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    AN ACT concerning education.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Children of Deceased Veterans Act is amended  
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by changing Section 1 as follows:
 



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    (330 ILCS 105/1)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26)



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    Sec. 1. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
shall 
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provide, insofar as moneys are appropriated for those purposes, 
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for
matriculation and tuition fees, board, room rent, books and 
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supplies for
the use and benefit of children, not under 10 and 
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not over 18 years of age,
except extension of time may be 
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granted for a child to complete high school
but in no event 
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beyond the 19th birthday who have for 12 months immediately

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preceding their application for these benefits had their 
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domicile in the
State of Illinois, of World War I
veterans who 
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were killed in action
or who died between April 6, 1917, and 
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July 2, 1921, and of World War II
veterans who were killed in 
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action or died after December 6, 1941, and on
or before 
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December 31, 1946, and of Korean conflict veterans who were 
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killed
in action or died between June 27, 1950 and January 31, 
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1955, and of Vietnam
conflict veterans who were killed in 
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action or died between January 1, 1961
and May 7, 1975, as a 
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result of service in the Armed Forces of the United
States or 
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from other causes of World War I, World
War II, the Korean 
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conflict or the Vietnam conflict,
who died, whether before or 
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after the cessation of hostilities, from service-connected

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disability, and of any veterans who died during the induction 
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periods specified
below or died of a service-connected 
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disability incurred during such induction
periods, such 
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periods to be those beginning September 16, 1940, and ending

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December 6, 1941, and beginning January 1, 1947 and ending June 
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26, 1950
and the period beginning February 1, 1955, and ending 
 


 






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on the day before
the first day thereafter on which individuals 
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(other than individuals liable
for induction by reason of prior 
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deferment) are no longer liable for induction
for training and 
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service into the Armed Forces under the Universal Military

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Training and Service Act, and beginning January 1, 1961 and 
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ending May
7, 1975 and of any veterans who are totally and 
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permanently
disabled as a result of a service-connected 
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disability (or who died
while a disability so evaluated was in 
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existence); which children are attending
or may attend a state 
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or private educational institution of elementary or high school

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grade,
a high
school or a business college, vocational training

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school, or other educational institution in this State where 
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courses of
instruction are provided in subjects which would 
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tend to enable such
children to engage in any useful trade, 
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occupation or profession. As
used in this Act 
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"service-connected" means, with respect to disability
or 
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death, that such disability was incurred or aggravated, or that 
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the
death resulted from a disability incurred or aggravated, in 
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the
performance of active duty or active duty for training in 
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the military
services. Such children shall
be admitted to state 
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educational institutions free of tuition. No more
than $250.00 
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may be paid under this Act for any one child for any one
school 
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year.

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(Source: P.A. 85-1187.)

 

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