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91_HB1127
LRB9101871NTsbA
1 AN ACT to amend the Higher Education Student Assistance
2 Act by changing Section 36.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
6 is amended by changing Section 36 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 947/36)
8 Sec. 36. Illinois Incentive for Access grant program.
9 (a) The Commission each year shall determine eligibility
10 for the Illinois Incentive for Access grant from applications
11 received for Monetary Award Program grant assistance under
12 Section 35 of this Act. An applicant shall be determined as
13 eligible for an Illinois Incentive for Access grant under
14 this Section when the Commission finds that the applicant:
15 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
16 permanent resident of the United States;
17 (2) has zero no personal or family financial
18 resources available for expenditure on educational
19 expenses, as defined by current federal student financial
20 aid methodology;
21 (3) has not already received a baccalaureate
22 degree; and
23 (4) is enrolled at least one-half time as a
24 freshman undergraduate student at an approved Illinois
25 institution of higher learning participating in the
26 Monetary Award Program administered by the Commission.
27 (b) Subject to a separate appropriation made for
28 purposes of awarding grants under this Section, Illinois
29 Incentive for Access grants shall be paid in multiple
30 disbursements as determined by the Commission in an amount
31 not to exceed $500 per applicant per year. No recipient may
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1 receive a grant under this Section for more than 2 semesters
2 or 3 quarters of award payments.
3 (c) Eligibility for grants awarded under this Section
4 shall be determined solely on the basis of the financial
5 resources of the applicant and the applicant's family. Cost
6 of attendance at the institution in which the applicant is
7 enrolled shall not affect eligibility for an award, except
8 that State student financial assistance awarded under this
9 Act, including the Illinois Incentive for Access award, may
10 not exceed the institution's cost of attendance.
11 (d) The Commission shall notify applicants that grant
12 assistance is contingent upon availability of appropriated
13 funds.
14 (e) The Commission shall submit a written evaluation of
15 the Illinois Incentive for Access program to the Governor,
16 the General Assembly, and the Board of Higher Education on or
17 before October 1, 1999, including a report of the progress
18 made toward the goal of increasing the access and retention
19 rates for Illinois Incentive for Access grant recipients.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-512, eff. 7-11-96.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
22 1, 1999.