Senate Sponsors: CRONIN. Short description: HIGH ED-TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes to the provisions concerning the Minority Teachers of Illinois Scholarship Program, including allowing a person enrolled at the freshman level or graduate level to qualify for a scholarship, allowing qualifying students to be enrolled on a half-time basis, and requiring a scholarship recipient to begin teaching within the one-year period following termination of the undergraduate program. Makes changes to the provisions concerning the David A. DeBolt Teacher Shortage Scholarship Program, including changing the name to the ITEACH Teacher Shortage Scholarship Program, allowing a person enrolled at the freshman level to qualify for a scholarship, requiring a scholarship recipient to begin teaching within the one-year period following termination of the academic program, and, for not fulfilling the teaching obligation, changing the interest rate for repayment to 5%. Makes changes to the provisions concerning special education teacher scholarships, including requiring a person to begin teaching within one year after graduation from or termination of enrollment in the teacher education program and not requiring a recipient to repay the amount of scholarship received while enrolled at the freshman level for not fulfilling the teaching requirement. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow money in the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarship Fund to be appropriated for ITEACH Teacher Shortage Scholarships. Effective July 1, 2003. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status