104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3401 Introduced , by Rep. Norma Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving. LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3401 Introduced , by Rep. Norma Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185 110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving. LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3401 Introduced , by Rep. Norma Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185 110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185 110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving. LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b A BILL FOR HB3401LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b HB3401 LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b HB3401 LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by 5 changing Section 5 as follows: 6 (110 ILCS 205/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 185) 7 Sec. 5. The members of the Board shall serve without 8 compensation but they shall be reimbursed for their actual and 9 necessary traveling and other expenses while engaged in the 10 performance of their duties. A student member shall receive a 11 scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the 12 student member is enrolled at an institution of higher 13 education and serving as a student member of the Board. The 14 scholarship shall be payable to the institution of higher 15 education at which the student member is enrolled and may be 16 used for tuition and fees, books, and supplies. 17 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3819.) 18 Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by 19 changing Section 2-5 as follows: 20 (110 ILCS 805/2-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-5) 21 Sec. 2-5. Compensation and expenses of members. The 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3401 Introduced , by Rep. Norma Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185 110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185 110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving. LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b A BILL FOR 110 ILCS 205/5 from Ch. 144, par. 185 110 ILCS 805/2-5 from Ch. 122, par. 102-5 LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b HB3401 LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b HB3401- 2 -LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b HB3401 - 2 - LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b HB3401 - 2 - LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b HB3401 - 2 - LRB104 10339 LNS 20413 b