By Associated Press
Springfield, IL – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is set to sign a bill today that gives illegal immigrants access to private scholarships for college and lets them enroll in state college savings programs. For the program called the Illinois Dream Act, students must have at least one immigrant parent - in the country either legally or illegally - and the student must have attended school in Illinois for at least three years. The legislation creates a panel to raise private money for college scholarships. The measure has been wrongly confused with a federal measure of a similar name that would provide a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. The Illinois law would have no impact on someone's immigration status.