Section 2754.20  Applicant Eligibility

A qualified applicant for loan repayment shall be:

a)         a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen;

b)         a licensed attorney in good standing with the Illinois bar;

c)         a borrower who is not in default on a federal guaranteed educational loan;

d)         a borrower with an outstanding balance due on an eligible educational loan;

e)         employed as a public defender or prosecutor; and

f)         required to enter into a Service Agreement in which the applicant, in exchange for loan repayment assistance, promises to remain employed as a public defender or prosecutor for an initial three-year term of service or any further term of service identified in a subsequent Service Agreement.

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 20776, effective January 1, 2014)