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91_HB0635
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Sections 30-9
2 and 30-13.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 30-9 and 30-13 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
8 Sec. 30-9. General Assembly scholarship; conditions of
9 admission; award by competitive examination. Each member of
10 the General Assembly may nominate annually 2 persons of
11 school age and otherwise eligible, from his district; one
12 shall receive, subject to appropriation by the General
13 Assembly, a certificate of scholarship in the University of
14 Illinois and the other shall receive, subject to
15 appropriation by the General Assembly, a certificate of
16 scholarship in any other State supported university
17 designated by the member. Any member of the General Assembly
18 in making nominations under this Section may designate that
19 his nominee be granted a 4 year scholarship or may instead
20 designate 2 or 4 nominees for that particular scholarship,
21 each to receive, subject to appropriation by the General
22 Assembly, a 2 year or a one year scholarship, respectively.
23 The nominee, if a graduate of a school accredited by the
24 University to which nominated, shall be admitted to the
25 university on the same conditions as to educational
26 qualifications as are other graduates of accredited schools.
27 If the nominee is not a graduate of a school accredited by
28 the university to which nominated, he must, before being
29 entitled to the benefits of the scholarship, pass an
30 examination given by the superintendent of schools of the
31 county where he resides at the time stated in Section 30-7
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1 for the competitive examination. The president of each
2 university shall prescribe the rules governing the
3 examination for scholarship to his university.
4 A member of the General Assembly may award the
5 scholarship by competitive examination conducted under like
6 rules as prescribed in Section 30-7 even though one or more
7 of the applicants are graduates of schools accredited by the
8 university.
9 A member of the General Assembly may delegate to the
10 Illinois Student Assistance Commission the authority to
11 nominate persons for General Assembly scholarships which that
12 member would otherwise be entitled to award, or may direct
13 the Commission to evaluate and make recommendations to the
14 member concerning candidates for such scholarships. In the
15 event a member delegates his nominating authority or directs
16 the Commission to evaluate and make recommendations
17 concerning candidates for General Assembly scholarships, the
18 member shall inform the Commission in writing of the criteria
19 which he wishes the Commission to apply in nominating or
20 recommending candidates. Those criteria may include some or
21 all of the criteria provided in Section 25 of the Higher
22 Education Student Assistance Act. A delegation of authority
23 under this paragraph may be revoked at any time by the
24 member.
25 Failure of a member of the General Assembly to make a
26 nomination in any year shall not cause that scholarship to
27 lapse, but the member may make a nomination for such
28 scholarship at any time thereafter before the expiration of
29 his term, and the person so nominated shall be entitled to
30 the same benefits as holders of other scholarships provided
31 herein. Any such scholarship for which a member has made no
32 nomination prior to the expiration of the term for which he
33 was elected shall lapse upon the expiration of that term.
34 The funds used to award General Assembly scholarships
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1 shall be appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance
2 Commission. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall
3 distribute the scholarship funds to the appropriate
4 universities. If the appropriation for General Assembly
5 scholarships is insufficient to fund all of the year's
6 scholarships, the appropriation available shall be prorated
7 by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission among all of
8 the nominees. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission
9 shall notify the General Assembly and the appropriate
10 universities of the shortfall. If the General Assembly does
11 not appropriate additional moneys to make up for the
12 shortfall, the universities shall charge the nominees for the
13 amount of the shortfall.
14 (Source: P.A. 87-997.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/30-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-13)
16 Sec. 30-13. The scholarships issued under Sections 30-9
17 through 30-12 of this Article may be used at the University
18 of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
19 University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
20 University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
21 University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
22 Illinois University as provided in those Sections. Unless
23 otherwise indicated, these scholarships shall be good for a
24 period of not more than 4 years while enrolled for residence
25 credit and shall exempt the holder from the payment of
26 tuition, or any matriculation, graduation, activity, term or
27 incidental fee, except any portion of a multipurpose fee
28 which is used for a purpose for which exemption is not
29 granted under this Section. Exemption shall not be granted
30 from any other fees, including book rental, service,
31 laboratory, supply, union building, hospital and medical
32 insurance fees and any fees established for the operation and
33 maintenance of buildings, the income of which is pledged to
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1 the payment of interest and principal on bonds issued by the
2 governing board of any university or community college.
3 Except for a charge made because the appropriation for
4 General Assembly scholarships is insufficient to fund all of
5 the year's scholarships, any student who has been or shall be
6 awarded a scholarship shall be reimbursed by the appropriate
7 university or community college for any fees which he has
8 paid and for which exemption is granted under this Section,
9 if application for such reimbursement is made within 2 months
10 following the school term for which the fees were paid.
11 The holder of a scholarship shall be subject to all
12 examinations, rules and requirements of the university or
13 community college in which he is enrolled except as herein
14 directed.
15 This article does not prohibit the Board of Trustees of
16 the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern
17 Illinois University, the Board of Regents of the Regency
18 Universities System and the Board of Governors of State
19 Colleges and Universities for the institutions under their
20 respective jurisdictions from granting other scholarships.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
23 1, 1999.