Bill Text: IL HB3740 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. In the definitions of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution", provides that the exclusion of academic programs for incarcerated students does not apply to the monetary award program. Provides for a July 1, 2024 effective date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-11-20 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes [HB3740 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3740-Engrossed.html

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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 changing Section 10 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, and except to the
extent that any of the following words or phrases is
specifically qualified by its context:
"Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance
Commission created by this Act.
"Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance of an
individual's status as a student in an institution of higher
learning, regardless of the terms used at the institution to
describe that status.
"Approved high school" means any public high school
located in this State; and any high school, located in this
State or elsewhere (whether designated as a high school,
secondary school, academy, preparatory school, or otherwise)
which in the judgment of the State Superintendent of Education
provides a course of instruction at the secondary level and
maintains standards of instruction substantially equivalent to
those of the public high schools located in this State.

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"Institution of higher learning", "qualified institution",
or "institution" means an educational organization located in
this State which
(1) provides at least an organized 2 year program of
collegiate grade in the liberal arts or sciences, or both,
directly applicable toward the attainment of a
baccalaureate degree or a program in health education
directly applicable toward the attainment of a
certificate, diploma, or an associate degree;
(2) either is
(A) operated by this State, or
(B) operated publicly or privately, not for
profit, or
(C) operated for profit, provided such for profit
organization
(i) offers degree programs which have been
approved by the Board of Higher Education for a
minimum of 3 years under the Academic Degree Act,
and
(ii) enrolls a majority of its students in
such degree programs, and
(iii) maintains an accredited status with the
Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of
the North Central Association of Colleges and
Schools;
(3) in the judgment of the Commission meets standards

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substantially equivalent to those of comparable
institutions operated by this State; and
(4) if so required by the Commission, uses the State
as its primary guarantor of student loans made under the
federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
For otherwise eligible educational organizations which provide
academic programs for incarcerated students, the terms
"institution of higher learning", "qualified institutions",
and "institution" shall specifically exclude academic programs
for incarcerated students except for students participating in
the monetary award program established under Section 35 of
this Act.
"Academic year" means a 12 month period of time, normally
but not exclusively, from September 1 of any year through
August 31 of the ensuing year.
"Full-time student" means any undergraduate student
enrolled in 12 or more semester or quarter hours of credit
courses in any given semester or quarter or in the equivalent
number of units of registration as determined by the
Commission.
"Part-time student" means any undergraduate student, other
than a full-time student, enrolled in 6 or more semester or
quarter hours of credit courses in any given semester or
quarter or in the equivalent number of units of registration
as determined by the Commission. Beginning with fiscal year
1999, the Commission may, on a program by program basis,

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expand this definition of "part-time student" to include
students who enroll in less than 6 semester or quarter hours of
credit courses in any given semester or quarter.
"Public university" means any public 4-year university in
this State.
"Public university campus" means any campus under the
governance or supervision of a public university.
(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-1015, eff. 8-21-18.)