House Sponsors: MITCHELL,BILL-WINKEL-BOST-BOLAND-BERNS, MENDOZA, WIRSING, O'BRIEN, CURRY,JULIE, GILES AND MOFFITT. Senate Sponsors: NOLAND Short description: HIGH ED-FIREFIGHTER GRANT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: 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. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status