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   110 ILCS 947/50                                                             
   110 ILCS 947/52                                                             
   110 ILCS 947/65.15                                                          
   625 ILCS 5/3-648                                                            

        Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes      
   to  the  provisions  concerning  the  Minority  Teachers  of  Illinois      
   Scholarship Program, including  allowing  a  person  enrolled  at  the      
   freshman  level  or  graduate  level  to  qualify  for  a scholarship,      
   allowing qualifying students to be enrolled on a half-time basis,  and      
   requiring  a  scholarship  recipient  to  begin  teaching  within  the      
   one-year  period  following  termination of the undergraduate program.      
   Makes changes to the provisions concerning the David A. DeBolt Teacher      
   Shortage Scholarship Program,  including  changing  the  name  to  the      
   ITEACH   Teacher  Shortage  Scholarship  Program,  allowing  a  person      
   enrolled at the freshman level to qualify for a scholarship, requiring      
   a scholarship recipient to begin teaching within the  one-year  period      
   following termination of the academic program, and, for not fulfilling      
   the  teaching  obligation, changing the interest rate for repayment to      
   5%. Makes changes  to  the  provisions  concerning  special  education      
   teacher  scholarships,  including requiring a person to begin teaching      
   within one year after graduation from or termination of enrollment  in      
   the  teacher  education program and not requiring a recipient to repay      
   the amount of scholarship received  while  enrolled  at  the  freshman      
   level for not fulfilling the teaching requirement. Amends the Illinois      
   Vehicle  Code  to  allow  money  in  the Illinois Future Teacher Corps      
   Scholarship Fund  to  be  appropriated  for  ITEACH  Teacher  Shortage      
   Scholarships. Effective July 1, 2003.                                       
   FEB-06-2002  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   FEB-06-2002  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   JAN-07-2003  S  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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