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
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2510 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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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 35 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 947/35)
7 Sec. 35. Monetary award program.
8 (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
9 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Subject
10 to a separate appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is
11 eligible for a grant under this Section when the Commission
12 finds that the applicant:
13 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
14 permanent resident of the United States;
15 (2) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in
16 a qualified institution for the purpose of obtaining a
17 degree, certificate, or other credential offered by the
18 institution, as applicable; and
19 (3) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
20 deterred by financial considerations from completing an
21 educational program at the qualified institution of his or
22 her choice.
23 (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2510 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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1 student's application and upon the Commission's finding that
2 the applicant:
3 (1) has remained a student in good standing;
4 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
5 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
6 warrant assistance.
7 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
8 necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
9 amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest
10 of the following amounts:
11 (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year
12 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, $6,468 for fiscal year
13 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
14 2022, and $8,508 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year
15 thereafter, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
16 to be available, during an academic year;
17 (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters
18 tuition and other necessary fees required generally by the
19 institution of all full-time undergraduate students; or
20 (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be
21 appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
22 resources.
23 Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for
24 students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c)
25 must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made
26 by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of
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1 this subsection (c).
2 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
3 include the customary charge for instruction and use of
4 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
5 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
6 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
7 grant applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees
8 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
9 deposits which are refundable in whole or in part. The
10 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
11 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
12 tuition and other necessary fees.
13 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
14 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for
15 monetary award program consideration under this Act after
16 receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135
17 semester credit hours of award payments. However, an applicant
18 enrolled in a certificate program offered by a public
19 community college may continue to be eligible for monetary
20 award program consideration under this Act until the
21 completion of the certificate program even if he or she has
22 exceeded this limitation.
23 (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means
24 a student attending an institution of higher learning who
25 received a Monetary Award Program grant during the prior
26 academic year. Beginning with the processing of applications
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1 for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commission shall annually
2 publish a priority deadline date for renewing applicants.
3 Subject to appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by
4 the published priority deadline date shall receive a grant if
5 he or she continues to meet the eligibility requirements under
6 this Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the
7 priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5)
8 shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if
9 sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that
10 date.
11 (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to
12 be offered, shall take into consideration past experience with
13 the rate of grant funds unclaimed by recipients. The
14 Commission shall notify applicants that grant assistance is
15 contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
16 (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is
17 an important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to
18 facilitate access to college both for students who pursue
19 postsecondary education immediately following high school and
20 for those who pursue postsecondary education later in life,
21 particularly Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with
22 financial need and who are seeking to improve their economic
23 position through education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
24 academic years, the Commission shall give additional and
25 specific consideration to the needs of dislocated workers with
26 the intent of allowing applicants who are dislocated workers
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1 an opportunity to secure financial assistance even if applying
2 later than the general pool of applicants. The Commission's
3 consideration shall include, in determining the number of
4 grants to be offered, an estimate of the resources needed to
5 serve dislocated workers who apply after the Commission
6 initially suspends award announcements for the upcoming
7 regular academic year, but prior to the beginning of that
8 academic year. For the purposes of this subsection (e-5), a
9 dislocated worker is defined as in the federal Workforce
10 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
11 (f) (Blank).
12 (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and
13 make grants to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit
14 institutions in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
15 Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at such
16 for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
17 (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to
18 eligible first-time freshmen and first-time transfer
19 students who have attained an associate degree.
20 (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to
21 eligible freshmen students, transfer students who have
22 attained an associate degree, and students who receive a
23 grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and
24 whose grants are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
25 (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all
26 eligible students.
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1 (h) The Commission may award a grant to an eligible
2 applicant enrolled at an Illinois public institution of higher
3 learning in a program that will culminate in the award of an
4 occupational or career and technical certificate as that term
5 is defined in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1501.301.
6 (i) The Commission may adopt rules to implement this
7 Section.
8 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.
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