(110 ILCS 205/9.22) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.22)
Sec. 9.22.
International internship program.
The Board of Higher
Education is authorized to administer an institutional grant program to
provide internship opportunities in international business and other
international study practica, including overseas study,
to students studying foreign
languages, international studies, or international business at any public
or nonpublic institution of higher education located in Illinois. The
Board is authorized to administer and expend privately donated or federal
funds that are received by the Board and that are designated to be used for
the purposes of this Section. The Board shall administer the program and
shall distribute the funds received for this purpose in the form of grants
to public and nonpublic institutions of higher education located in
Illinois. In awarding grants under this Section, the Board shall consider
whether programs:
(1) comply with the standards necessary to meet the requirements of
private or federal funding entities;
(2) provide opportunities for students from underrepresented groups; and
(3) meet other criteria that the Board determines are appropriate.
The Board may promulgate rules it deems necessary for the international
internship program.
(Source: P.A. 87-1179.)
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