Bill Text: IL SB3071 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Act. Provides that the Program Board created to administer the grant program authorized by the Act shall be comprised of 11 (rather than 21) members. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3071 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3071-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB3071 Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Tom Rooney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 930/3 from Ch. 144, par. 2303
Amends the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Act. Provides that the Program Board created to administer the grant program authorized by the Act shall be comprised of 11 (rather than 21) members. Effective immediately.
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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 Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in
Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(110 ILCS 930/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2303)
Sec. 3. Composition of the Program Board. The Program Board
shall be comprised of 11 21 members and shall be appointed by
the Board of Higher Education. Persons appointed to the Program
Board shall include, but need not be limited to, individuals
who are in leadership positions in institutions of higher
education, including community colleges. Illinois institutions
that grant doctoral degrees must have representation on the
Program Board.
The Board shall assure that racial minorities who are
traditionally underrepresented in postsecondary education
programs and activities are members of the Program Board.
(Source: P.A. 93-862, eff. 8-4-04.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.