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92_HB5515
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1 AN ACT relating to education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5 changing Section 9 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
7 Sec. 9. Scholarships for veterans' children of veterans.
8 For each of the following periods of hostilities, each county
9 shall be entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in
10 the University, for the benefit of the children of persons
11 who served in the armed forces of the United States: the
12 Civil War, World War I, any time between September 16, 1940
13 and the termination of World War II, any time during the
14 national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
15 1955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict between January
16 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, and any time on or after August 2,
17 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that persons
18 in service are no longer eligible for the Southwest Asia
19 Service Medal. Preference shall be given to the children of
20 persons who are deceased or disabled. Such scholarships
21 shall be granted to such pupils as shall, upon public
22 examination, conducted as the board of trustees of the
23 University may determine, be decided to have attained the
24 greatest proficiency in the branches of learning usually
25 taught in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good
26 moral character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such
27 pupils, so selected, shall be entitled to receive, without
28 charge for tuition, instruction in any or all departments of
29 the University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years.
30 Such pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and
31 regulations of the University, established for the government
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1 of the pupils in attendance.
2 (Source: P.A. 88-177; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95.)