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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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CHANGES IN REGULATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY SCHOLARSHIPS (8) Under an act of the General Assembly of Illinois, passed in 1905, each member of the General Assembly has the privilege of nominating annually one resident of his district for a scholarship in the University which exempts the holder from the payment of tuition fees. For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities under the law, and for the guidance of the administrative officers concerned, the Board of Trustees of the University has from time to time adopted regulations governing the administration of General Assembly scholarships. The 66th General Assembly amended the scholarship law to provide that the failure of a member to make a nomination for a scholarship in any year will not cause that scholarship to lapse, but the member may make a nomination for such scholarship at any time before the expiration of his term. This amendment necessitates a change in the regulations governing General Assembly scholarships as heretofore approved by the Board of Trustees. I therefore recommend the following changes: Present Regulations Proposed New Regulations I. Appointments to Scholarships I. Appointments to Scholarships I. The original nomination of a candi1. Each member of the General Asdate to a new four-year scholarship sembly may award one four-year must be filed with the President of scholarship each year. Such scholthe University on or before the arships shall become effective at opening day of the fall semester or the beginning of the semester or term of the University year in term following the date of appointwhich the candidate expects to ment. Original appointments for enter the University and the Presischolarships which accrue to a member in any elected term may be dent is forbidden by the Statute to deferred to a later date, but must accept an original nomination after be made prior to the expiration of this date. (This is interpreted to that term. An original nomination mean within the first ten (10) days so deferred shall become effective of the semester.) at the beginning of the semester or term following such nomination and shall continue for four years thereafter. A scholarship shall lapse if the member fails to make a nomination prior to the expiration of the term for which he was elected. (A nomination made during the first half of the semester will become effective as of the beginning of that semester.) In case the first nominee fails to accept the appointment or, not being a graduate of an accredited school, fails to pass the required examinations for admission, the member who made the original appointment may nominate another student from his district to such scholarship. A nomination to fill a vacant scholarship or transfer an unused portion of a scholarship shall be effective as of the opening of the semester or term of the University during which it is made, provided such nomination is filed with the University during the first half of 2. ( N o change required in this portion.)

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