2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 330 Veterans 330 ILCS 105/ Children of Deceased Veterans Act.
(330 ILCS 105/0.01) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 25.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Children of Deceased Veterans Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)
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(330 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26)
Sec. 1. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
shall provide, insofar as moneys are appropriated for those purposes, for
matriculation and tuition fees, board, room rent, books and supplies for
the use and benefit of children, not under 10 and not over 18 years of age,
except extension of time may be granted for a child to complete high school
but in no event beyond the 19th birthday who have for 12 months immediately
preceding their application for these benefits had their domicile in the
State of Illinois, of World War I
veterans who were killed in action
or who died between April 6, 1917, and July 2, 1921, and of World War II
veterans who were killed in action or died after December 6, 1941, and on
or before December 31, 1946, and of Korean conflict veterans who were killed
in action or died between June 27, 1950 and January 31, 1955, and of Vietnam
conflict veterans who were killed in action or died between January 1, 1961
and May 7, 1975, as a result of service in the Armed Forces of the United
States or from other causes of World War I, World
War II, the Korean conflict or the Vietnam conflict,
who died, whether before or after the cessation of hostilities, from service‑connected
disability, and of any veterans who died during the induction periods specified
below or died of a service‑connected disability incurred during such induction
periods, such periods to be those beginning September 16, 1940, and ending
December 6, 1941, and beginning January 1, 1947 and ending June 26, 1950
and the period beginning February 1, 1955, and ending on the day before
the first day thereafter on which individuals (other than individuals liable
for induction by reason of prior deferment) are no longer liable for induction
for training and service into the Armed Forces under the Universal Military
Training and Service Act, and beginning January 1, 1961 and ending May
7, 1975 and of any veterans who are totally and permanently
disabled as a result of a service‑connected disability (or who died
while a disability so evaluated was in existence); which children are attending
or may attend a state or private educational institution of elementary or high school
grade or a business college, vocational training
school, or other educational institution in this State where courses of
instruction are provided in subjects which would tend to enable such
children to engage in any useful trade, occupation or profession. As
used in this Act "service‑connected" means, with respect to disability
or death, that such disability was incurred or aggravated, or that the
death resulted from a disability incurred or aggravated, in the
performance of active duty or active duty for training in the military
services. Such children shall
be admitted to state educational institutions free of tuition. No more
than $250.00 may be paid under this Act for any one child for any one
school year.
(Source: P.A. 94‑106, eff. 7‑1‑05.)
(330 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 27)
Sec. 2.
The amounts that become due to any educational or training
institution, or any child under this Act, not in excess of the amount
specified in Section 1 of this Act, shall be payable to such institution
or school or child or, if such child is a minor, to his parent or guardian
on vouchers approved by the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Such Department
shall determine the eligibility of the children who make application for
the benefits provided for in this Act; satisfy itself of the attendance of
such children at any such institution or school and of the accuracy and
reasonableness of the charge or charges submitted, on account of the
attendance thereat of any such children.
(Source: P.A. 85‑1440.)
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