Bill Text: IL SB2157 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. With regard to all community college districts with elected board trustees who have been elected after the effective date of this amendatory Act or appointed to fill a vacancy of at least one year's duration of an elected trustee after the effective date of this amendatory Act, provides that every voting member of a community college district's board elected or appointed for an elected trustee for a term beginning after the effective date of this amendatory Act, within a year after the effective date of this amendatory Act and during the third and fifth year of his or her term, shall complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development leadership training. Provides that the community college district shall maintain on its Internet website, if any, the names of all elected voting trustees of the community college district's board who have successfully compete the training. Provides that the training may be provided by an association established for the purpose of training community college district board trustees or by other qualified providers approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Effective January 1, 2017.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0692 [SB2157 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2157-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0692 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 3-8.5 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 805/3-8.5 new) | ||||
Sec. 3-8.5. Community college trustee's leadership
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training. | ||||
(a) This Section applies to all community college districts
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with elected or appointed board trustees serving pursuant to | ||||
this Article
who have been elected or appointed after the | ||||
effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 99th General | ||||
Assembly or appointed to
fill a vacancy of at least one year's | ||||
duration of an elected
trustee after the effective date of this | ||||
amendatory Act of the
99th General Assembly. | ||||
(b) Every voting member of a board under subsection (a) of | ||||
this Section shall
complete a minimum of 4 hours of | ||||
professional development
leadership training covering topics | ||||
that shall include, but are not limited to, open meetings law, | ||||
community college and
labor law, freedom of information law,
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contract law, ethics, sexual violence on campus, financial | ||||
oversight and
accountability, audits, and fiduciary | ||||
responsibilities of a
community college trustee during the | ||||
first, third, and fifth
year of his or her term. The community | ||
college district shall
maintain on its Internet website, if | ||
any, the names of all
elected or appointed voting trustees of | ||
the board who have successfully
completed the training, as well | ||
as the names of all elected or appointed voting trustees of the | ||
board who have not successfully completed the training, as | ||
required under this Section. | ||
(c) The training under this Section may be provided by an
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association established under this Code for the purpose of
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training community college district board trustees or by other
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qualified providers approved by the State Board, in
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consultation with an association so established. | ||
(d) The board member shall certify completion of the
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training required under this Section to the secretary of the
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board. If a board member does not satisfy all requirements | ||
provided in subsection (b) of this Section or the certification | ||
indicates that a board member has
not completed the training, | ||
the secretary shall send a notice
to all elected or appointed | ||
members serving on the board and the president or acting
chief | ||
executive officer of the community college of that fact.
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