Public Act 93-0429

HB2805 Enrolled                      LRB093 09832 AMC 10079 b

    AN ACT concerning higher 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 15 members as follows: 10 members appointed by 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 a student member selected  by  the
recognized  advisory  committee  of  students of the Board of
Higher Education.  Beginning on July 1, 2005, 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  the  Board  to  serve  until  a  successor   is
designated.   The  chairmen  of  the Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Southern
Illinois University, the Board of Governors of State Colleges
and  Universities,  and  the  Board  of  Regents  of  Regency
Universities shall cease to be members of the Board of Higher
Education  on  the  effective  date of this amendatory Act of
1995.  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.  88-255;  89-4,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-703,  eff.
1-17-97.)