Chapter 110 — HIGHER EDUCATION

(110 ILCS 947/20) Sec. 20. Functions of Commission. (a) The Commission, in accordance with this Act, shall prepare and supervise the issuance of public information concerning its provisions; prescribe the form and regulate the submission of applications for assistance; provide fo…

(110 ILCS 947/205) Sec. 205. Prior law; other Acts. (a) A provision of this Act that is the same or substantially the same as a prior law shall be construed as a continuation of the prior law and not as a new or different law. (b) A citation in another Act to an Act or to a Secti…

(110 ILCS 947/22) Sec. 22. Child care resources eligibility notification; college students. (a) To complement student financial assistance programs and to enhance their effectiveness for students with dependents, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall annually include i…

(110 ILCS 947/25) Sec. 25. State scholar program. (a) An applicant is eligible to be designated a State Scholar when the Commission finds the candidate: (1) is a resident of this State, including a resident attending a Department of Defense school, and a citizen or permanent resi…

(110 ILCS 947/27) Sec. 27. Prepare for Illinois' Future Program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall as soon as is practicable, develop and implement a Prepare for Illinois' Future Program to offer comprehensive test preparation and prof…

(110 ILCS 947/30) Sec. 30. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-728, eff. 1-1-99. Repealed by P.A. 91-128, eff. 7-1-00.)

(110 ILCS 947/31) Sec. 31. Merit Recognition Scholarship program. (a) As used in this Section: "Eligible applicant" means a student from any high school in this State, either approved by or not recognized by the State Board of Education, who is engaged in a program of study that …

(110 ILCS 947/320) Sec. 320. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 87-997.)

(110 ILCS 947/35) Sec. 35. Monetary award program. (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive and consider applications for grant assistance under this Section. Subject to a separate appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is eligible for a grant under this Section when t…

(110 ILCS 947/36) Sec. 36. Silas Purnell Illinois Incentive for Access grant program. (a) The Commission each year shall determine eligibility for the Illinois Incentive for Access grant from applications received for Monetary Award Program grant assistance under Section 35 of th…

(110 ILCS 947/37) Sec. 37. Higher education license plate grant program. (a) Each year, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall receive a separate appropriation for the purpose of providing grant assistance to students enrolled at Illinois private colleges and universiti…

(110 ILCS 947/38) Sec. 38. Monetary award program accountability. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is directed to assess the educational persistence of monetary award program recipients. An assessment under this Section shall include an analysis of such factors as under…

(110 ILCS 947/39) Sec. 39. Monetary Award Program Plus. (a) The Commission shall receive and consider applications for monetary grant assistance under this Section to benefit those students who will not receive Monetary Award Program grants awarded in accordance with Section 35 o…

(110 ILCS 947/40) Sec. 40. Illinois Veteran grant program. (a) As used in this Section: "Qualified applicant" means a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, or the Illinois National Guard, excluding members of the Rese…

(110 ILCS 947/45) Sec. 45. Illinois National Guard and Naval Militia grant program. (a) As used in this Section: "State-controlled university or community college" means those institutions under the administration of the Chicago State University Board of Trustees, the Eastern Ill…

(110 ILCS 947/47) Sec. 47. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-920, eff. 8-15-14. Repealed internally, eff. 12-1-15.)

(110 ILCS 947/5) Sec. 5. Purpose. The General Assembly finds and declares that (1) the provision of a higher education for all residents of this State who desire a higher education and are properly qualified therefor is important to the welfare and security of this State and Nati…

(110 ILCS 947/50) Sec. 50. Teachers of Illinois scholarship program. (a) As used in this Section: "Qualified bilingual applicant" means a qualified student who demonstrates proficiency in a language other than English by (i) receiving a State Seal of Biliteracy from the State Boa…

(110 ILCS 947/52) Sec. 52. Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program; Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. (a) In this Section, "Foundation" means the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching, a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. (a-2) In or…

(110 ILCS 947/55) Sec. 55. Police officer or fire officer survivor grant. Grants shall be provided for any spouse, natural child, legally adopted child, or child in the legal custody of police officers and fire officers who are killed or who become a person with a permanent disab…

(110 ILCS 947/60) Sec. 60. Grants for dependents of Department of Corrections employees who are killed or who become a person with a permanent disability in the line of duty. Any spouse, natural child, legally adopted child, or child in the legal custody of an employee of the Dep…

(110 ILCS 947/62) Sec. 62. Grants for exonerated persons and their dependents. (a) In this Section: "Dependent" means any spouse, natural child, legally adopted child, or child in the legal custody of an individual. "Exonerated person" means an individual who has received a pardo…

(110 ILCS 947/65) Sec. 65. Student to student grant program. (a) As used in this Section: "Voluntary contribution" includes fees collected from students by college or university officials when the fee is optional or refundable to students and has been approved by a majority of th…

(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, beginning with awards for the 2022-2023 academic year, the Commission shall award annually up to 250 Post-Master of Social Wor…

(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 947/65.30) Sec. 65.30. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-465, eff. 1-1-22. Repealed by P.A. 104-437, eff. 11-21-25.)

(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 947/65.57) Sec. 65.57. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-711, eff. 7-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 92-597, eff. 7-1-02.)

(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 947/65.65) Sec. 65.65. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-445, eff. 8-17-01. Repealed by P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)

(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 947/65.80) Sec. 65.80. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-1020, eff. 7-11-06. Repealed by P.A. 101-306, eff. 8-9-19.)

(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…