Bill Text: IL HB1682 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of the Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1682 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1682-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
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| 7 | Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | consist of 16
members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
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| 9 | the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | one member of a public university
governing board, appointed by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | the Governor without the advice and consent of
the Senate; one | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | member of a private college or university board of trustees,
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| 13 | appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Senate; the
chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | the
chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2 student members
selected by the recognized advisory committee | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | of students of the Board of
Higher Education, one of whom must | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | such as a person who is employed or is a parent. Beginning on | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | July 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed
by the Governor, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a
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| 23 | faculty member at an Illinois public university. The Governor | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | shall
designate the
Chairman of the Board to
serve until a | ||||||
| 2 | successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees
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| 3 | of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of | ||||||
| 4 | Southern Illinois
University, the Board of Governors of State | ||||||
| 5 | Colleges and Universities, and the
Board of Regents of Regency | ||||||
| 6 | Universities shall cease to be members of the Board
of Higher | ||||||
| 7 | Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
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| 8 | No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, | ||||||
| 9 | excluding the
Chairman, shall be affiliated
with the same | ||||||
| 10 | political party. The 10 members appointed by
the Governor with | ||||||
| 11 | the advice and
consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the | ||||||
| 12 | State and shall be
selected, as far as may be practicable, on | ||||||
| 13 | the basis of their knowledge
of, or interest or experience in, | ||||||
| 14 | problems of higher education. If the
Senate is not in session | ||||||
| 15 | or is in recess, when appointments subject to
its confirmation | ||||||
| 16 | are made, the Governor shall make temporary
appointments which | ||||||
| 17 | shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval. | ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04; 94-905, eff. 1-1-07.)
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