Full Text of HB4652 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 8 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5008)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Scholarships and fee waivers. Each year the | 8 | | Department shall select a minimum of 53 students (at least 4 of | 9 | | whom shall be children of veterans) to receive scholarships and | 10 | | fee waivers which will enable them to attend and complete their | 11 | | post-secondary education at a community college, university, | 12 | | or college. Youth shall be selected from among the youth for | 13 | | whom the Department has court-ordered legal responsibility, | 14 | | may
select from among the youth under care, youth who aged out | 15 | | of care at age 18 or older, or youth formerly under care
who | 16 | | have been adopted or who have been placed in private | 17 | | guardianship. Recipients must or are in a guardianship | 18 | | placement, a
maximum of 48 students (at least 4 of whom shall | 19 | | be
children of veterans) who have earned a high school diploma | 20 | | from an accredited institution, a General Education | 21 | | Development certificate or diploma, or have met the State | 22 | | criteria for high school graduation before the start of the | 23 | | school year for which they are applying for the scholarship and |
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| 1 | | waiver. a public school district or a recognized nonpublic | 2 | | school or a certificate of general education development (GED), | 3 | | or who have met the State criteria for high school graduation ; | 4 | | the youth selected shall be eligible for scholarships
and fee | 5 | | waivers which will entitle them to 4 consecutive years of | 6 | | community
college, university, or college education. | 7 | | Scholarships and fee waivers shall be available to students for | 8 | | at least 5 years, provided they are continuing to work toward | 9 | | graduation. Unused scholarship dollars and fee waivers shall be | 10 | | reallocated to new recipients. No later than January 1, 2015, | 11 | | the Department shall promulgate rules identifying the criteria | 12 | | for "continuing to work toward graduation", and for | 13 | | reallocating unused scholarships and fee waivers. Selection | 14 | | shall be made on the
basis of several factors, including, but | 15 | | not limited to, scholastic record, aptitude, and general | 16 | | interest in higher
education. The selection committee shall | 17 | | include at least 2 individuals formerly under the care of the | 18 | | Department who have completed their post-secondary education. | 19 | | In accordance with this Act, tuition scholarships and fee | 20 | | waivers
shall be available to such students at any university | 21 | | or college maintained by
the State of Illinois. The Department | 22 | | shall provide maintenance and school
expenses, except tuition | 23 | | and fees, during the academic years to supplement
the students' | 24 | | earnings or other resources so long as they consistently
| 25 | | maintain scholastic records which are acceptable to their | 26 | | schools and to
the Department. Students may attend other |
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| 1 | | colleges and universities, if
scholarships are awarded them, | 2 | | and receive the same benefits for maintenance
and other | 3 | | expenses as those students attending any Illinois State | 4 | | community
college, university, or college under this Section. | 5 | | Beginning with recipients receiving scholarships and waivers | 6 | | in August 2014, the Department shall collect data and report | 7 | | annually to the General Assembly on measures of success | 8 | | including (i) the number of youth applying for and receiving | 9 | | scholarships, (ii) the percentage of scholarship recipients | 10 | | who complete their college or university degree within 5 years, | 11 | | (iii) the average length of time it takes for scholarship | 12 | | recipients to complete their college or university degree, (iv) | 13 | | the reasons that scholarship recipients are discharged or fail | 14 | | to complete their college or university degree, (v) when | 15 | | available youths' outcomes 5 years and 10 years after being | 16 | | awarded the scholarships, and (vi) budget allocations for | 17 | | maintenance and school expenses incurred by the Department.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-799, eff. 7-13-12.)
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