Bill Text: IL HB5432 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishing a financial assistance program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5432 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5432-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5432 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 225/3 from Ch. 144, par. 2953
Amends the Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishing a financial assistance program.
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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 Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program Act
is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(110 ILCS 225/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2953)
Sec. 3. Creation and implementation of program. A program
of financial assistance to support student cooperative work
study programs in higher education is established to benefit
students academically and and financially, reduce reliance on
loans, enhance public-private sector partnerships, and
encourage students to seek permanent employment in Illinois.
The Board shall administer the program of financial
assistance and shall distribute the funds appropriated by the
General Assembly for this purpose in the form of grants to
public or nonpublic institutions of higher education to expand
opportunities for students to pursue internships, clinical
placement, cooperative programs with business and industry,
and other work opportunities linked to a student's academic
program. In awarding grants under this Act, the Board shall
consider whether programs:
(1) strengthen cooperation between higher education,
business, industry, and government;

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(2) promote school/college partnerships;
(3) encourage social and community service activities;
(4) maximize the use of matching contributions from
business and industry, governmental and social agencies,
and participating colleges and universities to support
student wages;
(5) create new opportunities for partnerships between
the public and private sectors;
(6) integrate other components of student financial
aid to reduce reliance on student loans; and
(7) meet other criteria that the Board determines are
appropriate.
The Board shall assure that a representative number of the
grants support cooperative work study programs that support
work experiences for students in academic programs of
engineering, science, math, and education.
No grant may be awarded under this Section for any program
of sectarian instruction or for any program designed to serve a
sectarian purpose.
As part of its administration of the Act, the Board may
require evaluations, audits or reports in relation to fiscal
and academic aspects of any program for which a grant is
awarded under this Act. The Board shall annually submit to the
Governor and General Assembly a budgetary recommendation for
grants under this Act.
The Board may adopt rules it deems necessary for

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administration of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-513.)