103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1097 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/62 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the dependents of an exonerated person to receive a grant for exonerated persons. Effective July 1, 2023. LRB103 04841 RJT 49851 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1097 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/62 110 ILCS 947/62 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the dependents of an exonerated person to receive a grant for exonerated persons. Effective July 1, 2023. LRB103 04841 RJT 49851 b LRB103 04841 RJT 49851 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1097 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/62 110 ILCS 947/62
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the dependents of an exonerated person to receive a grant for exonerated persons. Effective July 1, 2023.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
5 amended by changing Section 62 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 947/62)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-1100)
8 Sec. 62. Grants for exonerated persons.
9 (a) In this Section:
10 "Dependent" means a spouse, natural child, legally adopted
11 child, or child in the legal custody of an exonerated person.
12 "Exonerated person" means an individual who has received a
13 pardon from the Governor of the State of Illinois stating that
14 such a pardon is issued on the grounds of innocence of the
15 crime for which he or she was imprisoned or an individual who
16 has received a certificate of innocence from a circuit court
17 pursuant to Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
18 "Satisfactory academic progress" means the qualified
19 applicant's maintenance of minimum standards of academic
20 performance, consistent with requirements for maintaining
21 federal financial aid eligibility, as determined by the
22 institution of higher learning.
23 (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose,
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1097 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/62 110 ILCS 947/62
110 ILCS 947/62
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the dependents of an exonerated person to receive a grant for exonerated persons. Effective July 1, 2023.
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1 the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
2 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Both an
3 exonerated person and all of his or her dependents qualify to
4 receive a grant Recipients of grants issued by the Commission
5 in accordance with this Section must be exonerated persons.
6 Provided that the recipient is maintaining satisfactory
7 academic progress, the funds from the grant may be used to pay
8 up to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and
9 mandatory fees at any public university or public community
10 college located in this State for either full or part-time
11 study. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or graduate
12 study.
13 In addition, a qualified applicant an exonerated person
14 who has not yet received a high school diploma or a high school
15 equivalency certificate and completes a high school
16 equivalency preparation course through an Illinois Community
17 College Board-approved provider may use grant funds to pay
18 costs associated with obtaining a high school equivalency
19 certificate, including payment of the cost of the high school
20 equivalency test and up to one retest on each test module, and
21 any additional fees that may be required in order to obtain an
22 Illinois High School Equivalency Certificate or an official
23 transcript of test scores after successful completion of the
24 high school equivalency test.
25 (c) An applicant for a grant under this Section need not
26 demonstrate financial need to qualify for the benefits.
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1 (d) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to
2 implement and administer this Section.
3 (Source: P.A. 99-199, eff. 1-1-16.)
4 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-1100)
5 Sec. 62. Grants for exonerated persons.
6 (a) In this Section:
7 "Dependent" means a spouse, natural child, legally adopted
8 child, or child in the legal custody of an exonerated person.
9 "Exonerated person" means an individual who has received a
10 pardon from the Governor of the State of Illinois stating that
11 such a pardon is issued on the grounds of innocence of the
12 crime for which he or she was imprisoned or an individual who
13 has received a certificate of innocence from a circuit court
14 pursuant to Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
15 "Satisfactory academic progress" means the qualified
16 applicant's maintenance of minimum standards of academic
17 performance, consistent with requirements for maintaining
18 federal financial aid eligibility, as determined by the
19 institution of higher learning.
20 (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose,
21 the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
22 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Both an
23 exonerated person and all of his or her dependents qualify to
24 receive a grant Recipients of grants issued by the Commission
25 in accordance with this Section must be exonerated persons.
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1 Provided that the recipient is maintaining satisfactory
2 academic progress, the funds from the grant may be used to pay
3 up to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and
4 mandatory fees at any public university or public community
5 college located in this State for either full or part-time
6 study. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or graduate
7 study.
8 In addition, a qualified applicant an exonerated person
9 who has not yet received a high school diploma or a State of
10 Illinois High School Diploma and completes a high school
11 equivalency preparation course through an Illinois Community
12 College Board-approved provider may use grant funds to pay
13 costs associated with obtaining a State of Illinois High
14 School Diploma, including payment of the cost of the high
15 school equivalency test and up to one retest on each test
16 module, and any additional fees that may be required in order
17 to obtain a State of Illinois High School Diploma or an
18 official transcript of test scores after successful completion
19 of the high school equivalency test.
20 (c) An applicant for a grant under this Section need not
21 demonstrate financial need to qualify for the benefits.
22 (d) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to
23 implement and administer this Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23.)
25 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
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1 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
2 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
3 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
4 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
5 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
6 Public Act.
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
8 2023.
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