Bill Text: IL HB3827 | 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 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]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3827-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3827 Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/65.120 new
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 a 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.
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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 65.120 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.120 new)
Sec. 65.120. Volunteer firefighter grant program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall, each
year, receive and consider applications for grant assistance
under this Section. An applicant is eligible for grant
assistance if the Commission finds that the applicant:
(1) is a resident of this State;
(2) is a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer EMS
personnel at the time the grant application is submitted
to the Commission;
(3) is a high school graduate or has received a high
school equivalency certificate;
(4) meets all requirements for admission to a public
community college; and
(5) is enrolled in an associate degree program at a
public community college.
(b) Applicants who are determined to be eligible for
assistance under this Section shall receive, subject to

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appropriation, a renewable grant sufficient to pay all tuition
and mandatory fees. The tuition and mandatory fees shall be
paid directly to the public community college in which the
applicant is enrolled.
(c) A grant recipient must not have an outstanding balance
with the public community college and must maintain
satisfactory academic progress as determined by the community
college to remain eligible for grant assistance.
(d) A grant awarded under this Section may be renewed for
up to a total of 2 years of full-time enrollment.
(e) The Commission shall adopt any rules necessary for the
implementation and administration of this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.