Section 312.60  Selection

a)         The Office of Education and Transition Services shall coordinate the Scholarship Awards Selection Committee (SASC). Members of the SASC are appointed by the Deputy Director of Service Intervention and shall include the following:  Deputy Director, Division of Field Operations; Deputy Director, Division of Placement/Permanency; Deputy Director, Division of Service Intervention; Deputy Director, Division of Child Protection; Deputy Director, Division of Performance Monitoring/Quality Assurance; DCFS Regional Administrators; a representative from the Director's Office; DCFS Legislative Liaison; Chairperson, Child Welfare Advisory Committee; Chairperson, DCFS Advisory Committee; Chairperson, Child Care Association of Illinois; Chairperson, Illinois Foster Parent Association; Chairperson, Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council; President, Council on Adoptable Children; and a representative of the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation.

b)         The SASC shall meet in April to evaluate each applicant's scholastic record; ACT, SAT or GED test scores; community and extracurricular activities; letters of recommendation; and interest in higher education.  SASC members shall assign an assessed value of 0 to 20 points to each area of consideration and the applicants with the highest composite scores shall be recommended to the Director to receive a Department Scholarship.  Applicants will be notified no later than May 20 of their award status.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 1144, effective January 30, 2008)