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91_HB0023

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Higher Education Student Assistance
 2    Act by changing Section 36.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 36 as follows:

 7        (110 ILCS 947/36)
 8        Sec. 36.  Illinois Incentive for Access grant program.
 9        (a)  The Commission each year shall determine eligibility
10    for the Illinois Incentive for Access grant from applications
11    received for Monetary Award Program  grant  assistance  under
12    Section  35 of this Act.  An applicant shall be determined as
13    eligible for an Illinois Incentive  for  Access  grant  under
14    this Section when the Commission finds that the applicant:
15             (1)  is  a  resident  of this State and a citizen or
16        permanent resident of the United States;
17             (2)  has no personal or family  financial  resources
18        available  for  expenditure  on  educational expenses, as
19        defined  by  current  federal   student   financial   aid
20        methodology;
21             (3)  has   not   already  received  a  baccalaureate
22        degree; and
23             (4)  is  enrolled  at  least  one-half  time  as   a
24        freshman  undergraduate  student  at an approved Illinois
25        institution  of  higher  learning  participating  in  the
26        Monetary Award Program administered by the Commission.
27        (b)  Subject  to  a  separate  appropriation   made   for
28    purposes  of  awarding  grants  under  this Section, Illinois
29    Incentive  for  Access  grants  shall  be  paid  in  multiple
30    disbursements as determined by the Commission  in  an  amount
31    not  to  exceed  $500  per semester or $333 per quarter for a
 
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 1    full-time student and $250 per semester or $167  per  quarter
 2    for  a  student who is enrolled less than full-time applicant
 3    per year.  No  recipient  may  receive  a  grant  under  this
 4    Section  for  more  than  2  semesters or 3 quarters of award
 5    payments.
 6        (c)  Eligibility for grants awarded  under  this  Section
 7    shall  be  determined  solely  on  the basis of the financial
 8    resources of the applicant and the applicant's family.   Cost
 9    of  attendance  at  the institution in which the applicant is
10    enrolled shall not affect eligibility for  an  award,  except
11    that  State  student  financial assistance awarded under this
12    Act, including the Illinois Incentive for Access  award,  may
13    not exceed the institution's cost of attendance.
14        (d)  The  Commission  shall  notify applicants that grant
15    assistance is contingent upon  availability  of  appropriated
16    funds.
17        (e)  The  Commission shall submit a written evaluation of
18    the Illinois Incentive for Access program  to  the  Governor,
19    the General Assembly, and the Board of Higher Education on or
20    before  October  1,  1999, including a report of the progress
21    made toward the goal of increasing the access  and  retention
22    rates for Illinois Incentive for Access grant recipients.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-512, eff. 7-11-96.)

24        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
25    1, 2000.

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