Bill Text: IL HR0897 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Resolves that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall convene a task force to deliberate options for the adoption of new rules for the Monetary Award Program, with the goal of improving the outcomes for students who receive these awards.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0897 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0897-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The State's Monetary Award Program (MAP) is one of | ||||||
3 | the largest and most successful need-based, student financial | ||||||
4 | aid program in the United States; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The award size of MAP grants and their historic, | ||||||
6 | student-focused nature have enabled students of need to attend | ||||||
7 | the college or university that best suits their educational | ||||||
8 | needs; and
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9 | WHEREAS, MAP grant recipients are able to achieve their | ||||||
10 | potential through education, something that our State holds in | ||||||
11 | the highest value; and
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12 | WHEREAS, MAP grants are limited in the amount of funds that | ||||||
13 | can be appropriated for them each fiscal year, and the General | ||||||
14 | Assembly and Governor are seeking additional ways to improve | ||||||
15 | the performance of these grants by asking more of the grant | ||||||
16 | recipients and the institutions they choose to attend; | ||||||
17 | therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
19 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
20 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall convene a task | ||||||
21 | force to deliberate options for the adoption of new rules for |
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1 | the Monetary Award Program (MAP), with the goal of improving | ||||||
2 | the outcomes for students who receive these awards; and be it | ||||||
3 | further
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4 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall include without | ||||||
5 | limitation the following: | ||||||
6 | (1)
one representative of Illinois public | ||||||
7 | universities; | ||||||
8 | (2)
one representative of Illinois public community | ||||||
9 | colleges; | ||||||
10 | (3)
one representative of Illinois non-profit, private | ||||||
11 | colleges and universities; | ||||||
12 | (4)
one representative of Illinois proprietary | ||||||
13 | institutions; | ||||||
14 | (5)
one representative of an association of financial | ||||||
15 | aid administrators; | ||||||
16 | (6)
one student who is currently receiving a MAP grant; | ||||||
17 | (7)
one representative of the Illinois Community | ||||||
18 | College Board; | ||||||
19 | (8)
one representative of the Board of Higher | ||||||
20 | Education; | ||||||
21 | (9) one representative of the Office of the Lieutenant | ||||||
22 | Governor; and | ||||||
23 | (10)
the Executive Director of the Illinois Student | ||||||
24 | Assistance Commission, who shall serve as chairperson of | ||||||
25 | the task force, and one other representative of the |
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1 | Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That members of the task force shall be appointed | ||||||
3 | by the Executive Director of the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||
4 | Commission; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That the members of the task force shall serve | ||||||
6 | without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their | ||||||
7 | reasonable and necessary expenses from funds available for that | ||||||
8 | purpose; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Student Assistance Commission | ||||||
10 | shall provide administrative and other support to the task | ||||||
11 | force; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall hold public meetings | ||||||
13 | and seek input from students and additional stakeholders; and | ||||||
14 | be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That the new rules should be created with the | ||||||
16 | following goals: | ||||||
17 | (1)
to improve the partnerships between this State and | ||||||
18 | institutions as they provide both financial assistance and | ||||||
19 | academic support to MAP recipients; | ||||||
20 | (2)
to improve the overall effectiveness of MAP grants | ||||||
21 | in helping students of need not only enter college, but to |
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1 | complete a degree program; and | ||||||
2 | (3)
to recognize that all colleges and universities are | ||||||
3 | different, and the different natures of their student | ||||||
4 | populations and their varying missions must be recognized | ||||||
5 | as inherently good and valuable; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That these new rules should be designed so that | ||||||
7 | they do not alter, nor have an adverse impact on, an | ||||||
8 | institution's mission; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That the deliberations should include the | ||||||
10 | following concepts: | ||||||
11 | (1)
institutional eligibility for MAP grants may, in | ||||||
12 | the future, become based in part on an institution's | ||||||
13 | ability to improve its MAP-grant students' progress | ||||||
14 | towards a degree or its MAP-grant degree completion rate; | ||||||
15 | (2)
a student's eligibility for a MAP grant may, in the | ||||||
16 | future, become based in part on that student's ability to | ||||||
17 | demonstrate that he or she is achieving academic success | ||||||
18 | and making progress; and | ||||||
19 | (3)
an institution's eligibility for MAP grants may, in | ||||||
20 | the future, become based in part on its ability to | ||||||
21 | demonstrate that it is a partner with this State and the | ||||||
22 | institution is providing financial aid to students from its | ||||||
23 | own resources; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That to provide adequate time for the creation | ||||||
2 | and implementation of new measurement and performance systems, | ||||||
3 | the new systems should not become eligibility criteria for MAP | ||||||
4 | funds prior to the Fiscal Year 2015 budget; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That the task force shall complete its work and | ||||||
6 | report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly | ||||||
7 | no later than January 1, 2013; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | delivered to the Executive Director of the Illinois Student | ||||||
10 | Assistance Commission.
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