$ISAC-HUMAN SERVICE LOAN REPAY

104th Regular Session Introduced by Christopher Belt and 8 co-sponsors

Allocates $7.5M to ISAC to fund the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program, boosting loan relief for qualifying workers and strengthening human-services staffing.

Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

Summary — SB 1306 ($ISAC — Human Services Loan Repay)

Note: The provided packet contains several unrelated bills from different states that share the number SB 1306. This summary focuses on the Illinois measure titled “$ISAC‑HUMAN SERVICE LOAN REPAY” (introduced by Sen. Laura Fine), which is the bill described by the appropriation language below.

Purpose / Intent

To provide funding to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to support the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program, a program that reduces student loan burdens for qualifying human‑services professionals and thereby helps recruit and retain workforce in public and nonprofit human‑services roles.

Key provisions

Appropriates $7,500,000 (or so much as may be necessary) from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission Contracts and Grants Fund to ISAC.

Funds are designated specifically for the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program administered by ISAC.

Effective date: July 1, 2025.

The statutory text is a single appropriation section — it does not change program eligibility rules or add new program structure; it supplies operating funds to support loan‑repayment awards under existing program authority.

Who is affected

Primary recipient: Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) — will administer the funds and distribute loan‑repayment awards pursuant to the program.

Beneficiaries: qualifying human‑services professionals (e.g., social workers, counselors, other qualified staff providing human services) who meet the program’s existing eligibility requirements. (The bill does not amend eligibility criteria.)

Fiscal impact on state funds: funding is taken from the ISAC Contracts and Grants Fund rather than the State General Fund.

Fiscal and policy impact

Provides $7.5 million in dedicated funding to expand or sustain loan‑repayment awards, which may increase recruitment and retention in understaffed human‑services roles.

The appropriation’s direct budgetary impact is limited to the specified fund; the bill text does not authorize new recurring obligations beyond the appropriation.

Timeline / Procedural status

Introduced: January 28, 2025 (Sen. Laura Fine).

Effective date specified in the bill: July 1, 2025.

Legislative record shows the measure progressed through readings, passed both chambers, and was enacted as Public Act 25‑107 in June 2025 (signed by the governor in June 2025).

If you want, I can:
- Pull the current ISAC Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program eligibility and award rules to estimate how many recipients $7.5M might serve, or
- Produce a concise fiscal note estimate based on typical per‑recipient award sizes.