Bill Text: IL SB3728 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships to an individual who has a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social work license or social work license and a Master of Social Work degree for the purpose of obtaining a Professional Educator License with an endorsement in social work. Sets forth various terms and conditions of the scholarship, including that a recipient of the scholarship must work at a public or nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or secondary school located in the State for at least 2 of the 5 years immediately following the recipient's graduation or termination of studies. Effective January 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3728 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3728-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3728 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Ann Gillespie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/65.110 new
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships to an individual who has a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social work license or social work license and a Master of Social Work degree for the purpose of obtaining a Professional Educator License with an endorsement in social work. Sets forth various terms and condition of the scholarship, including that a recipient of the scholarship must work at a public or nonpublic not-for profit preschool, elementary, or secondary school located in the State for at least 2 of the 5 years immediately following the recipient's graduation or termination of studies. Effective January 1, 2021.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning higher education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
amended by adding Section 65.110 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/65.110 new)
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 scholarships to a person
who:
(1) holds a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social
work license or social work license;
(2) has obtained a master's degree in social work from
an approved program;
(3) is a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen;
and
(4) submits an application to the Commission for such
scholarship and agrees to take courses to obtain an
Illinois Professional Educator License with an endorsement
in School Social Work.
(b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be issued

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pursuant to rules adopted by the Commission, if no rule adopted
by the State Board of Education prior to the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, pursuant to
the exercise of any right, power, duty, responsibility, or
matter of pending business transferred from the State Board of
Education to the Commission under this Section, shall be
affected thereby, and all such rules shall become the rules of
the Commission until modified or changed by the Commission in
accordance with law. In awarding the scholarship, the
Commission shall give priority to those applicants who are
members of underrepresented communities in the school social
work field in Illinois.
(c) Each scholarship shall be applied to the payment of
tuition at the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois
University, Governors State University, Illinois State
University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
Illinois University, and Western Illinois University. Tuition
payments shall be applied only to courses that are required to
obtain an Illinois Professional Educator License with an
endorsement in School Social Work. The Commission, in
consultation with the State Board of Education, shall determine
the courses eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
(d) The Commission shall make tuition payments directly to
the qualified institution of higher learning which the
applicant attends for the courses prescribed or may make

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payments to the applicant. Any applicant who receives payments
and who fails to enroll in the courses prescribed shall refund
the payments to the Commission.
(e) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under this
Section must, within one year after graduation or termination
of enrollment in a Post-Master of Social Work Professional
Education License with an endorsement in School Social Work
program, begin working at a public or nonpublic not-for profit
preschool, elementary, or secondary school located in this
State for at least 2 of the 5 years immediately following that
graduation or termination, excluding, however, from the
computation of that 5-year period: (i) any time up to 3 years
spent in the military service, whether such service occurs
before or after the person graduates; (ii) the time that person
is a person with a temporary total disability for a period of
time not to exceed 3 years, as established by the sworn
affidavit of a qualified physician; and (iii) the time that
person is seeking and unable to find full-time employment as a
school social worker at a State public, private, or parochial
school.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2021.