Full Text of HB3687 096th General Assembly
HB3687 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB3687
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 710/4 |
from Ch. 127, par. 3804 |
30 ILCS 105/5.719 new |
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Amends the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service Act and the State Finance Act. Subject to appropriation from the Illinois Service Education Award Grant Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, allows the Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service to award an Illinois Service Education Award Grant to recipients of a national service educational award awarded by the Corporation for National Community Service, which grant must be awarded only as a partial matching grant. Provides that an individual who successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in an approved national service position in this State may apply to receive a grant. Sets forth the purposes for which a grant may be used.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and | 5 |
| Community Service Act is amended by changing Section 4 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (20 ILCS 710/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 3804)
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| Sec. 4. Operation. | 9 |
| (1) The
Governor shall appoint a Director
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| on Volunteerism and Community
Service who shall
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| Governor's pleasure
and who shall receive such compensation
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| is determined by
the Governor. The Director shall
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| staff as is necessary to
carry out the purpose of this Act. The | 14 |
| Commission, working
in cooperation with State agencies, | 15 |
| individuals, local groups, and
organizations
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| State, may undertake programs and activities which further the
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| purposes of this Act including, but not limited to, the | 18 |
| following:
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| (a) providing technical assistance to programs which | 20 |
| depend upon
volunteers;
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| (b) initiating community service programs to meet
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| previously unmet needs in Illinois;
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| (c) promoting and coordinating efforts to expand and |
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| improve the
statewide community service network;
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| (d) recognizing outstanding community service
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| accomplishments;
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| (e) disseminating information to support community | 5 |
| service programs and to
broaden community service
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| involvement throughout the State;
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| (f) implementing federally funded grant programs in | 8 |
| Illinois such as the
National and Community Service Trust | 9 |
| Act.
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| (2) The Commission may, subject to appropriation from the | 11 |
| Illinois Service Education Award Grant Fund, award an Illinois | 12 |
| Service Education Award Grant to recipients of a national | 13 |
| service educational award, established under 42 U.S.C. Sec. | 14 |
| 12602 and awarded by the Corporation for National Community | 15 |
| Service, which grant must be awarded only as a partial matching | 16 |
| grant. | 17 |
| An individual who successfully completes a required term of | 18 |
| full-time national service in an approved national service | 19 |
| position in this State may apply to receive an Illinois Service | 20 |
| Education Award Grant. The Commission shall adopt rules to | 21 |
| govern the process for applying for the grant and for | 22 |
| determining the amount of the grant and any other rules | 23 |
| necessary to implement and administer this subsection (2). | 24 |
| An Illinois Service Education Award Grant may be used for | 25 |
| any of the following purposes: | 26 |
| (a) To repay student loans associated with attending an |
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| Illinois institution of higher learning, as defined in the | 2 |
| Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | 3 |
| (b) To pay all or part of the cost of attendance at an | 4 |
| Illinois institution of higher learning, as defined in the | 5 |
| Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | 6 |
| (c) To pay expenses incurred in participating in an | 7 |
| approved Illinois school-to-work program. | 8 |
| (d) Any other purpose for which the national service | 9 |
| educational award may lawfully be used. | 10 |
| The Illinois Service Education Award Grant Fund is created | 11 |
| as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Fund | 12 |
| shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the Commission for | 13 |
| the purposes of this subsection (2). | 14 |
| (3) The Commission may receive and expend funds, grants and
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| services from any source for purposes reasonable and necessary | 16 |
| to carry out a
coordinated plan of community service
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| the State.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 20 |
| Section 5.719 as follows: | 21 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | 22 |
| Sec. 5.719. The Illinois Service Education Award Grant | 23 |
| Fund. |
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