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90_SB1062 110 ILCS 305/9.5 new Amends the University of Illinois Act. Requires the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to award 40 scholarships (for 2 years of undergraduate enrollment without payment of tuition and fees) to persons who have resided for a 2 year period preceding their application for a scholarship in the Lower West, South Lawndale, or Near West Side communities of Chicago. Requires the Board to promulgate regulations governing the application for and award of scholarships and for administration of the scholarship program. Effective immediately. LRB9003307THdv LRB9003307THdv 1 AN ACT to amend the University of Illinois Act by adding 2 Section 9.5. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by 6 adding Section 9.5 as follows: 7 (110 ILCS 305/9.5 new) 8 Sec. 9.5. Chicago community scholarships. The Board of 9 Trustees of the University of Illinois, beginning with the 10 1997 academic year, shall annually award 40 scholarships to 11 persons of low to moderate income who, at the time they apply 12 for a scholarship under this Section, have resided for not 13 less than the immediately preceding 24 months in the Lower 14 West, South Lawndale, or Near West Side communities of the 15 City of Chicago. 16 Each scholarship shall be awarded for use only at the 17 Chicago campus of the University of Illinois and shall 18 entitle the recipient to receive, over a period of 2 19 consecutive years and without a charge for tuition or fees, 4 20 semesters or 3 quarters of full-time undergraduate enrollment 21 in any of the departments maintained by the University at its 22 Chicago campus. 23 All applications for scholarships to be awarded under 24 this Section shall be made to the Board of Trustees of the 25 University of Illinois on forms which it shall provide and in 26 accordance with regulations that the Board shall promulgate 27 for purposes of administering this Section. The regulations 28 shall include criteria (i) for determining if an applicant is 29 a person of low to moderate income, and (ii) for determining 30 competitive academic criteria and financial need priority for 31 use in awarding scholarships when the number of eligible -2- LRB9003307THdv 1 applicants exceeds the number of scholarships authorized to 2 be awarded in an academic year. 3 Scholarship recipients shall possess the educational 4 qualifications required for the admission of students 5 generally to the University and shall conform in all other 6 respects to the rules and regulations established by the 7 University for the governance of its students. 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.