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92_SB2028
LRB9216009NTpk
1 AN ACT relating to higher education student assistance.
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 Section 55 as follows:
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 State Illinois residents at the time of enrollment in
15 order 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. 91-670, eff. 12-22-99.)