HB2655
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2655
Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon -Booth
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
expenses of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows:
General Funds $ 773,765,600
Other State Funds $ 15,680,000
Federal Funds $ 227,560,235
Total $1,017,005,835
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AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
in the General Assembly: 3
ARTICLE 1 4
Section 5. The sum of $ 7,000,000, or so much thereof as 5
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 6
Assistance Commission from the Ge neral Revenue Fund to meet its 7
operational expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 202 4. 8
Section 10. The following named amount, or so much thereof 9
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 10
Fund to the Illinois Student Assista nce Commission for the 11
following purpose: 12
To support outreach, research, and 13
training activities .............................. 7,000,000 14
Section 15. The sum of $ 401,566,200, or so much thereof 15
as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 16
Assistance Commission f rom the General Revenue Fund for grant 17
awards to students eligible for the Monetary Award Program, as 18
provided by law, and for agency administrative and operational 19
costs not to exceed 2 percent of the total appropriation in 20 HB2655 -2- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
this Section. 1
Section 20. The sum of $300,000,000, or so much thereof 2
as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 3
Assistance Commission from the Education Assistance Fund for 4
grant awards to students eligible for the Monetary Award 5
Program, as provided by law, and f or agency administrative and 6
operational costs not to exceed 2 percent of the total 7
appropriation in this Section. 8
Section 25. The sum of $35,000,000, or so much thereof as 9
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 10
Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for 11
payments to eligible public universities for grants to students 12
pursuant to the AIM HIGH program. 13
Section 30. The sum of $150,000, or so much thereof as may 14
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 15
the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for costs associated 16
with providing grants to exonerated persons, as provided by 17
law. 18
Section 35. The sum of $26,400, or so much thereof as may 19
be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance 20
Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for costs 21 HB2655 -3- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
associated with the Veterans’ Home Medical Providers’ Loan 1
Repayment Program pursuant to Public Act 99 -0813. 2
Section 40. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may 3
be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance 4
Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for grants 5
to eligible nurse educators to use for payment of their 6
educational loan pursuant to Public Act 94 -1020. 7
Section 45. The following named sums, or so much thereof 8
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated from the 9
Education Assistance Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance 10
Commission for the following purposes: 11
Grants and Scholarships 12
For the payment of scholarships to students 13
who are children of police officers or firefighters 14
killed in the line of duty, or who are 15
dependents of correctional officers killed 16
or permanently disabled in the line of 17
duty, as provided by law ......................... 1,300,000 18
For payment of Minority Teacher Scholarships ......7,000,000 19
Total $8,300,000 20
Section 50. The sum of $6,498,000, or so much thereof as 21
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance 22 HB2655 -4- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to the 1
Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois program, as provided by law. 2
Section 55. The sum of $750,000, or so much thereof as may 3
be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance 4
Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to the 5
Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois program for the Golden Apple 6
Accelerators Program. 7
Section 60. The sum of $975,000, or so much thereof as may 8
be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance 9
Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the Loan 10
Repayment for Teachers Program. 11
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Section 65. The sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as may 13
be necessary, is appropriated from the ISAC Accounts Receivable 14
Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for costs 15
associated with the collection of delinquent scholarship awards 16
pursuant to the Illinois State Collection Ac t of 1986. 17
Section 70. The sum of $110,000, or so much thereof as may 18
be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 19
Assistance Commission from the University Grant Fund for 20
payment of grants for the Higher Education License Plate 21
Program, as provided by law. 22 HB2655 -5- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
Section 75. The following named sum, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Student 2
Assistance Commission Contracts and Grants Fund to the Illinois 3
Student Assistance Commission for the following purpos e: 4
To support outreach, research, and 5
training activities .............................. 5,000,000 6
Community Behavioral Health Care 7
Provider Loan Repayment Program ..................5,000,000 8
Section 80. The following named sum, or so much thereof 9
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Optometric 10
Licensing and Disciplinary Board Fund to the Illinois Student 11
Assistance Commission for the following purpose: 12
Grants and Scholarships 13
For payment of scholarships for the 14
Optometric Education Scholarship 15
Program, as provided by law ......................... 50,000 16
Section 85. The following named sum, or so much thereof 17
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the National Guard 18
and Naval Militia Grant Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance 19
Commission for the following purpose: 20
Grants and Scholarships 21
For payment of Illinois National Guard and 22 HB2655 -6- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
Naval Militia Scholarships 1
at State-controlled universities 2
and public community colleges in 3
Illinois to students eligible to 4
receive such awards, as provided by law .............20,000 5
Section 90. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may 6
be necessary, is appropriated from the Golden Apple Scholars 7
of Illinois Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission 8
for the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program, as provided 9
by law. 10
Section 95. The following named sums, or so much thereof 11
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 12
Illinois Student Assistance Commission from the Student Loan 13
Operating Fund for its ordinary and contingent expenses: 14
For Administration 15
For Personal Services ............................ 13,538,600 16
For State Contributions to State 17
Employees Retirement System ...................... 7,312,600 18
For State Contributions to 19
Social Security ................................ ..1,029,000 20
For State Contributions for 21
Employees Group Insurance ........................ 5,436,800 22
For Contractual Services ......................... 10,000,000 23 HB2655 -7- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
For Travel ................................ ..........311,000 1
For Commodities ................................ .....282,200 2
For Printing ................................ ........501,000 3
For Equipment ................................ .......540,000 4
For Telecommunications ............................ 1,897,900 5
For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 38,400 6
Total $40,887,500 7
Section 100. The sum of $1,500,000, or so much t hereof as 8
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 9
Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating Fund for 10
costs associated with Federal Loan System Development and 11
Maintenance. 12
Section 105. The sum of $1,000,000 or so much ther eof as 13
may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 14
Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating Fund for 15
costs associated with the Illinois Designated Account Purchase 16
Program. 17
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Section 110. The following named sum, or so much t hereof 19
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal 20
Congressional Teacher Scholarship Program Fund to the Illinois 21
Student Assistance Commission for the following purpose: 22
For transferring repayment funds collected 23 HB2655 -8- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
under the Paul Douglas Teach er Scholarship 1
Program to the U.S. Treasury ....................... 100,000 2
Section 115. The sum of $ 50,000,000, or so much thereof 3
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Student 4
Loan Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for 5
distribution when necessary as a result of the following: for 6
guarantees of loans that are uncollectible, for collection 7
payments to the Student Loan Operating Fund as required under 8
agreements with the United States Secretary of Education, for 9
payment to the Student Loan Op erating Fund for Default Aversion 10
Fees, for transfers to the U.S. Treasury, or for other 11
distributions as necessary and provided for under the Federal 12
Higher Education Act. 13
Section 120. The sum of $13,000,000, or so much thereof 14
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Student 15
Incentive Trust Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance 16
Commission for allowable uses of federal grant funds related 17
to college access, outreach, and training, including but not 18
limited to funds received under the fed eral Gaining Early 19
Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program. 20
Section 125. The sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as 21
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Student 22 HB2655 -9- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
Incentive Trust Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance 1
Commission for the John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment 2
Program. 3
Section 130. The sum of $114,000,000, or so much thereof 4
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Student Loan 5
Operating Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission 6
for financial assistance and administrative costs associated 7
with early childhood programs. 8
Section 135. The sum of $4,000,000, or so much thereof as 9
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Nursing Dedicated 10
and Professional Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance 11
Commission for expenses related to the Nursing Education 12
Scholarship Law. 13
Section 140. The sum of $1,100,000, or so much thereof as 14
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Energy Transition 15
Assistance Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission 16
for costs associated with providing grants to eligible 17
individuals, for costs pursuant to the Energy Transition Act. 18
Section 145. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as 19
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 20
to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for costs 21 HB2655 -10- OMB103 00143 MJH 45143 b
associated with Social Worker Scholarships a nd loan repayment 1
assistance. 2
ARTICLE 2 3
Section 5. The sum of $3,280,045, or so much thereof as 4
may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 5
on June 30, 2023, from an appropriation heretofore made for 6
such purpose in Article 138, S ection 400 of Public Act 102 -7
0698, as amended, is reappropriated from the State Coronavirus 8
Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Illinois Student 9
Assistance Commission for the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois 10
Program, for purposes permitted by Section 9901 of the American 11
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and related federal guidance. 12
Section 10. The sum of $3,492,690, or so much thereof as 13
may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 14
on June 30, 2023, from an appropriation heretofore mad e for 15
such purpose in Article 138, Section 405 of Public Act 102 -16
0698, as amended, is reappropriated from the State Coronavirus 17
Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Illinois Student 18
Assistance Commission for the Golden Apple Accelerators 19
Program, for purposes permitted by Section 9901 of the American 20
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and related federal guidance. 21
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 1
2023. 2