Bill Sponsors: IL SB1739 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that a student who is already licensed to teach and is enrolled in a course of study leading to an additional teaching endorsement or a master's degree in an academic field in which he or she is teaching or plans to teach may participate in the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program (rather than limiting the program to undergraduate students). Makes a conforming change. Effective June 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0235 [SB1739 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-004FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Andy Manar [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-048FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Patricia Van Pelt [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-005FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Laura Murphy [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-028FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Donne Trotter [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-017FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-003FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-008FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-083FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Mary Flowers [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-031FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Emanuel Welch [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-007FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Kathleen Willis [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-077FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-078FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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