Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2510 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2510 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an applicant enrolled in a certificate program offered by a public community college is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant until he or she completes the certificate program. Effective immediately. LRB103 29799 RJT 56206 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2510 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an applicant enrolled in a certificate program offered by a public community college is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant until he or she completes the certificate program. Effective immediately. LRB103 29799 RJT 56206 b LRB103 29799 RJT 56206 b A BILL FOR
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
16	16	6 (110 ILCS 947/35)
17	17	7 Sec. 35. Monetary award program.
18	18	8 (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
19	19	9 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Subject
20	20	10 to a separate appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is
21	21	11 eligible for a grant under this Section when the Commission
22	22	12 finds that the applicant:
23	23	13 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
24	24	14 permanent resident of the United States;
25	25	15 (2) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in
26	26	16 a qualified institution for the purpose of obtaining a
27	27	17 degree, certificate, or other credential offered by the
28	28	18 institution, as applicable; and
29	29	19 (3) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
30	30	20 deterred by financial considerations from completing an
31	31	21 educational program at the qualified institution of his or
32	32	22 her choice.
33	33	23 (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2510 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 student's application and upon the Commission's finding that
69	69	2 the applicant:
70	70	3 (1) has remained a student in good standing;
71	71	4 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
72	72	5 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
73	73	6 warrant assistance.
74	74	7 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
75	75	8 necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
76	76	9 amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest
77	77	10 of the following amounts:
78	78	11 (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year
79	79	12 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, $6,468 for fiscal year
80	80	13 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
81	81	14 2022, and $8,508 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year
82	82	15 thereafter, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
83	83	16 to be available, during an academic year;
84	84	17 (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters
85	85	18 tuition and other necessary fees required generally by the
86	86	19 institution of all full-time undergraduate students; or
87	87	20 (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be
88	88	21 appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
89	89	22 resources.
90	90	23 Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for
91	91	24 students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c)
92	92	25 must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made
93	93	26 by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of
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104	104	1 this subsection (c).
105	105	2 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
106	106	3 include the customary charge for instruction and use of
107	107	4 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
108	108	5 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
109	109	6 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
110	110	7 grant applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees
111	111	8 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
112	112	9 deposits which are refundable in whole or in part. The
113	113	10 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
114	114	11 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
115	115	12 tuition and other necessary fees.
116	116	13 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
117	117	14 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for
118	118	15 monetary award program consideration under this Act after
119	119	16 receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135
120	120	17 semester credit hours of award payments. However, an applicant
121	121	18 enrolled in a certificate program offered by a public
122	122	19 community college may continue to be eligible for monetary
123	123	20 award program consideration under this Act until the
124	124	21 completion of the certificate program even if he or she has
125	125	22 exceeded this limitation.
126	126	23 (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means
127	127	24 a student attending an institution of higher learning who
128	128	25 received a Monetary Award Program grant during the prior
129	129	26 academic year. Beginning with the processing of applications
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140	140	1 for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commission shall annually
141	141	2 publish a priority deadline date for renewing applicants.
142	142	3 Subject to appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by
143	143	4 the published priority deadline date shall receive a grant if
144	144	5 he or she continues to meet the eligibility requirements under
145	145	6 this Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the
146	146	7 priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5)
147	147	8 shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if
148	148	9 sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that
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150	150	11 (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to
151	151	12 be offered, shall take into consideration past experience with
152	152	13 the rate of grant funds unclaimed by recipients. The
153	153	14 Commission shall notify applicants that grant assistance is
154	154	15 contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
155	155	16 (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is
156	156	17 an important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to
157	157	18 facilitate access to college both for students who pursue
158	158	19 postsecondary education immediately following high school and
159	159	20 for those who pursue postsecondary education later in life,
160	160	21 particularly Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with
161	161	22 financial need and who are seeking to improve their economic
162	162	23 position through education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
163	163	24 academic years, the Commission shall give additional and
164	164	25 specific consideration to the needs of dislocated workers with
165	165	26 the intent of allowing applicants who are dislocated workers
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176	176	1 an opportunity to secure financial assistance even if applying
177	177	2 later than the general pool of applicants. The Commission's
178	178	3 consideration shall include, in determining the number of
179	179	4 grants to be offered, an estimate of the resources needed to
180	180	5 serve dislocated workers who apply after the Commission
181	181	6 initially suspends award announcements for the upcoming
182	182	7 regular academic year, but prior to the beginning of that
183	183	8 academic year. For the purposes of this subsection (e-5), a
184	184	9 dislocated worker is defined as in the federal Workforce
185	185	10 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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187	187	12 (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and
188	188	13 make grants to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit
189	189	14 institutions in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
190	190	15 Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at such
191	191	16 for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
192	192	17 (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to
193	193	18 eligible first-time freshmen and first-time transfer
194	194	19 students who have attained an associate degree.
195	195	20 (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to
196	196	21 eligible freshmen students, transfer students who have
197	197	22 attained an associate degree, and students who receive a
198	198	23 grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and
199	199	24 whose grants are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
200	200	25 (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all
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212	212	1 (h) The Commission may award a grant to an eligible
213	213	2 applicant enrolled at an Illinois public institution of higher
214	214	3 learning in a program that will culminate in the award of an
215	215	4 occupational or career and technical certificate as that term
216	216	5 is defined in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1501.301.
217	217	6 (i) The Commission may adopt rules to implement this
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219	219	8 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
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