Public Act 094-0905
 
SB2312 Enrolled LRB094 17226 NHT 52515 b

    AN ACT concerning 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 Sections 2, 3, and 4 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 205/2)  (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
    Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to
consist of 16 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
2 student members a student member selected by the recognized
advisory committee of students of the Board of Higher
Education, one of whom must be a non-traditional undergraduate
student who is at least 24 years old and represents the views
of non-traditional students, such as a person who is employed
or is a parent. 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. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
    (110 ILCS 205/3)  (from Ch. 144, par. 183)
    Sec. 3. Terms; vacancies.
    (a) The members of the Board whose appointments are subject
to confirmation by the Senate shall be selected for 6-year
terms expiring on January 31 of odd numbered years. Of the
initial appointees, however, 2 shall be designated by the
Governor to serve until January 31, 1963, 3 until January 31,
1965, and 3 until January 31, 1967.
    Of the 2 appointees to be made by the Governor pursuant to
this Act as amended by the 75th General Assembly, one shall be
designated to serve until January 31, 1971 and one until
January 31, 1973.
    (b) The members of the Board shall continue to serve after
the expiration of their terms until their successors have been
appointed.
    (c) Vacancies on the Board in offices appointed by the
Governor shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the
unexpired term. If the appointment is subject to Senate
confirmation and the Senate is not in session or is in recess
when the appointment is made, the appointee shall serve subject
to subsequent Senate approval of the appointment.
    (d) Each The student member shall serve a term of one year
beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student
member initially selected under this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly shall serve a term beginning on the date of
such selection and expiring on the next succeeding June 30.
    (e) The member of the Board representing public university
governing boards and the member of the Board representing
private college and university boards of trustees, who are
appointed by the Governor but not subject to confirmation by
the Senate, shall serve terms of one year beginning on July 1.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
    (110 ILCS 205/4)  (from Ch. 144, par. 184)
    Sec. 4. The Board shall hold regular meetings at times
specified in its rules. Special or additional meetings may be
held on call of the Chairman, or upon a call signed by at least
6 members, or upon call of the Governor. Eight A majority of
the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at all its
meetings, but the approval of a new unit of instruction,
research, or public service for a public institution of higher
education, as provided in Section 7 shall require the
concurrence of a majority of all the members of the Board.
    The Chairmen of the Illinois Community College Board and
the Illinois Student Assistance Commission holding membership
on the Board each may designate an alternate to attend any
meeting of the Board, and an alternate so designated shall have
all rights and privileges of regular membership while acting
for the Chairman who has so designated him or her.
    The Board may employ and fix the compensation of
professional and clerical staff and other assistants,
including specialists and consultants, as it may deem
necessary, on a full or part time basis.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-278, eff. 7-31-97.)