Full Text of HB3476 99th General Assembly
HB3476eng 99TH 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 adding Section 48 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/48 new) | 7 | | Sec. 48. Tuition and fee exemption for children of wounded | 8 | | warriors. | 9 | | (a) This Section applies to the following persons: | 10 | | (1) A person: | 11 | | (A) whose mother or father: | 12 | | (i) served in the armed forces of the United | 13 | | States; | 14 | | (ii) received the Purple Heart decoration or | 15 | | was wounded as a result of enemy action; | 16 | | (iii) received a discharge or separation from | 17 | | the armed forces, other than a dishonorable | 18 | | discharge; and | 19 | | (iv) either designated this State as home of | 20 | | record at the time of enlistment in the armed | 21 | | forces of the United States or resided in this | 22 | | State at least 5 years before the person first | 23 | | applies for benefits under this Section; |
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| 1 | | (B) who is eligible to pay the resident tuition | 2 | | rate at the State university the person will attend as | 3 | | determined by the university; | 4 | | (C) who possesses the requisite academic | 5 | | qualifications; | 6 | | (D) who, if the person was adopted by the person's | 7 | | mother or father, was adopted before the person was 18 | 8 | | years of age; and | 9 | | (E) who is not more than 32 years of age when the | 10 | | person first applies and becomes eligible for benefits | 11 | | under this Section. | 12 | | (2) A person: | 13 | | (A) whose mother or father: | 14 | | (i) served in the armed forces of the United | 15 | | States during a war or performed duty equally | 16 | | hazardous that was recognized by the award of a | 17 | | service or campaign medal of the United States; | 18 | | (ii) suffered a service connected death or | 19 | | disability as determined by the United States | 20 | | Department of Veterans Affairs; | 21 | | (iii) received a discharge or separation from | 22 | | the armed forces, other than a dishonorable | 23 | | discharge; and | 24 | | (iv) either listed this State as home of record | 25 | | at the time of enlistment in the armed forces of | 26 | | the United States or resided in this State at least |
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| 1 | | 5 years before the person first applies for | 2 | | benefits under this Section; | 3 | | (B) who is eligible to pay the resident tuition | 4 | | rate at the State university the person will attend, as | 5 | | determined by the university; | 6 | | (C) who possesses the requisite academic | 7 | | qualifications; | 8 | | (D) who, if the person was adopted by the person's | 9 | | mother or father, was adopted before the person was 18 | 10 | | years of age; and | 11 | | (E) who is not more than 32 years of age when the | 12 | | person first applies and becomes eligible for benefits | 13 | | under this Section. | 14 | | (b) Subject to the other provisions of this subsection (b) | 15 | | and subsection (c) of this Section, an eligible applicant to | 16 | | which this Section applies is entitled to enter into, remain | 17 | | at, and receive instruction at a State university upon the same | 18 | | conditions, qualifications, and rules prescribed for other | 19 | | applicants for admission to or students at the State university | 20 | | without the payment of any tuition and fees for 124 semester | 21 | | credit hours at the State university. The maximum amount that | 22 | | an eligible applicant is exempt from paying for a semester hour | 23 | | is an amount equal to the cost of an undergraduate semester | 24 | | credit hour at the State university in which the eligible | 25 | | applicant enrolls. | 26 | | This subsection (b) applies only to an individual who |
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| 1 | | qualifies for a benefit under this Section because of a father | 2 | | or mother who enlisted or otherwise initially served in the | 3 | | armed forces of the United States. Subject to the other | 4 | | provisions of this subsection (b), any benefits awarded under | 5 | | this Section may not be renewed if the eligible individual | 6 | | fails to maintain at least the following cumulative grade point | 7 | | average: | 8 | | (1) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of | 9 | | the applicant's freshman academic year, a cumulative grade | 10 | | point average that the State university determines is | 11 | | satisfactory academic progress. | 12 | | (2) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of | 13 | | the applicant's sophomore academic year, a cumulative | 14 | | grade point average of 2.25 on a 4.0 grading scale or its | 15 | | equivalent as established by the State university. | 16 | | (3) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of | 17 | | the applicant's junior or senior academic year, a | 18 | | cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 grading | 19 | | scale or its equivalent as established by the State | 20 | | university. | 21 | | After the first semester or its equivalent at the State | 22 | | university that a person does not achieve the requisite | 23 | | cumulative grade point average specified in this subsection | 24 | | (b), the person is considered to be on probation and must | 25 | | achieve the requisite cumulative grade point average by the | 26 | | next semester or its equivalent at the State university in |
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| 1 | | order to continue to receive benefits under this Section. | 2 | | (c) This subsection (c) applies to an individual who | 3 | | qualifies as an eligible applicant under subdivision (2) of | 4 | | subsection (a) of this Section because the individual's father | 5 | | or mother (i) enlisted or otherwise initially served in the | 6 | | armed forces of the United States after June 30, 2011 and (ii) | 7 | | suffered a disability as determined by the United States | 8 | | Department of Veterans Affairs. This subsection (c) does not | 9 | | apply to an individual who (i) is an eligible applicant under | 10 | | subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this Section and (ii) | 11 | | qualifies as an eligible applicant under subdivision (1) of | 12 | | subsection (a) of this Section. | 13 | | Subject to the other provisions of this subsection (c) and | 14 | | subsection (b) of this Section, the eligible applicant is | 15 | | entitled to a reduction in the tuition and fees that would | 16 | | otherwise apply as follows: | 17 | | (1) If the individual's father or mother suffered a | 18 | | disability as determined by the United States Department of | 19 | | Veterans Affairs with a rating of 80% or more, the
| 20 | | individual is entitled to a 100% reduction in education | 21 | | costs. | 22 | | (2) If the individual's father or mother suffered a | 23 | | disability as determined by the United States Department of | 24 | | Veterans Affairs with a rating of less than 80%, the | 25 | | individual is entitled to a reduction in education costs | 26 | | equal to the sum of 20%, plus the disability rating of the |
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| 1 | | individual's father or mother. | 2 | | The latest disability rating determined by the United | 3 | | States Department of Veterans Affairs for an individual's | 4 | | father or mother shall be used to compute the percentage by | 5 | | which education costs are reduced under this subsection (c). If | 6 | | the disability rating of the individual's father or mother | 7 | | changes after the beginning of an academic semester, quarter, | 8 | | or other period for which tuition and fees have been reduced | 9 | | under this subsection (c), the change in disability rating | 10 | | shall be applied beginning with the immediately following | 11 | | academic semester, quarter, or other period. | 12 | | (d) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to | 13 | | implement this Section.
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