Bill Amendment: IL SB3051 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2016-07-31 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3051 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3051-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2016-07-31 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3051 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3051-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3051
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3051 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 947/35)
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7 | Sec. 35. Monetary award program.
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8 | (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider | ||||||
9 | applications
for grant assistance under this Section. Subject | ||||||
10 | to a separate
appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is | ||||||
11 | eligible for a grant under
this Section when the Commission | ||||||
12 | finds that the applicant:
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13 | (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or | ||||||
14 | permanent resident
of the United States; and
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15 | (2) in the absence of grant assistance, will be | ||||||
16 | deterred by
financial considerations from completing an |
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1 | educational program at the
qualified institution of his or | ||||||
2 | her choice.
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3 | (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the | ||||||
4 | student's application
and upon the Commission's finding that | ||||||
5 | the applicant:
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6 | (1) has remained a student in good standing;
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7 | (2) remains a resident of this State; and
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8 | (3) is in a financial situation that continues to | ||||||
9 | warrant assistance.
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10 | (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and | ||||||
11 | necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
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12 | amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest of
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13 | the following amounts:
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14 | (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year | ||||||
15 | 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, and $6,468 for fiscal | ||||||
16 | year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, or such lesser | ||||||
17 | amount as
the Commission finds to be available, during an | ||||||
18 | academic year;
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19 | (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters | ||||||
20 | tuition
and other necessary fees required generally by the | ||||||
21 | institution of all
full-time undergraduate students; or
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22 | (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be | ||||||
23 | appropriate in view of
the applicant's financial | ||||||
24 | resources.
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25 | Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for | ||||||
26 | students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c) |
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1 | must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made | ||||||
2 | by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of | ||||||
3 | this subsection (c). | ||||||
4 | "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section | ||||||
5 | include the
customary charge for instruction and use of | ||||||
6 | facilities in general, and the
additional fixed fees charged | ||||||
7 | for specified purposes, which are required
generally of | ||||||
8 | nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the | ||||||
9 | grant
applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees | ||||||
10 | payable only once or
breakage fees and other contingent | ||||||
11 | deposits which are refundable in whole or in
part. The | ||||||
12 | Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
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13 | Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of | ||||||
14 | tuition and other
necessary fees.
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15 | (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving | ||||||
16 | scholarship
assistance under this Act, is eligible for monetary | ||||||
17 | award program
consideration under this Act after receiving a | ||||||
18 | baccalaureate degree or
the equivalent of 135 semester credit | ||||||
19 | hours of award payments.
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20 | (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to | ||||||
21 | be offered,
shall take into consideration past experience with | ||||||
22 | the rate of grant funds
unclaimed by recipients. The Commission | ||||||
23 | shall notify applicants that grant
assistance is contingent | ||||||
24 | upon the availability of appropriated funds.
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25 | (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is an | ||||||
26 | important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to facilitate |
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1 | access to college both for students who pursue postsecondary | ||||||
2 | education immediately following high school and for those who | ||||||
3 | pursue postsecondary education later in life, particularly | ||||||
4 | Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with financial need and | ||||||
5 | who are seeking to improve their economic position through | ||||||
6 | education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic years, the | ||||||
7 | Commission shall give additional and specific consideration to | ||||||
8 | the needs of dislocated workers with the intent of allowing | ||||||
9 | applicants who are dislocated workers an opportunity to secure | ||||||
10 | financial assistance even if applying later than the general | ||||||
11 | pool of applicants. The Commission's consideration shall | ||||||
12 | include, in determining the number of grants to be offered, an | ||||||
13 | estimate of the resources needed to serve dislocated workers | ||||||
14 | who apply after the Commission initially suspends award | ||||||
15 | announcements for the upcoming regular academic year, but prior | ||||||
16 | to the beginning of that academic year. For the purposes of | ||||||
17 | this subsection (e-5), a dislocated worker is defined as in the | ||||||
18 | federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998. | ||||||
19 | (f) The Commission may request appropriations for deposit | ||||||
20 | into the
Monetary Award Program Reserve Fund. Monies deposited | ||||||
21 | into the Monetary Award
Program Reserve Fund may be expended | ||||||
22 | exclusively for one purpose: to make
Monetary Award Program | ||||||
23 | grants to eligible students. Amounts on deposit in the
Monetary | ||||||
24 | Award Program Reserve Fund may not exceed 2% of the current | ||||||
25 | annual
State appropriation for the Monetary Award Program.
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26 | The purpose of the Monetary Award Program Reserve Fund is |
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1 | to enable the
Commission each year to assure as many students | ||||||
2 | as possible of their
eligibility for a Monetary Award Program | ||||||
3 | grant and to do so before commencement
of the academic year. | ||||||
4 | Moneys deposited in this Reserve Fund are intended to
enhance | ||||||
5 | the Commission's management of the Monetary Award Program, | ||||||
6 | minimizing
the necessity, magnitude, and frequency of | ||||||
7 | adjusting award amounts and ensuring
that the annual Monetary | ||||||
8 | Award Program appropriation can be fully utilized.
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9 | (g) Through the 2016-2017 academic year, the The Commission | ||||||
10 | shall determine the eligibility of and make grants to
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11 | applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit institutions in | ||||||
12 | accordance with the
criteria set forth in this Section. The | ||||||
13 | eligibility of applicants enrolled at
such for-profit | ||||||
14 | institutions shall be limited as follows:
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15 | (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to | ||||||
16 | eligible first-time
freshmen and
first-time transfer | ||||||
17 | students who have attained an associate degree.
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18 | (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to | ||||||
19 | eligible freshmen
students,
transfer students who have | ||||||
20 | attained an associate degree, and students who
receive a | ||||||
21 | grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and | ||||||
22 | whose grants
are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
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23 | (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all | ||||||
24 | eligible students.
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25 | Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, the Commission | ||||||
26 | may make a grant under this Section to an eligible applicant |
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1 | enrolled at a qualified for-profit institution only if the | ||||||
2 | applicant was enrolled at that institution and received a grant | ||||||
3 | under this Section in the prior academic year. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 98-967, eff. 8-15-14.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
6 | 2017.".
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