110 ILCS 947/65.30

(110 ILCS 947/65.30)

Sec. 65.30. Equal opportunity scholarships.

(a) The Commission
may annually award a number of scholarships to students who are
interested in pursuing studies in educational administration.  Such
scholarships shall be issued to students who make application to the
Commission and who agree to take courses at qualified
institutions of higher learning that will allow them to complete a degree
in educational administration.

(b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be issued pursuant to
regulations promulgated by the Commission;
provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State Board of
Education prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant
to the exercise of any right, power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending
business transferred from the State Board of Education to the Commission under
this Section shall be affected thereby, and all such rules and regulations
shall become the rules and regulations of the Commission until modified or
changed by the Commission in accordance with law.

(c) Such scholarships shall be utilized for the payment of
tuition and non-revenue bond fees at any qualified institution of higher
learning.  Such tuition and fees shall only be available for courses that
will enable the student to complete training in educational
administration.  The Commission shall determine which courses
are eligible for tuition payments under this Section.

(d) The Commission may make tuition payments directly to
the qualified institution of higher learning which the student attends for
the courses prescribed or may make payments to the student.  Any student
who receives payments and who fails to enroll in the courses prescribed
shall refund the payments to the Commission.

(e) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State Board of Education,
shall assist students who have
participated in the scholarship program established by this Section in
finding employment in positions relating to educational administration.

(f) Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this Section shall be
made to the Commission from funds appropriated by the General Assembly.

(g) This Section is substantially the same as Section 30-4d of the School
Code,
which Section is repealed by this amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be
construed as a continuation of the equal opportunity scholarship program
established under that prior law, and not as a new or different equal
opportunity scholarship program.  The State Board of Education shall transfer
to the Commission, as the
successor to the State Board of Education for all purposes of administering
and implementing the provisions of this Section, all books, accounts, records,
papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending business in any way
relating to the equal opportunity scholarship program continued under this
Section;
and all scholarships at any time awarded under that program
by, and all applications for any such scholarship
at any
time made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected by the transfer
to the Commission of all responsibility for the administration and
implementation of the equal opportunity scholarship
program continued under this
Section.  The State Board of Education shall furnish to the Commission such
other information as the Commission may request to assist it in administering
this Section.

(h) For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Qualified institution of higher learning" means