EAST PEORIA, Ill. – Illinois Central College is using COVID-19 relief money to eliminate $1.1 million in student debt.
The college says student accounts having outstanding balances for tuition, fees, books, late fees, and daycare had a credit applied as of this week.
Money from the American Rescue Plan’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund is being used.
“We recognize our students who attended ICC from the Spring of 2020 through the Summer of 2021, had every intention of honoring their account balances, and for many reasons associated with the global COVID-19 pandemic, those obligations were not able to be met,” said Sheila Quirk-Bailey, ICC president, in a news release. “We are thrilled to eliminate $1.1 million in financial burdens for our students to continue in their educational journey.”
Quirk-Bailey calls the debt relief a “fresh start”.
