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90_HB1631 110 ILCS 947/38 new Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to conduct an annual survey of freshmen MAP recipients to determine grade point averages, retention rates, progress rates, student goal attainment rates, time-to-degree, and degrees conferred. Requires the Commission to report its survey findings annually to the General Assembly. Effective July 1, 1997. LRB9004810THpk LRB9004810THpk 1 AN ACT to amend the Higher Education Student Assistance 2 Act by adding Section 38. 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 adding Section 38 as follows: 7 (110 ILCS 947/38 new) 8 Sec. 38. Monetary award program annual survey. 9 (a) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall 10 have the duty and is hereby directed to: 11 (1) enclose annually in the MAP award letters to 12 all freshmen MAP recipients a survey to determine their 13 undergraduate educational goals, planned field of study, 14 and expected time to completion, beginning in the 1997-98 15 academic year; 16 (2) calculate annually the cumulative grade point 17 average, retention rates, progress rates, time-to-degree, 18 degrees conferred and student goal attainment rates for 19 zero-EFC and non-zero-EFC freshmen MAP recipients, by 20 dependency status and collegiate sector, beginning in the 21 1997-98 academic year; and 22 (3) report its findings to the Illinois General 23 Assembly annually, beginning on January 1, 1999. 24 (b) As used in this Section: 25 "Freshman" means a person who enrolls for the first time 26 as a full-time or not less than a half-time student in the 27 first-year class of an institution of higher learning. 28 "MAP" means the Monetary Award Program administered by 29 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission under Section 35. 30 "Retention rate I" means the percentage of freshmen MAP 31 grant recipients who return in the succeeding academic year -2- LRB9004810THpk 1 as enrolled students at the same or another Illinois 2 institution of higher learning. 3 "Progress rate I" means the percentage of freshmen MAP 4 grant recipients who complete their freshman year by earning 5 30 semester hours of credit or the equivalent thereof. 6 "Progress rate II" refers to students who complete their 7 freshman year by earning 15 semester hours, or the equivalent 8 thereof. 9 "Student goal attainment rate" means the percentage of 10 students who attain the goal stated on the freshman survey. 11 "Collegiate sector" means a division of academe that 12 includes only those institutions that are public universities 13 of this State, or a division of academe that includes only 14 those institutions that are public community colleges or 15 private junior colleges located in this State, or division of 16 academe that includes only those institutions that are 17 private colleges or universities located in this State. 18 "Zero-EFC" means a zero expected family contribution as 19 determined under federal methodology for student financial 20 assistance. 21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 22 1, 1997.