Illinois Senate Bill 2040

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-03 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. Provides that any money appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for scholarship awards for a particular academic year that remains unused at the end of that academic year shall be deposited into the Student Teaching Fund. Requires the Commission to establish and administer a student teaching stipend program in which the Commission receives and considers applications for a stipend from scholarship recipients who are student teaching. Subject to appropriation from the Student Teaching Fund, provides that the Commission shall select stipend recipients from among applicants who are in financial need. Provides that the amount and payment of any stipend shall be determined by the Commission, and provides for rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Student Teaching Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.

HIGHER ED-MINORITY TEACHERS

Sen. Natalie Toro [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]	Sen. Willie Preston [D]	Sen. Laura Ellman [D]
Sen. Cristina Castro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2024-05-03	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2024-04-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
2024-03-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
2024-01-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-assigned to Appropriations- Education
2024-01-10	Senate	Re-assigned to Appropriations- Education
2023-12-18	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
2023-10-19	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Natalie Toro
2023-06-12	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2023-03-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Appropriations- Education
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
2023-03-03	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
2023-02-28	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2023-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations- Education
2023-02-24	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
110	947	50	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	105	5.990	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2040&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2040.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2040sam001.htm