Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 2772 - FELLOWSHIP, TRAINEESHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
Subpart D - TEACHER SHORTAGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Section 2772.430 - Awards
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Awards will first be granted on a continuing basis to those persons who were previous recipients and who have passed the courses approved under the previous award.
b) Awards shall next be made on the basis of the order of receipt of the application in the Springfield office of the State Board of Education; provided that insofar as the annual applications for initial awards permit, seventy-five percent (75%) of the awards will be allocated to applicants initially preparing to teach, including those holding bachelor's degrees from accredited colleges and universities who have been employed for at least ten years in a field other than teaching, and twenty-five percent (25%) shall be allocated to applicants holding valid teaching certificates issued under Articles 21 and 34 of the School Code.
c) Notification of grant awards shall be sent in writing to the grant recipients and their enrolling institutions within 35 days of the applicable submission date for application specified on the application form.
d) Reimbursement for the scholarship will be made directly to the institution for all tuition and fees except revenue bond fees upon receipt by the State Board of Education of a claim listing the individual, Social Security number, term of the claim and the amount of claim listed by fees and tuition costs. Reimbursement of the scholarship award shall be made only after deducting the total of any other scholarship for tuition and fees which the applicant has received for the same academic term, which information the enrolling institution shall provide in submitting its claim.
