Bill Text: IL SB2406 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act. Provides that on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the terms of office of the members of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University serving on that effective date shall terminate and the Board shall be reconstituted. With regard to the 7 members of the Board appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, specifies that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the 7 members shall be appointed as follows: at least 3 appointees shall hold an undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville campus and at least 3 appointees shall hold an undergraduate or graduate degree from the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale campus. Includes one additional voting student member and deletes provisions concerning the designation of a voting student member and a nonvoting student member; makes related changes. Sets forth provisions concerning the expiration of the terms of the 7 initial members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, pursuant to the amendatory Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2406 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2406-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 Southern Illinois University Management Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | is amended by changing Sections 2, 4, and 5 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
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7 | Sec. 2.
On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 98th General Assembly, the terms of office of the members of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | the Board serving on that effective date shall terminate and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the Board shall be reconstituted. After the effective date of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the The Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Governor, by
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13 | with the advice and consent of the Senate, as follows: at least | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 3 appointees shall hold an undergraduate or graduate degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | from the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville campus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | and at least 3 appointees shall hold an undergraduate or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | graduate degree from the Southern Illinois University at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Carbondale campus. The Board shall also consist of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Superintendent of Public
Instruction, or his chief assistant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | for liaison with higher education when
designated to serve in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | his place, ex-officio, and 2 one voting student members. member
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22 | designated by the Governor from one campus of the University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | and one nonvoting
student member from the campus of the |
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1 | University not represented by the voting
student member. The | ||||||
2 | Governor shall designate one of the student members
serving on | ||||||
3 | the Board to serve as the voting student member. Each student
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4 | member shall be selected chosen by the respective campuses of | ||||||
5 | Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale and Edwardsville. | ||||||
6 | The method of selecting choosing these
student members shall be | ||||||
7 | by campus-wide student election , and any student
designated by | ||||||
8 | the Governor to be a voting student member shall be one of the
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9 | students chosen by this method . The student members shall serve | ||||||
10 | terms of one
year beginning on July 1 of each year, except that | ||||||
11 | the student members
initially selected shall serve a term | ||||||
12 | beginning on the date of such selection
and expiring on the | ||||||
13 | next succeeding June 30. To be eligible for selection as
a | ||||||
14 | student member and to be eligible to remain as a voting or | ||||||
15 | nonvoting student
member of the Board, a student member must be | ||||||
16 | a resident of this State, must
have and maintain a grade point | ||||||
17 | average that is equivalent to at least 2.5
on a 4.0 scale, and | ||||||
18 | must be a full time student enrolled at all times during
his or | ||||||
19 | her term of office except for that part of the term which | ||||||
20 | follows
the completion of the last full regular semester of an | ||||||
21 | academic year and
precedes the first full regular semester of | ||||||
22 | the succeeding academic year at
the university (sometimes | ||||||
23 | commonly referred to as the summer session or summer
school). | ||||||
24 | If a voting or nonvoting student member serving on the Board | ||||||
25 | fails
to continue to meet or maintain the residency, minimum | ||||||
26 | grade point average, or
enrollment requirement established by |
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1 | this Section, his or her membership on
the Board shall be | ||||||
2 | deemed to have terminated by operation of law. No more than
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3 | of the members appointed by the Governor shall be affiliated | ||||||
4 | with the same
political party. Each member appointed by the | ||||||
5 | Governor must be a resident of
this State. A failure to meet or | ||||||
6 | maintain this residency requirement
constitutes a resignation | ||||||
7 | from and creates a vacancy in the Board. The terms of the | ||||||
8 | members appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice and | ||||||
9 | consent of the Senate, pursuant to this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
10 | 98th General Assembly shall expire as follows: the terms of one | ||||||
11 | member each from the Southern Illinois University at | ||||||
12 | Edwardsville campus and the Southern Illinois University at | ||||||
13 | Carbondale campus shall expire on the third Monday in
January | ||||||
14 | 2016; the terms of one member each from the Southern Illinois | ||||||
15 | University at Edwardsville campus and the Southern Illinois | ||||||
16 | University at Carbondale campus shall expire on the third | ||||||
17 | Monday in
January 2018; and the terms of the remaining 3 | ||||||
18 | members shall expire on the third Monday in
January 2020. Upon | ||||||
19 | the
expiration of the terms of members appointed by the | ||||||
20 | Governor, their respective
successors shall be appointed for | ||||||
21 | terms of 6 years from the third Monday in
January of each | ||||||
22 | odd-numbered year and until their respective successors are
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23 | appointed for like terms. If the Senate is not in session | ||||||
24 | appointments shall
be made as in the case of vacancies.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, | ||||||
26 | eff.
6-28-01 .)
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1 | (110 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 654)
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2 | Sec. 4. Members of the Board shall serve without | ||||||
3 | compensation but
shall be entitled to reasonable amounts for | ||||||
4 | expenses necessarily incurred
in the performance of their | ||||||
5 | duties. Such expenses incurred by any non-voting
student member | ||||||
6 | may, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be | ||||||
7 | provided
for by advance payment to such member, who shall | ||||||
8 | account therefor to the
Board immediately after each meeting.
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9 | No member of the Board shall hold or be employed in or | ||||||
10 | appointed
to any office or place under the authority of the | ||||||
11 | Board, nor shall
any member of the Board be directly or | ||||||
12 | indirectly
interested in any contract made by the Board, nor | ||||||
13 | shall
he be an employee of the State Government. This section
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14 | does not prohibit the student members of the Board from | ||||||
15 | maintaining
normal and official status as enrolled students or | ||||||
16 | normal student
employment at Southern Illinois University.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 93-1096, eff. 1-1-06 .)
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18 | (110 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 655)
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19 | Sec. 5.
Members of the Board shall elect annually by secret | ||||||
20 | ballot from
their own number a chairman who shall preside over | ||||||
21 | meetings of the Board and
a secretary.
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22 | Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each | ||||||
23 | quarter on a campus
of Southern Illinois University. At all | ||||||
24 | regular meetings of the Board, a
majority of its voting members |
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1 | shall constitute a quorum. The student members
shall have all | ||||||
2 | of the privileges of membership, including the right to make | ||||||
3 | and
second motions and to attend executive sessions and , other | ||||||
4 | than the right to vote,
except that the student member | ||||||
5 | designated
by the Governor as the voting student member shall | ||||||
6 | have the right to vote on
all Board matters except those | ||||||
7 | involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion , or
any issue on | ||||||
8 | which the student member has a direct conflict of interest. A
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9 | student member who is not entitled to vote on a measure at a | ||||||
10 | meeting
of the Board or any of its committees shall not be | ||||||
11 | considered a member for the
purpose of determining whether a | ||||||
12 | quorum is present at the time that measure is
voted upon. No | ||||||
13 | action of
the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any | ||||||
14 | vacancies on the Board,
or by reason of any failure to select a | ||||||
15 | student member.
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16 | Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman | ||||||
17 | of the Board
or by any 3 members of the Board.
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18 | At each regular and special meeting that is open to the | ||||||
19 | public, members of
the public and employees of the University | ||||||
20 | shall be afforded time, subject to
reasonable constraints, to | ||||||
21 | make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 91-715, eff. 1-1-01; 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 92-16, | ||||||
23 | eff.
6-28-01.)
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