Bill Amendment: IL HB0765 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2019-03-29 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0765 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0765-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2019-03-29 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0765 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0765-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 765
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 765 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 65.58 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 947/65.58 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 65.58. Teacher tuition reimbursement grant program. | ||||||
8 | (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, the | ||||||
9 | Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications | ||||||
10 | for grant assistance under this Section. An applicant is | ||||||
11 | eligible for a grant under this Section if the Commission finds | ||||||
12 | that the applicant meets all of the following qualifications: | ||||||
13 | (1) He or she is a resident of this State and a United | ||||||
14 | States citizen or eligible noncitizen. | ||||||
15 | (2) He or she graduated from a public university in | ||||||
16 | this State. |
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1 | (3) He or she has outstanding student loan debt that | ||||||
2 | was incurred to pay tuition costs at a public university in | ||||||
3 | this State. | ||||||
4 | (4) He or she has taught at a public school in this | ||||||
5 | State for a minimum of 10 school years and is teaching at a | ||||||
6 | public school in this State at the time of application. | ||||||
7 | (b) All applications for grant assistance to be awarded | ||||||
8 | under this Section shall be made to the Commission in a form as | ||||||
9 | set forth by the Commission. The form of application and the | ||||||
10 | information required to be set forth in the application shall | ||||||
11 | be determined by the Commission, and the Commission shall | ||||||
12 | require eligible applicants to submit with their applications | ||||||
13 | any supporting documents that the Commission deems necessary. | ||||||
14 | (c) Each grant awarded under this Section may not exceed | ||||||
15 | $20,000 per applicant and may be used by the recipient only for | ||||||
16 | payment toward outstanding student loan debt that was incurred | ||||||
17 | to pay tuition costs at a public university in this State. A | ||||||
18 | recipient may not use a grant awarded under this Section for | ||||||
19 | that portion of the recipient's student loan debt used to pay | ||||||
20 | room and board costs or any other costs that do not include | ||||||
21 | tuition at a public university in this State. | ||||||
22 | (d) The Commission must adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
23 | Section. ".
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