Rep. Sue Scherer
Filed: 3/12/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 765 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 765 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 65.58 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 947/65.58 new)
7    Sec. 65.58. Teacher tuition reimbursement grant program.
8    (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, the 
9Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications 
10for grant assistance under this Section. An applicant is 
11eligible for a grant under this Section if the Commission finds 
12that the applicant meets all of the following qualifications:
13        (1) He or she is a resident of this State and a United 
14    States citizen or eligible noncitizen.
15        (2) He or she graduated from a public university in 
16    this State.
 
 
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1        (3) He or she has outstanding student loan debt that 
2    was incurred to pay tuition costs at a public university in 
3    this State.
4        (4) He or she has taught at a public school in this 
5    State for a minimum of 10 school years and is teaching at a 
6    public school in this State at the time of application.
7    (b) All applications for grant assistance to be awarded 
8under this Section shall be made to the Commission in a form as 
9set forth by the Commission. The form of application and the 
10information required to be set forth in the application shall 
11be determined by the Commission, and the Commission shall 
12require eligible applicants to submit with their applications 
13any supporting documents that the Commission deems necessary.
14    (c) Each grant awarded under this Section may not exceed 
15$20,000 per applicant and may be used by the recipient only for 
16payment toward outstanding student loan debt that was incurred 
17to pay tuition costs at a public university in this State. A 
18recipient may not use a grant awarded under this Section for 
19that portion of the recipient's student loan debt used to pay 
20room and board costs or any other costs that do not include 
21tuition at a public university in this State.
22    (d) The Commission must adopt rules to implement this 
23Section.".