Bill Text: IL HB4633 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2011, no scholarships may be awarded under provisions that permit members of the General Assembly to award scholarships to persons for attendance at a State sponsored university. Provides that a scholarship awarded before July 1, 2011 is valid until its stated term expires, but may not be renewed. Effective July 1, 2011.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel [HB4633 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4633-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4633 Introduced , by Rep. William B. Black, John A. Fritchey and Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/30-9 from Ch. 122, par. 30-9
105 ILCS 5/30-10 from Ch. 122, par. 30-10
105 ILCS 5/30-11 from Ch. 122, par. 30-11
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2011, no scholarships may be awarded under provisions that permit members of the General Assembly to award scholarships to persons for attendance at a State sponsored university. A scholarship awarded before July 1, 2011 is valid until its stated term expires, but may not be renewed. Effective July 1, 2011.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Sections
30-9, 30-10, and 30-11 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
Sec. 30-9. General Assembly scholarship; conditions of
admission; award by competitive examination.
Each member of the General Assembly may nominate annually 2
persons of school age and otherwise eligible, from his
district; each shall receive a certificate of scholarship in
any State supported university designated by the member. Any
member of the General Assembly in making nominations under this
Section may designate that his nominee be granted a 4 year
scholarship or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for that
particular scholarship, each to receive a 2 year or a one year
scholarship, respectively. The nominee, if a graduate of a
school accredited by the University to which nominated, shall
be admitted to the university on the same conditions as to
educational qualifications as are other graduates of
accredited schools. If the nominee is not a graduate of a
school accredited by the university to which nominated, he
must, before being entitled to the benefits of the scholarship,

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pass an examination given by the superintendent of schools of
the county where he resides at the time stated in Section 30-7
for the competitive examination. The president of each
university shall prescribe the rules governing the examination
for scholarship to his university.
A member of the General Assembly may award the scholarship
by competitive examination conducted under like rules as
prescribed in Section 30-7 even though one or more of the
applicants are graduates of schools accredited by the
university.
A member of the General Assembly may delegate to the
Illinois Student Assistance Commission the authority to
nominate persons for General Assembly scholarships which that
member would otherwise be entitled to award, or may direct the
Commission to evaluate and make recommendations to the member
concerning candidates for such scholarships. In the event a
member delegates his nominating authority or directs the
Commission to evaluate and make recommendations concerning
candidates for General Assembly scholarships, the member shall
inform the Commission in writing of the criteria which he
wishes the Commission to apply in nominating or recommending
candidates. Those criteria may include some or all of the
criteria provided in Section 25 of the Higher Education Student
Assistance Act. A delegation of authority under this paragraph
may be revoked at any time by the member.
Failure of a member of the General Assembly to make a

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nomination in any year shall not cause that scholarship to
lapse, but the member may make a nomination for such
scholarship at any time thereafter before the expiration of his
term, and the person so nominated shall be entitled to the same
benefits as holders of other scholarships provided herein. Any
such scholarship for which a member has made no nomination
prior to the expiration of the term for which he was elected
shall lapse upon the expiration of that term.
Beginning on July 1, 2011, no scholarships may be awarded
under this Section. However, a scholarship awarded under this
Section before July 1, 2011 is valid until its stated term
expires, but may not be renewed.
(Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
(105 ILCS 5/30-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-10)
Sec. 30-10. Filing nominations-Failure to accept or
pass-Second nomination.
Nominations, under Section 30-9, showing the name and
address of the nominee, and the term of the scholarship,
whether 4 years, 2 years or one year, must be filed with the
State Superintendent of Education not later than the opening
day of the semester or term with which the scholarship is to
become effective. The State Superintendent of Education shall
forthwith notify the president of the university of such
nomination.
If the nominee fails to accept the nomination or, not being

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a graduate of a school accredited by the university, fails to
pass the examination for admission, the president of the
university shall at once notify the State Superintendent of
Education. Upon receiving such notification, the State
Superintendent of Education shall notify the nominating
member, who may name another person for the scholarship. The
second nomination must be received by the State Superintendent
of Education not later than the middle of the semester or term
with which the scholarship was to have become effective under
the original nomination in order to become effective as of the
opening date of such semester or term otherwise it shall not
become effective until the beginning of the next semester or
term following the making of the second nomination. Upon
receiving such notification, the State Superintendent of
Education shall notify the president of the university of such
second nomination. If any person nominated after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1973 to receive a General
Assembly scholarship changes his residence to a location
outside of the district from which he was nominated, his
nominating member may terminate that scholarship at the
conclusion of the college year in which he is then enrolled.
For purposes of this paragraph, a person changes his residence
if he registers to vote in a location outside of the district
from which he was nominated, but does not change his residence
merely by taking off-campus housing or living in a
nonuniversity residence.

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Beginning on July 1, 2011, no scholarships may be awarded
under this Section. However, a scholarship awarded under this
Section before July 1, 2011 is valid until its stated term
expires, but may not be renewed.
(Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
(105 ILCS 5/30-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-11)
Sec. 30-11. Failure to use scholarship - Further
nominations.
If any nominee under Section 30-9 or 30-10 discontinues his
course of instruction or fails to use the scholarship, leaving
1, 2, 3, or 4 years thereof unused, the member of the General
Assembly may, except as otherwise provided in this Article,
nominate some other person eligible under this Article from his
district who shall be entitled to the scholarship for the
unexpired period thereof. Such appointment to an unexpired
scholarship vacated before July 1, 1961, may be made only by
the member of the General Assembly who made the original
appointment and during the time he is such a member. If a
scholarship is vacated on or after July 1, 1961, and the member
of the General Assembly who made the original appointment has
ceased to be a member, some eligible person may be nominated in
the following manner to fill the vacancy: If the original
appointment was made by a Senator, such nomination shall be
made by the Senator from the same district; if the original
appointment was made by a Representative, such nomination shall

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be made by the Representative from the same district. Every
nomination to fill a vacancy must be accompanied either by a
release of the original nominee or if he is dead then an
affidavit to that effect by some competent person. The failure
of a nominee to register at the university within 20 days after
the opening of any semester or term shall be deemed a release
by him of the nomination, unless he has been granted a leave of
absence in accordance with Section 30-14 or unless his absence
is by reason of his entry into the military service of the
United States. The university shall immediately upon the
expiration of 20 days after the beginning of the semester or
term notify the State Board of Education as to the status of
each scholarship, who shall forthwith notify the nominating
member of any nominee's failure to register or, if the
nominating member has ceased to be a member of the General
Assembly, shall notify the member or members entitled to make
the nomination to fill the vacancy. All nominations to unused
or unexpired scholarships shall be effective as of the opening
of the semester or term of the university during which they are
made if they are filed with the university during the first
half of the semester or term, otherwise they shall not be
effective until the opening of the next following semester or
term.
Beginning on July 1, 2011, no scholarships may be awarded
under this Section. However, a scholarship awarded under this
Section before July 1, 2011 is valid until its stated term

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expires, but may not be renewed.
(Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2011.