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 1        AN ACT to amend the  School  Code  by  changing  Sections
 2    30-9, 30-10, 30-11, and 30-12.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Sections 30-9, 30-10, 30-11, and 30-12 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
 8        Sec. 30-9. General Assembly  scholarship;  conditions  of
 9    admission; award by competitive examination.
10        (a)  The  provisions  of  this  subsection are subject to
11    subsection (b).  Each member  of  the  General  Assembly  may
12    nominate  annually  2  persons  of  school  age and otherwise
13    eligible, from his district; one shall receive a  certificate
14    of  scholarship  in  the University of Illinois and the other
15    shall receive a certificate of scholarship in any other State
16    supported university designated by the member. Any member  of
17    the General Assembly in making nominations under this Section
18    may   designate   that  his  nominee  be  granted  a  4  year
19    scholarship or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for that
20    particular scholarship, each to receive a 2  year  or  a  one
21    year scholarship, respectively. The nominee, if a graduate of
22    a  school  accredited  by  the University to which nominated,
23    shall be admitted to the university on the same conditions as
24    to educational  qualifications  as  are  other  graduates  of
25    accredited  schools.  If  the  nominee is not a graduate of a
26    school accredited by the university to  which  nominated,  he
27    must,   before   being   entitled  to  the  benefits  of  the
28    scholarship, pass an examination given by the  superintendent
29    of  schools of the county where he resides at the time stated
30    in  Section  30-7  for  the  competitive   examination.   The
31    president  of  each  university  shall  prescribe  the  rules
 
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 1    governing the examination for scholarship to his university.
 2        A   member   of   the  General  Assembly  may  award  the
 3    scholarship by competitive examination conducted  under  like
 4    rules  as  prescribed in Section 30-7 even though one or more
 5    of the applicants are graduates of schools accredited by  the
 6    university.
 7        A  member  of  the  General  Assembly may delegate to the
 8    Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission  the  authority  to
 9    nominate persons for General Assembly scholarships which that
10    member would otherwise be entitled to award,  or  may  direct
11    the  Commission  to  evaluate and make recommendations to the
12    member concerning candidates for such  scholarships.  In  the
13    event  a member delegates his nominating authority or directs
14    the  Commission  to   evaluate   and   make   recommendations
15    concerning  candidates for General Assembly scholarships, the
16    member shall inform the Commission in writing of the criteria
17    which he wishes the Commission  to  apply  in  nominating  or
18    recommending  candidates.  Those criteria may include some or
19    all of the criteria provided in  Section  25  of  the  Higher
20    Education  Student  Assistance Act. A delegation of authority
21    under this paragraph may  be  revoked  at  any  time  by  the
22    member.
23        Failure  of  a  member  of the General Assembly to make a
24    nomination in any year shall not cause  that  scholarship  to
25    lapse,  but  the  member  may  make  a  nomination  for  such
26    scholarship  at  any  time  thereafter  through June 1, 1999;
27    before  the  expiration  of  his  term,  and  the  person  so
28    nominated shall be entitled to the same benefits  as  holders
29    of  other  scholarships provided herein. Any such scholarship
30    for which a member has made no nomination on or  before  June
31    1,  1999 prior to the expiration of the term for which he was
32    elected shall lapse upon the expiration of that term.
33        (b)  After June 1, 1999 no person  may  be  nominated  to
34    receive  any one year, 2 year, 4 year or other scholarship or
 
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 1    certificate of scholarship under this Section,  nor  may  any
 2    such  scholarship be awarded under this Section after June 1,
 3    1999 unless the person was nominated prior to  that  date  to
 4    receive that scholarship.
 5    (Source: P.A. 87-997.)

 6        (105 ILCS 5/30-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-10)
 7        Sec. 30-10. Filing nominations; failure to accept or pass
 8    ; second nomination.
 9        Nominations  that  are  made,  under  Section  30-9 on or
10    before June 1, 1999 and  that  show,  showing  the  name  and
11    address  of  the  nominee,  and  the term of the scholarship,
12    whether 4 years, 2 years or one year, must be filed with  the
13    State  Superintendent of Education if the scholarship is in a
14    university other than the University of Illinois, or with the
15    president of the University of Illinois if the scholarship is
16    in such university, not later than the  opening  day  of  the
17    semester  or  term  with  which  the scholarship is to become
18    effective.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Education   shall
19    forthwith  notify  the president of the university other than
20    the University of Illinois  of  such  nomination.   No  valid
21    nomination  to any scholarship may be made under Section 30-9
22    after June 1, 1999.
23        If the nominee fails to accept  the  nomination  or,  not
24    being  a  graduate  of a school accredited by the university,
25    fails to pass the examination for admission, the president of
26    the university shall at once notify the State  Superintendent
27    of  Education  if the university is other than the University
28    of Illinois. Upon  receiving  such  notification,  the  State
29    Superintendent  of  Education  shall  notify  the  nominating
30    member,  who  may,  on or before, but not after June 1, 1999,
31    name another person for the scholarship. In  the  case  of  a
32    scholarship  in the University of Illinois, such notification
33    shall be given by the president  thereof  to  the  nominating
 
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 1    member.  The  second nomination must be received by the State
 2    Superintendent of Education or president of the University of
 3    Illinois, as the case may be, not later than  the  middle  of
 4    the  semester  or term with which the scholarship was to have
 5    become effective under the original nomination  in  order  to
 6    become  effective  as of the opening date of such semester or
 7    term otherwise  it  shall  not  become  effective  until  the
 8    beginning  of  the next semester or term following the making
 9    of  the  second  nomination;  provided,   that   the   second
10    nomination must be made, if at all, on or before June 1, 1999
11    or  the  scholarship  shall  be  deemed  to  have  lapsed  by
12    operation  of  law.  Upon  receiving  such  notification of a
13    second nomination on  or  before  June  1,  1999,  the  State
14    Superintendent of Education shall notify the president of the
15    university   of   such  second  nomination.   If  any  person
16    nominated after the effective date of this amendatory Act  of
17    1973  to  receive  a General Assembly scholarship changes his
18    residence to a location outside of the district from which he
19    was nominated,  his  nominating  member  may  terminate  that
20    scholarship at the conclusion of the college year in which he
21    is  then  enrolled,  but  after June 1, 1999 no person may be
22    nominated to receive or otherwise be awarded all or any  part
23    of  the  scholarship  that is unused or unexpired at the time
24    the scholarship  is  so  terminated.  For  purposes  of  this
25    paragraph,  a person changes his residence if he registers to
26    vote in a location outside of the district from which he  was
27    nominated, but does not change his residence merely by taking
28    off-campus housing or living in a nonuniversity residence.
29    (Source: P.A. 80-278.)

30        (105 ILCS 5/30-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-11)
31        Sec.   30-11.  Failure   to   use   scholarship;  further
32    nominations. If any  nominee  under  Section  30-9  or  30-10
33    discontinues  his  course  of instruction or fails to use the
 
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 1    scholarship, leaving 1, 2, 3, or 4 years thereof unused,  the
 2    member  of  the  General  Assembly  may,  except as otherwise
 3    provided in this Article, nominate some other person eligible
 4    under this Article from his district who shall be entitled to
 5    the scholarship for the unexpired  period  thereof;  provided
 6    that   the   nomination  for  the  unexpired  period  of  the
 7    scholarship must be made, if at all, on  or  before  June  1,
 8    1999   or   such   nomination   shall  be  invalid,  and  the
 9    scholarship and its unexpired period shall be deemed to  have
10    lapsed  by operation of law. Such appointment to an unexpired
11    scholarship vacated before July 1, 1961, may be made only  by
12    the  member  of  the  General  Assembly who made the original
13    appointment and during the time he is such  a  member.  If  a
14    scholarship  is  vacated  on  or  after July 1, 1961, and the
15    member  of  the  General  Assembly  who  made  the   original
16    appointment  has  ceased to be a member, some eligible person
17    may be nominated in the following manner to fill the vacancy:
18    If the original appointment  was  made  by  a  Senator,  such
19    nomination  shall  be  made  by  the  Senator  from  the same
20    district;  if  the  original  appointment  was  made   by   a
21    Representative,   such   nomination  shall  be  made  by  the
22    Representative from the same district.  Every  nomination  to
23    fill  a  vacancy  must  be made on or before June 1, 1999 and
24    accompanied either by a release of the original nominee or if
25    he is dead then an affidavit to that effect by some competent
26    person.   The  failure  of  a  nominee  to  register  at  the
27    university within 20 days after the opening of  any  semester
28    or  term  shall be deemed a release by him of the nomination,
29    unless he has been granted a leave of absence  in  accordance
30    with  Section 30-14 or unless his absence is by reason of his
31    entry into the military service of  the  United  States.  The
32    university,  other  than  the  University  of Illinois, shall
33    immediately  upon  the  expiration  of  20  days  after   the
34    beginning  of  the semester or term notify the State Board of
 
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 1    Education as to the status of  each  scholarship,  who  shall
 2    forthwith  notify  the  nominating  member  of  any nominee's
 3    failure to register or, if the nominating member  has  ceased
 4    to  be  a  member  of  the General Assembly, shall notify the
 5    member or members entitled to make the nomination to fill the
 6    vacancy. In the case of a scholarship in  the  University  of
 7    Illinois,  such  notification of vacancy shall be made by the
 8    president thereof to the nominating member or  his  successor
 9    as  above  provided.  All  nominations to unused or unexpired
10    scholarships, if made on or before June  1,  1999,  shall  be
11    effective  as  of  the opening of the semester or term of the
12    university during which they are made if they are filed  with
13    the university during the first half of the semester or term,
14    otherwise  they  shall  not be effective until the opening of
15    the  next  following  semester  or  term;  provided  that  no
16    nomination to an unused or unexpired scholarship is valid  if
17    made   after  June  1,  1999,  and  an  unused  or  unexpired
18    scholarship shall be deemed to have lapsed  by  operation  of
19    law  unless  the  nomination  to  that  unused  or  unexpired
20    scholarship is made on or before June 1, 1999.
21    (Source: P.A. 82-1003.)

22        (105 ILCS 5/30-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 30-12)
23        Sec. 30-12.  Failure to begin or discontinuance of course
24    because of military service.
25        Any  nominee,  under  Sections 30-9, 30-10, or 30-11, who
26    fails to begin or  discontinues  his  course  of  instruction
27    because  of his entry into the military service of the United
28    States, leaving all or a portion of the  scholarship  unused,
29    may,  upon completion of such service, use the scholarship or
30    the unused portion thereof, regardless of whether or not  the
31    member  of  the  General Assembly who nominated him is then a
32    member; provided that during the nominee's period of military
33    service no other person may be nominated by  such  member  to
 
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 1    all  or  any portion of such unused or unfinished scholarship
 2    unless the nomination is accompanied either by a  release  of
 3    the  original  nominee  or if he is dead then an affidavit to
 4    that  effect  by  some  competent  person  and   unless   the
 5    nomination is made on or before June 1, 1999.
 6    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

 7        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 8    becoming law.

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