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91_HB2297
LRB9104092NTsb
1 AN ACT concerning education, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
5 is amended by changing Sections 55 and 60 as follow:
6 (110 ILCS 947/55)
7 Sec. 55. Police officer or fire officer survivor grant.
8 Grants shall be provided for any spouse, natural child,
9 legally adopted child, or child in the legal custody of
10 police officers and fire officers killed or permanently
11 disabled with 90% to 100% disability in the line of duty
12 while employed by, or in the voluntary service of, this State
13 or any local public entity in this State. Beneficiaries need
14 not be Illinois residents at the time of enrollment in order
15 to receive this grant. Beneficiaries are entitled to 8
16 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and
17 mandatory fees at any State-sponsored Illinois institution of
18 higher learning for either full or part-time study, or the
19 equivalent of 8 semesters or 12 quarters of payment of
20 tuition and mandatory fees at the rate established by the
21 Commission for private institutions in the State of Illinois,
22 provided the recipient is maintaining satisfactory academic
23 progress. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or
24 graduate study. The benefits of this Section shall be
25 administered by and paid out of funds available to the
26 Commission and shall accrue to the bona fide applicant
27 without the requirement of demonstrating financial need to
28 qualify for those benefits.
29 (Source: P.A. 89-430, eff. 12-15-95.)
30 (110 ILCS 947/60)
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1 Sec. 60. Grants for dependents of Department of
2 Corrections employees killed or permanently disabled in the
3 line of duty. Any spouse, natural child, legally adopted
4 child, or child in the legal custody of an employee of the
5 Department of Corrections who is assigned to a security
6 position with the Department with responsibility for inmates
7 of any correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the
8 Department and who is killed or permanently disabled with 90%
9 to 100% disability in the line of duty is entitled to 8
10 semesters or 12 quarters of full payment of tuition and
11 mandatory fees at any State-supported Illinois institution of
12 higher learning for either full or part-time study, or the
13 equivalent of 8 semesters or 12 quarters of payment of
14 tuition and mandatory fees at the rate established by the
15 Commission for private institutions in the State of Illinois,
16 provided the recipient is maintaining satisfactory academic
17 progress. This benefit may be used for undergraduate or
18 graduate study. Beneficiaries need not be Illinois residents
19 at the time of enrollment in order to receive this grant. The
20 benefits of this Section shall be administered by and paid
21 out of funds available to the Commission and shall accrue to
22 the bona fide applicant without the requirement of
23 demonstrating financial need to qualify for those benefits.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-430, eff. 12-15-95.)
25 (820 ILCS 320/15 rep.)
26 Section 10. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
27 amended by repealing Section 15.