Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3397 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3397 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Celina Villanueva SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/10110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes a for-profit educational organization from the definition of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution". Provides that an applicant is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant, including renewals of such grant, if the applicant, among other requirements, is not attending a for-profit institution of higher education. Removes a provision allowing Monetary Award Program grants to be made to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit institutions. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB103 38539 RJT 68675 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3397 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Celina Villanueva SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/10110 ILCS 947/35 110 ILCS 947/10 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes a for-profit educational organization from the definition of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution". Provides that an applicant is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant, including renewals of such grant, if the applicant, among other requirements, is not attending a for-profit institution of higher education. Removes a provision allowing Monetary Award Program grants to be made to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit institutions. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB103 38539 RJT 68675 b LRB103 38539 RJT 68675 b A BILL FOR
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6	6	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes a for-profit educational organization from the definition of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution". Provides that an applicant is eligible for a Monetary Award Program grant, including renewals of such grant, if the applicant, among other requirements, is not attending a for-profit institution of higher education. Removes a provision allowing Monetary Award Program grants to be made to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit institutions. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning education.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
16	16	5 amended by changing Sections 10 and 35 as follows:
17	17	6 (110 ILCS 947/10)
18	18	7 Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, and except to the
19	19	8 extent that any of the following words or phrases is
20	20	9 specifically qualified by its context:
21	21	10 "Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance
22	22	11 Commission created by this Act.
23	23	12 "Enrollment" means the establishment and maintenance of an
24	24	13 individual's status as a student in an institution of higher
25	25	14 learning, regardless of the terms used at the institution to
26	26	15 describe that status.
27	27	16 "Approved high school" means any public high school
28	28	17 located in this State; and any high school, located in this
29	29	18 State or elsewhere (whether designated as a high school,
30	30	19 secondary school, academy, preparatory school, or otherwise)
31	31	20 which in the judgment of the State Superintendent of Education
32	32	21 provides a course of instruction at the secondary level and
33	33	22 maintains standards of instruction substantially equivalent to
34	34	23 those of the public high schools located in this State.
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71	71	1 "Institution of higher learning", "qualified institution",
72	72	2 or "institution" means an educational organization located in
73	73	3 this State which
74	74	4 (1) provides at least an organized 2 year program of
75	75	5 collegiate grade in the liberal arts or sciences, or both,
76	76	6 directly applicable toward the attainment of a
77	77	7 baccalaureate degree or a program in health education
78	78	8 directly applicable toward the attainment of a
79	79	9 certificate, diploma, or an associate degree;
80	80	10 (2) either is
81	81	11 (A) operated by this State, or
82	82	12 (B) operated publicly or privately, not for
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84	84	14 (C) (blank); operated for profit, provided such
85	85	15 for profit organization
86	86	16 (i) offers degree programs which have been
87	87	17 approved by the Board of Higher Education for a
88	88	18 minimum of 3 years under the Academic Degree Act,
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90	90	20 (ii) enrolls a majority of its students in
91	91	21 such degree programs, and
92	92	22 (iii) maintains an accredited status with the
93	93	23 Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of
94	94	24 the North Central Association of Colleges and
95	95	25 Schools;
96	96	26 (3) in the judgment of the Commission meets standards
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107	107	1 substantially equivalent to those of comparable
108	108	2 institutions operated by this State; and
109	109	3 (4) if so required by the Commission, uses the State
110	110	4 as its primary guarantor of student loans made under the
111	111	5 federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
112	112	6 For otherwise eligible educational organizations which provide
113	113	7 academic programs for incarcerated students, the terms
114	114	8 "institution of higher learning", "qualified institutions",
115	115	9 and "institution" shall specifically exclude academic programs
116	116	10 for incarcerated students.
117	117	11 "Academic year" means a 12 month period of time, normally
118	118	12 but not exclusively, from September 1 of any year through
119	119	13 August 31 of the ensuing year.
120	120	14 "Full-time student" means any undergraduate student
121	121	15 enrolled in 12 or more semester or quarter hours of credit
122	122	16 courses in any given semester or quarter or in the equivalent
123	123	17 number of units of registration as determined by the
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125	125	19 "Part-time student" means any undergraduate student, other
126	126	20 than a full-time student, enrolled in 6 or more semester or
127	127	21 quarter hours of credit courses in any given semester or
128	128	22 quarter or in the equivalent number of units of registration
129	129	23 as determined by the Commission. Beginning with fiscal year
130	130	24 1999, the Commission may, on a program by program basis,
131	131	25 expand this definition of "part-time student" to include
132	132	26 students who enroll in less than 6 semester or quarter hours of
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143	143	1 credit courses in any given semester or quarter.
144	144	2 "Public university" means any public 4-year university in
145	145	3 this State.
146	146	4 "Public university campus" means any campus under the
147	147	5 governance or supervision of a public university.
148	148	6 (Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-1015, eff. 8-21-18.)
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150	150	8 Sec. 35. Monetary award program.
151	151	9 (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
152	152	10 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Subject
153	153	11 to a separate appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is
154	154	12 eligible for a grant under this Section when the Commission
155	155	13 finds that the applicant:
156	156	14 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
157	157	15 permanent resident of the United States;
158	158	16 (2) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in
159	159	17 a qualified institution for the purpose of obtaining a
160	160	18 degree, certificate, or other credential offered by the
161	161	19 institution, as applicable; and
162	162	20 (3) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
163	163	21 deterred by financial considerations from completing an
164	164	22 educational program at the qualified institution of his or
165	165	23 her choice ; and .
166	166	24 (4) is not attending a for-profit institution of
167	167	25 higher education.
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178	178	1 (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the
179	179	2 student's application and upon the Commission's finding that
180	180	3 the applicant:
181	181	4 (1) has remained a student in good standing;
182	182	5 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
183	183	6 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
184	184	7 warrant assistance ; and .
185	185	8 (4) is not attending a for-profit institution of
186	186	9 higher education.
187	187	10 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
188	188	11 necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
189	189	12 amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest
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191	191	14 (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year
192	192	15 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, $6,468 for fiscal year
193	193	16 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
194	194	17 2022, $8,508 for fiscal year 2023, and $10,896 for fiscal
195	195	18 year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, or such lesser
196	196	19 amount as the Commission finds to be available, during an
197	197	20 academic year;
198	198	21 (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters
199	199	22 tuition and other necessary fees required generally by the
200	200	23 institution of all full-time undergraduate students; or
201	201	24 (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be
202	202	25 appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
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214	214	1 Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for
215	215	2 students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c)
216	216	3 must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made
217	217	4 by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of
218	218	5 this subsection (c).
219	219	6 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
220	220	7 include the customary charge for instruction and use of
221	221	8 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
222	222	9 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
223	223	10 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
224	224	11 grant applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees
225	225	12 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
226	226	13 deposits which are refundable in whole or in part. The
227	227	14 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
228	228	15 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
229	229	16 tuition and other necessary fees.
230	230	17 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
231	231	18 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for
232	232	19 monetary award program consideration under this Act after
233	233	20 receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135
234	234	21 semester credit hours of award payments.
235	235	22 (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means
236	236	23 a student attending an institution of higher learning who
237	237	24 received a Monetary Award Program grant during the prior
238	238	25 academic year. Beginning with the processing of applications
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250	250	1 publish a priority deadline date for renewing applicants.
251	251	2 Subject to appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by
252	252	3 the published priority deadline date shall receive a grant if
253	253	4 he or she continues to meet the eligibility requirements under
254	254	5 this Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the
255	255	6 priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5)
256	256	7 shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if
257	257	8 sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that
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259	259	10 (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to
260	260	11 be offered, shall take into consideration past experience with
261	261	12 the rate of grant funds unclaimed by recipients. The
262	262	13 Commission shall notify applicants that grant assistance is
263	263	14 contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
264	264	15 (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is
265	265	16 an important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to
266	266	17 facilitate access to college both for students who pursue
267	267	18 postsecondary education immediately following high school and
268	268	19 for those who pursue postsecondary education later in life,
269	269	20 particularly Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with
270	270	21 financial need and who are seeking to improve their economic
271	271	22 position through education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
272	272	23 academic years, the Commission shall give additional and
273	273	24 specific consideration to the needs of dislocated workers with
274	274	25 the intent of allowing applicants who are dislocated workers
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286	286	1 later than the general pool of applicants. The Commission's
287	287	2 consideration shall include, in determining the number of
288	288	3 grants to be offered, an estimate of the resources needed to
289	289	4 serve dislocated workers who apply after the Commission
290	290	5 initially suspends award announcements for the upcoming
291	291	6 regular academic year, but prior to the beginning of that
292	292	7 academic year. For the purposes of this subsection (e-5), a
293	293	8 dislocated worker is defined as in the federal Workforce
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296	296	11 (g) (Blank). The Commission shall determine the
297	297	12 eligibility of and make grants to applicants enrolled at
298	298	13 qualified for-profit institutions in accordance with the
299	299	14 criteria set forth in this Section. The eligibility of
300	300	15 applicants enrolled at such for-profit institutions shall be
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302	302	17 (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to
303	303	18 eligible first-time freshmen and first-time transfer
304	304	19 students who have attained an associate degree.
305	305	20 (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to
306	306	21 eligible freshmen students, transfer students who have
307	307	22 attained an associate degree, and students who receive a
308	308	23 grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and
309	309	24 whose grants are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
310	310	25 (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all
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322	322	1 (h) The Commission may award a grant to an eligible
323	323	2 applicant enrolled at an Illinois public institution of higher
324	324	3 learning in a program that will culminate in the award of an
325	325	4 occupational or career and technical certificate as that term
326	326	5 is defined in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1501.301.
327	327	6 (i) The Commission may adopt rules to implement this
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