Bill Text: IL HB3260 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3260 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3260-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3260 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 205/2 from Ch. 144, par. 182
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to
consist of 16 members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
one member of a public university governing board, appointed by
the Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate; one
member of a private college or university board of trustees,
appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the
Senate; the chairman of the Illinois Community College Board;
the chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and
2 student members selected by the recognized advisory committee
of students of the Board of Higher Education, one of whom must
be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24
years old and represents the views of non-traditional students,
such as a person who is employed or is a parent. One of the 10
members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, must be a faculty member at an Illinois
public university. The Governor shall designate the Chairman of

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the Board to serve until a successor is designated. No more
than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, excluding the
Chairman, shall be affiliated with the same political party.
The 10 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the State and shall
be selected, as far as may be practicable, on the basis of
their knowledge of, or interest or experience in, problems of
higher education. If the Senate is not in session or is in
recess, when appointments subject to its confirmation are made,
the Governor shall make temporary appointments which shall be
subject to subsequent Senate approval.
(Source: P.A. 100-167, eff. 1-1-18.)