Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Illinois Veteran grant program. Provides that a grant recipient is not required to pay any tuition or mandatory fees while attending a State-controlled university or public community college in this State for a period that is based on the length of his or her active duty service, as verified on his or her U.S. Department of Defense form DD-214, calculated at specified credit hour rates (rather than for a period that is equivalent to 4 years of full-time enrollment, including summer terms). Provides that a grant may be transferred to a qualified dependent beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year. Amends the School Code to make a related change. Effective July 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0587 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Michael Hastings [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-9595	SD-019	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dale Fowler [R]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5509	SD-059	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Brian Stewart [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-045	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Craig Wilcox [R]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8000	SD-032	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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