Sec. 15-10. Scholarship award; maximum time period; maximum amount.

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(a)Subject to appropriation, the Commission shall award a nurse educator scholarship to each qualified applicant in an amount sufficient to pay the tuition and fees of the Illinois institution of higher learning at which the recipient is enrolled, up to the current maximum amount of tuition and fees charged to students enrolled in an approved program of professional or practical nursing education at a public university.

(b)Scholarship recipients shall also receive a stipend, the amount of which shall not exceed $10,000, to cover other costs of attendance, including, but not limited to, living expenses. Stipend amounts for recipients enrolled on less than a full-time basis shall be prorated by credit hour.

(c)A recipient may receive scholarship assistance under the program for the equivalent of 8 semesters or 16 quarters of full-time enrollment.

(d)The total amount of scholarship assistance awarded by the Commission under the program to an individual in any given fiscal year, when added to other financial assistance awarded to that individual for that year, may not exceed the cost of attendance at the institution of higher learning at which the student is enrolled.