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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1339
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1339 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Children and Family Services Act by
5 changing Section 8."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is
9 amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
10 (20 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5008)
11 Sec. 8. Scholarships and fee waivers. Each year the
12 Department may select from among the children under care, or
13 children formerly under care who have been adopted or are in
14 the subsidized guardianship program, a maximum of 48 24
15 students, (at least 4 of whom shall be children of veterans),
16 who have completed 4 years in an accredited high school; the
17 children selected who shall be eligible for scholarships and
18 fee waivers which will entitle them to 4 consecutive years of
19 community college, university, or college education.
20 Selection shall be made on the basis of scholastic record,
21 aptitude, and general interest in higher education. In
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1 accordance with this Act, tuition scholarships and fee
2 waivers shall be available to such students at any university
3 or college maintained by the State of Illinois. The
4 Department shall provide maintenance and school expenses,
5 except tuition and fees, during the academic years to
6 supplement the students' earnings or other resources so long
7 as they consistently maintain scholastic records which are
8 acceptable to their schools and to the Department. Students
9 may attend other colleges and universities, if scholarships
10 are awarded them, and receive the same benefits for
11 maintenance and other expenses as those students attending
12 any Illinois State community college, university, or college
13 under this Section.
14 (Source: P.A. 84-168.)".