Full Text of HJR0032 95th General Assembly
HJ0032eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 32
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| WHEREAS, The Monetary Award Program, also known as "MAP", | 3 |
| which is administered by the Illinois Student Assistance | 4 |
| Commission, is among the premiere state-funded, need-based, | 5 |
| postsecondary grant programs in the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, MAP grants are intended to provide funding for all | 7 |
| Illinois students seeking postsecondary degrees who | 8 |
| demonstrate financial need, providing $347 million in grants to | 9 |
| 146,853 students in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The profile of students attending Illinois | 11 |
| colleges and universities has undergone dramatic changes in the | 12 |
| past decade, as increasing numbers of students are older, | 13 |
| married, parents, or working; and
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| WHEREAS, Those students defined as independent, meaning | 15 |
| those who are 24 years of age or older, those who are married, | 16 |
| those with dependents, and those who have been in the military, | 17 |
| are often the most financially challenged in their endeavors to | 18 |
| pursue a postsecondary education; and
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| WHEREAS, As more working adults seek to return to school, | 20 |
| they face a federal financial aid system designed primarily for | 21 |
| traditional students; and
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| WHEREAS, Low-income working adults are often expected to | 2 |
| contribute an unrealistic proportion of their income to college | 3 |
| costs; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 6 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Student Assistance | 7 |
| Commission, in cooperation with the Board of Higher Education, | 8 |
| the Illinois Community College Board, an organization | 9 |
| representing working women, an organization representing | 10 |
| private colleges and universities, and other concerned | 11 |
| parties, document the overall financial need of independent | 12 |
| students in Illinois and the degree to which they are served by | 13 |
| the Monetary Award Program in a report to be delivered to the | 14 |
| General Assembly no later than December 31, 2007; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| delivered to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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