enrolled. The |
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| 1 | | Commission shall report its findings to the
General Assembly | 2 | | and the Board of Higher Education by February 1, 1999 and at
| 3 | | least every 2 years thereafter.
| 4 | | (b) To demonstrate the value of the monetary award program | 5 | | and determine where improvements could be made, institutions | 6 | | shall provide information concerning grant recipients to the | 7 | | Commission if requested, including without limitation the | 8 | | following: | 9 | | (1) Completion and graduation rates. | 10 | | (2) Courses attempted versus courses completed. | 11 | | (3) The number of remedial courses undertaken, the | 12 | | names of these courses, and the success rate of these | 13 | | courses. | 14 | | (4) Chosen fields of study. | 15 | | (5) The receipt of institutional financial aid, how | 16 | | much of that aid is merit-only aid, how much is need-based | 17 | | aid, and how this aid dovetails with State and federal | 18 | | financial aid. | 19 | | The Commission may consult with the Illinois Association of | 20 | | Student Financial Aid Administrators to develop guidelines for | 21 | | the information to be provided under this subsection (b). | 22 | | Each year, the Commission shall compile the information | 23 | | provided under this subsection (b) in a report to be submitted | 24 | | to the General Assembly and the Governor. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 90-486, eff. 8-17-97; 90-488, eff. 8-17-97.)
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