$APPROP-HUMANITIES COUNCIL

Appropriates $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to the Illinois Humanities Council for purposes of: (i) providing aid to humanities nonprofit organizations serving traditionally disenfranchised communities through general operating grants, training, and capacity building; and (ii) increasing statewide access to humanities-based education and free public programming for all Illinoisans in the form of college-credit-bearing courses for income eligible adults, exhibits, and public dialogue programs that foster civic engagement. Effective July 1, 2022.