Full Text of HB5175 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 Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 6-4 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/6-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 106-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-4. Variable rates and fees. Any community college | 8 | | district, by
resolution of the board, may establish variable | 9 | | tuition rates and fees for
students attending its college in | 10 | | an amount not to exceed 1/3 of the per capita
cost as defined | 11 | | in Section 6-2, provided that voluntary contributions, as
| 12 | | defined in Section 65 of the Higher Education Student | 13 | | Assistance Act, shall not
be included in any calculation
of | 14 | | community college tuition and fee rates for the purpose of | 15 | | this Section. Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, if a | 16 | | person is utilizing benefits under the federal Post-9/11 | 17 | | Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or any subsequent | 18 | | variation of that Act, then the board shall deem that person an | 19 | | in-district resident for tuition purposes. Beginning with the | 20 | | 2015-2016 academic year, if a person is utilizing benefits | 21 | | under the federal All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance | 22 | | Program, then the board shall deem that person an in-district | 23 | | resident for tuition purposes. Beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 1 | | academic year through the 2021-2022 academic year , per the | 2 | | federal requirements for maintaining approval for veterans' | 3 | | education benefits under 38 U.S.C. 3679(c), if a person is on | 4 | | active military duty or is receiving veterans' education | 5 | | benefits, then the board shall deem that person an Illinois | 6 | | resident for tuition purposes for any academic quarter, | 7 | | semester, or term, as applicable. Beginning with the 2022-2023 | 8 | | academic year, per the federal requirements for maintaining | 9 | | approval for veterans' education benefits under 38 U.S.C. | 10 | | 3679(c), if a person is on active duty or is an individual | 11 | | entitled to assistance as described in 38 U.S.C. 3679(c), then | 12 | | the board shall deem that person an in-district resident for | 13 | | tuition purposes for any academic quarter, semester, or term, | 14 | | as applicable.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-424, eff. 8-16-19.)
| 16 | | Section 10. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 17 | | amended by changing Section 40 as follows:
| 18 | | (110 ILCS 947/40)
| 19 | | Sec. 40. Illinois Veteran grant program. | 20 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 21 | | "Qualified applicant" means a person who served in the | 22 | | Armed Forces of the United States, a Reserve component of the | 23 | | Armed Forces, or the Illinois National Guard, excluding | 24 | | members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and those |
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| 1 | | whose only service has been attendance at a service academy, | 2 | | and who meets all of the qualifications of either paragraphs | 3 | | (1) through (4) or paragraphs (2), (3), and (5): | 4 | | (1) At the time of entering federal active duty | 5 | | service the person was one of the following: | 6 | | (A) An Illinois resident. | 7 | | (B) An Illinois resident within 6 months of | 8 | | entering such service. | 9 | | (C) Enrolled at a State-controlled university or | 10 | | public community college in this State. | 11 | | (2) The person meets one of the following | 12 | | requirements: | 13 | | (A) He or she served at least one year of federal | 14 | | active duty. | 15 | | (B) He or she served less than one year of federal | 16 | | active duty and received an honorable discharge for | 17 | | medical reasons directly connected with such service. | 18 | | (C) He or she served less than one year of federal | 19 | | active duty and was discharged prior to August 11, | 20 | | 1967. | 21 | | (D) He or she served less than one year of federal | 22 | | active duty in a foreign country during a time of | 23 | | hostilities in that foreign country. | 24 | | (3) The person received an honorable discharge after | 25 | | leaving each period of federal active duty service. | 26 | | (4) The person returned to this State within 6 months |
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| 1 | | after leaving federal active duty service, or, if married | 2 | | to a person in continued military service stationed | 3 | | outside this State, returned to this State within 6 months | 4 | | after his or her spouse left service or was stationed | 5 | | within this State. | 6 | | (5) The person does not meet the requirements of | 7 | | paragraph (1), but (i) is a resident of Illinois at the | 8 | | time of application to the Commission and (ii) at some | 9 | | point after leaving federal active duty service, was a | 10 | | resident of Illinois for at least 15 consecutive years. | 11 | | "Time of hostilities" means any action by the Armed Forces | 12 | | of the United States that is recognized by the issuance of a | 13 | | Presidential proclamation or a Presidential executive order | 14 | | and in which the Armed Forces expeditionary medal or other | 15 | | campaign service medals are awarded according to Presidential | 16 | | executive order. | 17 | | (b) A person who otherwise qualifies under subsection (a) | 18 | | of this Section but has not left federal active duty service | 19 | | and has served at least one year of federal active duty or has | 20 | | served for less than one year of federal active duty in a | 21 | | foreign country during a time of hostilities in that foreign | 22 | | country and who can provide documentation demonstrating an | 23 | | honorable service record is eligible to receive assistance | 24 | | under this Section. | 25 | | (c) A qualified applicant is not required to pay any | 26 | | tuition or mandatory fees while attending a State-controlled |
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| 1 | | university or public community college in this State for a | 2 | | period that is equivalent to 4 years of full-time enrollment, | 3 | | including summer terms. | 4 | | A qualified applicant who has previously received benefits | 5 | | under this Section for a non-mandatory fee shall continue to | 6 | | receive benefits covering such fees while he or she is | 7 | | enrolled in a continuous program of study. The qualified | 8 | | applicant shall no longer receive a grant covering | 9 | | non-mandatory fees if he or she fails to enroll during an | 10 | | academic term, unless he or she is serving federal active duty | 11 | | service.
| 12 | | (d) A qualified applicant who has been or is to be awarded | 13 | | assistance under this Section shall receive that assistance if | 14 | | the qualified applicant notifies his or her postsecondary | 15 | | institution of that fact by the end of the school term for | 16 | | which assistance is requested. | 17 | | (e) Assistance under this Section is considered an | 18 | | entitlement that the State-controlled college or public | 19 | | community college in which the qualified applicant is enrolled | 20 | | shall honor without any condition other than the qualified | 21 | | applicant's maintenance of minimum grade levels and a | 22 | | satisfactory student loan repayment record pursuant to | 23 | | subsection (c) of Section 20 of this Act. | 24 | | (f) The Commission shall administer the grant program | 25 | | established by this Section and shall make all necessary and | 26 | | proper rules not inconsistent with this Section for its |
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| 1 | | effective implementation. | 2 | | (g) All applications for assistance under this Section | 3 | | must be made to the Commission on forms that the Commission | 4 | | shall provide. The Commission shall determine the form of | 5 | | application and the information required to be set forth in | 6 | | the application, and the Commission shall require qualified | 7 | | applicants to submit with their applications any supporting | 8 | | documents that the Commission deems necessary. Upon request, | 9 | | the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall assist the | 10 | | Commission in determining the eligibility of applicants for | 11 | | assistance under this Section. | 12 | | (h) Assistance under this Section is available as long as | 13 | | the federal government provides educational benefits to | 14 | | veterans. Assistance must not be paid under this Section after | 15 | | 6 months following the termination of educational benefits to | 16 | | veterans by the federal government, except for persons who | 17 | | already have begun their education with assistance under this | 18 | | Section. If the federal government terminates educational | 19 | | benefits to veterans and at a later time resumes those | 20 | | benefits, assistance under this Section shall resume.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 101-334, eff. 8-9-19.)
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.
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