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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 441
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 441, AS AMENDED,
3 immediately below the enacting clause, by inserting the
4 following:
5 "Section 3. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
6 by changing Section 9.28 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 205/9.28)
8 Sec. 9.28. 9.27. Graduation incentive grant program.
9 (a) The graduation incentive grant program is hereby
10 created. The program shall be implemented and administered
11 by the Board of Higher Education to provide grant incentives
12 to public universities that offer their undergraduate
13 students contracts under which the university commits itself
14 to provide the courses, programs, and support services
15 necessary to enable the contracting students to graduate
16 within 4 years, or for universities that (i) have a prominent
17 number of non-traditional or transfer students or (ii) do not
18 have freshman and sophomore enrollment, to have an expedited
19 graduation. Grants shall be awarded from appropriations made
20 to the Board of Higher Education for purposes of this
21 Section.
22 (b) To be eligible for grant consideration, a public
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1 university shall annually file a report with the Board of
2 Higher Education detailing its 4-year or expedited graduation
3 contract program. The report shall include, at a minimum,
4 the following information: the number of undergraduate
5 students participating in the program, the requirements of
6 the 4-year or expedited graduation contracts offered by the
7 university, the types of additional support services provided
8 by the university to the contracting students, and the cost
9 of the program.
10 (c) In awarding grants to public universities under this
11 Section, the Board of Higher Education may consider each
12 applicant's report data, the number of institutions wishing
13 to participate, and such other criteria as the Board of
14 Higher Education determines to be appropriate.
15 (d) The Board of Higher Education shall annually submit
16 to the Governor and the General Assembly a budgetary
17 recommendation for grants under this Section and shall notify
18 applicants for grant assistance that the award of grants
19 under this Section is contingent upon the availability of
20 appropriated funds.
21 (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules
22 as it deems necessary for administration of the grant program
23 created by this Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-750, eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-21-98.)".