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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that a
4 Blue Ribbon Committee on Higher Education Mandates is
5 established within the Board of Higher Education to review
6 State mandates on public universities to determine whether the
7 mandates (1) are necessary for the health and safety of
8 students in compliance with federal laws, (2) are essential to
9 the academic integrity of public university systems, (3) exceed
10 federal requirements, or (4) are superfluous to the core
11 academic programs of public universities; and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That the Committee shall include members from
13 organizations representing the interests of university
14 administrators, university governing board members, university
15 faculty and staff, and the business community, Board of Higher
16 Education personnel, and others as deemed necessary by the
17 Committee; the Committee shall make recommendations to the
18 General Assembly on the elimination of unnecessary and costly
19 statutory and regulatory mandates on public universities by
20 filing a report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General
21 Assembly Organization Act on or before August 1, 2010; upon
22 filing its report, the Committee is dissolved; and be it
23 further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That the 96th General Assembly declares that
2 there shall be a moratorium on the passage of legislation
3 during the 96th General Assembly that imposes any unfunded
4 mandates on public universities; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the Board of Higher Education.