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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 3207         </title>
<shortdesc>HIGHER ED STUDENT LOAN DEBT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Nicholas K. Smith and Janet Yang Rohr</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>110 ILCS 205/9.40 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, in order to prevent nonpublic, for-profit institutions of higher education from enrolling students in programs or degrees for careers in which a student's higher education loan debt will exceed the student's expected income, the Board shall adopt any rules that are necessary to prohibit nonpublic, for-profit institutions of higher education from continuing any program or degree if the estimated annual higher education loan repayment of a typical graduate from such a program or with such a degree exceeds 20% of the graduate's total annual income or 8% of the graduate's total monthly income.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/19/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/16/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Higher Education Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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