Bill Text: IL HB3258 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates a legislative scholarship task force to receive and consider applications for scholarship assistance. Requires the task force to receive and consider nominations for scholarship assistance, with a total of 8 scholarships per representative district to be awarded each year. Provides that a nominee is eligible for a scholarship if the task force finds that the nominee meets certain qualifications, including that he or she is a resident of the representative district for which a scholarship is to be awarded and that he or she is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a public university in this State. Provides that legislative scholarships are good for a period of not more than one year while enrolled for residence credit, are applicable toward 2 semesters of enrollment within an academic year, and exempt the holder from the payment of tuition and fees. Sets forth provisions concerning application for a scholarship and renewals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3258 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3258-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3258 Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/65.86 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates a legislative scholarship task force to receive and consider applications for scholarship assistance. Requires the task force to receive and consider nominations for scholarship assistance, with a total of 8 scholarships per representative district to be awarded each year. Provides that a nominee is eligible for a scholarship if the task force finds that the nominee meets certain qualifications, including that he or she is a resident of the representative district for which a scholarship is to be awarded and that he or she is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a public university in this State. Provides that legislative scholarships are good for a period of not more than one year while enrolled for residence credit, are applicable toward 2 semesters of enrollment within an academic year, and exempt the holder from the payment of tuition and fees. Sets forth provisions concerning application for a scholarship and renewals.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
amended by adding Section 65.86 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.86 new)
Sec. 65.86. Legislative scholarships.
(a) A legislative scholarship task force is created to
receive and consider applications for scholarship assistance
under this Section. The task force shall consist of the
following members:
(1) Five members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House.
(2) Five members of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House.
(3) Five members of the Senate appointed by the
President of the Senate.
(4) Five members of the Senate appointed by the
Minority Leader of the Senate.
Members of the task force shall serve without compensation.
The Commission shall provide administrative and other support
to the task force.
(b) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, the

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legislative scholarship task force shall, each year, receive
and consider nominations for scholarship assistance under this
Section. A total of 8 scholarships per representative district
shall be awarded each year. A nominee is eligible for a
scholarship under this Section if the task force finds that the
nominee meets all of the following qualifications:
(1) He or she is a United States citizen or eligible
noncitizen.
(2) He or she is a resident of the representative
district for which a scholarship is to be awarded.
(3) He or she is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at
a public university in this State.
(c) Recipients of legislative scholarships shall be
selected from among nominees who are qualified pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section and who have filled out a
scholarship application. All applications for scholarship
assistance to be awarded under this Section shall be made to
the legislative scholarship task force in a form as set forth
by the task force. The form of application and the information
required to be set forth in the application shall be determined
by the task force, and the task force shall require eligible
applicants to submit with their applications such supporting
documents as the task force deems necessary.
(d) A legislative scholarship is good for a period of not
more than one year while enrolled for residence credit.
Scholarships are applicable toward 2 semesters of enrollment

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within an academic year and shall exempt the holder from the
payment of tuition or any matriculation, graduation, activity,
term, or incidental fee, except any portion of a multipurpose
fee that is used for a purpose for which exemption is not
granted under this Section. Exemption may not be granted from
any other fees, including book rental fees, service fees,
laboratory fees, supply fees, union building fees, hospital and
medical insurance fees, and any fees established for the
operation and maintenance of buildings, the income of which is
pledged to the payment of interest and principal on bonds
issued by the governing board of a university. Any student who
has been or is to be awarded a scholarship shall be reimbursed
by the appropriate university for any fees that he or she has
paid and for which exemption is granted under this Section if
application for such reimbursement is made within 2 months
following the academic term for which the fees were paid.
(e) Renewals may be given to previous recipients of
assistance under this Section, provided they continue to
maintain eligibility and maintain satisfactory academic
progress as determined by the university at which they enroll.
A recipient may receive up to 8 semesters of scholarship
assistance under this Section.