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SB0294 • 2026
UNIV OF IL-VETERAN SCHOLARSHIP
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UNIV OF IL-VETERAN SCHOLARSHIP
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Re-assigned to Appropriations- Education
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
Assigned to Appropriations- Education
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
UNIV OF IL-VETERAN SCHOLARSHIP
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Full Text of SB0294 Home Legislation Full Text SB0294 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0294 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 305/9 from Ch. 144, par. 30 Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that a county is entitled to a scholarship in the University of Illinois for the benefit of the children of persons who served in the armed forces of the United States any time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the Kosovo Campaign Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. LRB104 04101 LNS 14125 b A BILL FOR SB0294 LRB104 04101 LNS 14125 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by 5 changing Section 9 as follows: 6 (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30) 7 Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of 8 the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be 9 entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the 10 University, for the benefit of the children of persons who 11 served in the armed forces of the United States, except that 12 the total number of scholarships annually granted to 13 recipients from each county may not exceed 3: any time between 14 September 16, 1940 and the termination of World War II, any 15 time during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and 16 January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict 17 between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the 18 siege of Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 19 and December 15, 1983, or any time on or after August 2, 1990 20 and until Congress or the President orders that persons in 21 service are no longer eligible for the Southwest Asia Service 22 Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal, or the Armed Forces 23 Expeditionary Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation SB0294 - 2 - LRB104 04101 LNS 14125 b 1 Iraqi Freedom. Preference for scholarships shall be given to 2 the children of persons who are deceased or to the children of 3 persons who have a disability. Such scholarships shall be 4 granted to such pupils as shall, upon public examination, 5 conducted as the board of trustees of the University may 6 determine, be decided to have attained the greatest 7 proficiency in the branches of learning usually taught in the 8 secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral character, 9 and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so selected, 10 shall be entitled to receive, without charge for tuition, 11 instruction in any or all departments of the University for a 12 term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such pupils shall 13 conform, in all respects, to the rules and regulations of the 14 University, established for the government of the pupils in 15 attendance. 16 (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15; 17 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.) 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