Illinois House Bill 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish and administer an adult vocational community college scholarship program. Provides that beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications for scholarships to community colleges for people over the age of 30 who have been unemployed and are actively searching for employment and who can identify the specific training certificate, credential, or associate degree that he or she is seeking to obtain. Allows applicants to re-apply for the scholarship if they can demonstrate continual progress toward the desired certificate, credential, or degree. Provides that scholarships shall not exceed $2,000 per recipient per academic year. Allows the Commission to establish appropriate applications and forms. Requires the Commission to adopt all necessary and proper rules to implement the program.

COMM COLL-VOCATION SCHOLARSHIP

Rep. David McSweeney [R]

Rep. Jonathan Carroll [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-22	House	To Special Issues Subcommittee (HED)
2019-02-05	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
2019-01-23	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
2019-01-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-10	House	First Reading
2019-01-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David McSweeney

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
110	947	65.105	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=302&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0302.htm