101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5123

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Jeff Keicher

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 305/9  from Ch. 144, par. 30

    Amends the University of Illinois Act. With regard to scholarships for the children of veterans, provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year, each county shall, as an alternative, be entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the University for the benefit of the children of police officers or fire officers who were killed in the line of duty while employed by or in the voluntary service of this State or any local public entity in this State. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/9)  (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
7    Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans, police
8officers, or fire officers.
9    (a) For each of the following periods of hostilities, each
10county shall be entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship
11in the University, for the benefit of the children of persons
12who served in the armed forces of the United States, except
13that the total number of scholarships annually granted to
14recipients from each county may not exceed 3: any time between
15September 16, 1940 and the termination of World War II, any
16time during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and
17January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict between
18January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the siege of
19Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 and
20December 15, 1983, or any time on or after August 2, 1990 and
21until Congress or the President orders that persons in service
22are no longer eligible for the Southwest Asia Service Medal,
23Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

 

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1Preference for scholarships shall be given to the children of
2persons who are deceased or to the children of persons who have
3a disability.
4    (b) Beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year, each county
5shall, as an alternative, be entitled, annually, to one
6honorary scholarship in the University for the benefit of the
7children of police officers or fire officers who were killed in
8the line of duty while employed by or in the voluntary service
9of this State or any local public entity in this State. A
10county may award an honorary scholarship either under the
11provisions of subsection (a) or under the provisions of this
12subsection (b), but not under both provisions.
13    (c) Scholarships under this Section Such scholarships
14shall be granted to such pupils as shall, upon public
15examination, conducted as the board of trustees of the
16University may determine, be decided to have attained the
17greatest proficiency in the branches of learning usually taught
18in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral
19character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so
20selected, shall be entitled to receive, without charge for
21tuition, instruction in any or all departments of the
22University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such
23pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and
24regulations of the University, established for the government
25of the pupils in attendance.
26(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15;

 

 

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199-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.