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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.
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 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
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 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.

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