103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2593 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Under the monetary award program, provides for the awarding of grants to students enrolled in dual credit coursework pursuant to a partnership agreement between a school district and a community college district. Provides that a grant may be applied only to the costs of tuition and other necessary fees charged for the coursework and the student must complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Effective immediately. LRB103 25617 RJT 51966 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2593 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Under the monetary award program, provides for the awarding of grants to students enrolled in dual credit coursework pursuant to a partnership agreement between a school district and a community college district. Provides that a grant may be applied only to the costs of tuition and other necessary fees charged for the coursework and the student must complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Effective immediately. LRB103 25617 RJT 51966 b LRB103 25617 RJT 51966 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2593 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Under the monetary award program, provides for the awarding of grants to students enrolled in dual credit coursework pursuant to a partnership agreement between a school district and a community college district. Provides that a grant may be applied only to the costs of tuition and other necessary fees charged for the coursework and the student must complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. 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 or from enrolling in dual credit coursework
23 pursuant to Section 16 of the Dual Credit Quality Act.
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2593 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Under the monetary award program, provides for the awarding of grants to students enrolled in dual credit coursework pursuant to a partnership agreement between a school district and a community college district. Provides that a grant may be applied only to the costs of tuition and other necessary fees charged for the coursework and the student must complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Effective immediately.
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1 (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the
2 student's application and upon the Commission's finding that
3 the applicant:
4 (1) has remained a student in good standing;
5 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
6 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
7 warrant assistance.
8 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
9 necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
10 amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest
11 of the following amounts:
12 (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year
13 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, $6,468 for fiscal year
14 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
15 2022, and $8,508 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year
16 thereafter, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
17 to be available, during an academic year;
18 (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters
19 tuition and other necessary fees required generally by the
20 institution of all full-time undergraduate students; or
21 (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be
22 appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
23 resources.
24 Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for
25 students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c)
26 must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made
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1 by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of
2 this subsection (c).
3 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
4 include the customary charge for instruction and use of
5 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
6 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
7 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
8 grant applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees
9 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
10 deposits which are refundable in whole or in part. The
11 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
12 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
13 tuition and other necessary fees.
14 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
15 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for
16 monetary award program consideration under this Act after
17 receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135
18 semester credit hours of award payments.
19 (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means
20 a student attending an institution of higher learning or
21 enrolled in dual credit coursework pursuant to Section 16 of
22 the Dual Credit Quality Act who received a Monetary Award
23 Program grant during the prior academic year. Beginning with
24 the processing of applications for the 2020-2021 academic
25 year, the Commission shall annually publish a priority
26 deadline date for renewing applicants. Subject to
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1 appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by the published
2 priority deadline date shall receive a grant if he or she
3 continues to meet the eligibility requirements under this
4 Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the
5 priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5)
6 shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if
7 sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that
8 date.
9 (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to
10 be offered, shall take into consideration past experience with
11 the rate of grant funds unclaimed by recipients. The
12 Commission shall notify applicants that grant assistance is
13 contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
14 (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is
15 an important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to
16 facilitate access to college both for students who pursue
17 postsecondary education immediately following high school and
18 for those who pursue postsecondary education later in life,
19 particularly Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with
20 financial need and who are seeking to improve their economic
21 position through education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
22 academic years, the Commission shall give additional and
23 specific consideration to the needs of dislocated workers with
24 the intent of allowing applicants who are dislocated workers
25 an opportunity to secure financial assistance even if applying
26 later than the general pool of applicants. The Commission's
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1 consideration shall include, in determining the number of
2 grants to be offered, an estimate of the resources needed to
3 serve dislocated workers who apply after the Commission
4 initially suspends award announcements for the upcoming
5 regular academic year, but prior to the beginning of that
6 academic year. For the purposes of this subsection (e-5), a
7 dislocated worker is defined as in the federal Workforce
8 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
9 (f) (Blank).
10 (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and
11 make grants to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit
12 institutions in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
13 Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at such
14 for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
15 (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to
16 eligible first-time freshmen and first-time transfer
17 students who have attained an associate degree.
18 (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to
19 eligible freshmen students, transfer students who have
20 attained an associate degree, and students who receive a
21 grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and
22 whose grants are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
23 (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all
24 eligible students.
25 (g-5) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of
26 and make grants to applicants enrolled in dual credit
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1 coursework pursuant to Section 16 of the Dual Credit Quality
2 Act, subject to the following requirements:
3 (1) A grant may be applied only to the costs of tuition
4 and other necessary fees charged for the coursework.
5 (2) The applicant must complete and submit a Free
6 Application for Federal Student Aid.
7 (h) The Commission may award a grant to an eligible
8 applicant enrolled at an Illinois public institution of higher
9 learning in a program that will culminate in the award of an
10 occupational or career and technical certificate as that term
11 is defined in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1501.301.
12 (i) The Commission may adopt rules to implement this
13 Section.
14 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.
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