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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0093 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. With regard to the Monetary Award Program, provides that, in addition to other eligibility requirements for applicants of the grant program enrolled at a qualified for-profit institution, the following shall apply to the qualified for-profit institution in which the applicant is enrolled: (i) beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, a qualified for-profit institution may not exceed a 15% national 3-year student loan cohort default rate, as published by the U.S. Department of Education, and (ii) beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, a qualified for-profit institution must maintain an 80% student success rate; defines "student success rate". Provides that a for-profit institution's failure to meet those eligibility requirements shall result in a probationary academic year during which the institution is required to notify all current and prospective students eligible for Monetary Award Program grants of the student's possibility of losing that eligibility. Provides that if the institution fails to meet the for-profit institution eligibility requirements for 2 consecutive academic years, an applicant enrolled at the institution must lose Monetary Award Program grant eligibility and for a student to regain Monetary Award Program grant eligibility at that institution, the institution must meet the for-profit institution eligibility requirements for at least 2 consecutive academic years. Effective immediately. LRB103 25597 RJT 51946 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0093 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. With regard to the Monetary Award Program, provides that, in addition to other eligibility requirements for applicants of the grant program enrolled at a qualified for-profit institution, the following shall apply to the qualified for-profit institution in which the applicant is enrolled: (i) beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, a qualified for-profit institution may not exceed a 15% national 3-year student loan cohort default rate, as published by the U.S. Department of Education, and (ii) beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, a qualified for-profit institution must maintain an 80% student success rate; defines "student success rate". Provides that a for-profit institution's failure to meet those eligibility requirements shall result in a probationary academic year during which the institution is required to notify all current and prospective students eligible for Monetary Award Program grants of the student's possibility of losing that eligibility. Provides that if the institution fails to meet the for-profit institution eligibility requirements for 2 consecutive academic years, an applicant enrolled at the institution must lose Monetary Award Program grant eligibility and for a student to regain Monetary Award Program grant eligibility at that institution, the institution must meet the for-profit institution eligibility requirements for at least 2 consecutive academic years. Effective immediately. LRB103 25597 RJT 51946 b LRB103 25597 RJT 51946 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning education.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
1515 5 amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
1616 6 (110 ILCS 947/35)
1717 7 Sec. 35. Monetary award program.
1818 8 (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
1919 9 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Subject
2020 10 to a separate appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is
2121 11 eligible for a grant under this Section when the Commission
2222 12 finds that the applicant:
2323 13 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
2424 14 permanent resident of the United States;
2525 15 (2) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in
2626 16 a qualified institution for the purpose of obtaining a
2727 17 degree, certificate, or other credential offered by the
2828 18 institution, as applicable; and
2929 19 (3) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
3030 20 deterred by financial considerations from completing an
3131 21 educational program at the qualified institution of his or
3232 22 her choice.
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6868 1 student's application and upon the Commission's finding that
6969 2 the applicant:
7070 3 (1) has remained a student in good standing;
7171 4 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
7272 5 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
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7474 7 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
7575 8 necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
7676 9 amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest
7777 10 of the following amounts:
7878 11 (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year
7979 12 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, $6,468 for fiscal year
8080 13 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
8181 14 2022, and $8,508 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year
8282 15 thereafter, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
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8484 17 (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters
8585 18 tuition and other necessary fees required generally by the
8686 19 institution of all full-time undergraduate students; or
8787 20 (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be
8888 21 appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
8989 22 resources.
9090 23 Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for
9191 24 students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c)
9292 25 must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made
9393 26 by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of
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104104 1 this subsection (c).
105105 2 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
106106 3 include the customary charge for instruction and use of
107107 4 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
108108 5 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
109109 6 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
110110 7 grant applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees
111111 8 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
112112 9 deposits which are refundable in whole or in part. The
113113 10 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
114114 11 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
115115 12 tuition and other necessary fees.
116116 13 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
117117 14 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for
118118 15 monetary award program consideration under this Act after
119119 16 receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135
120120 17 semester credit hours of award payments.
121121 18 (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means
122122 19 a student attending an institution of higher learning who
123123 20 received a Monetary Award Program grant during the prior
124124 21 academic year. Beginning with the processing of applications
125125 22 for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commission shall annually
126126 23 publish a priority deadline date for renewing applicants.
127127 24 Subject to appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by
128128 25 the published priority deadline date shall receive a grant if
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140140 1 this Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the
141141 2 priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5)
142142 3 shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if
143143 4 sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that
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145145 6 (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to
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147147 8 the rate of grant funds unclaimed by recipients. The
148148 9 Commission shall notify applicants that grant assistance is
149149 10 contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
150150 11 (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is
151151 12 an important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to
152152 13 facilitate access to college both for students who pursue
153153 14 postsecondary education immediately following high school and
154154 15 for those who pursue postsecondary education later in life,
155155 16 particularly Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with
156156 17 financial need and who are seeking to improve their economic
157157 18 position through education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
158158 19 academic years, the Commission shall give additional and
159159 20 specific consideration to the needs of dislocated workers with
160160 21 the intent of allowing applicants who are dislocated workers
161161 22 an opportunity to secure financial assistance even if applying
162162 23 later than the general pool of applicants. The Commission's
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176176 1 initially suspends award announcements for the upcoming
177177 2 regular academic year, but prior to the beginning of that
178178 3 academic year. For the purposes of this subsection (e-5), a
179179 4 dislocated worker is defined as in the federal Workforce
180180 5 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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182182 7 (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and
183183 8 make grants to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit
184184 9 institutions in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
185185 10 Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at such
186186 11 for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
187187 12 (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to
188188 13 eligible first-time freshmen and first-time transfer
189189 14 students who have attained an associate degree.
190190 15 (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to
191191 16 eligible freshmen students, transfer students who have
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193193 18 grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and
194194 19 whose grants are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
195195 20 (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all
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197197 22 (g-5) In addition to the eligibility requirements set
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212212 1 (1) Beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, a
213213 2 qualified for-profit institution may not exceed a 15%
214214 3 national 3-year student loan cohort default rate, as
215215 4 published by the U.S. Department of Education.
216216 5 (2) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, a
217217 6 qualified for-profit institution must maintain an 80%
218218 7 student success rate. For purposes of this paragraph,
219219 8 "student success rate" means the percentage of students
220220 9 who complete their program of study or those with
221221 10 subsequent enrollment within 4 and one-half years after
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223223 12 A for-profit institution's failure to meet the eligibility
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225225 14 probationary academic year during which the institution is
226226 15 required to notify all current and prospective students
227227 16 eligible for Monetary Award Program grants of the student's
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248248 1 applicant enrolled at an Illinois public institution of higher
249249 2 learning in a program that will culminate in the award of an
250250 3 occupational or career and technical certificate as that term
251251 4 is defined in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1501.301.
252252 5 (i) The Commission may adopt rules to implement this
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254254 7 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
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