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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.
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 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
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 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.

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