Full Text of SB3761 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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 65.115 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/65.115)
| 7 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 8 | | delayed effective date ) | 9 | | Sec. 65.115 65.110 . School and Municipal Social Work | 10 | | Shortage Loan Repayment Program. | 11 | | (a) To encourage Illinois students to work, and to | 12 | | continue to work, as a school social worker in public school | 13 | | districts in this State or in State municipalities , the | 14 | | Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications | 15 | | for loan repayment assistance under this Section. This program | 16 | | shall be known as the School and Municipal Social Work | 17 | | Shortage Loan Repayment Program. The Commission shall | 18 | | administer the program and shall adopt all necessary and | 19 | | proper rules to effectively implement the program. | 20 | | (b) Beginning July 1, 2022, subject to a separate | 21 | | appropriation made for such purposes, the Commission shall | 22 | | award a grant, up to a maximum of $6,500, to each qualified | 23 | | applicant. The Commission may encourage the recipient of a |
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| 1 | | grant under this Section to use the grant award for repayment | 2 | | of the recipient's educational loan. If an appropriation for | 3 | | this program for a given fiscal year is insufficient to | 4 | | provide grants to all qualified applicants, the Commission | 5 | | shall allocate the appropriation in accordance with this | 6 | | subsection. If funds are insufficient to provide all qualified | 7 | | applicants with a grant as authorized by this Section, the | 8 | | Commission shall allocate the available grant funds for that | 9 | | fiscal year to qualified applicants who submit a complete | 10 | | application on or before a date specified by the Commission, | 11 | | based on the following order of priority: | 12 | | (1) first, to new, qualified applicants who are | 13 | | members of a racial minority as defined in subsection (e); | 14 | | and | 15 | | (2) second, to other new, qualified applicants in | 16 | | accordance with this Section. | 17 | | (c) A person is a qualified applicant under this Section | 18 | | if he or she meets all of the following qualifications: | 19 | | (1) The person is a United States citizen or eligible | 20 | | noncitizen. | 21 | | (2) The person is a resident of this State. | 22 | | (3) The person is a borrower with an outstanding | 23 | | balance due on an educational loan related to obtaining a | 24 | | degree in social work. | 25 | | (4) The person has been employed as a school social | 26 | | worker by a public elementary school or secondary school |
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| 1 | | in this State for at least 12 consecutive months or as a | 2 | | social worker for an Illinois municipality who did not | 3 | | report directly to a police department . | 4 | | (5) The person is currently employed as a school | 5 | | social worker by a public elementary school or secondary | 6 | | school in this State or as a social worker for an Illinois | 7 | | municipality who does not report directly to a police | 8 | | department . | 9 | | (d) An applicant shall submit an application, in a form | 10 | | determined by the Commission, for grant assistance under this | 11 | | Section to the Commission. An applicant is required to submit, | 12 | | with the application, supporting documentation as the | 13 | | Commission may deem necessary. | 14 | | (e) Racial minorities are underrepresented as school | 15 | | social workers in elementary and secondary schools and in | 16 | | municipalities in Illinois, and the General Assembly finds | 17 | | that it is in the interest of this State to provide them | 18 | | priority consideration for programs that encourage their | 19 | | participation in this field and thereby foster a profession | 20 | | that is more reflective of the diversity of Illinois | 21 | | residents, students and parents they will serve. A more | 22 | | reflective workforce in school social work allows improved | 23 | | outcomes for individuals students and a better utilization of | 24 | | services. Therefore, the Commission shall give priority to | 25 | | those applicants who are members of a racial minority. In this | 26 | | subsection (e), "racial minority" means a person who is a |
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| 1 | | citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident | 2 | | alien of the United States and who is: | 3 | | (1) Black (a person having origins in any of the black
| 4 | | racial groups in Africa); | 5 | | (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
| 6 | | culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
| 7 | | or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race); | 8 | | (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of
| 9 | | the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the
| 10 | | Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands); or | 11 | | (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having
| 12 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North America).
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-622, eff. 7-1-22; revised 11-10-21.)
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