Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2128 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2128 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an institution of higher learning that participates in the Monetary Award Program may not release the personally identifiable information of any of its students for voter registration activities unless the student gives consent in writing. LRB104 06133 LNS 16166 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2128 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 947/35 110 ILCS 947/35 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that an institution of higher learning that participates in the Monetary Award Program may not release the personally identifiable information of any of its students for voter registration activities unless the student gives consent in writing. LRB104 06133 LNS 16166 b LRB104 06133 LNS 16166 b A BILL FOR
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
16	16	6 (110 ILCS 947/35)
17	17	7 Sec. 35. Monetary award program.
18	18	8 (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
19	19	9 applications for grant assistance under this Section. Subject
20	20	10 to a separate appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is
21	21	11 eligible for a grant under this Section when the Commission
22	22	12 finds that the applicant:
23	23	13 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
24	24	14 permanent resident of the United States;
25	25	15 (2) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in
26	26	16 a qualified institution for the purpose of obtaining a
27	27	17 degree, certificate, or other credential offered by the
28	28	18 institution, as applicable; and
29	29	19 (3) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
30	30	20 deterred by financial considerations from completing an
31	31	21 educational program at the qualified institution of his or
32	32	22 her choice.
33	33	23 (b) The Commission shall award renewals only upon the
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68	68	1 student's application and upon the Commission's finding that
69	69	2 the applicant:
70	70	3 (1) has remained a student in good standing;
71	71	4 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
72	72	5 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
73	73	6 warrant assistance.
74	74	7 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
75	75	8 necessary fee costs. The Commission shall determine the grant
76	76	9 amount for each student, which shall not exceed the smallest
77	77	10 of the following amounts:
78	78	11 (1) subject to appropriation, $5,468 for fiscal year
79	79	12 2009, $5,968 for fiscal year 2010, $6,468 for fiscal year
80	80	13 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
81	81	14 2022, $8,508 for fiscal year 2023, and $10,896 for fiscal
82	82	15 year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, or such lesser
83	83	16 amount as the Commission finds to be available, during an
84	84	17 academic year;
85	85	18 (2) the amount which equals 2 semesters or 3 quarters
86	86	19 tuition and other necessary fees required generally by the
87	87	20 institution of all full-time undergraduate students; or
88	88	21 (3) such amount as the Commission finds to be
89	89	22 appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
90	90	23 resources.
91	91	24 Subject to appropriation, the maximum grant amount for
92	92	25 students not subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection (c)
93	93	26 must be increased by the same percentage as any increase made
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104	104	1 by law to the maximum grant amount under subdivision (1) of
105	105	2 this subsection (c).
106	106	3 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
107	107	4 include the customary charge for instruction and use of
108	108	5 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
109	109	6 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
110	110	7 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
111	111	8 grant applicant actually enrolls, but do not include fees
112	112	9 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
113	113	10 deposits which are refundable in whole or in part. The
114	114	11 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
115	115	12 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
116	116	13 tuition and other necessary fees.
117	117	14 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
118	118	15 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for
119	119	16 monetary award program consideration under this Act after
120	120	17 receiving a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 135
121	121	18 semester credit hours of award payments.
122	122	19 (d-5) In this subsection (d-5), "renewing applicant" means
123	123	20 a student attending an institution of higher learning who
124	124	21 received a Monetary Award Program grant during the prior
125	125	22 academic year. Beginning with the processing of applications
126	126	23 for the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commission shall annually
127	127	24 publish a priority deadline date for renewing applicants.
128	128	25 Subject to appropriation, a renewing applicant who files by
129	129	26 the published priority deadline date shall receive a grant if
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140	140	1 he or she continues to meet the eligibility requirements under
141	141	2 this Section. A renewing applicant's failure to apply by the
142	142	3 priority deadline date established under this subsection (d-5)
143	143	4 shall not disqualify him or her from receiving a grant if
144	144	5 sufficient funding is available to provide awards after that
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146	146	7 (e) The Commission, in determining the number of grants to
147	147	8 be offered, shall take into consideration past experience with
148	148	9 the rate of grant funds unclaimed by recipients. The
149	149	10 Commission shall notify applicants that grant assistance is
150	150	11 contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
151	151	12 (e-5) The General Assembly finds and declares that it is
152	152	13 an important purpose of the Monetary Award Program to
153	153	14 facilitate access to college both for students who pursue
154	154	15 postsecondary education immediately following high school and
155	155	16 for those who pursue postsecondary education later in life,
156	156	17 particularly Illinoisans who are dislocated workers with
157	157	18 financial need and who are seeking to improve their economic
158	158	19 position through education. For the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017
159	159	20 academic years, the Commission shall give additional and
160	160	21 specific consideration to the needs of dislocated workers with
161	161	22 the intent of allowing applicants who are dislocated workers
162	162	23 an opportunity to secure financial assistance even if applying
163	163	24 later than the general pool of applicants. The Commission's
164	164	25 consideration shall include, in determining the number of
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176	176	1 serve dislocated workers who apply after the Commission
177	177	2 initially suspends award announcements for the upcoming
178	178	3 regular academic year, but prior to the beginning of that
179	179	4 academic year. For the purposes of this subsection (e-5), a
180	180	5 dislocated worker is defined as in the federal Workforce
181	181	6 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
182	182	7 (f) (Blank).
183	183	8 (g) The Commission shall determine the eligibility of and
184	184	9 make grants to applicants enrolled at qualified for-profit
185	185	10 institutions in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
186	186	11 Section. The eligibility of applicants enrolled at such
187	187	12 for-profit institutions shall be limited as follows:
188	188	13 (1) Beginning with the academic year 1997, only to
189	189	14 eligible first-time freshmen and first-time transfer
190	190	15 students who have attained an associate degree.
191	191	16 (2) Beginning with the academic year 1998, only to
192	192	17 eligible freshmen students, transfer students who have
193	193	18 attained an associate degree, and students who receive a
194	194	19 grant under paragraph (1) for the academic year 1997 and
195	195	20 whose grants are being renewed for the academic year 1998.
196	196	21 (3) Beginning with the academic year 1999, to all
197	197	22 eligible students.
198	198	23 (h) The Commission may award a grant to an eligible
199	199	24 applicant enrolled at an Illinois public institution of higher
200	200	25 learning in a program that will culminate in the award of an
201	201	26 occupational or career and technical certificate as that term
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