Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) plans to reform or possibly abolish the General Assembly scholarship program when the legislature returns to Springfield in January.
“We don’t know what those reforms could be. It could be anything from streamlining the process, creating a uniform process, or it could be complete abolishment. But we’re not going...
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State Legislative Scholarships Could Be Eliminated
Experts Suggest Changes to Legislative Scholarships
Efforts to abolish the century-old Illinois General Assembly scholarship program have proven unsuccessful in the past, but outside of eliminating it altogether, higher education and financial aid experts say there are ways to improve it.
They recommend a number of changes, from developing a consistent set of standards in choosing the winners to lawmakers being...
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Nobody’s Watching: Illinois Lawmakers Alone Decide How to Give Millions
Marcie Gutierrez, a teacher at John Hay Elementary on Chicago’s West Side, wanted help paying for school when she attended the University of Illinois at Chicago to further her education. So she applied for a legislative scholarship from Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), whose district includes her school.
Gutierrez, however, didn’t live in Ford’s district.
Illinois’ General...
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Students’ Free Ride Proves Costly to Their Classmates
Someone has to pay for the millions of dollars in scholarships state legislators dole out each year – and that ends up being the rest of the students who attend Illinois’ public universities.
For the 2007-2008 school year – the most recent data available – the state’s public universities gave 1,509 legislative scholarships worth an...
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One Scholarship, 163 Ways to Dole It Out
The Illinois General Assembly scholarship doesn’t work like other scholarships.
Some students win it because they have the right connections. Others don’t face much competition for the award – a year of free tuition at one of 12 public universities in Illinois. And several recipients don’t even meet the one requirement of the state’s century-old...
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Clout or Coincidence? Some Legislators Keep General Assembly Scholarships All in the Family
The Illinois General Assembly scholarships have become a family affair for dozens of siblings who’ve secured tens of thousands of dollars in free tuition to the state’s public universities since 2003.
There’s just one main requirement in the century-old state law that created the legislative scholarship program: Applicants must live in the awarding lawmaker’s district....
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