92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
LAUZEN-MAHAR-DILLARD-PARKER-RADOGNO, BOWLES, PETERSON, 
   SIEBEN, WALSH,T, ROSKAM, BOMKE, SULLIVAN, MADIGAN,R, 
   GEO-KARIS, CLAYBORNE, CRONIN, LINK, MADIGAN,L, OBAMA, KLEMM, 
   DONAHUE, HAWKINSON, SYVERSON, JONES,W, SHADID AND NOLAND.

House Sponsors:
MCKEON-FOWLER-FORBY-DELGADO-SOTO

Short description: 
FUTURE TEACHERS SCHOLARSHIPS                                               

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Makes a  stylistic  change  in      
   provisions concerning special plates.                                       
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          625 ILCS 5/3-600                                                     
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          30 ILCS 105/5.545 new                                                
          110 ILCS 947/65.65 new                                               
          625 ILCS 5/3-648 new                                                 
        Deletes everything.  Amends the State  Finance  Act,  the  Higher      
   Education  Student  Assistance  Act,  and  the  Illinois Vehicle Code.      
   Creates a program to provide new teacher training scholarships, to  be      
   known as Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarships. Provides that the      
   scholarships  are  for  full-time  undergraduate and graduate students      
   pursuing studies at qualified institutions of higher learning  leading      
   to  teacher  certification  in  this State and cover tuition and other      
   necessary fees for a period of up to 4 years.  Provides  for  issuance      
   of  Education  license  plates, at an additional initial charge of $40      
   and an additional renewal charge of $40. Provides that the  additional      
   fees  shall  be  deposited into the Secretary of State Special License      
   Plate Fund and the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarship  Fund,  a      
   special  fund created in the State treasury. Provides that each fiscal      
   year, once deposits from the additional fees  into  the  Secretary  of      
   State  Special  License  Plate  Fund  have  reached  $500,000, all the      
   amounts received for the additional fees for the balance of the fiscal      
   year shall  be  deposited  into  the  Illinois  Future  Teacher  Corps      
   Scholarship  Fund.  Provides  that  all  moneys in the Illinois Future      
   Teacher Corps Scholarship Fund shall be appropriated to  the  Illinois      
   Student  Assistance  Commission  for  Illinois  Future  Teacher  Corps      
   Scholarships.  Effective immediately.                                       
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Requires a scholarship recipient to pledge that he or she shall        
   teach for not less than one year (rather than 4 years) for each             
   academic year of scholarship assistance. Provides that the amount of a      
   scholarship in a single academic year may not exceed $5,000. Provides       
   that 95% (instead of all) of the moneys in the Illinois Future Teacher      
   Corps Scholarship Fund shall be appropriated to the Illinois Student        
   Assistance Commission for scholarships under the Higher Education           
   Student Assistance Act. Provides that 5% of the moneys in the Illinois      
   Future Teacher Corps Scholarship Fund shall be appropriated to the          
   State Board of Education for grants to the Golden Apple Foundation.         
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0445

   Last action date: AUG-17-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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