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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 75
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| WHEREAS, The current distressing national, regional, and |
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| State economic climates serve as the collective impetus for a |
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| re-examination of State appropriations practices; and
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| WHEREAS, The wisdom of a renewed focus on best-spending |
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| practices throughout all aspects of State appropriations and |
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| expenditures is warranted; and
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| WHEREAS, The aim of the Monetary Award Program should be to |
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| provide the most practical assistance possible in facilitating |
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| Illinois students' access and choice in opening realistic |
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| vistas of higher education; and
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| WHEREAS, Feasible new alternatives must always be |
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| judiciously explored by those empowered by the public trust |
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| with the responsibility of dispensing the public funds; and
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| WHEREAS, On December 9, 2008, the Board of Higher Education |
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| unanimously endorsed the "Public Agenda for College and Career |
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| Success", which codified the goal, among others, of matching |
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| Illinois' educational attainment to the best-performing U.S. |
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| states and world countries, as the blueprint to guide education |
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| policy in this State for the next decade; and
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| WHEREAS, The "Public Agenda for College and Career Success" |
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| cites, among several other barriers to the stated goal, both |
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| the diminished buying power of the Monetary Award Program grant |
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| and the denial of Monetary Award Program grant awards to |
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| one-fourth of eligible students; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Board of Higher Education, |
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| in consultation with the Illinois Student Assistance |
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| Commission, the Illinois Community College Board, and any other |
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| appropriate entity, shall undertake a study of the most |
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| practical methodology to improve the efficiency and |
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| sustainability of the Monetary Award Program that includes all |
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| of the following: |
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| (1) a review of the success rates of all Monetary Award |
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| Program recipients, as defined by either degree completion |
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| or skill set attainment; |
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| (2) demographics of MAP recipients regarding the |
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| disbursement of Monetary Award Program funds between and |
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| among public, private, and proprietary institutions; |
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| (3) potential steps to maximize efficiencies by the |
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| Illinois Student Assistance Commission in the delivery of |
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| student financial aid; |
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| (4) the feasibility of re-structuring Monetary Award
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| Program eligibility to maximize the educational impact and |
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| economic efficiency of MAP expenditures;
and
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| (5) the relationship of State appropriations for |
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| public university and community college operations, |
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| tuition and fees, and funding of the Monetary Award |
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| Program; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Board of Higher Education shall |
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| prepare a report with the findings and recommendations on |
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| improving the efficiency and sustainability of the Monetary |
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| Award Program and submit that report to the General Assembly no |
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| later than February 28, 2010; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to the chairpersons of the Illinois Board of Higher |
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| Education, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the |
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| Illinois Community College Board.
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