Bill Text: IL HB5325 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to receive and consider applications for grant assistance for disproportionately underrepresented teachers. Provides that a student qualifies for a disproportionately underrepresented teacher grant if he or she: (i) is a graduate of a public or nonpublic high school; (ii) is a member of a population that is disproportionately underrepresented in the teacher-to-student ratio in the State; (iii) is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a public or private university in undergraduate studies in teacher education or in an approved educator preparation program; and (iv) intends to obtain an educator license. Sets forth additional provisions of the grant. Effective July 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5325 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5325-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5325 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/65.110 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to receive and consider applications for grant assistance for disproportionately underrepresented teachers. Provides that a student qualifies for a disproportionately underrepresented teacher grant if he or she: (i) is a graduate of a public or nonpublic high school; (ii) is a member of a population that is disproportionately underrepresented in the teacher-to-student ratio in the State; (iii) is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a public or private university in undergraduate studies in teacher education or in an approved educator preparation program; and (iv) intends to obtain an educator license. Sets forth additional provisions of the grant. Effective July 1, 2020.
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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 65.110 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.110 new)
Sec. 65.110. Disproportionately underrepresented teacher
grants.
(a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
applications for grant assistance for disproportionately
underrepresented teachers under this Section. An applicant is
eligible to receive a grant under this Section if the
Commission determines that the applicant:
(1) is a graduate of a public or nonpublic high school
located in this State;
(2) is a member of a population that is
disproportionately underrepresented in the
teacher-to-student ratio in this State;
(3) is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a public
university or nonpublic college or university located in
this State in undergraduate studies in teacher education or
in an educator preparation program approved by the State
Board of Education;

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(4) intends to obtain an educator license under Article
21B of the School Code.
(b) An applicant who is determined by the Commission to be
eligible for a grant under this Section shall receive, subject
to appropriation, a renewable grant of $5,000 to be applied to
tuition and mandatory fees and paid directly to the college or
university at which the applicant is enrolled. A grant awarded
under this Section may be renewed for a total of up to 4 years
of enrollment if the recipient maintains eligibility for the
grant and satisfactory academic progress at the college or
university at which the recipient is enrolled.
(c) A grant under this Section, subject to appropriation,
may be awarded to no more than 200 first-time recipients per
year, and no more than 800 grants may be funded at any one
time.
(d) If a recipient of a grant under this Section fails to
obtain an educator license under Article 21B of the School
Code, the recipient shall repay the amount of all grants
received. The Commission shall set forth conditions when
repayment under this subsection of the amount received by a
recipient may be waived or partially waived.
(e) The Commission shall adopt rules necessary and proper
to effectively implement this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2020.