(110 ILCS 975/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 2754)
Sec. 4. Functions of Department. The Department shall prepare and supervise the issuance of public
information about the provisions of this Article; prescribe the form and
regulate the submission of applications for scholarships; determine the
eligibility of applicants; award the appropriate scholarships; prescribe the
contracts or other acknowledgments of scholarship which an applicant is
required to execute; and determine whether all or any part of a recipient's scholarship needs to be monetarily repaid, or has been excused
from repayment, and the extent of any repayment or excused repayment. The
Department may require a recipient to reimburse
the State for expenses, including but not limited to attorney's fees, incurred
by the Department or other agent of the State for a successful legal action
against the recipient for a breach of any provision of the scholarship
contract. The Department is
authorized to make all necessary and
proper
rules, not inconsistent with this Article, for the efficient exercise of the
foregoing functions.
(Source: P.A. 100-872, eff. 8-14-18.)
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