Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2593 Compare Versions

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1	1	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
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5	5	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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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 or from enrolling in dual credit coursework
33	33	23 pursuant to Section 16 of the Dual Credit Quality Act.
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2593 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	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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68	68	1 (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the
69	69	2 student's application and upon the Commission's finding that
70	70	3 the applicant:
71	71	4 (1) has remained a student in good standing;
72	72	5 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
73	73	6 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
74	74	7 warrant assistance.
75	75	8 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
76	76	9 necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
77	77	10 amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest
78	78	11 of the following amounts:
79	79	12 (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year
80	80	13 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, $6,468 for fiscal year
81	81	14 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
82	82	15 2022, and $8,508 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year
83	83	16 thereafter, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
84	84	17 to be available, during an academic year;
85	85	18 (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters
86	86	19 tuition and other necessary fees required generally by the
87	87	20 institution of all full-time undergraduate students; or
88	88	21 (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be
89	89	22 appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
90	90	23 resources.
91	91	24 Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for
92	92	25 students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c)
93	93	26 must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made
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104	104	1 by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of
105	105	2 this subsection (c).
106	106	3 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
107	107	4 include the customary charge for instruction and use of
108	108	5 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
109	109	6 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
110	110	7 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
111	111	8 grant applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees
112	112	9 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
113	113	10 deposits which are refundable in whole or in part. The
114	114	11 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
115	115	12 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
116	116	13 tuition and other necessary fees.
117	117	14 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
118	118	15 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for
119	119	16 monetary award program consideration under this Act after
120	120	17 receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135
121	121	18 semester credit hours of award payments.
122	122	19 (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means
123	123	20 a student attending an institution of higher learning or
124	124	21 enrolled in dual credit coursework pursuant to Section 16 of
125	125	22 the Dual Credit Quality Act who received a Monetary Award
126	126	23 Program grant during the prior academic year. Beginning with
127	127	24 the processing of applications for the 2020-2021 academic
128	128	25 year, the Commission shall annually publish a priority
129	129	26 deadline date for renewing applicants. Subject to
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140	140	1 appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by the published
141	141	2 priority deadline date shall receive a grant if he or she
142	142	3 continues to meet the eligibility requirements under this
143	143	4 Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the
144	144	5 priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5)
145	145	6 shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if
146	146	7 sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that
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148	148	9 (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to
149	149	10 be offered, shall take into consideration past experience with
150	150	11 the rate of grant funds unclaimed by recipients. The
151	151	12 Commission shall notify applicants that grant assistance is
152	152	13 contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
153	153	14 (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is
154	154	15 an important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to
155	155	16 facilitate access to college both for students who pursue
156	156	17 postsecondary education immediately following high school and
157	157	18 for those who pursue postsecondary education later in life,
158	158	19 particularly Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with
159	159	20 financial need and who are seeking to improve their economic
160	160	21 position through education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
161	161	22 academic years, the Commission shall give additional and
162	162	23 specific consideration to the needs of dislocated workers with
163	163	24 the intent of allowing applicants who are dislocated workers
164	164	25 an opportunity to secure financial assistance even if applying
165	165	26 later than the general pool of applicants. The Commission's
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176	176	1 consideration shall include, in determining the number of
177	177	2 grants to be offered, an estimate of the resources needed to
178	178	3 serve dislocated workers who apply after the Commission
179	179	4 initially suspends award announcements for the upcoming
180	180	5 regular academic year, but prior to the beginning of that
181	181	6 academic year. For the purposes of this subsection (e-5), a
182	182	7 dislocated worker is defined as in the federal Workforce
183	183	8 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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185	185	10 (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and
186	186	11 make grants to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit
187	187	12 institutions in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
188	188	13 Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at such
189	189	14 for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
190	190	15 (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to
191	191	16 eligible first-time freshmen and first-time transfer
192	192	17 students who have attained an associate degree.
193	193	18 (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to
194	194	19 eligible freshmen students, transfer students who have
195	195	20 attained an associate degree, and students who receive a
196	196	21 grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and
197	197	22 whose grants are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
198	198	23 (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all
199	199	24 eligible students.
200	200	25 (g-5) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of
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212	212	1 coursework pursuant to Section 16 of the Dual Credit Quality
213	213	2 Act, subject to the following requirements:
214	214	3 (1) A grant may be applied only to the costs of tuition
215	215	4 and other necessary fees charged for the coursework.
216	216	5 (2) The applicant must complete and submit a Free
217	217	6 Application for Federal Student Aid.
218	218	7 (h) The Commission may award a grant to an eligible
219	219	8 applicant enrolled at an Illinois public institution of higher
220	220	9 learning in a program that will culminate in the award of an
221	221	10 occupational or career and technical certificate as that term
222	222	11 is defined in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1501.301.
223	223	12 (i) The Commission may adopt rules to implement this
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225	225	14 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
226	226	15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
227	227	16 becoming law.
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