Bill Text: IL SB1475 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-11 - Assigned to Appropriations- Education [SB1475 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1475-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1475 Introduced 1/31/2025, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185
110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving.
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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
changing Section 5 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 185)
Sec. 5. The members of the Board shall serve without
compensation but they shall be reimbursed for their actual and
necessary traveling and other expenses while engaged in the
performance of their duties. A student member shall receive a
scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the
student member is enrolled at an institution of higher
education and serving as a student member of the Board. The
scholarship shall be payable to the institution of higher
education at which the student member is enrolled and may be
used for tuition and fees, books, and supplies.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3819.)
Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by
changing Section 2-5 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/2-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-5)
Sec. 2-5. Compensation and expenses of members. The

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members of the State Board shall serve without compensation
but they shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary
expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties. The
student member shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for
each semester in which the student member is enrolled at a
community college and serving as the student member of the
State Board. The scholarship shall be payable to the community
college at which the student member is enrolled and may be used
for tuition and fees, books, and supplies.
(Source: P.A. 96-910, eff. 7-1-10.)