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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3736

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3736,  by  deleting
 3    everything  after  the  enacting clause and inserting in lieu
 4    thereof the following:

 5                             "ARTICLE 1

 6        Section 5.  The following amounts, or so  much  of  those
 7    amounts  as may be necessary, respectively, are  appropriated
 8    from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the  Illinois  Student
 9    Assistance  Commission  for  its  ordinary   and   contingent
10    expenses:
11                         For Administration
12    For Personal Services.........................   $2,602,800
13    For Employee Retirement Contributions
14        Paid by Employer..........................      104,100
15    For State Contributions to State
16        Employees Retirement System...............      261,600
17    For State Contributions to
18        Social Security...........................      199,100
19    For Contractual Services......................    2,013,000
20    For Travel....................................       26,400
21    For Commodities...............................       32,800
22    For Printing..................................      100,000
 
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 1    For Equipment.................................       10,000
 2    For Telecommunications........................      110,500
 3    For Operation of Auto Equipment...............        5,500
 4        Total                                        $5,465,800

 5        Section  10.  The sum of $100,000, or so much there of as
 6    may be necessary, is appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Student
 7    Assistance Commission from the General Revenue Fund for costs
 8    associated with federal costs allocation requirements.

 9        Section  15.  The  sum  of $10,000, or so much thereof as
10    may be necessary, is appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Student
11    Assistance  Commission  from  the Higher EdNet Fund for costs
12    associated with administration of the Illinois Higher  EdNet,
13    a  clearinghouse  for  post-secondary education financial aid
14    information.

15        Section 20.  The following  named  amounts,  or  so  much
16    thereof  as  may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated
17    to the  Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission  from   the
18    Student  Loan  Operating Fund for its ordinary and contingent
19    expenses:
20    For Administration
21    For Personal Services........................$   13,887,700
22    For Employee Retirement Contributions
23        Paid by Employer..........................      555,600
24    For State Contributions to State
25        Employees Retirement System...............    1,456,400
26    For State Contributions to
27        Social Security...........................    1,062,500
28    For State Contributions for
29        Employees Group Insurance.................    2,626 000
30    For Contractual Services......................   11,742,000
31    For Travel....................................      191,000
 
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 1    For Commodities...............................      234,700
 2    For Printing..................................      558,000
 3    For Equipment.................................      540,000
 4    For Telecommunications........................    1,733,500
 5    For Operation of Auto Equipment...............       32,400
 6        Total                                       $34,619,800

 7        Section 25.  The sum of $344,699,800, or so much  thereof
 8    as  may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student
 9    Assistance Commission ($242,331,500 from the General  Revenue
10    Fund and $102,368,300 from the Education Assistance Fund) for
11    payment  of grant awards to students eligible to receive such
12    awards, as provided by law, including up  to  $7,000,000  for
13    transfer into the Monetary Award Program Reserve Fund.

14        Section  30.  The  following  named  amount,  or  so much
15    thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are   appropriated
16    from   the   Monetary  Award  Program  Reserve  Fund  to  the
17    Illinois  Student Assistance  Commission  for  the  following
18    purposes:
19                               Grants
20    For payment of Monetary Award Program grant
21    awards to students eligible to receive such
22    awards, as provided by law ...................           $0

23        Section  35.  The  following  named  amounts,  or so much
24    thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are   appropriated
25    from  the   General  Revenue  Fund  to the  Illinois  Student
26    Assistance Commission for the following purposes:
27                       Grants and Scholarships
28    For payment of  matching  grants  to  Illinois
29        institutions   to  supplement  scholarship
30        programs, as provided by law..............     $950,000
31    For payment of Merit Recognition  Scholarships
 
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 1        to  undergraduate students under the Merit
 2        Recognition Scholarship  Program  provided
 3        for  in Section 31 of the Higher Education
 4        Student Assistance Act....................    5,400,000
 5    For the payment of  scholarships  to  students
 6        who  are  children of policemen or firemen
 7        killed in the line of  duty,  or  who  are
 8        dependents of correctional officers killed
 9        or  permanently  disabled  in  the line of
10        duty, as provided by law..................      275,000
11    For payment of  Illinois  National  Guard  and
12        Naval      Militia     Scholarships     at
13        State-controlled  universities and  public
14        community colleges in Illinois to students
15        eligible   to   receive  such  awards,  as
16        provided by law...........................    4,500,000
17    For payment of military Veterans' scholarships
18        at State-controlled  universities  and  at
19        public  community  colleges  for  students
20        eligible, as provided by law..............   19,250,000
21    For  college  savings  bond grants to students
22        eligible to receive such awards...........      650,000
23    For payment of Minority Teacher Scholarships..    3,100,000
24    For  payment  of   ITEACH   Teacher   Shortage
25        Scholarships..............................    2,900,000
26    For  payment  of Illinois Incentive for Access
27        grants, as provided by law................    7,200,000
28    For payment of Illinois Scholars Scholarships.    2,914,300
29        Total                                       $47,139,300

30        Section 40.  The sum of $2,700,000, or so much thereof as
31    may be necessary, is appropriated from  the  General  Revenue
32    Fund  to  the  Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the
33    Loan Repayment for Teachers Program.
 
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 1        Section 45.  The  following  named  amount,  or  so  much
 2    thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  appropriated  from  the
 3    Illinois   Future  Teacher  Corps  Scholarship  Fund  to  the
 4    Illinois Student  Assistance  Commission  for  the  following
 5    purpose:
 6                       Grants and Scholarships
 7    For payment of Illinois Future Teacher
 8      Corps Scholarships, as provided by law ...........$  50,000

 9        Section  50.  The  following  named  amount,  or  so much
10    thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General
11    Revenue Fund to the Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission
12    for the following purpose:
13                       Grants and Scholarships
14    For payment of Illinois Future Teacher
15      Corps Scholarships, as provided by law ........$  4,100,000

16        Section  55.  The  following  named  amount,  or  so much
17    thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  appropriated  from  the
18    Contracts and Grants Fund to the Illinois Student  Assistance
19    Commission for the following purpose:
20    To support outreach and training activities ........$  50,000

21        Section  60.  The  following  named  amount,  or  so much
22    thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  appropriated  from  the
23    Optometric Licensing  and  Disciplinary  Board  Fund  to  the
24    Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission  for  the following
25    purpose:
26                       Grants and Scholarships
27    For payment of scholarships for the
28      Optometric Education Scholarship
29      Program, as provided by law ......................$  50,000

30        Section 65.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may
 
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 1    be  necessary,  is  appropriated  from  the  Federal  Student
 2    Incentive Trust Fund for the Federal  Leveraging  Educational
 3    Assistance and Supplemental Leveraging Educational Assistance
 4    Programs  to  the Illinois Student Assistance  Commission for
 5    the following purpose:
 6                               Grants
 7    For payment of Monetary  Award  Program  grant
 8      awards   to   full  and  part-time  students
 9      eligible  to   recevie   such   awards,   as
10      provided by law.............................   $3,700,000

11        Section  70.  The  sum of $150,000, or so much thereof as
12    may be necessary, is appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Student
13    Assistance  Commission  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund for
14    support  of  new  initiatives  to   increase   awareness   of
15    educational and financial aid opportunities among underserved
16    or underrepresented populations.

17        Section  75.  The sum of $220,000,000, or so much thereof
18    as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Student
19    Loan Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance  Commission  for
20    distribution when necessary as a result of the following: for
21    guarantees  of  loans  that are uncollectable, for collection
22    payments to the Student Loan Operating Fund as required under
23    agreements with the United States Secretary of Education, for
24    payment to  the  Student  Loan  Operating  Fund  for  Default
25    Aversion  Fees,  and for other distributions as necessary and
26    provided for under the Federal Higher Education Act.

27        Section 80.  The sum of $24,000,000, or so  much  thereof
28    as  may  be   necessary,    is   appropriated to the Illinois
29    Student Assistance Commission from the Student Loan Operating
30    Fund for distribution as necessary  for  the  following:  for
31    payment  of collection agency fees associated with collection
 
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 1    activities for Federal Family Education  Loans,  for  Default
 2    Aversion  Fee  reversals,  and for distributions as necessary
 3    and provided for under the Federal Higher Education Act.

 4        Section 85.  The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as
 5    may be necessary, is appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Student
 6    Assistance  Commission  from  the Student Loan Operating Fund
 7    for costs associated with Federal Loan System Development and
 8    Maintenance.

 9        Section 90.  The sum of $13,000,000, or so  much  thereof
10    as  may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois Student
11    Assistance Commission from the Student  Loan  Operating  Fund
12    for   transfer   to   the   Federal  Student  Loan  Fund  for
13    reimbursement  of  sums  transferred  for   working   capital
14    purposes as permitted by federal law.

15        Section 95.  The sum of $1,300,000, or so much thereof as
16    may  be  necessary,  is appropriated from the Federal Reserve
17    Recall Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for
18    default prevention activities and transfers  to  the  Student
19    Loan Operating Fund.

20        Section  100.  The  sum  of  $300,000, or so much of that
21    amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Accounts
22    Receivable Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission
23    for costs  associated  with  the  collection  of   delinquent
24    scholarship  awards pursuant to the Illinois State Collection
25    Act of 1986.

26        Section 105.  The following  named  amount,  or  so  much
27    thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal
28    Student  Assistance  Scholarship Fund to the Illinois Student
29    Assistance Commission for the following purpose:
 
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 1      For payment of Robert C. Byrd
 2       Honors Scholarships........................   $1,800,000

 3        Section 110.  The sum of $70,000, or so much  thereof  as
 4    may  be   necessary,  is appropriated to the Illinois Student
 5    Assistance Commission from  the  University  Grant  Fund  for
 6    payment  of  grants  for  the  Higher Education License Plate
 7    Program, as provided by law.

 8        Section 115.  The following  named  amount,  or  so  much
 9    thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal
10    Reserve  Recall  Fund  to  the  Illinois  Student  Assistance
11    Commission for the following purpose:
12    For student loan reserve recalled by the
13      Secretary of Education, United States
14      Department of Education, for transfer to
15      the Federal Student Loan Fund .................$  4,000,000

16        Section  120.  The  following  named  amount,  or so much
17    thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal
18    Student Assistance Scholarship Fund to the  Illinois  Student
19    Assistance Commission for the following purpose:
20    For transferring repayment funds collected
21      under the Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship
22      Program to the U.S. Treasury ....................$  400,000

23        Section  125.  The  following  named  amount,  or so much
24    thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Student
25    Loan  Operating  Fund  to  the  Illinois  Student  Assistance
26    Commission for the following purpose:
27    Enhance Outreach and Awareness ......................$162,500
28    E-Learning Initiative ..............................  250,000
29        Total                                            $412,500
 
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 1        Section 130.  Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  on
 2    July 1, 2003."