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 1        AN ACT relating to higher education.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Board of Higher Education Act is  amended
 5    by adding Section 9.30 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 205/9.30 new)
 7        Sec.  9.30.   Critical worker shortage grant program.  To
 8    establish   and   administer   a   program   of   grants   to
 9    degree-granting institutions  of  higher  education  for  the
10    purpose  of  responding  promptly  to new workforce needs for
11    educated employees in  specific  high  demand  fields.  These
12    grants  may  be  awarded  to  public  institutions  of higher
13    education or nonpublic degree-granting institutions or  both.
14    These  grants  may  be  made  to  institutions to develop new
15    educational programs in specifically designated  high  demand
16    fields  or  to  support  expansion  of  existing  educational
17    programs in those fields of worker shortages. The Board shall
18    take  into  consideration labor information from the Illinois
19    Occupational   Information   Coordinating   Committee,    the
20    Department   of  Employment  Security,  and  its  own  market
21    research in responding and establishing a  grant  program  to
22    meet critical workforce needs.  The Board may designate funds
23    appropriated  for  this  purpose  to  establish  a program of
24    competitive grants for new and expanded  educational  program
25    development  or  may allocate funds available on the basis of
26    degrees  conferred  or  program  enrollments  in   order   to
27    encourage   development   of  increased  educational  program
28    capacity.

29        Section 10.  The Illinois Financial  Assistance  Act  for
30    Nonpublic  Institutions  of  Higher  Learning  is  amended by
 
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 1    changing Sections 3, 4, 5, and 7 as follows:

 2        (110 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 1333)
 3        Sec.  3.   For  the  academic  year  beginning  in   2002
 4    September 1, 1977, institutional grants may shall be made for
 5    that  and for each succeeding academic year to each nonpublic
 6    institution of higher learning in  an  amount  determined  by
 7    allocating  amounts  for  funding this Act among the eligible
 8    institutions in accordance with a formula or  formulae  based
 9    upon  one  or more of the following factors: on the number of
10    undergraduate degrees granted to students who  are  residents
11    of  the  State  of Illinois enrolled as students at each such
12    institution; the number of full-time equivalent undergraduate
13    students who are residents of the State of Illinois  enrolled
14    as students at each such institution; and the number of, with
15    double credit being given to the full-time equivalent of such
16    students   who   are   junior  or  senior  students  at  such
17    institutions.   The   number    of    full-time    equivalent
18    undergraduate   students   enrolled   at  eligible  nonpublic
19    institutions of higher learning shall be determined as of the
20    first day of the fourth week of classes  of  the  fall  term.
21    The   Board  of  Higher  Education  shall  establish  formula
22    allocations guidelines and  adopt  rules  necessary  for  the
23    administration of this Act.
24        Conditions  of institutional eligibility for these grants
25    shall include but need not be limited to the following:
26        (1)  That the governing board of the institution  possess
27    its own sovereignty.
28        (2)  That   the   governing   board,   or  its  delegated
29    institutional  officials,  possess  final  authority  in  all
30    matters  of  local  control,  including  educational  policy,
31    choice of personnel, determination of program, and  financial
32    management.
33        (3)  That  the  institution  possess and maintain an open
 
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 1    policy with respect to race, creed and color as to  admission
 2    of students, appointment of faculty and employment of staff.
 3        (4)  That  the  institution  be  able to show its current
 4    financial stability and reasonable prospects for  its  future
 5    stability.
 6        (5)  That the institution not be operated for profit.
 7        (6)  That the institution provide a full financial report
 8    including a certified audit, and participate in the unit cost
 9    study  and  other  studies conducted annually by the Board of
10    Higher Education.
11        (7)  If  required  by  rule  of  the  Board,   that   the
12    institution  submit to an additional annual external audit of
13    its enrollment records and nonsectarian use of funds.
14    (Source: P.A. 84-834.)

15        (110 ILCS 210/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 1334)
16        Sec.  4.   For  the  academic  year  beginning  in   2002
17    1971-1972  and  each  academic year thereafter, each eligible
18    institution of higher learning shall prepare and  certify  to
19    the Board in writing any information required by the Board to
20    justify  the  grants  of  Higher  Education,  on the basis of
21    enrollment at that institution on October 1 of that  year,  a
22    list  of  the  names,  addresses  and  classification of each
23    resident of Illinois enrolled  as  a  full-time  freshman  or
24    sophomore  and  of  each  resident  of Illinois enrolled as a
25    full-time junior or senior at that institution and a  similar
26    list   of   the  names,  addresses,  and  classifications  of
27    residents of Illinois  enrolled  as  part-time  freshmen  and
28    sophomores,  and  as  part-time  juniors  and seniors at such
29    institution, together with a certification of the  number  of
30    credit  hours  for  which  such  students  are enrolled. This
31    information certified list shall be signed and  furnished  to
32    the   Board  by  the  chief  administrative  officer  of  the
33    institution.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 80-289.)

 2        (110 ILCS 210/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 1335)
 3        Sec.  5.  The  Board  shall  prescribe  and  advise  such
 4    institutions as to the form of certificate or certificates to
 5    be submitted under Section 4 of this Act, and  promptly  upon
 6    receipt  of  such  certificates  from  the institutions shall
 7    certify to the  State  Comptroller  Treasurer  the  aggregate
 8    amount  of the grant allocable to and to be paid to each such
 9    institution.  The  Board  shall  examine   the   certificates
10    furnished  by  the  institutions and may require such further
11    data and information as the Board may request.  Upon  written
12    notice by the Board to any institution, the Board may examine
13    the  institution's student enrollment records for the purpose
14    of  verification,  amendment  or  correction  of   any   such
15    certificate.
16    (Source: P.A. 77-273.)

17        (110 ILCS 210/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 1337)
18        Sec.  7.  The  Board shall keep an accurate record of all
19    its activities under this Act and by February  15,  1972  and
20    each  year thereafter, shall make a report to its members, to
21    the Governor and to the General Assembly  Auditor  of  Public
22    Accounts,  such report to be a part of its annual report in a
23    form prescribed by its members, with the written approval  of
24    the Auditor of Public Accounts.
25    (Source: P.A. 77-273.)

26        Section  15.  The Health Services Education Grants Act is
27    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

28        (110 ILCS 215/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 824)
29        Sec. 4.  Grants may be made to medical, dental, pharmacy,
30    optometry,  and  nursing  schools,  to  physician   assistant
 
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 1    programs,  to  other health-related schools and programs, and
 2    to hospitals and clinical facilities used in  health  service
 3    training programs.
 4        Qualification  for grants shall be on the basis of either
 5    the number of Illinois resident enrollees or  the  number  of
 6    degrees  granted to students who are residents of this State,
 7    an increase in the number of Illinois resident enrollees,  or
 8    both.  The grant amount or proportion of increase required to
 9    qualify shall be determined by the Board of Higher  Education
10    for  each  class of institution. However, in no case shall an
11    institution qualify for grants unless  the  increase  in  its
12    number  of  Illinois  resident enrollees is at least equal to
13    the increase in total enrollment made possible  through  such
14    grants.
15        At the discretion of the Board of Higher Education grants
16    may  be  made  for each class of institution in any or all of
17    the following forms:
18        (1)  Single nonrecurring grants for planning and  capital
19    expense  based  on  the  increase  in  the number of Illinois
20    resident enrollees;
21        (2)  Annual grants based on the increase in the number of
22    degrees granted to (a) Illinois resident  enrollees,  or  (b)
23    Illinois  resident  enrollees from minority racial and ethnic
24    groups, or both (a) and (b); and
25        (3)  Annual stabilization grants based on the  number  of
26    (a)  Illinois  residents  already  enrolled,  or (b) Illinois
27    residents already enrolled from minority  racial  and  ethnic
28    groups, or both (a) and (b).
29        In  awarding  grants  to  nursing schools and to hospital
30    schools of nursing, the Board of Higher  Education  may  also
31    consider   whether  the  nursing  program  is  located  in  a
32    certified nurse shortage area.  For purposes of this  Section
33    "certified  nurse  shortage  area" means an area certified by
34    the Director of the Department of Public Health  as  a  nurse
 
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 1    shortage  area  based  on the most reliable data available to
 2    the Director.
 3    (Source: P.A. 86-1032; 87-1087.)

 4        Section  20.  The  Illinois  Consortium  for  Educational
 5    Opportunity Act is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 930/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 2309)
 7        Sec. 9.   Terms  of  award.   After  a  person  has  been
 8    accepted into the ICEOP, the individual shall be eligible for
 9    an  annual  up  to  a  $10,000  award annually which shall be
10    renewable for up to an additional 3 years provided that he or
11    she makes satisfactory progress toward completing his or  her
12    degree. The Consortium Board shall determine the award amount
13    annually.
14    (Source: P.A. 84-785.)

15        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This Act takes effect on
16    July 1, 2002.

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