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| Public Act 094-0133 |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||||
amended by
changing Sections 50, 52, and 65.15 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 947/50)
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Sec. 50. Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship | ||||
program.
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(a) As used in this Section:
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"Eligible applicant" means a minority student who has | ||||
graduated
from high school or has received a
General | ||||
Educational Development Certification and has
maintained a | ||||
cumulative grade point average of
no
less than 2.5 on a 4.0 | ||||
scale, and who by reason thereof is entitled to
apply for | ||||
scholarships to be awarded under this Section.
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"Minority student" means a student who is either (i) | ||||
Black (a person
having origins in any of the black racial | ||||
groups in Africa); (ii)
Hispanic (a person of Spanish or | ||||
Portuguese culture with origins in Mexico,
South or Central | ||||
America, or the Caribbean islands, regardless of race);
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(iii)
Asian American (a person with origins in any of the | ||||
original peoples of the Far
East, Southeast Asia, the | ||||
Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan, and the
Pacific | ||||
Islands, including, among others, Hawaii, Melanesia, | ||||
Micronesia and
Polynesia); or (iv) Native American (a | ||||
person who is a member of a federally or
state recognized | ||||
Indian tribe, or whose parents or grandparents have such
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membership) and to include the native people of Alaska.
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"Qualified student" means a person (i) who is a | ||||
resident of this State
and a citizen or permanent resident | ||||
of the United States; (ii) who is a
minority student, as | ||||
defined in this Section; (iii) who, as an eligible
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applicant, has made a timely application for a minority | ||
teaching
scholarship under this Section; (iv) who is | ||
enrolled on at least a
half-time basis at a
qualified | ||
Illinois institution of
higher learning; (v) who is | ||
enrolled in a course of study leading to
teacher | ||
certification, including alternative teacher | ||
certification; (vi)
who maintains a grade point average of | ||
no
less than 2.5 on a 4.0 scale;
and (vii) who continues to | ||
advance satisfactorily toward the attainment
of a degree.
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(b) In order to encourage academically talented Illinois | ||
minority
students to pursue teaching careers at the preschool | ||
or elementary or
secondary
school
level, each qualified student | ||
shall be awarded a minority teacher
scholarship to any | ||
qualified Illinois institution of higher learning.
However, | ||
preference may be given to qualified applicants enrolled at or | ||
above
the
junior level.
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(c) Each minority teacher scholarship awarded under this | ||
Section shall
be in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and | ||
fees and room and board
costs of the qualified Illinois | ||
institution of higher learning at which the
recipient is | ||
enrolled, up to an annual maximum of $5,000;
except that
in
the | ||
case of a recipient who does not reside on-campus at the | ||
institution at
which he or she is enrolled, the amount of the | ||
scholarship shall be
sufficient to pay tuition and fee expenses | ||
and a commuter allowance, up to
an annual maximum of $5,000.
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(d) The total amount of minority teacher scholarship | ||
assistance awarded by
the Commission under this Section to an | ||
individual in any given fiscal
year, when added to other | ||
financial assistance awarded to that individual
for that year, | ||
shall not exceed the cost of attendance at the institution
at | ||
which the student is enrolled. If the amount of minority | ||
teacher
scholarship to be awarded to a qualified student as | ||
provided in
subsection (c) of this Section exceeds the cost of | ||
attendance at the
institution at which the student is enrolled, | ||
the minority teacher
scholarship shall be reduced by an amount | ||
equal to the amount by which the
combined financial assistance | ||
available to the student exceeds the cost
of attendance.
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(e) The maximum number of academic terms for which a | ||
qualified
student
can receive minority teacher scholarship | ||
assistance shall be 8 semesters or
12 quarters.
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(f) In any academic year for which an eligible applicant | ||
under this
Section accepts financial assistance through the | ||
Paul Douglas Teacher
Scholarship Program, as authorized by | ||
Section 551 et seq. of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, the | ||
applicant shall not be eligible for scholarship
assistance | ||
awarded under this Section.
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(g) All applications for minority teacher scholarships to | ||
be awarded
under this Section shall be made to the Commission | ||
on forms which the
Commission shall provide for eligible | ||
applicants. The form of applications
and the information | ||
required to be set forth therein shall be determined by
the | ||
Commission, and the Commission shall require eligible | ||
applicants to
submit with their applications such supporting | ||
documents or recommendations
as the Commission deems | ||
necessary.
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(h) Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes, | ||
payment of
any minority teacher scholarship awarded under this | ||
Section shall be
determined by the Commission. All scholarship | ||
funds distributed in
accordance with this subsection shall be | ||
paid to the institution and used
only for payment of the | ||
tuition and fee and room and board expenses
incurred by the | ||
student in connection with his or her attendance as an
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undergraduate student at a qualified Illinois institution of | ||
higher
learning. Any minority teacher scholarship awarded | ||
under this Section
shall be applicable to 2 semesters or 3 | ||
quarters of enrollment. If a
qualified student withdraws from | ||
enrollment prior to completion of the
first semester or quarter | ||
for which the minority teacher scholarship is
applicable, the | ||
school shall refund to the Commission the full amount of the
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minority teacher scholarship.
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(i) The Commission shall administer the minority teacher | ||
scholarship aid
program established by this Section and shall | ||
make all necessary and proper
rules not inconsistent with this | ||
Section for its effective implementation.
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(j) When an appropriation to the Commission for a given | ||
fiscal year is
insufficient to provide scholarships to all | ||
qualified students, the
Commission shall allocate the | ||
appropriation in accordance with this
subsection. If funds are | ||
insufficient to provide all qualified students
with a | ||
scholarship as authorized by this Section, the Commission shall
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allocate the available scholarship funds for that fiscal year | ||
on the basis
of the date the Commission receives a complete | ||
application form.
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(k) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (j) or any | ||
other
provision of this Section, at least 30% of the funds | ||
appropriated for
scholarships awarded under this Section in | ||
each fiscal year shall be reserved
for qualified male minority | ||
applicants.
If the Commission does not receive enough | ||
applications from qualified male
minorities on or before
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January 1 of each fiscal year to award 30% of the funds | ||
appropriated for these
scholarships to qualified
male minority | ||
applicants, then the Commission may award a portion of the
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reserved funds to qualified
female minority applicants.
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(l) Prior to receiving scholarship assistance for any | ||
academic year,
each recipient of a minority teacher scholarship | ||
awarded under this Section
shall be required by the Commission | ||
to sign an agreement under which the
recipient pledges that, | ||
within the one-year period following the
termination
of the | ||
program for which the recipient was awarded a minority
teacher | ||
scholarship, the recipient (i) shall begin teaching for a
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period of not less
than one year for each year of scholarship | ||
assistance he or she was awarded
under this Section; and (ii) | ||
shall fulfill this teaching obligation at a
nonprofit Illinois | ||
public, private, or parochial preschool, elementary school,
or | ||
secondary school at which no less than 30% of the enrolled | ||
students are
minority students in the year during which the | ||
recipient begins teaching at the
school; and (iii) shall, upon | ||
request by the Commission, provide the Commission
with evidence | ||
that he or she is fulfilling or has fulfilled the terms of the
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teaching agreement provided for in this subsection.
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(m) If a recipient of a minority teacher scholarship | ||
awarded under this
Section fails to fulfill the teaching | ||
obligation set forth in subsection
(l) of this Section, the | ||
Commission shall require the recipient to repay
the amount of | ||
the scholarships received, prorated according to the fraction
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of the teaching obligation not completed, at a rate of interest | ||
equal to
5%, and, if applicable, reasonable collection fees.
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The Commission is authorized to establish rules relating to its | ||
collection
activities for repayment of scholarships under this | ||
Section. All repayments
collected under this Section shall be | ||
forwarded to the State Comptroller for
deposit into the State's | ||
General Revenue Fund.
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(n) A recipient of minority teacher scholarship shall not | ||
be considered
in violation of the agreement entered into | ||
pursuant to subsection (l) if
the recipient (i) enrolls on a | ||
full time basis as a graduate student in a
course of study | ||
related to the field of teaching at a qualified Illinois
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institution of higher learning; (ii) is serving, not in excess | ||
of 3 years,
as a member of the armed services of the United | ||
States; (iii) is
temporarily totally disabled for a period of | ||
time not to exceed 3 years as
established by sworn affidavit of | ||
a qualified physician; (iv) is seeking
and unable to find full | ||
time employment as a teacher at an Illinois public,
private, or | ||
parochial preschool or elementary or secondary school that
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satisfies the
criteria set forth in subsection (l) of this | ||
Section and is able to provide
evidence of that fact; or, (v) | ||
becomes permanently totally disabled as
established by sworn | ||
affidavit of a qualified physician; (vi) is taking additional | ||
courses, on at least a half-time basis, needed to obtain | ||
certification as a teacher in Illinois; or (vii) is fulfilling | ||
teaching requirements associated with other programs | ||
administered by the Commission and cannot concurrently fulfill | ||
them under this Section in a period of time equal to the length | ||
of the teaching obligation.
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(o) Scholarship recipients under this Section who withdraw | ||
from
a program of teacher education but remain enrolled in | ||
school
to continue their postsecondary studies in another | ||
academic discipline shall
not be required to commence repayment | ||
of their Minority Teachers of Illinois
scholarship so long as | ||
they remain enrolled in school on a full-time basis or
if they | ||
can document for the Commission special circumstances that | ||
warrant
extension of repayment.
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(Source: P.A. 91-670, eff. 12-22-99; 92-845, eff. 1-1-03.)
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(110 ILCS 947/52)
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Sec. 52. Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program.
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(a) In order to encourage academically talented Illinois | ||
students,
especially minority students, to pursue teaching | ||
careers, especially in
teacher shortage
disciplines
(which | ||
shall be defined to include early childhood education) or at
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hard-to-staff schools (as defined by the Commission in | ||
consultation with the
State Board of Education),
the Commission | ||
shall, each year, receive and consider applications
for | ||
scholarship assistance under this Section. An applicant is | ||
eligible for a
scholarship under this Section when the | ||
Commission finds that the applicant is:
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(1) a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen;
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(2) a resident of Illinois;
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(3) a high school graduate or a person who has received | ||
a General
Educational Development Certificate;
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(4) enrolled or accepted for enrollment at or above the | ||
junior level,
on at least a half-time basis, at an Illinois | ||
institution of higher learning;
and
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(5) pursuing a postsecondary course of study leading to | ||
initial
certification or pursuing additional
course
work
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needed to gain State Board of Education approval to teach, | ||
including
alternative teacher certification.
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(b) Recipients shall be selected from among applicants | ||
qualified pursuant to
subsection (a) based on a combination of | ||
the following criteria as set forth by
the Commission: (1) | ||
academic excellence; (2) status as a minority student as
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defined in Section 50; and (3) financial need. Preference may | ||
be given to
previous recipients of assistance under this | ||
Section, provided they continue to
maintain eligibility and | ||
maintain satisfactory academic progress as determined
by the | ||
institution of higher learning at which they enroll.
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(c) Each scholarship awarded under this Section shall be in | ||
an amount
sufficient to pay the tuition and fees and room and | ||
board costs of the Illinois
institution of higher learning at | ||
which the recipient is enrolled, up to
an annual maximum of | ||
$5,000; except that in the case of a
recipient who
does not
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reside
on-campus at the institution of higher learning at which | ||
he or she is enrolled,
the amount of the scholarship shall be | ||
sufficient to pay tuition and fee
expenses and a commuter | ||
allowance, up to an annual maximum of $5,000.
For recipients | ||
who agree to teach in a teacher shortage discipline or at a
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hard-to-staff school under subsection (i) of this Section, the | ||
Commission
may, by rule and subject to appropriation, increase | ||
the annual
maximum amount to $10,000. If a recipient agrees to | ||
teach in both a
teacher shortage discipline and at a | ||
hard-to-staff school under
subsection (i) of this Section, the | ||
Commission may increase the amount of the
scholarship awarded
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by up to an additional $5,000.
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(d) The total amount of scholarship assistance awarded by | ||
the Commission
under this Section to an individual in any given | ||
fiscal year, when added to
other financial assistance awarded | ||
to that individual for that year, shall not
exceed the cost of | ||
attendance at the institution of higher learning at which
the | ||
student is enrolled.
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(e) A recipient may receive up to 4 semesters or 6
quarters | ||
of scholarship
assistance under this Section.
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(f) All applications for scholarship assistance to be | ||
awarded under this
Section shall be made to the Commission in a | ||
form as set forth by the
Commission. The form of application | ||
and the information required to be set
forth therein shall be | ||
determined by the Commission, and the Commission shall
require | ||
eligible applicants to submit with their applications such | ||
supporting
documents as the Commission deems necessary.
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(g) Subject to a separate appropriation made for such | ||
purposes, payment of
any
scholarship awarded under this Section | ||
shall be determined by the Commission.
There shall be a | ||
separate appropriation made for scholarships awarded
to | ||
recipients who agree to teach in a teacher shortage discipline | ||
or at a
hard-to-staff school under subsection (i) of this | ||
Section.
The Commission may use for scholarship assistance | ||
under this Section
(i) all funds appropriated for scholarships | ||
under this Section that were
formerly known as ITEACH Teacher | ||
Shortage Scholarships and (ii) all
funds appropriated for | ||
scholarships under Section 65.65 of this Act
(repealed by this | ||
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly), formerly
known as | ||
Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarships.
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All scholarship funds distributed in accordance with this | ||
Section shall be
paid
to the institution on behalf of the | ||
recipients. Scholarship funds are
applicable toward 2 | ||
semesters or 3 quarters of enrollment within an academic
year.
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(h) The Commission shall administer the
scholarship | ||
program established by this Section and shall make all | ||
necessary
and
proper rules not inconsistent with this Section | ||
for its effective
implementation.
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(i) Prior to receiving scholarship assistance for any | ||
academic year, each
recipient of a scholarship awarded under | ||
this
Section shall be required by the Commission to sign an | ||
agreement under which
the
recipient pledges that, within the | ||
one-year period following the
termination
of the academic | ||
program for which the recipient was awarded a scholarship, the
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recipient: (i) shall begin teaching for a period of not
less | ||
than 5 years, (ii) shall fulfill this teaching obligation at a | ||
nonprofit
Illinois public,
private, or parochial
preschool or | ||
an Illinois public elementary or secondary school, and (iii)
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shall, upon request of
the
Commission, provide the Commission | ||
with evidence that he or she is fulfilling
or has fulfilled the | ||
terms of the teaching agreement provided for in this
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subsection.
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(j) If a recipient of a scholarship awarded under this | ||
Section fails to
fulfill the teaching obligation set forth in | ||
subsection (i) of this Section,
the Commission shall require | ||
the recipient to repay the amount of the
scholarships received, | ||
prorated according to the fraction of the teaching
obligation | ||
not completed, plus interest at a rate of 5% and if applicable, | ||
reasonable
collection fees. The Commission is authorized to | ||
establish rules relating to
its collection activities for | ||
repayment
of scholarships under this Section.
Payments | ||
received by the Commission under this subsection (j)
shall be | ||
remitted to the State Comptroller for deposit into
the General | ||
Revenue Fund, except that that portion of a
recipient's | ||
repayment that equals the amount in expenses that
the | ||
Commission has reasonably incurred in attempting
collection | ||
from that recipient shall be remitted to the State
Comptroller | ||
for deposit into the Commission's Accounts
Receivable Fund. | ||
(k) A recipient of a scholarship awarded by the Commission | ||
under this
Section shall not be in violation of the agreement | ||
entered into pursuant to
subsection (i) if the recipient (i) | ||
enrolls on a full-time basis as a graduate
student in a course | ||
of study related to the field of teaching at an institution
of | ||
higher learning; (ii) is serving as a member of the armed | ||
services of the
United States; (iii) is temporarily totally | ||
disabled, as established by sworn
affidavit of a qualified | ||
physician; or (iv) is seeking and unable to find
full-time | ||
employment as a teacher at a school that satisfies the criteria | ||
set
forth
in subsection (i) and is able to provide evidence of | ||
that fact; (v) is taking additional courses, on at least a | ||
half-time basis, needed to obtain certification as a teacher in | ||
Illinois; or (vi) is fulfilling teaching requirements | ||
associated with other programs administered by the Commission | ||
and cannot concurrently fulfill them under this Section in a | ||
period of time equal to the length of the teaching obligation. | ||
Any such
extension of the period during which the teaching | ||
requirement must be fulfilled
shall be subject to limitations | ||
of duration as established by the Commission.
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(Source: P.A. 92-845, eff. 1-1-03; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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(110 ILCS 947/65.15)
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Sec. 65.15. Special education teacher scholarships.
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(a) There shall be awarded annually 250
scholarships to | ||
persons qualifying as members of any
either of the
following
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groups:
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(1) Students who are otherwise qualified to receive a | ||
scholarship as
provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this | ||
Section and who make application
to the Commission for such | ||
scholarship and agree to take courses that will
prepare the | ||
student for the teaching of children described in Section | ||
14-1 of
the School Code.
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(2) Persons holding a valid certificate issued under | ||
the laws relating
to the certification of teachers and who | ||
make application to the Commission
for such scholarship and | ||
agree to take courses that will prepare them for the
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teaching of children described in Section 14-1 of the | ||
School Code.
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(3) Persons who (A) have graduated high school; (B) | ||
have not been
certified as a teacher; and (C) make | ||
application to the Commission for such
scholarship and | ||
agree to take courses that will prepare them for the | ||
teaching
of children described in Section 14-1 of the | ||
School Code.
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Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be issued | ||
pursuant to
regulations promulgated by the Commission;
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provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State | ||
Board of
Education prior to the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant
to the exercise of any right, | ||
power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending
business | ||
transferred from the State Board of Education to the Commission | ||
under
this Section shall be affected thereby, and all such | ||
rules and regulations
shall become the rules and regulations of | ||
the Commission until modified or
changed by the Commission in | ||
accordance with law.
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For the purposes of this Section scholarships awarded each | ||
school year
shall be deemed to be issued on July 1 of the year | ||
prior to
the start of the postsecondary school term and all | ||
calculations for use of the scholarship shall be based on such
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date. Each scholarship shall entitle its holder to exemption | ||
from fees as
provided in subsection (a) of Section 65.40 while | ||
enrolled in a special
education program of
teacher education, | ||
for a period of not more than 4 calendar years and shall be
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available for use at any time during such period of study | ||
except as provided in
subsection (b) of Section 65.40.
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Scholarships issued to holders of a valid certificate | ||
issued under the
laws relating to the certification of teachers | ||
as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection may also | ||
entitle the holder thereof to
a program of teacher education | ||
that will prepare the student for the
teaching of children | ||
described in Section 14-1 of the School Code at the
graduate | ||
level.
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(b) Each year, The principal, or his or her
designee, of an | ||
approved
each recognized
public, private and parochial high | ||
school maintaining the twelfth grade shall
certify to the | ||
Commission, for
the names and addresses of students who are | ||
Illinois residents and are
completing an application, that the | ||
students
with the intent to prepare to teach in any recognized
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public, private, or parochial school of Illinois and ranked
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scholastically in the upper one-half of their graduating class | ||
or, for those
not yet
graduated, whose scholastic rank in the | ||
4-year high school course of study at
the end of
the sixth | ||
semester is in the upper one-half of their class.
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(c) Each holder of a scholarship must furnish proof to the
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Commission, in such form and at such intervals as the
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Commission prescribes, of the holder's continued
enrollment in | ||
a teacher education program qualifying the holder for the
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scholarship. Any holder of a scholarship who fails to register | ||
in a
special education program of teacher education at the | ||
university within 10
days after the
commencement of the term, | ||
quarter or semester immediately following the
receipt of the | ||
scholarship or who, having registered, withdraws from the
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university or transfers out of teacher education, shall | ||
thereupon
forfeit the right to use it and it may be granted to | ||
the person having
the next highest rank as shown on the list | ||
held by the
Commission. If the person having the next
highest | ||
rank, within 10 days after notification thereof by the
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Commission, fails to register at any such
university in a | ||
special education program of teacher education, or who,
having | ||
registered,
withdraws from the university or transfers out of | ||
teacher education, the
scholarship may then be granted to the | ||
person shown on the list as
having the rank next below such | ||
person.
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(d) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under the | ||
preceding
subsections of this Section must, within one year | ||
after graduation from or
termination of
enrollment in a teacher | ||
education program, begin teaching at a nonprofit
Illinois | ||
public,
private, or parochial preschool or elementary or | ||
secondary school for a period of at least 2 of the
5 years
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immediately following that graduation or termination, | ||
excluding, however, from
the computation of that 5 year period | ||
(i) any time up to 3 years
spent in the
military service, | ||
whether such service occurs before or after the person
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graduates; (ii) any time
that person is enrolled full-time in | ||
an academic program related to the field
of teaching leading to | ||
a
graduate or postgraduate degree; (iii) the time that person | ||
is
temporarily totally disabled for a period of time not to | ||
exceed 3 years, as
established by the sworn affidavit of a | ||
qualified physician; (iv) the time that
person is seeking and | ||
unable to find full time employment as a teacher at an
Illinois | ||
public, private, or parochial school; or (v) the time that | ||
person is
taking additional courses, on at least a half-time | ||
basis, needed to obtain
certification as a teacher in Illinois; | ||
or (vi) the time that person is fulfilling teaching | ||
requirements associated with other programs administered by | ||
the Commission if he or she cannot concurrently fulfill them | ||
under this Section in a period of time equal to the length of | ||
the teaching obligation.
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A person who has accepted a scholarship under the preceding
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subsections of this Section and who has been unable to
fulfill | ||
the teaching requirements of this Section may
receive a | ||
deferment from the obligation of repayment under
this | ||
subsection (d) under guidelines established by the Commission; | ||
provided
that no guideline established for any such purpose by | ||
the State Board of
Education prior to the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of 1993 shall be
affected by the transfer | ||
to the Commission of the responsibility for
administering and | ||
implementing the provisions of this Section, and all
guidelines | ||
so established shall become the guidelines of the Commission | ||
until
modified or changed by the Commission.
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Any such person who fails to fulfill this teaching | ||
requirement shall pay
to the Commission the amount of tuition | ||
waived by
virtue of his or her acceptance of the scholarship, | ||
together with interest at
5% per year on that amount. However, | ||
this obligation to repay the
amount of
tuition waived plus | ||
interest does not apply when the failure to fulfill the
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teaching requirement results from the death or adjudication as | ||
a person
under legal disability of the person holding the | ||
scholarship, and no claim for
repayment may be filed against | ||
the estate of such a decedent or person under
legal disability. | ||
Payments received by the Commission under this subsection
(d) | ||
shall be remitted to the State
Treasurer for deposit in
the | ||
General Revenue
Fund. Each person receiving a
scholarship shall | ||
be
provided with a
description of the provisions of this | ||
subsection (d) at the time
he or she qualifies for the benefits | ||
of
such a scholarship.
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(e) This Section is basically the same as Sections
30-1, | ||
30-2, 30-3, and
30-4a of the School Code, which are repealed by | ||
this amendatory Act of 1993,
and shall be construed as a | ||
continuation of the teacher scholarship program
established by | ||
that prior law, and not as a new or different teacher
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scholarship program. The State Board of Education shall | ||
transfer to the
Commission, as the successor to the State Board | ||
of Education for all purposes
of administering and implementing | ||
the provisions of this Section, all books,
accounts, records, | ||
papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending
business | ||
in any way relating to the teacher scholarship program | ||
continued under
this Section; and all scholarships at any time | ||
awarded under that program by,
and all applications for any | ||
such scholarships at any time made to, the State
Board of | ||
Education shall be unaffected by the transfer
to the Commission | ||
of all responsibility for the administration and
| ||
implementation of the teacher scholarship program continued | ||
under this
Section. The State Board of Education shall furnish | ||
to the Commission such
other information as the Commission may | ||
request to assist it in administering
this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 91-496, eff. 8-13-99; 92-845, eff. 1-1-03.)
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(110 ILCS 922/Act rep.)
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Section 10. The Child Development Teacher Scholarship Act | ||
is repealed. | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | ||
1, 2005, except that the changes to Section 65.15 of the Higher | ||
Education Student Assistance Act take effect on July 1, 2006. | ||