Chapter 110, HIGHER EDUCATION

(110 ILCS 148/65) Sec. 65. Transitional mathematics instruction implementation. (a) Subject to the availability of public or private resources, by no later than June 30, 2018, the statewide panel established pursuant to Section 45 of this Act shall define the transitional mathema…

(110 ILCS 520/65) Sec. 65. Search firm prohibition. Charges for the services of an external hiring search firm may not be paid from any source of funds, except (i) in the hiring of the President of the University or (ii) in the case of when the President of the University and the…

(110 ILCS 947/65.05) Sec. 65.05. Traineeship and fellowship program; training of professional personnel. (a) The Commission, with the advice of the Advisory Council on Education of Children with Disabilities created under Section 14-3.01 of the School Code, may make traineeship o…

(110 ILCS 947/65.10) Sec. 65.10. Fellowship program. The Commission, with the advice of the Advisory Council on Education of Gifted Children created under Section 14A-4 of the School Code, may make fellowship grants to persons of good character who are graduates of a recognized c…

(110 ILCS 947/65.100) Sec. 65.100. AIM HIGH Grant Program. (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following findings: (1) Both access and affordability are important aspects of the Illinois Public Agenda for College and Career Success report. (2) This State is in the top quart…

(110 ILCS 947/65.105) Sec. 65.105. Adult vocational community college scholarship. (a) The Commission shall, subject to appropriation, establish and administer an adult vocational community college scholarship program. (b) Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commissio…

(110 ILCS 947/65.110) Sec. 65.110. Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarship. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall award annually up to 250 Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scho…

(110 ILCS 947/65.115) Sec. 65.115. School and Municipal Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. (a) To encourage Illinois students to work, and to continue to work, as a school social worker in public school districts in this State or in State municipalities, the Commission …

(110 ILCS 947/65.120) Sec. 65.120. iGROW Tech Scholarship Program. (a) As used in this Section: "Eligible applicant" means a student who has graduated from high school or has received a State of Illinois High School Diploma, who has maintained a cumulative grade point average of …

(110 ILCS 947/65.125) Sec. 65.125. Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity Scholarship Program. (a) As used in this Section, "incumbent workforce" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity Act. (b) Subject to appropriation, the…

(110 ILCS 947/65.130) Sec. 65.130. Journalism Student Scholarship Program. (a) As used in this Section, "local news organization" has the meaning given to that term in the Strengthening Community Media Act. (b) In order to encourage academically talented Illinois students to purs…

(110 ILCS 947/65.15) Sec. 65.15. Special education teacher scholarships. (a) There shall be awarded annually 250 scholarships to persons qualifying as members of any of the following groups: (1) Students who are otherwise qualified to receive a scholarship as provided in subsecti…

(110 ILCS 947/65.20) Sec. 65.20. Science-mathematics teacher scholarships. (a) The Commission may annually award a number of scholarships, not to exceed 200, to persons holding valid teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of the School Code. Such scholarships shall be issu…

(110 ILCS 947/65.25) Sec. 65.25. Teacher shortage scholarships. (a) The Commission may annually award a number of scholarships to persons preparing to teach in areas of identified staff shortages. Such scholarships shall be issued to individuals who make application to the Commis…

(110 ILCS 947/65.27) Sec. 65.27. Teach Illinois Scholarship Program. (a) For the purposes of this Section: "Area of identified staff shortage" means a school district in which the number of teachers is insufficient to meet student or school district demand or a subject area for w…

(110 ILCS 947/65.35) Sec. 65.35. Administrator internships. Under the internship program established by the State Board of Education to provide experience to women and minorities interested in preparing for positions as school administrators, the Commission may annually award int…

(110 ILCS 947/65.40) Sec. 65.40. General provisions; leaves of absence. (a) The scholarships issued under Section 65.15 may be used at the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illi…

(110 ILCS 947/65.45) Sec. 65.45. Special education grants. (a) Special education grants shall be awarded by the Commission to (i) teachers under contract who are teaching special education courses in a school district within an area designated as a poverty area by the Office of E…

(110 ILCS 947/65.50) Sec. 65.50. Teacher training full-time undergraduate scholarships. (a) Five hundred new scholarships shall be provided each year for qualified high school students or high school graduates who desire to pursue full-time undergraduate studies in teacher educat…

(110 ILCS 947/65.55) Sec. 65.55. Consolidation of scholarship, fellowship and traineeship programs. All scholarship, fellowship or traineeship programs administered by the Commission under the provisions of Sections 65.05, 65.10, 65.15, 65.20, 65.25, 65.30, 65.35, 65.45, and 65.5…

(110 ILCS 947/65.56) Sec. 65.56. Illinois Teachers and Child Care Providers Loan Repayment Program. (a) In order to encourage academically talented Illinois students to enter and continue teaching in Illinois schools in low-income areas and to encourage students to enter the earl…

(110 ILCS 947/65.60) Sec. 65.60. Administration of federal scholarship programs. The State Board of Education shall be the administrator of the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship program. The State Board of Education is not precluded from establishing an agreement with the Illino…

(110 ILCS 947/65.70) Sec. 65.70. Optometric Education Scholarship Program. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the provision of graduate education leading to a doctoral degree in optometry for persons of this State who desire such an education is important to the hea…

(110 ILCS 947/65.75) Sec. 65.75. Grant for a person raised by a grandparent. (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications for grant assistance under this Section. An applicant is eligible for a grant under this Section if the Commission finds that the ap…

(110 ILCS 947/65.85) Sec. 65.85. Southern Illinois University's Achieve Program; grants to participants. Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall award grants to eligible students who are participants in the Clinical Center Achieve Program at Southern Illinois University at…

(110 ILCS 947/65.90) Sec. 65.90. Medical assistant grants. (a) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year through the 2020-2021 academic year, the Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications for grant assistance under this Section. An applicant is eligible for …

(110 ILCS 947/65.95) Sec. 65.95. Police training academy job training scholarship program. (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive applications for scholarships under this Section. An applicant is eligible for a scholarship under this Section if the Commission finds that the…

(110 ILCS 947/67) Sec. 67. Illinois DREAM Fund Commission. (a) The Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall establish an Illinois DREAM Fund Commission. The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, members to the Illinois DREAM Fund Commission, which…

(110 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 187) Sec. 7. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trus…

(110 ILCS 330/7) Sec. 7. Prevention and control for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The University of Illinois Hospital shall develop and implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococ…

(110 ILCS 945/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 1607) Sec. 7. Expenses of Authority - Limitation of liability for expense. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this Act and, except as authorized u…

(110 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 2607) Sec. 7. Rules. The Department shall have the power to promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this Act. (Source: P.A. 85-1315.)

(110 ILCS 1005/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 127) Sec. 7. The Board may subpoena and bring before it any person in this State and take testimony either orally or by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in…

(110 ILCS 210/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 1337) Sec. 7. The Board shall keep an accurate record of all its activities under this Act and shall make a report to its members, to the Governor and to the General Assembly, such report to be a part of its annual report. (Source: P.A. 92-45,…

(110 ILCS 305/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 28) Sec. 7. Powers of trustees. (a) The trustees shall have power to provide for the requisite buildings, apparatus, and conveniences; to fix the rates for tuition; to appoint such professors and instructors, and to establish and provide for t…

(110 ILCS 710/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 357) Sec. 7. Moneys of the Board. No moneys derived from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this Act, or pledged or assigned to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders thereof, shall be required to be paid into the s…

(110 ILCS 365/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 407) Sec. 7. For the purpose of maintaining the Institute, paying the expenses and providing the facilities and structures incident thereto, appropriations shall be made to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, payable from …

(110 ILCS 405/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 48.7) Sec. 7. If any clause, sentence or provision in this Act shall be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other clause, sentence or provision of this Act, it being the intention of the General Assembly to enact such other …

(110 ILCS 1010/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 237) Sec. 7. Unlawful Representations.) Neither the fact of filing nor the permission to grant any degree or degrees shall be held to mean that the Board has passed upon the relative merits of a particular course of instruction. Nothing in th…

(110 ILCS 615/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 1207) Sec. 7. Moneys of the board. No moneys derived from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this Act, or pledged or assigned to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders thereof, shall be required to be paid into the …

(110 ILCS 610/7) Sec. 7. Assumption of obligations. All contracts and agreements entered into by the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities on behalf of Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, No…

(110 ILCS 930/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 2307) Sec. 7. Eligibility for DFI grants. Institutions of higher education shall verify that student applicants meet the eligibility requirements for DFI grants. An individual is eligible for an award under the provisions of this Act if the Pr…

(110 ILCS 25/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 2907) Sec. 7. Nothing in this Act limits the right of any individual or institution to claim the abridgement of any other due process right not enumerated in this Act. (Source: P.A. 87-462.)

(110 ILCS 525/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 677) Sec. 7. Moneys of the board. No moneys derived from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this Act, or pledged or assigned to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders thereof, shall be required to be paid into the s…

(110 ILCS 920/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 2407) Sec. 7. Exemption from taxation. As provided in this Act, the issuance of College Savings Bonds is in all respects for the benefit of the People of the State of Illinois, the conduct and increase of their commerce, the protection and enh…

(110 ILCS 975/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 2757) Sec. 7. Amount of scholarships. To determine a scholarship amount, the Department shall consider tuition and fee charges at community colleges and universities statewide and projected living expenses. 75% of the weighted tuition and fees…

(110 ILCS 520/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 657) Sec. 7. The Board shall have power to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued, provided that any suit against the Board based upon a claim sounding in tort must be filed in the Court of Claims, to acquire, hold and convey real property a…

(110 ILCS 420/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 77) Sec. 7. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a limitation upon or restriction of the powers of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois under any law which is now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted. (Source: L…

(110 ILCS 310/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 47) Sec. 7. The treasurer of the said University, and the said board, are hereby required in the future to invest the principal of the funds arising from the endowment granted by the United States, in interest-bearing bonds of the United State…

(110 ILCS 805/7-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 107-1) Sec. 7-1. This Article applies only to community college districts in cities having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants. Each such community college district shall maintain a system of community colleges under the charge of a …