VETS' DEPENDENTS SCH GRANTS

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the School Code and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant Act. In provisions concerning the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents scholarship and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant program, provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall determine, by rule, the eligibility of the persons who apply for the scholarship or grant (rather than the Department shall determine the eligibility of the persons who apply For the scholarship or grant).

Every action

37 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. May 26, 2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2. May 27, 2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
3. May 27, 2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
4. May 29, 2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
5. Jun 20, 2025HouseSent to the Governor
6. Aug 15, 2025HouseGovernor Approved
7. Aug 15, 2025HouseEffective Date January 1, 2026
8. Aug 15, 2025HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0238

Roll calls

4 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 3 Republicans.

• Brandun SchweizerR Primary sponsor · District 104
• Paul FaraciD Floor sponsor · District 52