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92_SB2377 LRB9214615ACsbA 1 AN ACT making appropriations to the Illinois Student 2 Assistance Commission. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The following amounts, or so much of those 6 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 7 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student 8 Assistance Commission for its ordinary and contingent 9 expenses: 10 For Administration 11 For Personal Services........................... $2,970,100 12 For Employee Retirement Contributions 13 Paid by Employer............................ 123,800 14 For State Contributions to State 15 Employees Retirement System................. 306,500 16 For State Contributions to 17 Social Security............................. 227,200 18 For Contractual Services........................ 2,574,800 19 For Travel...................................... 43,000 20 For Commodities................................. 50,600 21 For Printing.................................... 130,700 22 For Equipment................................... 69,800 23 For Telecommunications.......................... 187,500 24 For Operation of Auto Equipment................. 6,800 25 Total $6,690,800 26 Section 10. The sum of $65,000, or so much thereof as 27 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 28 Assistance Commission from the Higher EdNet Fund for costs 29 associated with administration of the Illinois Higher EdNet, 30 a clearinghouse for post-secondary education financial aid 31 information. -2- LRB9214615ACsbA 1 Section 15. The following named amounts, or so much 2 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 3 to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission from the 4 Student Loan Operating Fund for its ordinary and contingent 5 expenses: 6 For Administration 7 For Personal Services........................... $13,226,400 8 For Employee Retirement Contributions 9 Paid by Employer............................ 529,100 10 For State Contributions to State 11 Employees Retirement System................. 1,324,000 12 For State Contributions to 13 Social Security............................. 1,011,900 14 For State Contributions for 15 Employees Group Insurance................... 2,549,500 16 For Contractual Services........................ 11,742,000 17 For Travel...................................... 191,000 18 For Commodities................................. 234,700 19 For Printing.................................... 558,000 20 For Equipment................................... 525,000 21 For Telecommunications.......................... 1,733,500 22 For Operation of Auto Equipment................. 31,500 23 Total $33,656,600 24 Section 20. The sum of $284,226,000, or so much thereof 25 as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 26 Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for 27 payment of grant awards to students eligible to receive such 28 awards, as provided by law, including up to $5,000,000 for 29 transfer into the Monetary Award Program Reserve Fund. 30 Section 25. The sum of $6,677,000, or so much thereof as 31 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 32 Assistance Commission from the Monetary Award Program Reserve -3- LRB9214615ACsbA 1 Fund for payment of grant awards to full-time and part-time 2 students eligible to receive such awards, as provided by law. 3 Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much 4 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 5 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student 6 Assistance Commission for the following purposes: 7 Grants and Scholarships 8 For payment of matching grants to Illinois 9 institutions to supplement scholarship 10 programs, as provided by law................ $1,000,000 11 For payment of Merit Recognition Scholarships to 12 undergraduate students under the Merit 13 Recognition Scholarship Program provided for 14 in Section 31 of the Higher Education 15 Student Assistance Act...................... 6,100,000 16 For the payment of scholarships to students who 17 are children of policemen or firemen killed 18 in the line of duty, or who are dependents 19 of correctional officers killed or 20 permanently disabled in the line of duty, as 21 provided by law............................. 275,000 22 For payment of Illinois National Guard and Naval 23 Militia Scholarships at State-controlled 24 universities and public community colleges 25 in Illinois to students eligible to receive 26 such awards, as provided by law............. 4,500,000 27 For payment of military Veterans' scholarships 28 at State-controlled universities and at 29 public community colleges for students 30 eligible, as provided by law................ 19,500,000 31 For college savings bond grants to students 32 eligible to receive such awards............. 650,000 33 For payment of Minority Teacher Scholarships.... 3,100,000 -4- LRB9214615ACsbA 1 For payment of David A. DeBolt Teacher Shortage 2 Scholarships................................ 2,900,000 3 For payment of Illinois Incentive for Access 4 grants, as provided by law.................. 7,200,000 5 For payment of Information Technology Grants.... 3,000,000 6 Total $48,225,000 7 Section 35. The following named amount, or so much 8 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 9 Education Assistance Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance 10 Commission for the following purpose: 11 Grants and Scholarships 12 For payment of grant awards to full-time and 13 part-time students eligible to receive such 14 awards, as provided by law.................. $103,402,300 15 Section 40. The following sum, or so much thereof as may 16 be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Leveraging 17 Educational Assistance and Supplemental Leveraging 18 Educational Assistance Programs to the Illinois Student 19 Assistance Commission for the following purpose: 20 Grants 21 For payment of grant awards to full-time and 22 part-time students eligible to receive such 23 awards, as provided by law.................. $3,100,000 24 Section 45. The sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as 25 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 26 Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for 27 purposes of supporting costs required to re-engineer and 28 redesign certain scholarship and grant information systems. 29 Section 50. The sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as 30 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student -5- LRB9214615ACsbA 1 Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for 2 support of new initiatives to increase awareness of 3 educational and financial aid opportunities among underserved 4 or underrepresented populations. 5 Section 55. The sum of $190,000,000, or so much thereof 6 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Student 7 Loan Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for 8 distribution when necessary as a result of the following: for 9 guarantees of loans that are uncollectable, for collection 10 payments to the Student Loan Operating Fund as required under 11 agreements with the United States Secretary of Education, for 12 payment to the Student Loan Operating Fund for Default 13 Aversion Fees, and for other distributions as necessary and 14 provided for under the Federal Higher Education Act. 15 Section 60. The sum of $24,000,000, or so much thereof 16 as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois 17 Student Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating 18 Fund for distribution as necessary for the following: for 19 payment of collection agency fees associated with collection 20 activities for Federal Family Education Loans, for Default 21 Aversion Fee reversals, and for distributions as necessary 22 and provided for under the Federal Higher Education Act. 23 Section 63. THe sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 24 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 25 Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating Fund 26 for costs associated with Federal Loan System Development and 27 Maintenance. 28 Section 65. The sum of $13,000,000, or so much thereof 29 as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 30 Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating Fund -6- LRB9214615ACsbA 1 for transfer to the Federal Student Loan Fund for 2 reimbursement of sums transferred for working capital 3 purposes as permitted by federal law. 4 Section 70. The sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as 5 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Reserve 6 Recall Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for 7 default prevention activities. 8 Section 75. The sum of $300,000, or so much of that 9 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Accounts 10 Receivable Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission 11 for costs associated with the collection of delinquent 12 scholarship awards pursuant to the Illinois State Collection 13 Act of 1986. 14 Section 80. The following named amount, or so much 15 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal 16 Student Assistance Scholarship Fund to the Illinois Student 17 Assistance Commission for the following purpose: 18 For payment of Robert C. Byrd Honors 19 Scholarships................................ $1,800,000 20 Section 85. The sum of $70,000, or so much thereof as 21 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 22 Assistance Commission from the University Grant Fund for 23 payment of grants for the Higher Education License Plate 24 Program, as provided by law. 25 Section 90. The sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as 26 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student 27 Assistance Commission from the Contract and Grants Fund to 28 support outreach and training activities. -7- LRB9214615ACsbA 1 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 2 July 1, 2002.