Full Text of HB4201 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 160 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/160 new) | 7 | | Sec. 160. Benefits navigator. | 8 | | (a) In this Section: | 9 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 10 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 11 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 12 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 13 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 14 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 15 | | the basis of need. | 16 | | (b) The University shall: | 17 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 18 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 19 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 20 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 21 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 22 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 23 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of |
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| 1 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 2 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 3 | | benefits navigators. | 4 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 5 | | shall: | 6 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 7 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 8 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 9 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 10 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 11 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 12 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 13 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 14 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 15 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 16 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 17 | | to support students at the University. | 18 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 19 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 20 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 21 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 22 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 23 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 24 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 25 | | Act is amended by adding Section 135 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 520/135 new) | 2 | | Sec. 135. Benefits navigator. | 3 | | (a) In this Section: | 4 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 5 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 6 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 7 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 8 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 9 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 10 | | the basis of need. | 11 | | (b) The University shall: | 12 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 13 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 14 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 15 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 16 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 17 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 18 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 19 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 20 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 21 | | benefits navigators. | 22 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 23 | | shall: | 24 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 25 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying |
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| 1 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 2 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 3 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 4 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 5 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 6 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 7 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 8 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 9 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 10 | | to support students at the University. | 11 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 12 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 13 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 14 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 15 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 16 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 17 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 18 | | adding Section 5-245 as follows: | 19 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-245 new) | 20 | | Sec. 5-245. Benefits navigator. | 21 | | (a) In this Section: | 22 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 23 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 24 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and |
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| 1 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 2 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 3 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 4 | | the basis of need. | 5 | | (b) The University shall: | 6 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 7 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 8 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 9 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 10 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 11 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 12 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 13 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 14 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 15 | | benefits navigators. | 16 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 17 | | shall: | 18 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 19 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 20 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 21 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 22 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 23 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 24 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 25 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 26 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and |
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| 1 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 2 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 3 | | to support students at the University. | 4 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 5 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 6 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 7 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 8 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 9 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 10 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 11 | | by adding Section 10-245 as follows: | 12 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-245 new) | 13 | | Sec. 10-245. Benefits navigator. | 14 | | (a) In this Section: | 15 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 16 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 17 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 18 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 19 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 20 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 21 | | the basis of need. | 22 | | (b) The University shall: | 23 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 24 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit |
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| 1 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 2 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 3 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 4 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 5 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 6 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 7 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 8 | | benefits navigators. | 9 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 10 | | shall: | 11 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 12 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 13 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 14 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 15 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 16 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 17 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 18 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 19 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 20 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 21 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 22 | | to support students at the University. | 23 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 24 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 25 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 26 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can |
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| 1 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 2 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 3 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 4 | | by adding Section 15-245 as follows: | 5 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-245 new) | 6 | | Sec. 15-245. Benefits navigator. | 7 | | (a) In this Section: | 8 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 9 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 10 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 11 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 12 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 13 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 14 | | the basis of need. | 15 | | (b) The University shall: | 16 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 17 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 18 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 19 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 20 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 21 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 22 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 23 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 24 | | different institutions and developing best practices for |
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| 1 | | benefits navigators. | 2 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 3 | | shall: | 4 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 5 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 6 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 7 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 8 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 9 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 10 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 11 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 12 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 13 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 14 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 15 | | to support students at the University. | 16 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 17 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 18 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 19 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 20 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 21 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 22 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 23 | | by adding Section 20-250 as follows: | 24 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-250 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 20-250. Benefits navigator. | 2 | | (a) In this Section: | 3 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 4 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 5 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 6 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 7 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 8 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 9 | | the basis of need. | 10 | | (b) The University shall: | 11 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 12 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 13 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 14 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 15 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 16 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 17 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 18 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 19 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 20 | | benefits navigators. | 21 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 22 | | shall: | 23 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 24 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 25 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 26 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of |
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| 1 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 2 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 3 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 4 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 5 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 6 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 7 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 8 | | to support students at the University. | 9 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 10 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 11 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 12 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 13 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 14 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 15 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 16 | | amended by adding Section 25-245 as follows: | 17 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-245 new) | 18 | | Sec. 25-245. Benefits navigator. | 19 | | (a) In this Section: | 20 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 21 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 22 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 23 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 24 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local |
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| 1 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 2 | | the basis of need. | 3 | | (b) The University shall: | 4 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 5 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 6 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 7 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 8 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 9 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 10 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 11 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 12 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 13 | | benefits navigators. | 14 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 15 | | shall: | 16 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 17 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 18 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 19 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 20 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 21 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 22 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 23 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 24 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 25 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 26 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, |
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| 1 | | to support students at the University. | 2 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 3 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 4 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 5 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 6 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 7 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 8 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 9 | | amended by adding Section 30-255 as follows: | 10 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-255 new) | 11 | | Sec. 30-255. Benefits navigator. | 12 | | (a) In this Section: | 13 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 14 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 15 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 16 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 17 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 18 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 19 | | the basis of need. | 20 | | (b) The University shall: | 21 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 22 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 23 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 24 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and |
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| 1 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 2 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 3 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 4 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 5 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 6 | | benefits navigators. | 7 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 8 | | shall: | 9 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 10 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 11 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 12 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 13 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 14 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 15 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 16 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 17 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 18 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 19 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 20 | | to support students at the University. | 21 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 22 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 23 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 24 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 25 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 26 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. |
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| 1 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 2 | | by adding Section 35-250 as follows: | 3 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-250 new) | 4 | | Sec. 35-250. Benefits navigator. | 5 | | (a) In this Section: | 6 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 7 | | by the University for the purpose of helping students at the | 8 | | University determine eligibility for benefit programs and | 9 | | identify campuswide and community resource support. | 10 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 11 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 12 | | the basis of need. | 13 | | (b) The University shall: | 14 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 15 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 16 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 17 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 18 | | (3) participate in a statewide consortium with other | 19 | | public institutions of higher education, facilitated by | 20 | | the Board of Higher Education, for the purpose of | 21 | | facilitating communication between benefits navigators at | 22 | | different institutions and developing best practices for | 23 | | benefits navigators. | 24 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section |
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| 1 | | shall: | 2 | | (1) assist students at the University in determining | 3 | | eligibility for benefit programs and identifying | 4 | | campuswide and community resource support; | 5 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 6 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 7 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher | 8 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 9 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 10 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 11 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 12 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 13 | | to support students at the University. | 14 | | (d) The University, in consultation with the benefits | 15 | | navigator designated under this Section, shall develop an | 16 | | internal process to enable students at the University to | 17 | | provide feedback and recommendations on how the University can | 18 | | better assist students in determining eligibility for benefit | 19 | | programs and applying for assistance under benefit programs. | 20 | | Section 50. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 21 | | adding Section 3-29.20 as follows:
| 22 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-29.20 new)
| 23 | | Sec. 3-29.20. Benefits navigator. | 24 | | (a) In this Section: |
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| 1 | | "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated | 2 | | by a community college for the purpose of helping students at | 3 | | the community college determine eligibility for benefit | 4 | | programs and identify campuswide and community resource | 5 | | support. | 6 | | "Benefit program" means any federal, State, or local | 7 | | program that provides assistance or benefits to individuals on | 8 | | the basis of need. | 9 | | (b) A community college shall: | 10 | | (1) designate a benefits navigator who has a detailed | 11 | | understanding of eligibility requirements for benefit | 12 | | programs and campuswide and community resource support; | 13 | | (2) provide training for the benefits navigator; and | 14 | | (3) participate in a statewide community college | 15 | | consortium, facilitated by the State Board, for the | 16 | | purpose of facilitating communication between benefits | 17 | | navigators at different institutions and developing best | 18 | | practices for benefits navigators. | 19 | | (c) The benefits navigator designated under this Section | 20 | | shall: | 21 | | (1) assist students at the community college in | 22 | | determining eligibility for benefit programs and | 23 | | identifying campuswide and community resource support; | 24 | | (2) use the consortium under paragraph (3) of | 25 | | subsection (b) of this Section to coordinate with benefits | 26 | | navigators at other public institutions of higher |
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| 1 | | education for the purpose of collecting data and | 2 | | developing best practices for helping students apply for | 3 | | and receive assistance from benefit programs; and | 4 | | (3) coordinate and provide culturally specific | 5 | | resources, including resources for non-English speakers, | 6 | | to support students at the community college. | 7 | | (d) The community college, in consultation with the | 8 | | benefits navigator designated under this Section, shall | 9 | | develop an internal process to enable students at the | 10 | | community college to provide feedback and recommendations on | 11 | | how the community college can better assist students in | 12 | | determining eligibility for benefit programs and applying for | 13 | | assistance under benefit programs.
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 15 | | 1, 2023.
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