Bill Amendment: IL SB2969 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: HIGHER ED-GRAD GRANT PROGRAM
Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2969 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2969-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: HIGHER ED-GRAD GRANT PROGRAM
Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2969 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2969-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2969
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2969 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 9.28 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 205/9.28)
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7 | Sec. 9.28. Graduation incentive grant program.
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8 | (a) The graduation incentive grant program is hereby | ||||||
9 | created. The program
shall be implemented and administered by | ||||||
10 | the Board of Higher Education to
provide grant incentives to | ||||||
11 | public universities that offer their undergraduate
students | ||||||
12 | contracts under which the university commits itself to provide | ||||||
13 | the
courses, programs, and support services necessary to enable | ||||||
14 | the contracting
students to graduate within 4 years. Grants | ||||||
15 | shall be awarded from
appropriations made to the Board of | ||||||
16 | Higher Education for purposes of this
Section.
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1 | (b) To be eligible for grant consideration, a public | ||||||
2 | university shall
annually file a report with the Board of | ||||||
3 | Higher Education detailing its 4-year
graduation contract | ||||||
4 | program. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
following | ||||||
5 | information: the number of undergraduate students | ||||||
6 | participating in
the program, the requirements of the 4-year | ||||||
7 | graduation contracts offered by the
university, the types of | ||||||
8 | additional support services provided by the university
to the | ||||||
9 | contracting students, and the cost of the program.
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10 | (c) In awarding grants to public universities under
this | ||||||
11 | Section, the Board of Higher Education may consider each | ||||||
12 | applicant's
report data, the number of institutions wishing to | ||||||
13 | participate, and such other
criteria as the Board of Higher | ||||||
14 | Education determines to be appropriate.
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15 | (d) If money is appropriated for grants under this Section | ||||||
16 | for the current fiscal year, the The Board of Higher Education | ||||||
17 | shall annually submit to the Governor and
the General Assembly | ||||||
18 | a budgetary recommendation for grants under this Section for | ||||||
19 | the upcoming fiscal year
and shall notify applicants for grant | ||||||
20 | assistance that the award of grants under
this Section for that | ||||||
21 | upcoming fiscal year is contingent upon the availability of | ||||||
22 | appropriated funds.
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23 | (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules as | ||||||
24 | it deems necessary
for administration of the grant program | ||||||
25 | created by this Section.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 90-750, eff. 8-14-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)".
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