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HB5463 Engrossed
LRB104 19840 LNS 33290 b
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AN ACT concerning education.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
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amended by changing Section 65.115 as follows:

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(110 ILCS 947/65.115)
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Sec. 65.115.
School and Municipal
Social
Worker and School
8
Counselor

Work
Shortage Loan Repayment Program.
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(a) To encourage Illinois students to work, and to
10
continue to work, as a school social worker
or school
11
counselor for a

in
public school
district

districts
in this
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State or
to work as a social worker for a municipality in this

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in
State
municipalities
, the Commission shall, each year,
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receive and consider applications for loan repayment
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assistance under this Section. This program shall be known as
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the School and Municipal Social
Worker and School Counselor

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Work
Shortage Loan Repayment Program. The Commission shall
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administer the program and shall adopt all necessary and
19
proper rules to effectively implement the program.
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(b)
Subject

Beginning July 1, 2022, subject
to a separate
21
appropriation made for such purposes, the Commission shall
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award a grant, up to a maximum of
$8,000 per year for a maximum
23
of 4 years

$6,500
, to each qualified applicant.
A

The

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Commission may encourage the recipient of a
grant
awarded

2
under this Section
shall be used

to use the grant award
for
3
repayment of the recipient's educational loan. If funds are
4
insufficient to provide all qualified applicants with a grant
5
as authorized by this Section, the Commission shall allocate
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the available grant funds for the fiscal year to qualified
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applicants who submit a complete application on or before a
8
date specified by the Commission, based on the following order
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of priority:
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(1) first, to students who received a grant under this
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Section in the prior fiscal year and who remain eligible
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for a grant under this Section; and
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(2) then, to new, qualified applicants in accordance
14

with this Section.
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(c) A person is a qualified applicant under this Section
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if he or she meets all of the following qualifications:
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(1) The person is a United States citizen or eligible
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noncitizen.
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(2) The person is a resident of this State.
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(3) The person is a borrower with an outstanding
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balance due on an educational loan related to obtaining a
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degree in social work
or obtaining the appropriate
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education and training to work as a school counselor
.
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(4) The person
, at the time of application,
has been
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employed
for at least 12 consecutive months
as a school
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social worker
or school counselor
by a public elementary

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school or secondary school in this State
for at least 12
2

consecutive months
or as a social worker for an Illinois
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municipality
who did not report directly to a police
4

department
.
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(5) The person
, at the time of application,
is
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currently employed as a school social worker
or school
7

counselor
by a public elementary school or secondary
8

school in this State or as a social worker for an Illinois
9

municipality
who does not report directly to a police
10

department
.
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(d) An applicant shall submit an application, in a form
12
determined by the Commission, for grant assistance under this
13
Section to the Commission. An applicant is required to submit,
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with the application, supporting documentation as the
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Commission may deem necessary.
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(e) (Blank).
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(Source: P.A. 104-437, eff. 11-21-25.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect July 1,
19
2026.

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