MITCHELL,BILL-WINKEL-BOST-BOLAND-BERNS, MENDOZA, WIRSING, O'BRIEN, CURRY,JULIE, GILES AND MOFFITT. (NOLAND) 110 ILCS 947/45.5 new Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that any person who has served at least 3 years as an active volunteer or paid on-call firefighter shall be awarded a grant to a public university or community college in this State, consisting of exemption from tuition and fees for not more than the equivalent of 4 years of full-time enrollment while he or she serves as an active volunteer or paid on-call firefighter. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to reimburse higher education institutions for the grants, subject to appropriation. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Requires a grant recipient to be a firefighter with a fire department in a municipality with a population of less than 5,000. Requires grants to also be awarded to persons who serve as active full-time firefighters. Provides that not more than 2 grants per year may be awarded to firefighters within the same fire department. Terminates the grant if the recipient ceases to serve as a firefighter with the fire department that he or she was with to qualify for the grant. Requires a grant recipient to sign an agreement under which the recipient pledges that he or she shall remain an active volunteer, paid on-call, or full-time firefighter with the fire department that he or she was with to qualify for a grant for a period of not less than one year for each year of grant assistance that he or she receives. Provides for repayment of the grant assistance if the recipient fails to fulfill this obligation. FEB-28-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-28-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-28-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES MAR-01-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED MAR-15-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HHED MAR-15-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOLAND MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BERNS MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MENDOZA MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WIRSING MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOWLER APR-04-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-MITCHELL,BILL APR-04-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL APR-04-2001 H RULES REFERS TO HHED APR-04-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-04-2001 H HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE APR-05-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-MITCHELL,BILL APR-05-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HHED APR-05-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN APR-05-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE APR-05-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GILES APR-05-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-MITCHELL,BILL APR-05-2001 H ADOPTED APR-05-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-06-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-003 APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT APR-10-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE APR-10-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17 APR-19-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR NOLAND APR-24-2001 S FIRST READING APR-24-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary