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	HB5460 - 104th General Assembly
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		HB5460 Enrolled		LRB104 19842 LNS 33292 b
1    AN ACT concerning education.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
5amended by changing Section 65.110 as follows:
6    (110 ILCS 947/65.110)
7    Sec. 65.110. Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work
8Professional Educator License scholarship.
9    (a) Subject to appropriation, [beginning with awards for ]
10[the 2022-2023 academic year,] the Commission shall award
11annually up to 250 Post-Master of Social Work School Social
12Work Professional Educator License scholarships, which may 
13also be known as School Social Work scholarships. A qualified 
14applicant [to a person who]:
15        (1) holds a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social
16    work license or social work license or is pursuing a 
17    clinical social work license or social work license;
18        (2) has obtained a master's degree in social work from
19    an approved program or will obtain a master's degree in 
20    social work from an approved program before enrolling in 
21    the academic program that this scholarship would support;
22        (3) is a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen;
23    and
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1        (4) submits an application to the Commission for such
2    scholarship and agrees to take courses to obtain an
3    Illinois Professional Educator License with an endorsement
4    in School Social Work.
5    (b) If an appropriation for this Section for a given
6fiscal year is insufficient to provide scholarships to all
7qualified applicants, the Commission shall allocate the
8appropriation as follows:
9        (1) first, to students who received a scholarship
10    under this Section in the prior academic year and who
11    remain eligible for a scholarship under this Section;
12        (2) (blank); and
13        (3) then, to new, qualified applicants in accordance
14    with this Section.
15    (c) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
16issued pursuant to rules adopted by the Commission.
17    (d) Each scholarship shall be applied to the payment of
18tuition and mandatory fees at a State public university or at a 
19private, not-for-profit institution of higher learning in this 
20State that prepares students to obtain an Illinois 
21Professional Educator License with an endorsement in School 
22Social Work [the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois ]
23[University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois ]
24[University, Governors State University, Illinois State ]
25[University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern ]
26[Illinois University, and Western Illinois University]. Each
		HB5460 Enrolled	- 3 -	LRB104 19842 LNS 33292 b
1scholarship may be applied to pay tuition and mandatory fees
2required to obtain an Illinois Professional Educator License
3with an endorsement in School Social Work. A scholarship for a 
4recipient attending a private, not-for-profit institution of 
5higher learning shall not exceed the maximum grant payable to 
6a student enrolled in the most expensive comparable program of 
7study at a public university in this State.
8    (e) The Commission shall make tuition and fee payments
9directly to the qualified institution of higher learning that
10the applicant attends.
11    (f) Any person who has accepted a scholarship under this
12Section must, within one year after graduation or termination
13of enrollment in a Post-Master of Social Work Professional
14Education License with an endorsement in School Social Work
15program, begin working as a school social worker at a public or
16nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or
17secondary school located in this State for at least 2 of the 5
18years immediately following that graduation or termination,
19excluding, however, from the computation of that 5-year
20period: (i) any time up to 3 years spent in the military
21service, whether such service occurs before or after the
22person graduates; (ii) the time that person is a person with a
23temporary total disability for a period of time not to exceed 3
24years, as established by the sworn affidavit of a qualified
25physician; and (iii) the time that person is seeking and
26unable to find full-time employment as a school social worker
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1at a State public or nonpublic not-for-profit preschool,
2elementary school, or secondary school.
3    (g) If a recipient of a scholarship under this Section
4fails to fulfill the work obligation set forth in subsection
5(f), the Commission shall require the recipient to repay the
6amount of the scholarships received, prorated according to the
7fraction of the obligation not completed, at a rate of
8interest equal to 5%, and, if applicable, reasonable
9collection fees. The Commission is authorized to establish
10rules relating to its collection activities for repayment of
11scholarships under this Section. All repayments collected
12under this Section shall be forwarded to the State Comptroller
13for deposit into this State's General Revenue Fund.
14    A recipient of a scholarship under this Section is not
15considered to be in violation of the failure to fulfill the
16work obligation under subsection (f) if the recipient (i)
17enrolls on a full-time basis as a graduate student in a course
18of study related to the field of social work at a qualified
19Illinois institution of higher learning; (ii) is serving, not
20in excess of 3 years, as a member of the armed services of the
21United States; (iii) is a person with a temporary total
22disability for a period of time not to exceed 3 years, as
23established by the sworn affidavit of a qualified physician;
24(iv) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment as a
25school social worker at an Illinois public or nonpublic
26not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or secondary
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1school that satisfies the criteria set forth in subsection (f)
2and is able to provide evidence of that fact; or (v) becomes a
3person with a permanent total disability, as established by
4the sworn affidavit of a qualified physician.
5(Source: P.A. 104-437, eff. 11-21-25.)
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
72026.