97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5782

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Dave Winters

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Jump Start Scholarship Program Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish and administer a Jump Start Scholarship Program. Provides that the purpose of the program is to allow a student who graduates from a public high school in 3 years or less to receive a scholarship funded with a portion of the money saved by this State in general State financial aid funding as a result of the student's early graduation if the student enrolls at any college, university, or technical school accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that provides instruction from a campus located in this State. Sets forth provisions concerning eligibility, the scholarship amount, application, payments to an institution, and rules.


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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Jump
5Start Scholarship Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Commission" means the Illinois Student Assistance
8Commission.
9    "Institution" means any college, university, or technical
10school accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges
11and Schools that provides instruction from a campus located in
12this State.
13    "Program" means the Jump Start Scholarship Program.
14    "Scholarship" means a Jump Start Scholarship.
 
15    Section 10. Jump Start Scholarship Program established.
16The Commission shall establish and administer a Jump Start
17Scholarship Program. The purpose of the program is to allow a
18student who graduates from a public high school in 3 years or
19less to receive a scholarship funded with a portion of the
20money saved by this State in general State financial aid
21funding pursuant to Section 18-8.05 of the School Code as a
22result of the student's early graduation if the student enrolls

 

 

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1at any college, university, or technical school accredited by
2the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that
3provides instruction from a campus located in this State.
 
4    Section 15. Eligibility. To be eligible for the program, a
5student shall meet the following qualifications:
6        (1) be a resident of Illinois;
7        (2) be awarded a high school diploma by a public high
8    school in 3 years or less;
9        (3) have attended a public high school in this State on
10    a full-time basis for at least 2 semesters prior to
11    graduating; and
12        (4) within one year after graduating from high school,
13    excluding any time served on active duty in the armed
14    forces of the United States, enroll in a college,
15    university, or technical school accredited by the North
16    Central Association of Colleges and Schools that provides
17    instruction from a campus located in this State.
18    No student who enrolls in a high school for all or any part
19of a fourth year is eligible for the program.
 
20    Section 20. Amount of the scholarship. The amount of the
21scholarship shall be calculated by the Commission, in
22consultation with the State Board of Education, based on the
23per pupil amount of general State financial aid received by the
24school district of the high school from which the pupil

 

 

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1graduated under Section 18-8.05 of the School Code.
2    One-half of the award shall be paid to an institution on
3behalf of any eligible student there enrolled at the beginning
4of the fall semester, and the other half shall be paid in the
5same manner at the beginning of the spring semester. A student
6must be enrolled full-time during the spring semester in order
7to receive the second installment.
 
8    Section 25. Application; payments to institution. Any
9eligible student seeking to obtain a scholarship shall, by
10September 1st of the year following the student's graduation
11from high school, apply for admission to an institution. The
12institution shall determine the student's initial eligibility,
13and once the student is admitted into the Jump Start
14Scholarship Program, the Commission shall make scholarship
15payments to the institution on behalf of the student.
16Institutions shall submit to the Commission the names of all
17eligible students by October 1st for the first semester and by
18February 25th for the second semester, and once the eligibility
19of each student is verified, the Commission shall distribute
20the funds necessary to award the scholarship to each eligible
21student to institutions for the first semester on October 15th
22or the first working day thereafter, and for the second
23semester on March 15th or the first working day thereafter.
 
24    Section 90. Rules. The Commission may adopt any rules

 

 

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1necessary to implement this Act.