Public Act 094-0157
 
SB2112 Enrolled LRB094 05866 RAS 35920 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
changing Sections 2-1 and 2-2 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 805/2-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 102-1)
    Sec. 2-1. There is created the Illinois Community College
Board hereinafter referred to as the "State Board". The State
Board shall consist of 12 members as follows: a nonvoting
student member selected by the recognized advisory committee of
students of the Illinois Community College Board, this student
to serve for a term of one year beginning on July 1 of each
year, except that the student member initially selected shall
serve a term beginning on the date of such selection and
expiring on the next succeeding June 30, and except that any
student member or former student member may be selected by the
recognized advisory committee of students of the State Board to
serve a second term as the nonvoting student member of the
State Board; and 11 members, one of whom shall be a senior
citizen age 60 or over, to be appointed by the Governor by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. Beginning on July 1,
2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a faculty
member at an Illinois public community college. Also beginning
on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
must be a member of the board of trustees of a public community
college district. The membership requirements set forth in this
Section apply only to the State Board and shall have no effect
on the membership of the board of trustees of a community
college district. The members first appointed under this
amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 6 years. After
the expiration of the terms of the office of the members first
appointed to the State Board, their respective successors shall
hold office for a term of 6 years and until their successors
are qualified and seated. In the event of vacancies on the
State Board in offices appointed by the Governor occurring
during a recess of the Senate, the Governor shall have the
power to make temporary appointments until the next meeting of
the Senate, when the vacancy shall be filled by nomination to
be confirmed by the Senate.
(Source: P.A. 86-469.)
 
    (110 ILCS 805/2-2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 102-2)
    Sec. 2-2. The members of the State Board shall be citizens
and residents of the State of Illinois and shall be selected as
far as may be practicable on the basis of their knowledge of,
or interest and experience in, community colleges. No member of
the State Board shall be engaged in education as a profession
or hold current membership on a school board or board of
trustees of a public or non-public college, university or
technical institute or be employed by the State or federal
government.
    This Section does not prohibit a the student member of the
State Board from being employed by a public community college.
(Source: P.A. 86-485.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2005.