Bill Text: IL HB1606 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to implement and administer a program, beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, to award grants to Illinois residents seeking an associate degree, certificate, or diploma from a public community college. Sets forth the terms and conditions of the program. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1606 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1606-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1606 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/23 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to implement and administer a program, beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, to award grants to Illinois residents seeking a associate degree, certificate, or diploma from a public community college. Sets forth the terms and conditions of the program. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
amended by adding Section 23 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/23 new)
Sec. 23. Public community college tuition grant program.
(a) The Commission shall implement and administer a
program, beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, to award
grants to all eligible Illinois residents seeking a associate
degree, certificate, or diploma from a public community
college. The following terms and conditions shall apply to the
program:
(1) To be eligible for a grant, a student must be
admitted to and enrolled as a Illinois resident in a
public community college.
(2) Students applying for a grant shall complete the
grant application in their initial year of enrollment.
Students shall complete the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid each academic year in which they seek to
receive a grant.
(3) To continue to receive a grant, a student must
maintain Illinois residency.

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(4) Each academic year, subject to appropriation, a
grant shall be equal to the cost of tuition and mandatory
fees at the public community college.
(5) A student awarded a grant who has an approved
medical or personal leave of absence from a public
community college may continue to receive the grant upon
resuming the student's education at a public community
college so long as the student continues to meet all
applicable eligibility requirements under this Section and
as adopted by the Commission.
(6) A student is eligible for a grant until the
student has earned an associate degree, certificate, or
diploma from a public community college.
(b) The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to
implement this Section.