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91_HB1657sam001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1657
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1657 on page 1, in
3 line 2, by changing "Section 40" to "Sections 40, 65.15, and
4 65.40"; and
5 on page 1, in line 6, by changing "Section 40" to "Sections
6 40, 65.15, and 65.40"; and
7 on page 4, below line 9, by inserting the following:
8 "(110 ILCS 947/65.15)
9 Sec. 65.15. Special education teacher Teachers
10 scholarships.
11 (a) There shall be awarded annually at the end of each
12 school year 250 scholarships to persons qualifying as members
13 of either of the following groups:
14 (1) Students who are otherwise qualified to receive
15 a scholarship as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of
16 this Section and who make application to the Commission
17 for such scholarship and agree to take courses that will
18 prepare the student for the teaching of children
19 described in Section 14-1 of the School Code.
20 (2) Persons holding a valid certificate issued
21 under the laws relating to the certification of teachers
22 and who make application to the Commission for such
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1 scholarship and agree to take courses that will prepare
2 them for the teaching of children described in Section
3 14-1 of the School Code.
4 Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be issued
5 pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
6 provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
7 Board of Education prior to the effective date of this
8 amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
9 power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending business
10 transferred from the State Board of Education to the
11 Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
12 all such rules and regulations shall become the rules and
13 regulations of the Commission until modified or changed by
14 the Commission in accordance with law.
15 For the purposes of this Section scholarships awarded
16 each school year shall be deemed to be issued on July 1 of
17 the year prior to in which the start of the postsecondary
18 school term ends and all calculations for use of the
19 scholarship shall be based on such date. Each scholarship
20 shall entitle its holder to exemption from fees as provided
21 in subsection (a) of Section 65.40 while enrolled in a
22 special education program of teacher education, for a period
23 of not more than 4 calendar years and shall be available for
24 use at any time during such period of study except as
25 provided in subsection (b) of Section 65.40.
26 Scholarships issued to holders of a valid certificate
27 issued under the laws relating to the certification of
28 teachers as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection may
29 also entitle the holder thereof to a program of teacher
30 education that will prepare the student for the teaching of
31 children described in Section 14-1 of the School Code at the
32 graduate level.
33 (b) On or before March 1 in Each year, the principal,
34 or his or her designee, of each recognized public, private
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1 and parochial high school maintaining the twelfth grade shall
2 certify to the Commission regional superintendent of schools
3 of the county in which such high school is located the names
4 and addresses of all students who are completing an
5 application with the intent to prepare to teach in any
6 recognized public, private, or parochial school of Illinois
7 and ranked scholastically in the upper one-half of their
8 graduating class or, for those not yet and who graduated,
9 whose from such school during the preceding school year in
10 the order of their scholastic rank in the 4-year high school
11 course of study at the end of the seventh semester is in the
12 upper one-half of their class. The name of no student shall
13 be so certified unless the student signifies in a letter
14 presented to the principal the student's intention to prepare
15 to teach in the public schools of Illinois.
16 (c) The regional superintendent of schools shall on or
17 before May 15 of each year certify the names and addresses of
18 students certified to him or her for that year under
19 subsection (b) to the Commission, which shall issue to each
20 student whose rank, as shown on the list of names and
21 addresses submitted entitled the student to a certificate of
22 scholarship which shall be accepted by any of the
23 universities designated in subsection (a) of Section 65-40 in
24 lieu of any entrance examination. Each holder of a
25 scholarship must furnish proof to the Commission, in such
26 form and at such intervals as the Commission prescribes, of
27 the holder's continued enrollment in a teacher education
28 program qualifying the holder for the scholarship. Any
29 holder of a scholarship who fails to register in a special
30 education program of teacher education at the university
31 within 10 days after the commencement of the term, quarter or
32 semester immediately following the receipt of the scholarship
33 or who, having registered, withdraws from the university or
34 transfers out of teacher education, shall thereupon forfeit
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1 the right to use it and it may be granted to the person
2 having the next highest scholastic rank as shown on the list
3 held by submitted to the Commission. If the person having
4 the next highest scholastic rank, within 10 days after
5 notification thereof by the Commission, fails to register at
6 any such university in a special education program of teacher
7 education, or who, having registered, withdraws from the
8 university or transfers out of teacher education, the
9 scholarship may then be granted to the person shown on the
10 list as having the scholastic rank next below such person.
11 If the principal of any recognized public, private and
12 parochial high school maintaining the twelfth grade fails to
13 certify to the regional superintendent of schools on or
14 before May 1 of any year in accordance with subsection (b)
15 the names of a sufficient number of students to fill the
16 scholarship or scholarships provided for in subsection (a),
17 the scholarship or scholarships available to high schools for
18 which no names are certified shall become available to any
19 eligible student from any other recognized public, private
20 and parochial high school maintaining the twelfth grade in
21 the region and the scholarships available for which no names
22 are certified, shall become available to any eligible
23 student. In order to fill any such scholarship, the regional
24 superintendent of schools shall certify on or before May 15
25 of each year the name and address of any student certified to
26 him or her by the principal of any other school in the region
27 under subsection (b) to the Commission, which shall issue to
28 such student a certificate of scholarship as provided in this
29 Section.
30 Any scholarship that has become or becomes available to
31 any eligible student in the region and is not issued before
32 June 30 following the date it was available shall be
33 transferred to a State pool under the Commission and may be
34 issued to a student in a region that has used all
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1 scholarships available to that region. In order to obtain a
2 scholarship in the State pool the regional superintendent of
3 schools shall certify to the Commission that all scholarships
4 available to his or her region have been filled and the name
5 and address of any student certified to him or her by the
6 principal of any school in the region under subsection (b).
7 Upon such certification the Commission shall issue a
8 certificate of scholarship from any available scholarship in
9 the State pool.
10 (d) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under the
11 preceding subsections of this Section must, after graduation
12 from or termination of enrollment in a teacher education
13 program, teach in any recognized public, private or parochial
14 school in this State for at least 2 of the 5 years
15 immediately following that graduation or termination,
16 excluding, however, from the computation of that 5 year
17 period (i) any time up to 3 4 years spent in the military
18 service, whether such service occurs before or after the
19 person graduates; (ii), and excluding from the computation of
20 that 5 year period any time that person is enrolled full-time
21 in an academic program related to the field of teaching
22 leading to a graduate or postgraduate degree; (iii) the time
23 that person is temporarily totally disabled for a period of
24 time not to exceed 3 years, as established by the sworn
25 affidavit of a qualified physician; (iv) the time that person
26 is seeking and unable to find full time employment as a
27 teacher at an Illinois public, private, or parochial school;
28 or (v) the time that person is taking additional courses, on
29 at least a half-time basis, needed to obtain certification as
30 a teacher in Illinois.
31 A person who has accepted a scholarship under the
32 preceding subsections of this Section and who has been unable
33 to fulfill the teaching requirements of this Section may
34 receive a deferment from the obligation of repayment under
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1 this subsection (d) under guidelines established by the
2 Commission; provided that no guideline established for any
3 such purpose by the State Board of Education prior to the
4 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993 shall be
5 affected by the transfer to the Commission of the
6 responsibility for administering and implementing the
7 provisions of this Section, and all guidelines so established
8 shall become the guidelines of the Commission until modified
9 or changed by the Commission.
10 Any such person who fails to fulfill this teaching
11 requirement shall pay to the Commission the amount of tuition
12 waived by virtue of his or her acceptance of the scholarship,
13 together with interest at 5% per year on that amount.
14 However, this obligation to repay the amount of tuition
15 waived plus interest does not apply when the failure to
16 fulfill the teaching requirement results from the death or
17 adjudication as a person under legal disability of the person
18 holding the scholarship, and no claim for repayment may be
19 filed against the estate of such a decedent or person under
20 legal disability. Payments received by the Commission under
21 this subsection (d) shall be remitted to the State Treasurer
22 for deposit in the general revenue fund. Each person
23 receiving applying for such a scholarship shall be provided
24 with a description of the provisions copy of this subsection
25 (d) at the time he or she qualifies applies for the benefits
26 of such a scholarship.
27 (e) This Section is basically substantially the same as
28 Sections 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, and 30-4a of the School Code,
29 which are repealed by this amendatory Act of 1993, and shall
30 be construed as a continuation of the teacher scholarship
31 program established by that prior law, and not as a new or
32 different teacher scholarship program. The State Board of
33 Education shall transfer to the Commission, as the successor
34 to the State Board of Education for all purposes of
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1 administering and implementing the provisions of this
2 Section, all books, accounts, records, papers, documents,
3 contracts, agreements, and pending business in any way
4 relating to the teacher scholarship program continued under
5 this Section; and all scholarships at any time awarded under
6 that program by, and all applications for any such
7 scholarships at any time made to, the State Board of
8 Education shall be unaffected by the transfer to the
9 Commission of all responsibility for the administration and
10 implementation of the teacher scholarship program continued
11 under this Section. The State Board of Education shall
12 furnish to the Commission such other information as the
13 Commission may request to assist it in administering this
14 Section.
15 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
16 (110 ILCS 947/65.40)
17 Sec. 65.40. General provisions; leaves of absence.
18 (a) The scholarships issued under Section Sections 65.15
19 through 65.35 may be used at the University of Illinois,
20 Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University,
21 Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University,
22 Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University,
23 Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University
24 as provided in those Sections. Unless otherwise indicated,
25 the these scholarships shall be good for a period of not more
26 than 4 years while enrolled for residence credit and shall
27 exempt the holder from the payment of tuition and other
28 necessary fees as defined in Section 35 of this Act, or any
29 matriculation, graduation, activity, term or incidental fee,
30 except any portion of a multipurpose fee which is used for a
31 purpose for which exemption is not granted under this
32 Section. Exemption shall not be granted from any other fees,
33 including book rental, service, laboratory, supply, union
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1 building, hospital and medical insurance fees and any fees
2 established for the operation and maintenance of buildings,
3 the income of which is pledged to the payment of interest and
4 principal on bonds issued by the governing board of any
5 university or community college.
6 Any student who has been or shall be awarded a
7 scholarship shall be reimbursed by the appropriate university
8 or community college for any charges fees which he or she has
9 paid and for which exemption is granted under this Section,
10 if application for such reimbursement is made within 2 months
11 following the school term for which the charges fees were
12 paid.
13 The holder of a scholarship shall be subject to all
14 examinations, rules and requirements of the university or
15 community college in which he or she is enrolled except as
16 herein directed.
17 This Section does not prohibit the Board of Trustees of
18 the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern
19 Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
20 University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
21 University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
22 University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
23 University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
24 University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
25 University, and the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
26 University for the institutions under their respective
27 jurisdictions from granting other scholarships.
28 (b) Any student enrolled in a university to which he or
29 she is holding a scholarship issued under Section Sections
30 65.15 through 65.35 who satisfies the president of the
31 university or someone designated by the president that the
32 student requires leave of absence for the purpose of earning
33 funds to defray his or her expenses while in attendance or on
34 account of illness or military service may be granted such
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1 leave and allowed a period of not to exceed 6 years in which
2 to complete his or her course at the university. Time spent
3 in the armed forces shall not be part of the 6 years.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)".