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 1        AN ACT in relation to education.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Children  and  Family  Services  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5008)
 7        Sec. 8. Scholarships and fee waivers.
 8        (a)  Each  year  the Department may select from among the
 9    children under care, or children formerly under care who have
10    been adopted or are in the subsidized guardianship program, a
11    maximum of 48 students (at least 4 of whom shall be  children
12    of veterans) who have completed 4 years in an accredited high
13    school;    the   children  selected  shall  be  eligible  for
14    scholarships and fee waivers which will  entitle  them  to  4
15    consecutive   years  of  community  college,  university,  or
16    college education.  Selection shall be made on the  basis  of
17    scholastic  record,  aptitude, and general interest in higher
18    education.  In accordance with this Act, tuition scholarships
19    and fee waivers shall be available to selected such  students
20    at  any  university  or  college  maintained  by the State of
21    Illinois.   The  Department  shall  provide  maintenance  and
22    school expenses, except tuition and fees, during the academic
23    years to supplement the selected students' earnings or  other
24    resources  so  long  as they consistently maintain scholastic
25    records which are acceptable to  their  schools  and  to  the
26    Department.   Selected students may attend other colleges and
27    universities, if scholarships are awarded them,  and  receive
28    the same benefits for maintenance and other expenses as those
29    selected  students  attending  any  Illinois  State community
30    college, university, or college under this Section.
31        (b)  If the student is not selected for a scholarship and
 
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 1    fee waiver under subsection (a) of this Section, the  student
 2    is  eligible for a scholarship that entitles the student to 8
 3    semesters or 12 quarters  of  full  payment  of  tuition  and
 4    mandatory  fees  at a public institution of higher education,
 5    as defined under the Board of Higher Education  Act,  if  the
 6    student is admitted to the institution.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)

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