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90_HB1346

      110 ILCS 947/36
          Amends  the  Higher  Education  Student  Assistance  Act.
      Eliminates  a  requirement  that  a  freshman   undergraduate
      student  be  enrolled at least one-half time in order to meet
      one of the requirements for receiving an Incentive for Access
      grant.  Changes  the  maximum  award  amount  from  $500  per
      applicant  per  year to $500 per semester or $333 per quarter
      for a full-time student and $250 per  semester  or  $167  per
      quarter  for  a  student who is enrolled less than full-time.
      Effective July 1, 1998.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Higher Education  Student  Assistance
 2    Act by changing Section 36.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Higher Education Student  Assistance  Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 36 as follows:
 7        (110 ILCS 947/36)
 8        Sec. 36.  Illinois Incentive for Access grant program.
 9        (a)  The Commission each year shall determine eligibility
10    for the Illinois Incentive for Access grant from applications
11    received  for  Monetary  Award Program grant assistance under
12    Section 35 of this Act.  An applicant shall be determined  as
13    eligible  for  an  Illinois  Incentive for Access grant under
14    this Section when the Commission finds that the applicant:
15             (1)  is a resident of this State and  a  citizen  or
16        permanent resident of the United States;
17             (2)  has  no  personal or family financial resources
18        available for expenditure  on  educational  expenses,  as
19        defined   by   current   federal  student  financial  aid
20        methodology;
21             (3)  has  not  already  received   a   baccalaureate
22        degree; and
23             (4)  is   enrolled  at  least  one-half  time  as  a
24        freshman undergraduate student at  an  approved  Illinois
25        institution  of  higher  learning  participating  in  the
26        Monetary Award Program administered by the Commission.
27        (b)  Subject   to   a  separate  appropriation  made  for
28    purposes of awarding  grants  under  this  Section,  Illinois
29    Incentive  for  Access  grants  shall  be  paid  in  multiple
30    disbursements  as  determined  by the Commission in an amount
31    not to exceed $500 per semester or $333  per  quarter  for  a
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 1    full-time  student  and $250 per semester or $167 per quarter
 2    for a student who is enrolled less than  full-time  applicant
 3    per  year.   No  recipient  may  receive  a  grant under this
 4    Section for more than 2 semesters  or  3  quarters  of  award
 5    payments.
 6        (c)  Eligibility  for  grants  awarded under this Section
 7    shall be determined solely on  the  basis  of  the  financial
 8    resources  of the applicant and the applicant's family.  Cost
 9    of attendance at the institution in which  the  applicant  is
10    enrolled  shall  not  affect eligibility for an award, except
11    that State student financial assistance  awarded  under  this
12    Act,  including  the Illinois Incentive for Access award, may
13    not exceed the institution's cost of attendance.
14        (d)  The Commission shall notify  applicants  that  grant
15    assistance  is  contingent  upon availability of appropriated
16    funds.
17        (e)  The Commission shall submit a written evaluation  of
18    the  Illinois  Incentive  for Access program to the Governor,
19    the General Assembly, and the Board of Higher Education on or
20    before October 1, 1999, including a report  of  the  progress
21    made  toward  the goal of increasing the access and retention
22    rates for Illinois Incentive for Access grant recipients.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-512, eff. 7-11-96.)
24        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
25    1, 1998.

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