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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4703
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 4703 on page 1,
3 immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
4 "Section 3. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
5 by changing Section 9.28 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 205/9.28)
7 Sec. 9.28. Graduation incentive grant program.
8 (a) The graduation incentive grant program is hereby
9 created. The program shall be implemented and administered
10 by the Board of Higher Education to provide grant incentives
11 to public universities that offer their undergraduate
12 students contracts under which the university commits itself
13 to provide the courses, programs, and support services
14 necessary to enable the contracting students to graduate
15 within 4 years or, for universities that (i) have a prominent
16 number of non-traditional or transfer students or (ii) do not
17 have freshman and sophomore enrollment, to have an expedited
18 graduation. Grants shall be awarded from appropriations made
19 to the Board of Higher Education for purposes of this
20 Section.
21 (b) To be eligible for grant consideration, a public
22 university shall annually file a report with the Board of
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1 Higher Education detailing its 4-year or expedited graduation
2 contract program. The report shall include, at a minimum,
3 the following information: the number of undergraduate
4 students participating in the program, the requirements of
5 the 4-year or expedited graduation contracts offered by the
6 university, the types of additional support services provided
7 by the university to the contracting students, and the cost
8 of the program.
9 (c) In awarding grants to public universities under this
10 Section, the Board of Higher Education may consider each
11 applicant's report data, the number of institutions wishing
12 to participate, and such other criteria as the Board of
13 Higher Education determines to be appropriate.
14 (d) The Board of Higher Education shall annually submit
15 to the Governor and the General Assembly a budgetary
16 recommendation for grants under this Section and shall notify
17 applicants for grant assistance that the award of grants
18 under this Section is contingent upon the availability of
19 appropriated funds.
20 (e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules
21 as it deems necessary for administration of the grant program
22 created by this Section.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-750, eff. 8-14-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)".