093_HB2805

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning higher education.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
 7        Sec. 2.  There is created a Board of Higher Education  to
 8    consist of 15 members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
 9    Governor,  by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
10    one member of a public university governing board,  appointed
11    by the Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate;
12    one  member  of  a  private  college  or  university board of
13    trustees, appointed by the Governor without  the  advice  and
14    consent of the Senate; the chairman of the Illinois Community
15    College   Board;   the   chairman  of  the  Illinois  Student
16    Assistance Commission; and a student member selected  by  the
17    recognized  advisory  committee  of  students of the Board of
18    Higher Education.  Beginning on July 1, 2005, one of  the  10
19    members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
20    consent  of  the Senate, must be a faculty member at a public
21    university.  The Governor shall designate the Chairman of the
22    Board to serve until a successor is designated.  The chairmen
23    of the Board of Trustees of the University of  Illinois,  the
24    Board  of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board
25    of Governors of State  Colleges  and  Universities,  and  the
26    Board  of  Regents  of Regency Universities shall cease to be
27    members of the Board of Higher  Education  on  the  effective
28    date  of  this amendatory Act of 1995.  No more than 7 of the
29    members appointed by the Governor,  excluding  the  Chairman,
30    shall  be  affiliated  with the same political party.  The 10
31    members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
 
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 1    of the Senate shall be citizens of the  State  and  shall  be
 2    selected, as far as may be practicable, on the basis of their
 3    knowledge  of,  or  interest  or  experience  in, problems of
 4    higher education. If the Senate is not in session  or  is  in
 5    recess,  when  appointments  subject  to its confirmation are
 6    made, the Governor shall make  temporary  appointments  which
 7    shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval.
 8    (Source:   P.A.  88-255;  89-4,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-703,  eff.
 9    1-17-97.)