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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 39.5 as follows:
 
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    (110 ILCS 947/39.5  new)
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    Sec. 39.5. MAP Challenge Program. 
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    (a) The MAP Challenge Program is established to do all of 
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the following:
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        (1)  Reduce the number of students who withdraw from 
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    high school before graduation.
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        (2)  Increase the number of students who are prepared to 
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    enter the workforce upon graduation.
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        (3)  Increase the number of students entering 
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    institutions of higher learning.
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        (4)  Encourage eligible students to attend institutions 
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    of higher learning by reducing the financial burden on 
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    these students and their families.
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    (b)  The Commission, the Board of Higher Education, the 
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Illinois Community College Board, and the State Board of 
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Education shall work cooperatively to develop the MAP Challenge 
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Program as a pilot program that accomplishes the purposes set 
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forth in subsection (a) of this Section by leveraging student 
 


 






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financial aid to college readiness.
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    (c)  The MAP Challenge Program shall include cooperation 
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between school districts and State agencies in outreach and 
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student services. The program shall include minimum course 
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requirements based on a college preparatory core curriculum to 
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ensure students are ready for college.  Students who 
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successfully complete this program must be provided with an 
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incentive in the form of State financial aid.
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    (d)  Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that 
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may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head 
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under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to 
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make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions 
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of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, 
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however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to 
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implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to 
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the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House 
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and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the 
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General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning 
 


 






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contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative 
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Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the 
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meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such 
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definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor. 
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2008.