Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish a grant program for volunteer firefighters or volunteer EMS personnel who are enrolled in an associate degree program at a public community college. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Requires a grant recipient not to have an outstanding balance with the public community college and to maintain satisfactory academic progress to remain eligible for grant assistance. Provides that the grant may be renewed for up to a total of 2 years of full-time enrollment. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3827 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Brad Halbrook [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-107	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dennis Tipsword [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-105	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Chris Miller [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-101	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adam Niemerg [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-102	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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