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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1631
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1631 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
5 is amended by adding Section 38 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 947/38 new)
7 Sec. 38. Monetary award program accountability. The
8 Illinois Student Assistance Commission is directed to assess
9 the educational persistence of monetary award program
10 recipients. An assessment under this Section shall include
11 an analysis of such factors as undergraduate educational
12 goals, chosen field of study, retention rates, and expected
13 time to complete a degree. The assessment also shall include
14 an analysis of the academic success of monetary award program
15 recipients through a review of measures that are typically
16 associated with academic success, such as grade point
17 average, satisfactory academic progress, and credit hours
18 earned. Each analysis should take into consideration student
19 class level, dependency types, and the type of higher
20 education institution at which each monetary award program
21 recipient is enrolled. The Commission shall report its
22 findings to the General Assembly and the Board of Higher
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1 Education by February 1, 1999 and at least every 2 years
2 thereafter.
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
4 1, 1997.".