101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2280

 

Introduced 10/28/2019, by Sen. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 305/9  from Ch. 144, par. 30

    Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that a county is entitled to a scholarship in the University of Illinois for the benefit of the children of persons who served in the armed forces of the United States until any time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the Kosovo Campaign Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/9)  (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
7    Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of
8the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be
9entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the
10University, for the benefit of the children of persons who
11served in the armed forces of the United States, except that
12the total number of scholarships annually granted to recipients
13from each county may not exceed 3: any time between September
1416, 1940 and the termination of World War II, any time during
15the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
161955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict between January 1,
171961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the siege of Beirut and
18the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 and December 15,
191983, or any time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress
20or the President orders that persons in service are no longer
21eligible for the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Kosovo
22Campaign Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal,
23Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

 

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1Preference for scholarships shall be given to the children of
2persons who are deceased or to the children of persons who have
3a disability. Such scholarships shall be granted to such pupils
4as shall, upon public examination, conducted as the board of
5trustees of the University may determine, be decided to have
6attained the greatest proficiency in the branches of learning
7usually taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of
8good moral character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such
9pupils, so selected, shall be entitled to receive, without
10charge for tuition, instruction in any or all departments of
11the University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such
12pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and
13regulations of the University, established for the government
14of the pupils in attendance.
15(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15;
1699-642, eff. 7-28-16.)