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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 30-9 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
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7 | Sec. 30-9. General Assembly scholarship; conditions of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | admission; award by
competitive examination.
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9 | Each member of the
the General Assembly may nominate | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | annually 2 persons of
school age and otherwise eligible, from | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | his district; each shall
receive a
certificate of scholarship | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | in any State supported
university designated by the member. Any | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | member of the General Assembly in
making nominations under this | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Section may designate that his nominee be
granted a 4 year | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | scholarship or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for
that | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | particular scholarship, each to receive a 2 year or a one year
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17 | scholarship, respectively. The nominee, if a graduate of a | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | school
accredited by the University to which nominated, shall | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | be admitted to the
university on the same conditions as to | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | educational qualifications as are
other graduates of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | accredited schools. If the nominee is not a graduate of
a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | school accredited by the university to which nominated, he | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | must, before
being entitled to the benefits of the scholarship, |
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1 | pass an examination
given by the superintendent of schools of | ||||||
2 | the county where he resides at
the time stated in Section 30-7 | ||||||
3 | for the competitive examination. The
president of each | ||||||
4 | university shall prescribe the rules governing the
examination | ||||||
5 | for scholarship to his university.
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6 | A member of the General Assembly may award the scholarship | ||||||
7 | by
competitive examination conducted under like rules as | ||||||
8 | prescribed in Section
30-7 even though one or more of the | ||||||
9 | applicants are graduates of schools
accredited by the | ||||||
10 | university.
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11 | A member of the General Assembly may delegate to the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Student
Assistance Commission the authority to | ||||||
13 | nominate persons for General Assembly
scholarships which that | ||||||
14 | member would otherwise be entitled to award, or may
direct the | ||||||
15 | Commission to evaluate and make recommendations to the member
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16 | concerning candidates for such scholarships. In the event a | ||||||
17 | member
delegates his nominating authority or directs the | ||||||
18 | Commission to evaluate
and make recommendations concerning | ||||||
19 | candidates for General Assembly
scholarships, the member shall | ||||||
20 | inform the Commission in writing of the
criteria which he | ||||||
21 | wishes the Commission to apply in nominating or
recommending | ||||||
22 | candidates. Those criteria may include some or all of the
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23 | criteria provided in Section 25 of the Higher Education Student
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24 | Assistance Act. A delegation of authority under this paragraph | ||||||
25 | may be revoked
at any time by the member.
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26 | Failure of a member of the General Assembly to make a |
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1 | nomination in any
year shall not cause that scholarship to | ||||||
2 | lapse, but the member may make a
nomination for such | ||||||
3 | scholarship at any time thereafter before the
expiration of his | ||||||
4 | term, and the person so nominated shall be entitled to
the same | ||||||
5 | benefits as holders of other scholarships provided herein. Any
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6 | such scholarship for which a member has made no nomination | ||||||
7 | prior to the
expiration of the term for which he was elected | ||||||
8 | shall lapse upon the
expiration of that term.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 93-349, eff. 7-24-03.)
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