103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3560

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Karina Villa

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 947/65.125 new

    Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall establish a Manufacturing Promise Scholarship Program to award scholarships to State residents who are enrolled in a public community college or other program with a major in manufacturing or a skilled trade. Provides that, subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes, the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications for a scholarship. Provides that an applicant is eligible for a scholarship if the Commission finds that the applicant meets specified criteria. Provides that the Commission shall reserve 20% of the amount appropriated in a given fiscal year for students who are from underrepresented areas. Provides that the Commission shall make scholarships available to traditional college-aged students, adults, and non-traditional students. Provides that an applicant who receives a scholarship may not be required to return scholarship funds. Provides for rulemaking.


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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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
5amended by adding Section 65.125 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 947/65.125 new)
7    Sec. 65.125. Manufacturing Promise Scholarship Program.
8    (a) The Commission shall establish a Manufacturing Promise
9Scholarship Program to award scholarships to State residents
10who are enrolled in a public community college or other
11program with a major in manufacturing or a skilled trade.
12    (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes,
13the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider
14applications for a scholarship under this Section. An
15applicant is eligible for a scholarship under this Section if
16the Commission finds that the applicant meets all of the
17following criteria:
18        (1) Is a resident of this State and a citizen or
19    permanent resident of the United States.
20        (2) Is enrolled in either (i) a public community
21    college in this State for the purpose of obtaining a
22    degree, certificate, or other credential offered by the
23    community college in manufacturing or a skilled trade, as

 

 

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1    applicable, or (ii) an apprenticeship or union program in
2    this State and maintains satisfactory academic progress.
3    (c) The Commission shall reserve 20% of the amount
4appropriated for scholarships under this Section in a given
5fiscal year for students who are from underrepresented areas.
6The Commission shall make scholarships under this Section
7available to traditional college-aged students, adults, and
8non-traditional students.
9    (d) An applicant who receives a scholarship under this
10Section may not be required to return scholarship funds.
11    (e) The Commission shall adopt rules for the
12implementation and administration of this Section.