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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4671

Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 735/10-30

Amends the Energy Community Reinvestment Act. In provisions
concerning the Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship,
provides that a student may receive a scholarship under those provisions
for a period that is equivalent to 4 years of full-time enrollment,
including summer terms (currently, one calendar year of full-time
enrollment, including summer terms). Provides that the displaced energy
worker must have lost his or her employment while a resident of Illinois to
be eligible for the scholarship program. Effective July 1, 2026.
LRB104 20013 HLH 33464 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning State government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Energy Community Reinvestment Act is
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amended by changing Section 10-30 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 735/10-30)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on September 15, 2045)
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Sec. 10-30.
Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition
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Scholarship.
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(a) Subject to appropriation, the benefits of this Section
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shall be administered by and paid for out of funds made
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available to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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(b) Any natural child, legally adopted child, or stepchild
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of an eligible displaced energy worker who possesses all
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necessary entrance requirements shall, upon application and
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proper proof, be awarded a transition scholarship
consisting
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of the equivalent of one calendar year of full-time
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enrollment, including summer terms,
to the State-supported
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Illinois institution of higher learning of his or her choice.
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A student may receive assistance under this Section for a
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period that is equivalent to 4 years of full-time enrollment,
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including summer terms.

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(c) As used in this Section, "eligible displaced energy

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worker" means an energy worker who
, while a resident of
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Illinois,
has lost employment due to the reduced operation or
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closure of a fossil fuel power plant or coal mine
located in
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this State
.
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(d) Full-time enrollment means 12 or more semester hours
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of courses per semester, or 12 or more quarter hours of courses
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per quarter, or the equivalent thereof per term. Scholarships
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utilized by dependents enrolled in less than full-time study
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shall be computed in the proportion which the number of hours
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so carried bears to full-time enrollment.
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(e) Scholarships awarded under this Section may be used by
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a child without regard to his or her age
or current state of
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residence
. The holder of a Scholarship awarded under this
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Section shall be subject to all examinations and academic
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standards, including the maintenance of minimum grade levels,
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that are applicable generally to other enrolled students at
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the Illinois institution of higher learning where the
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scholarship is being used.
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(f) An applicant is eligible for a scholarship under this
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Section when the Commission finds the applicant:
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(1) is the natural child, legally adopted child, or
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stepchild of an eligible displaced energy worker; and
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(2) in the absence of transition scholarship
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assistance, will be deterred by financial considerations
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from completing an educational program at the
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State-supported Illinois institution of higher learning of

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his or her choice.
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(g) Funds may be made available from the Energy Transition
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Assistance Fund to the Commission to provide these grants.
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(h) The scholarship shall only cover tuition and fees at
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the rates offered to students residing within the State or in
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the district, but
the scholarship amount awarded to a student
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in a single year
shall not exceed the cost equivalent of one
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calendar year of full-time enrollment, including summer terms,
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at the University of Illinois. The Commission shall determine
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the grant amount for each student.
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(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect July 1,
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2026.

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