MITCHELL-WINTERS AND TURNER,ART. (SIEBEN) 110 ILCS 947/30 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Changes the 7th semester cumulative grade point average required to qualify as an eligible applicant for a merit recognition scholarship to at or above the 90th (from at or above the 95th) percentile of the student's high school class. FISCAL NOTE, (Student Assistance Commission) The estimated cost to fully fund this legislation for the top 10 percent of Ill. high school graduating seniors would be $8.4 million, beginning in FY1998, an increase of $6.3 million over the present funding level for FY1997. Note that if the program is not fully funded; If, for instance, no additional funding were made available beyond the current $2.1 million appropriation level for FY1997; Then the Commission is required by the MRS statute to allocate this available funding to the best academic performers among eligible applicants. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE In the opinion of DCCA, HB1323 fails to create a State mandate. 97-03-04 H FIRST READING 97-03-04 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-03-05 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED 97-03-10 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINTERS 97-03-13 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-001-000 HHED 97-03-13 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-03-17 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-03-17 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-03-18 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-03-18 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-03-20 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TURNER,ART 97-03-21 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-03-21 H CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 97-04-11 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 97-04-14 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 97-04-14 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-17 S CHIEF SPONSOR SIEBEN 97-04-17 S FIRST READING 97-04-17 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-04-29 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION 97-05-09 S POSTPONED 97-05-09 S COMMITTEE EDUCATION 97-05-10 S RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 3-9(A) RULES 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary