97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1353

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/30-9  from Ch. 122, par. 30-9

    Amends the School Code. With respect to nominees for General Assembly scholarships, prohibits a nominee from being a relative of the member of the General Assembly making the nomination; defines relative. Provides that each member of the General Assembly shall (instead of may) delegate to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission the authority to nominate persons for General Assembly scholarships that the member would otherwise be entitled to award. Provides that the member shall make recommendations to the Commission concerning candidates for the scholarships and may inform the Commission in writing of the criteria that he or she wishes the Commission to apply in nominating candidates. Effective immediately.


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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 School Code is amended by changing Section
530-9 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/30-9)  (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
7    Sec. 30-9. General Assembly scholarship; conditions of
8admission; award by competitive examination.
9    (a) In this Section, "relative" means a person related to
10an individual as father, mother, son, daughter, brother,
11sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin,
12nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother,
13grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
14son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law,
15stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother,
16stepsister, half brother, or half sister and includes the
17father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the
18individual's spouse and the individual's fiance or fiancee.
19    (b) Each member of the General Assembly may nominate
20annually 2 persons of school age and otherwise eligible, from
21his district; each shall receive a certificate of scholarship
22in any State supported university designated by the member. Any
23member of the General Assembly in making nominations under this

 

 

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1Section may designate that his nominee be granted a 4 year
2scholarship or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for that
3particular scholarship, each to receive a 2 year or a one year
4scholarship, respectively. A nominee must not be a relative of
5the member making the nomination. The nominee, if a graduate of
6a school accredited by the University to which nominated, shall
7be admitted to the university on the same conditions as to
8educational qualifications as are other graduates of
9accredited schools. If the nominee is not a graduate of a
10school accredited by the university to which nominated, he
11must, before being entitled to the benefits of the scholarship,
12pass an examination given by the superintendent of schools of
13the county where he resides at the time stated in Section 30-7
14for the competitive examination. The president of each
15university shall prescribe the rules governing the examination
16for scholarship to his university.
17    (c) A member of the General Assembly may award the
18scholarship by competitive examination conducted under like
19rules as prescribed in Section 30-7 even though one or more of
20the applicants are graduates of schools accredited by the
21university.
22    (d) This subsection (d) applies until the effective date of
23this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. A member of
24the General Assembly may delegate to the Illinois Student
25Assistance Commission the authority to nominate persons for
26General Assembly scholarships which that member would

 

 

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1otherwise be entitled to award, or may direct the Commission to
2evaluate and make recommendations to the member concerning
3candidates for such scholarships. In the event a member
4delegates his nominating authority or directs the Commission to
5evaluate and make recommendations concerning candidates for
6General Assembly scholarships, the member shall inform the
7Commission in writing of the criteria which he wishes the
8Commission to apply in nominating or recommending candidates.
9Those criteria may include some or all of the criteria provided
10in Section 25 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. A
11delegation of authority under this subsection (d) paragraph may
12be revoked at any time by the member.
13    (e) This subsection (e) applies beginning on the effective
14date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. Each
15member of the General Assembly shall delegate to the Illinois
16Student Assistance Commission the authority to nominate
17persons for General Assembly scholarships that the member would
18otherwise be entitled to award. The member shall make
19recommendations to the Commission concerning candidates for
20the scholarships. The member may inform the Commission in
21writing of the criteria that he or she wishes the Commission to
22apply in nominating candidates. The criteria may include some
23or all of the criteria provided in Section 25 of the Higher
24Education Student Assistance Act.
25    (f) Failure of a member of the General Assembly to make a
26nomination in any year shall not cause that scholarship to

 

 

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1lapse, but the member may make a nomination for such
2scholarship at any time thereafter before the expiration of his
3term, and the person so nominated shall be entitled to the same
4benefits as holders of other scholarships provided herein. Any
5such scholarship for which a member has made no nomination
6prior to the expiration of the term for which he was elected
7shall lapse upon the expiration of that term.
8(Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.