101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5264

Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 305/120 new110 ILCS 520/100 new110 ILCS 660/5-210 new110 ILCS 665/10-210 new110 ILCS 670/15-210 new110 ILCS 675/20-215 new110 ILCS 680/25-210 new110 ILCS 685/30-220 new110 ILCS 690/35-215 new110 ILCS 805/3-29.14 new

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires a public university or community college district to designate a staff member to act as a homeless and foster student liaison to help homeless students and students in foster care apply for financial aid and other assistance. LRB101 17428 NHT 66837 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLYSTATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

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HB5264LRB101 17428 NHT 66837 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by 5adding Section 120 as follows: 6 (110 ILCS 305/120 new)7 Sec. 120. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 8University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 9and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 10students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 11assistance. 12 Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management 13Act is amended by adding Section 100 as follows: 14 (110 ILCS 520/100 new)15 Sec. 100. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 16University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 17and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 18students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 19assistance. 20 Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by

HB5264- 2 -LRB101 17428 NHT 66837 b 1adding Section 5-210 as follows: 2 (110 ILCS 660/5-210 new)3 Sec. 5-210. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 4University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 5and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 6students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 7assistance. 8 Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended 9by adding Section 10-210 as follows: 10 (110 ILCS 665/10-210 new)11 Sec. 10-210. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 12University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 13and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 14students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 15assistance. 16 Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended 17by adding Section 15-210 as follows: 18 (110 ILCS 670/15-210 new)19 Sec. 15-210. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 20University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 21and foster student liaison to help homeless students and

HB5264- 3 -LRB101 17428 NHT 66837 b 1students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 2assistance. 3 Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended by 4adding Section 20-215 as follows: 5 (110 ILCS 675/20-215 new)6 Sec. 20-215. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 7University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 8and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 9students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 10assistance. 11 Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is 12amended by adding Section 25-210 as follows: 13 (110 ILCS 680/25-210 new)14 Sec. 25-210. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 15University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 16and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 17students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 18assistance. 19 Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended 20by adding Section 30-220 as follows:

HB5264- 4 -LRB101 17428 NHT 66837 b 1 (110 ILCS 685/30-220 new)2 Sec. 30-220. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 3University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 4and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 5students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 6assistance. 7 Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended 8by adding Section 35-215 as follows: 9 (110 ILCS 690/35-215 new)10 Sec. 35-215. Homeless and foster student liaison. The 11University shall designate a staff member to act as a homeless 12and foster student liaison to help homeless students and 13students in foster care apply for financial aid and other 14assistance. 15 Section 50. The Public Community College Act is amended by 16adding Section 3-29.14 as follows: 17 (110 ILCS 805/3-29.14 new) 18 Sec. 3-29.14. Homeless and foster student liaison. A 19community college district shall designate a staff member to 20act as a homeless and foster student liaison to help homeless 21students and students in foster care apply for financial aid 22and other assistance.