House Sponsors: O'CONNOR-MYERS,RICHARD-BOST-ERWIN, BELLOCK AND MITCHELL,JERRY. Senate Sponsors: MAITLAND-WALSH,T Short description: HGH ED-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP-90TH Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Changes the 7th semester cumulative grade point average required to qualify as an eligible applicant for a merit recognition scholarship to at or above the 90th (from at or above the 95th) percentile of the student's high school class, and for a student from a non-recognized high school, changes the cumulative score on the ACT to qualify as an eligible applicant to at least 5 points above the statewide mean average cumulative ACT score (from at least 7 points above the statewide average cumulative ACT score). In a provision concerning allocating scholarships when funds are insufficient to provide all qualified students with a scholarship, changes certain figures in the determination of the percentile placement of qualified students from non-recognized high schools. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 110 ILCS 947/30 Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 947/31 new 110 ILCS 947/25 rep. 110 ILCS 947/30 rep. Deletes everything. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the Illinois Merit Scholarship program to award $1,000 scholarships to qualified students without regard to financial need, to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Repeals provisions concerning the State scholar program and the merit recognition scholarship program. Effective July 1, 2000. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes reference to: 110 ILCS 947/25 rep. Changes the name of the scholarship from the Illinois Merit Scholarship to the Merit Recognition Scholarship. Removes the provisions that repeal the State scholar program. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0128 Last action date: 99-07-16 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status