HB 744

Abstract

Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Higher Education Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 110 ILCS 122/1 Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 947/65.100 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act to make changes concerning the AIM HIGH Grant Pilot Program. Requires each public university campus to report to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission the total non-loan financial aid amount given by the public university campus to undergraduate students in the 2017-2018 academic year, not including summer terms (rather than in fiscal year 2018). Provides that to be eligible to receive funds under the Program, a public university campus may not decrease the total amount of non-loan financial aid it gives to undergraduate students, not including any funds received from the Commission under the Program or any funds used to match grant awards under the Program, to an amount lower than the reported amount for the 2017-2018 academic year, not including the summer term (rather than prohibiting a public university campus from decreasing the total amount of non-loan financial aid for undergraduate students to an amount lower than the total non-loan financial aid amount given by the public university campus to undergraduate students in fiscal year 2018, not including any funds received from the Commission under the Program or any funds used to match grant awards under the Program). Effective June 1, 2020.