Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1097 Compare Versions

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	1	+	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
	2	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1097 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	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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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
7	15		5 amended by changing Section 62 as follows:
8	16		6 (110 ILCS 947/62)
9	17		7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-1100)
10	18		8 Sec. 62. Grants for exonerated persons.
11	19		9 (a) In this Section:
12	20		10 "Dependent" means a spouse, natural child, legally adopted
13	21		11 child, or child in the legal custody of an exonerated person.
14	22		12 "Exonerated person" means an individual who has received a
15	23		13 pardon from the Governor of the State of Illinois stating that
16	24		14 such a pardon is issued on the grounds of innocence of the
17	25		15 crime for which he or she was imprisoned or an individual who
18	26		16 has received a certificate of innocence from a circuit court
19	27		17 pursuant to Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
20	28		18 "Satisfactory academic progress" means the qualified
21	29		19 applicant's maintenance of minimum standards of academic
22	30		20 performance, consistent with requirements for maintaining
23	31		21 federal financial aid eligibility, as determined by the
24	32		22 institution of higher learning.
25	33		23 (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose,
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	37	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1097 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	38	+	110 ILCS 947/62 110 ILCS 947/62
	39	+	110 ILCS 947/62
	40	+	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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34	68		1 the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
35	69		2 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Both an
36	70		3 exonerated person and all of his or her dependents qualify to
37	71		4 receive a grant Recipients of grants issued by the Commission
38	72		5 in accordance with this Section must be exonerated persons.
39	73		6 Provided that the recipient is maintaining satisfactory
40	74		7 academic progress, the funds from the grant may be used to pay
41	75		8 up to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and
42	76		9 mandatory fees at any public university or public community
43	77		10 college located in this State for either full or part-time
44	78		11 study. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or graduate
45	79		12 study.
46	80		13 In addition, a qualified applicant an exonerated person
47	81		14 who has not yet received a high school diploma or a high school
48	82		15 equivalency certificate and completes a high school
49	83		16 equivalency preparation course through an Illinois Community
50	84		17 College Board-approved provider may use grant funds to pay
51	85		18 costs associated with obtaining a high school equivalency
52	86		19 certificate, including payment of the cost of the high school
53	87		20 equivalency test and up to one retest on each test module, and
54	88		21 any additional fees that may be required in order to obtain an
55	89		22 Illinois High School Equivalency Certificate or an official
56	90		23 transcript of test scores after successful completion of the
57	91		24 high school equivalency test.
58	92		25 (c) An applicant for a grant under this Section need not
59	93		26 demonstrate financial need to qualify for the benefits.
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70	104		1 (d) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to
71	105		2 implement and administer this Section.
72	106		3 (Source: P.A. 99-199, eff. 1-1-16.)
73	107		4 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-1100)
74	108		5 Sec. 62. Grants for exonerated persons.
75	109		6 (a) In this Section:
76	110		7 "Dependent" means a spouse, natural child, legally adopted
77	111		8 child, or child in the legal custody of an exonerated person.
78	112		9 "Exonerated person" means an individual who has received a
79	113		10 pardon from the Governor of the State of Illinois stating that
80	114		11 such a pardon is issued on the grounds of innocence of the
81	115		12 crime for which he or she was imprisoned or an individual who
82	116		13 has received a certificate of innocence from a circuit court
83	117		14 pursuant to Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
84	118		15 "Satisfactory academic progress" means the qualified
85	119		16 applicant's maintenance of minimum standards of academic
86	120		17 performance, consistent with requirements for maintaining
87	121		18 federal financial aid eligibility, as determined by the
88	122		19 institution of higher learning.
89	123		20 (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose,
90	124		21 the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
91	125		22 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Both an
92	126		23 exonerated person and all of his or her dependents qualify to
93	127		24 receive a grant Recipients of grants issued by the Commission
94	128		25 in accordance with this Section must be exonerated persons.
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105	139		1 Provided that the recipient is maintaining satisfactory
106	140		2 academic progress, the funds from the grant may be used to pay
107	141		3 up to 8 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and
108	142		4 mandatory fees at any public university or public community
109	143		5 college located in this State for either full or part-time
110	144		6 study. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or graduate
111	145		7 study.
112	146		8 In addition, a qualified applicant an exonerated person
113	147		9 who has not yet received a high school diploma or a State of
114	148		10 Illinois High School Diploma and completes a high school
115	149		11 equivalency preparation course through an Illinois Community
116	150		12 College Board-approved provider may use grant funds to pay
117	151		13 costs associated with obtaining a State of Illinois High
118	152		14 School Diploma, including payment of the cost of the high
119	153		15 school equivalency test and up to one retest on each test
120	154		16 module, and any additional fees that may be required in order
121	155		17 to obtain a State of Illinois High School Diploma or an
122	156		18 official transcript of test scores after successful completion
123	157		19 of the high school equivalency test.
124	158		20 (c) An applicant for a grant under this Section need not
125	159		21 demonstrate financial need to qualify for the benefits.
126	160		22 (d) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to
127	161		23 implement and administer this Section.
128	162		24 (Source: P.A. 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23.)
129	163		25 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
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140	174		1 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
141	175		2 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
142	176		3 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
143	177		4 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
144	178		5 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
145	179		6 Public Act.
146	180		7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
147	181		8 2023.
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