Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3096 Compare Versions

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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3096 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/22-87 Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each high school must designate at least one member of its staff as a contact for matters related to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), annually provide the individual's name and contact information to the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and inform high school seniors that this individual is available to answer questions about FAFSA or to refer them to an appropriate resource. Provides that the contact shall serve as a designated point of contact for information from the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to FAFSA, and shall be required to participate in annual training for which the individual shall be eligible to receive continuing professional development units. Effective immediately. LRB104 10900 LNS 20982 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3096 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/22-87 105 ILCS 5/22-87 Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each high school must designate at least one member of its staff as a contact for matters related to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), annually provide the individual's name and contact information to the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and inform high school seniors that this individual is available to answer questions about FAFSA or to refer them to an appropriate resource. Provides that the contact shall serve as a designated point of contact for information from the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to FAFSA, and shall be required to participate in annual training for which the individual shall be eligible to receive continuing professional development units. Effective immediately. LRB104 10900 LNS 20982 b LRB104 10900 LNS 20982 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3096 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each high school must designate at least one member of its staff as a contact for matters related to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), annually provide the individual's name and contact information to the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and inform high school seniors that this individual is available to answer questions about FAFSA or to refer them to an appropriate resource. Provides that the contact shall serve as a designated point of contact for information from the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to FAFSA, and shall be required to participate in annual training for which the individual shall be eligible to receive continuing professional development units. Effective immediately.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
7	15		5 22-87 as follows:
8	16		6 (105 ILCS 5/22-87)
9	17		7 Sec. 22-87. Graduation requirements; Free Application for
10	18		8 Federal Student Aid.
11	19		9 (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, in addition
12	20		10 to any other requirements under this Code, as a prerequisite
13	21		11 to receiving a high school diploma from a public high school,
14	22		12 the parent or guardian of each student or, if a student is at
15	23		13 least 18 years of age or legally emancipated, the student must
16	24		14 comply with either of the following:
17	25		15 (1) File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid
18	26		16 with the United States Department of Education or, if
19	27		17 applicable, an application for State financial aid.
20	28		18 (2) On a form created by the State Board of Education,
21	29		19 file a waiver with the student's school district
22	30		20 indicating that the parent or guardian or, if applicable,
23	31		21 the student understands what the Free Application for
24	32		22 Federal Student Aid and application for State financial
25	33		23 aid are and has chosen not to file an application under
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	40	+	Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each high school must designate at least one member of its staff as a contact for matters related to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), annually provide the individual's name and contact information to the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and inform high school seniors that this individual is available to answer questions about FAFSA or to refer them to an appropriate resource. Provides that the contact shall serve as a designated point of contact for information from the State Board of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission related to FAFSA, and shall be required to participate in annual training for which the individual shall be eligible to receive continuing professional development units. Effective immediately.
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34	68		1 paragraph (1).
35	69		2 (b) Each school district with a high school must require
36	70		3 each high school student to comply with this Section and must
37	71		4 provide to each high school student and, if applicable, his or
38	72		5 her parent or guardian any support or assistance necessary to
39	73		6 comply with this Section.
40	74		7 Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each high school
41	75		8 must designate at least one member of its staff as a contact
42	76		9 for matters related to this Section, annually provide the
43	77		10 individual's name and contact information to the State Board
44	78		11 of Education and Illinois Student Assistance Commission in a
45	79		12 form and manner that these agencies prescribe, and inform high
46	80		13 school seniors that this individual is available to answer
47	81		14 questions about this Section or to refer them to an
48	82		15 appropriate resource, which may include, but is not limited
49	83		16 to, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. The contact
50	84		17 shall serve as a designated point of contact for information
51	85		18 from the State Board of Education and Illinois Student
52	86		19 Assistance Commission related to this Section, including the
53	87		20 free resources available to their students and schools to help
54	88		21 them comply with this Section, and shall be required to
55	89		22 participate in annual training for which the individual shall
56	90		23 be eligible to receive continuing professional development
57	91		24 units.
58	92		25 A school district must award a high school diploma to a
59	93		26 student who is unable to meet the requirements of subsection
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70	104		1 (a) due to extenuating circumstances, as determined by the
71	105		2 school district, if (i) the student has met all other
72	106		3 graduation requirements under this Code and (ii) the principal
73	107		4 attests that the school district has made a good faith effort
74	108		5 to assist the student or, if applicable, his or her parent or
75	109		6 guardian in filing an application or a waiver under subsection
76	110		7 (a).
77	111		8 (c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
78	112		9 implement this Section.
79	113		10 (Source: P.A. 101-180, eff. 6-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
80		-	11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
81		-	12 becoming law.
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