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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning veterans.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 30-14.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/30-14.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-14.2)
| 7 | | Sec. 30-14.2. Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' | 8 | | Dependents scholarship scholarships .
| 9 | | (a) Any spouse, natural child, legally adopted child under | 10 | | the age of 18 at the time of adoption, minor child younger than | 11 | | 18 who is under a court-ordered guardianship for at least 2 | 12 | | continuous years prior to application , or
step-child under | 13 | | the age of 18 at the time of marriage of an eligible veteran or | 14 | | serviceperson who possesses all necessary
entrance | 15 | | requirements shall, upon application and proper proof, be | 16 | | awarded
a MIA/POW Scholarship consisting of the equivalent of | 17 | | 4 calendar years of
full-time enrollment including summer | 18 | | terms, to the state supported
Illinois institution of higher | 19 | | learning of his choice, subject to the
restrictions listed | 20 | | below.
| 21 | | "Eligible veteran or serviceperson" means any veteran or | 22 | | serviceperson, including an Illinois National Guard member who | 23 | | is on active duty or is active on a training assignment,
who |
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| 1 | | has been declared by the U.S. Department of Defense or the
U.S. | 2 | | Department of Veterans Affairs to be a prisoner of war or , be | 3 | | missing
in action, or has have died as the result of a | 4 | | service-connected disability or has have become a person with | 5 | | a permanent disability from service-connected causes with 100% | 6 | | disability and
who (i) at the time of entering service was an | 7 | | Illinois resident, or (ii) was an
Illinois resident within 6 | 8 | | months after entering such service, or (iii) is a resident of | 9 | | Illinois at the time of application for the Scholarship and, | 10 | | at some point after entering leaving such service, was a | 11 | | resident of Illinois for at least 15 consecutive years.
| 12 | | Full-time enrollment means 12 or more semester hours of | 13 | | courses per semester,
or 12 or more quarter hours of courses | 14 | | per quarter, or the equivalent thereof
per term. Scholarships | 15 | | utilized by dependents enrolled in less than full-time
study | 16 | | shall be computed in the proportion which the number of hours | 17 | | so carried
bears to full-time enrollment.
| 18 | | Scholarships awarded under this Section may be used by a | 19 | | spouse or child
without regard to his or her age. The holder of | 20 | | a Scholarship
awarded under this Section shall be subject to | 21 | | all examinations and academic
standards, including the | 22 | | maintenance of minimum grade levels, that are
applicable | 23 | | generally to other enrolled students at the Illinois | 24 | | institution of
higher learning where the Scholarship is being | 25 | | used.
If the surviving spouse
remarries or if there is a | 26 | | divorce between the veteran or serviceperson and
his or her |
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| 1 | | spouse while the dependent is pursuing his or her course of
| 2 | | study, Scholarship benefits will be terminated at the end of | 3 | | the term for
which he or she is presently enrolled. Such | 4 | | dependents shall also be
entitled, upon proper proof and | 5 | | application, to enroll in any extension
course offered by a | 6 | | State supported Illinois institution of higher learning
| 7 | | without payment of tuition and approved fees.
| 8 | | The holder of a MIA/POW Scholarship authorized under this | 9 | | Section shall
not be required to pay any tuition or mandatory | 10 | | fees while attending a State-controlled university or public | 11 | | community college in this State for a period equivalent to 4 | 12 | | years of enrollment, including summer terms any matriculation | 13 | | or application fees, tuition,
activities fees, graduation fees | 14 | | or other fees, except multipurpose
building fees or similar | 15 | | fees for supplies and materials .
| 16 | | Any dependent who has been or shall be awarded a MIA/POW | 17 | | Scholarship shall
be reimbursed by the appropriate institution | 18 | | of higher learning for any
fees which he or she has paid and | 19 | | for which exemption is granted under this
Section if | 20 | | application for reimbursement is made within 2 months | 21 | | following
the end of the school term for which the fees were | 22 | | paid.
| 23 | | (b) In lieu of the benefit provided in subsection (a), any | 24 | | spouse,
natural child, legally adopted child, or step-child of | 25 | | an eligible veteran
or serviceperson, which spouse or child | 26 | | has a physical, mental or
developmental disability, shall be |
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| 1 | | entitled to receive, upon application and
proper proof, a | 2 | | benefit to be used for the purpose of defraying the cost of
the | 3 | | attendance or treatment of such spouse or child at one or more
| 4 | | appropriate therapeutic, rehabilitative or educational | 5 | | facilities. The
application and proof may be made by the | 6 | | parent or legal guardian of the
spouse or child on his or her | 7 | | behalf.
| 8 | | The total benefit provided to any beneficiary under this | 9 | | subsection shall
not exceed the cost equivalent of 4 calendar | 10 | | years of full-time enrollment,
including summer terms, at the | 11 | | University of Illinois. Whenever
practicable in the opinion of | 12 | | the Department of Veterans' Affairs, payment
of benefits under | 13 | | this subsection shall be made directly to the facility,
the | 14 | | cost of attendance or treatment at which is being defrayed, as | 15 | | such
costs accrue.
| 16 | | (c) The benefits of this Section shall be administered by | 17 | | and paid for out
of funds made available to the Illinois | 18 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs.
The amounts that become due | 19 | | to any state supported Illinois institution of
higher learning | 20 | | shall be payable by the Comptroller to such institution on
| 21 | | vouchers approved by the Illinois Department of Veterans' | 22 | | Affairs. The
amounts that become due under subsection (b) of | 23 | | this Section shall be
payable by warrant upon vouchers issued | 24 | | by the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs and approved | 25 | | by the Comptroller. The Illinois Department
of Veterans' | 26 | | Affairs shall determine the eligibility of the persons
who |
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| 1 | | make application for the benefits provided for in this | 2 | | Section.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-334, eff. 8-9-19.)
| 4 | | Section 10. The Children of Deceased Veterans Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 0.01, 1, and 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (330 ILCS 105/0.01) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 25.9)
| 7 | | Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
| 8 | | Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents | 9 | | Educational Opportunity Grant Act Children of Deceased | 10 | | Veterans Act .
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
| 12 | | (330 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26)
| 13 | | Sec. 1. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
shall | 14 | | provide, insofar as moneys are appropriated for those | 15 | | purposes, for
matriculation and tuition fees, board, room | 16 | | rent, books and supplies for
the use and benefit of any natural | 17 | | child, adopted child, minor child who is under a court-ordered | 18 | | guardianship for at least 2 continuous years prior to | 19 | | application, or step-child of an eligible veteran or | 20 | | serviceperson, if the child is children, not under 10 and not | 21 | | over 18 years of age,
except extension of time may be granted | 22 | | for a child to complete high school
but in no event beyond the | 23 | | 19th birthday , who has who have for 12 months immediately
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| 1 | | preceding his or her their application for these benefits had | 2 | | his or her their domicile in the
State of Illinois . The child | 3 | | must provide proof of compliance with Illinois compulsory | 4 | | attendance requirements as provided in Section 26-1 of the | 5 | | School Code. | 6 | | "Eligible veteran or serviceperson" means any veteran or | 7 | | serviceperson, including an Illinois National Guard member, | 8 | | who is on active duty or is active on a training assignment, | 9 | | who has been declared by the U.S. Department of Defense or the | 10 | | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be a prisoner of war or | 11 | | missing in action, or has died as the result of a | 12 | | service-connected disability, or has become a person with a | 13 | | permanent disability from service-connected causes with 100% | 14 | | disability and who (i) at the time of entering service was an | 15 | | Illinois resident, or (ii) was an Illinois resident within 6 | 16 | | months after entering such service, or (iii) is a resident of | 17 | | Illinois at the time of application for the grant and, at some | 18 | | point after entering such service, was a resident of Illinois | 19 | | for at least 15 consecutive years. , of World War I
veterans | 20 | | who were killed in action
or who died between April 6, 1917, | 21 | | and July 2, 1921, and of World War II
veterans who were killed | 22 | | in action or died after December 6, 1941, and on
or before | 23 | | December 31, 1946, and of Korean conflict veterans who were | 24 | | killed
in action or died between June 27, 1950 and January 31, | 25 | | 1955, and of Vietnam
conflict veterans who were killed in | 26 | | action or died between January 1, 1961
and May 7, 1975, as a |
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| 1 | | result of service in the Armed Forces of the United
States or | 2 | | from other causes of World War I, World
War II, the Korean | 3 | | conflict or the Vietnam conflict,
who died, whether before or | 4 | | after the cessation of hostilities, from service-connected
| 5 | | disability, and of any veterans who died during the induction | 6 | | periods specified
below or died of a service-connected | 7 | | disability incurred during such induction
periods, such | 8 | | periods to be those beginning September 16, 1940, and ending
| 9 | | December 6, 1941, and beginning January 1, 1947 and ending | 10 | | June 26, 1950
and the period beginning February 1, 1955, and | 11 | | ending on the day before
the first day thereafter on which | 12 | | individuals (other than individuals liable
for induction by | 13 | | reason of prior deferment) are no longer liable for induction
| 14 | | for training and service into the Armed Forces under the | 15 | | Universal Military
Training and Service Act, and beginning | 16 | | January 1, 1961 and ending May
7, 1975 and of any veterans who | 17 | | are persons with a total and permanent disability as a result | 18 | | of a service-connected disability (or who died
while a | 19 | | disability so evaluated was in existence); which children are | 20 | | attending
or may attend a state or private educational | 21 | | institution of elementary or high school
grade or a business | 22 | | college, vocational training
school, or other educational | 23 | | institution in this State where courses of
instruction are | 24 | | provided in subjects which would tend to enable such
children | 25 | | to engage in any useful trade, occupation or profession. As
| 26 | | used in this Act "service-connected" means, with respect to |
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| 1 | | disability
or death, that such disability was incurred or | 2 | | aggravated, or that the
death resulted from a disability | 3 | | incurred or aggravated, in the
performance of active duty or | 4 | | active duty for training in the military
services. Such | 5 | | children shall
be admitted to state educational institutions | 6 | | free of tuition. No more
than $250.00 may be paid under this | 7 | | Act for any one child for any one
school year.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
| 9 | | (330 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 27)
| 10 | | Sec. 2.
The amounts that become due to any educational or | 11 | | training
institution, or any child under this Act, not in | 12 | | excess of the amount
specified in Section 1 of this Act, shall | 13 | | be payable to such institution
or school or child or, if such | 14 | | child is a minor, to the eligible veteran or serviceperson his | 15 | | parent or guardian
on vouchers approved by the Illinois | 16 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Illinois Department of | 17 | | Veterans' Affairs shall adopt rules on how to render payments | 18 | | to eligible minor children of deceased veterans or | 19 | | servicepersons. The
Such Department
shall determine the | 20 | | eligibility of the children who make application for
the | 21 | | benefits provided for in this Act; and satisfy itself of the | 22 | | attendance of
such children at any such institution or school | 23 | | and of the accuracy and
reasonableness of the charge or | 24 | | charges submitted, on account of the
attendance thereat of any | 25 | | such children .
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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