Bill Text: IL HB3847 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Commission shall establish the Public School Counselor, Social Worker, or Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program. Provides that the Program shall provide school counselors, social workers, or other school mental health professionals full educational loan forgiveness to qualified applicants. Sets forth requirements for qualified applicants, application procedures, and rulemaking.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB3847 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3847-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3847 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/65.120 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Commission shall establish the Public School Counselor, Social Worker, or Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program. Provides that the Program shall provide school counselors, social workers, or other school mental health professionals full educational loan forgiveness to qualified applicants. Sets forth requirements for qualified applicants, application procedures, and rulemaking.
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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 65.120 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.120 new)
Sec. 65.120. Public School Counselor, Social Worker, or
Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program.
(a) As used in this Section, "school" means a school
operated under the School Code.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall
establish the Public School Counselor, Social Worker, or
Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program. The Program
shall provide school counselors, social workers, or other
school mental health professionals who work in public schools
in the State for 5 years full educational loan forgiveness to
qualified applicants.
(c) A person is a qualified applicant under this Section
if he or she meets all of the following qualifications:
(1) the person is a United States citizen or eligible
noncitizen;
(2) the person is a resident of this State;
(3) the person has attended a State-based institution

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of higher learning; and
(4) the person has worked in a State public school for
5 years as a school counselor, social worker, or other
mental health professional.
(d) All applications for loan forgiveness under this
Section shall be made to the Commission. The form of
application and the information required to be set forth in
the application shall be determined by the Commission, and the
Commission shall require applicants to submit with their
applications such supporting documents as the Commission deems
necessary.
(e) The Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to
implement this Section.