HIGHER ED-LEGIS SCHOLARSHIPS House SponsorsRep. Luis Arroyo-Mary E. Flowers 1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die 110 ILCS 947/65.86 new Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates a legislative scholarship task force to receive and consider applications for scholarship assistance. Requires the task force to receive and consider nominations for scholarship assistance, with a total of 8 scholarships per representative district to be awarded each year. Provides that a nominee is eligible for a scholarship if the task force finds that the nominee meets certain qualifications, including that he or she is a resident of the representative district for which a scholarship is to be awarded and that he or she is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a public university in this State. Provides that legislative scholarships are good for a period of not more than one year while enrolled for residence credit, are applicable toward 2 semesters of enrollment within an academic year, and exempt the holder from the payment of tuition and fees. Sets forth provisions concerning application for a scholarship and renewals. 2/25/2015HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo 2/25/2015HouseFirst Reading 2/25/2015HouseReferred to Rules Committee 3/10/2015HouseAssigned to Higher Education Committee 3/27/2015HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 3/23/2016HouseAssigned to Higher Education Committee 4/4/2016HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers 4/8/2016HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die