Bill Text: IL SB3564 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to receive and consider applications for legacy scholarships. Provides that an applicant is eligible for a scholarship if, among other conditions, (i) he or she has been accepted for undergraduate enrollment at a public university in this State, (ii) he or she is considered a non-resident of this State for tuition purposes, and (iii) he or she has a parent or step-parent who has earned a bachelor's, graduate, doctorate, or professional degree from the university and is an active member of the university's alumni association. Sets forth provisions concerning the amount and payment of scholarship assistance, the automatic renewal of scholarships, administration, and rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3564 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3564-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB3564 Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/65.100 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to receive and consider applications for legacy scholarships. Provides that an applicant is eligible for a scholarship if, among other conditions, (i) he or she has been accepted for undergraduate enrollment at a public university in this State, (ii) he or she is considered a non-resident of this State for tuition purposes, and (iii) he or she has a parent or step-parent who has earned a bachelor's, graduate, doctorate, or professional degree from the university and is an active member of the university's alumni association. Sets forth provisions concerning the amount and payment of scholarship assistance, the automatic renewal of scholarships, administration, and rulemaking. Effective July 1, 2018.
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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 65.100 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.100 new)
Sec. 65.100. Legacy scholarships.
(a) Twice a year, the Commission shall receive and consider
applications for scholarship assistance under this Section.
The deadline to apply for the fall semester is March 1. The
deadline to apply for the spring semester is December 1. An
applicant is eligible for a scholarship under this Section if
the Commission finds that the applicant meets all of the
following qualifications:
(1) The applicant is a United States citizen or
eligible noncitizen.
(2) The applicant has been accepted for undergraduate
enrollment at a public university in this State and will be
enrolled as a full-time student at that university.
(3) The applicant is considered a non-resident of this
State for tuition purposes.
(4) The applicant's parent or step-parent meets both of
the following qualifications:

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(A) The parent or step-parent has earned a
bachelor's, graduate, doctorate, or professional
degree from the public university at which the
applicant will be enrolled. Completion of a medical
residency does not qualify as a degree under this
subparagraph (A).
(B) That same parent or step-parent is an active
member of the university's alumni association.
All applications for scholarship assistance to be awarded
under this Section shall be made to the Commission in a form as
set forth by 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 eligible applicants to submit with their applications
such supporting documents as the Commission deems necessary.
The Commission shall select scholarship recipients from among
eligible applicants.
(b) Subject to the other provisions of this Section, the
scholarship amount awarded to a recipient under this Section
shall be as follows:
(1) For a recipient with (i) a total score of 1420 or
higher on the SAT college admissions test or a composite
score of 31 or higher on the ACT national college
admissions examination and (ii) an unweighted cumulative
grade point average from high school of 3.5 or higher on a
4.0 scale (or the equivalent as determined by the

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Commission), the scholarship amount per academic year
shall equal the difference between the university's annual
tuition charge for residents of this State and the annual
tuition charge for non-residents of this State, based upon
the student's academic major.
(2) For a recipient with (i) a total score of 1310 or
higher but less than 1420 on the SAT college admissions
test or a composite score of 28 or higher but less than 31
on the ACT national college admissions examination and (ii)
an unweighted cumulative grade point average from high
school of 3.0 or higher but less than 3.5 on a 4.0 scale
(or the equivalent as determined by the Commission), the
scholarship amount shall equal $4,500 per academic year.
(3) For any other recipient, the scholarship amount
shall equal $3,000 per academic year.
The minimum test score requirements under this subsection
(b) are based on the total or composite score from one test
date. The Commission may not consider combined scores from 2 or
more test dates.
(c) The Commission shall automatically renew a scholarship
awarded under this Section each semester upon verification
that:
(1) the scholarship recipient is enrolled full-time at
the university and continues to be considered a
non-resident of this State for tuition purposes;
(2) the scholarship recipient has a cumulative grade

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point average at the university of 3.3 or higher on a 4.0
scale (or the equivalent as determined by the Commission);
and
(3) the qualifying parent or step-parent of the
scholarship recipient remains an active member of the
university's alumni association.
(d) In any given academic year, the total amount of
scholarship assistance awarded to an individual under this
Section, when added to other financial assistance awarded to
that individual for that year, shall not exceed that year's
cost of attendance at the university.
(e) A recipient may receive up to 8 semesters of
scholarship assistance under this Section. However, if a
scholarship recipient transferred to the university from
another higher education institution, then the total number of
semesters of scholarship assistance he or she may receive under
this subsection (e) shall be reduced by the number of semesters
he or she was enrolled at any other higher education
institution.
(f) Subject to a separate appropriation made for such
purposes, payment of any scholarship awarded under this Section
shall be determined by the Commission. All scholarship funds
distributed in accordance with this Section shall be paid to
the university on behalf of the recipients. Scholarship funds
are applicable toward one semester of enrollment within an
academic year.

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(g) The Commission shall administer the scholarship
program established by this Section and shall make all
necessary and proper rules not inconsistent with this Section
for its effective implementation.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2018.