Bill Text: IL SB0661 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Reinserts the contents of the bill with the following changes. Adds provisions concerning the priority in the award of scholarships for a fiscal year in which the amount of an appropriation is insufficient to provide scholarships to all qualified candidates. Makes changes concerning priority consideration to those applicants who are members of a racial minority. Removes a reference to "private or parochial school". Requires the repayment of amounts received if a recipient fails to fulfill the work obligation required under the terms of the scholarship, with exceptions. Effective January 1, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0621 [SB0661 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0661-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Reinserts the contents of the bill with the following changes. Adds provisions concerning the priority in the award of scholarships for a fiscal year in which the amount of an appropriation is insufficient to provide scholarships to all qualified candidates. Makes changes concerning priority consideration to those applicants who are members of a racial minority. Removes a reference to "private or parochial school". Requires the repayment of amounts received if a recipient fails to fulfill the work obligation required under the terms of the scholarship, with exceptions. Effective January 1, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0621 [SB0661 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0661-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 65.110 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 947/65.110 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 65.110. Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work | ||||||
8 | Professional Educator License scholarship. | ||||||
9 | (a) Subject to appropriation, beginning with awards for | ||||||
10 | the 2022-2023 academic year, the Commission shall award | ||||||
11 | annually up to 250 Post-Master of Social Work School Social | ||||||
12 | Work Professional Educator License scholarships to a person | ||||||
13 | who: | ||||||
14 | (1) holds a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social | ||||||
15 | work license or social work license; | ||||||
16 | (2) has obtained a master's degree in social work from | ||||||
17 | an approved program; | ||||||
18 | (3) is a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen; | ||||||
19 | and | ||||||
20 | (4) submits an application to the Commission for such | ||||||
21 | scholarship and agrees to take courses to obtain an | ||||||
22 | Illinois Professional Educator License with an endorsement | ||||||
23 | in School Social Work. |
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1 | (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be | ||||||
2 | issued pursuant to rules adopted by the Commission. In | ||||||
3 | awarding scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to | ||||||
4 | those applicants who are members of a racial minority. In this | ||||||
5 | subsection (b), "racial minority" means a person who is a | ||||||
6 | citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident | ||||||
7 | alien of the United States and who is: | ||||||
8 | (1) Black (a person having origins in any of the black | ||||||
9 | racial groups in Africa); | ||||||
10 | (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese | ||||||
11 | culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America, | ||||||
12 | or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race); | ||||||
13 | (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of | ||||||
14 | the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the | ||||||
15 | Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands); or | ||||||
16 | (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having | ||||||
17 | origins in any of the original peoples of North America). | ||||||
18 | (c) Each scholarship shall be applied to the payment of | ||||||
19 | tuition and mandatory fees at the University of Illinois, | ||||||
20 | Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, | ||||||
21 | Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, | ||||||
22 | Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, | ||||||
23 | Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University. | ||||||
24 | Each scholarship may be applied to pay tuition and mandatory | ||||||
25 | fees required to obtain an Illinois Professional Educator | ||||||
26 | License with an endorsement in School Social Work. |
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1 | (d) The Commission shall make tuition and fee payments | ||||||
2 | directly to the qualified institution of higher learning that | ||||||
3 | the applicant attends. | ||||||
4 | (e) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under this | ||||||
5 | Section must, within one year after graduation or termination | ||||||
6 | of enrollment in a Post-Master of Social Work Professional | ||||||
7 | Education License with an endorsement in School Social Work | ||||||
8 | program, begin working as a school social worker at a public or | ||||||
9 | nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or | ||||||
10 | secondary school located in this State for at least 2 of the 5 | ||||||
11 | years immediately following that graduation or termination, | ||||||
12 | excluding, however, from the computation of that 5-year | ||||||
13 | period: (i) any time up to 3 years spent in the military | ||||||
14 | service, whether such service occurs before or after the | ||||||
15 | person graduates; (ii) the time that person is a person with a | ||||||
16 | temporary total disability for a period of time not to exceed 3 | ||||||
17 | years, as established by the sworn affidavit of a qualified | ||||||
18 | physician; and (iii) the time that person is seeking and | ||||||
19 | unable to find full-time employment as a school social worker | ||||||
20 | at a State public, private, or parochial school.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
22 | 1, 2022.
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