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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Consortium for Educational | ||||||
5 | Opportunity Act is amended by changing the title of the Act and | ||||||
6 | Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and by adding | ||||||
7 | Section 11.5 as follows:
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8 | (110 ILCS 930/Act title)
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9 | An Act to create the Diversifying Higher Education Faculty | ||||||
10 | in Illinois Program
Illinois Consortium for Educational | ||||||
11 | Opportunity .
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12 | (110 ILCS 930/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 2301)
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13 | Sec. 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be | ||||||
14 | cited as the
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois
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15 | Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunity Act.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
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17 | (110 ILCS 930/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 2302)
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18 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
19 | context otherwise requires:
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20 | (a) "Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
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21 | (b) "Institution of higher education" means a publicly or | ||||||
22 | privately
operated educational institution located within | ||||||
23 | Illinois: (1) which
offers instruction leading toward or | ||||||
24 | prerequisite to an academic or
professional degree beyond the | ||||||
25 | baccalaureate degree, excluding theological
schools, and (2) | ||||||
26 | which requires that in order to obtain such degree the
student | ||||||
27 | satisfactorily completes appropriate courses of class, | ||||||
28 | laboratory
or research study in residence under a faculty whose | ||||||
29 | members hold
appropriate academic degrees, and (3) which meets | ||||||
30 | the standards of
approval established by the Board of Higher |
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1 | Education.
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2 | (c) "Consortium Board" means the representatives of the | ||||||
3 | institutions of
higher education participating in the | ||||||
4 | Consortium established under this Act.
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5 | "DFI"
(d) "ICEOP" means the Diversifying Higher Education | ||||||
6 | Faculty in Illinois Program
Illinois Consortium for | ||||||
7 | Educational Opportunity
program of financial assistance to | ||||||
8 | minorities who are traditionally
underrepresented as | ||||||
9 | participants in postsecondary education. The program
shall | ||||||
10 | assist them in pursuing a graduate or professional degree and | ||||||
11 | shall also assist program graduates to find employment at an | ||||||
12 | Illinois institution of higher education, including a | ||||||
13 | community college, in a faculty or staff position .
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14 | "Program Board" means the entity created to administer the | ||||||
15 | grant program authorized by this Act.
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16 | "Qualified institution of higher education" means a | ||||||
17 | qualifying publicly or privately
operated educational | ||||||
18 | institution located within Illinois (i) that
offers | ||||||
19 | instruction leading toward or prerequisite to an academic or
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20 | professional degree beyond the baccalaureate degree, excluding | ||||||
21 | theological
schools, and (ii) that is authorized to operate in | ||||||
22 | the State of Illinois.
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23 | (e) "Racial minority" means a person who is a citizen of | ||||||
24 | the United
States or a lawful permanent resident alien of the | ||||||
25 | United States and who is:
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26 | (1) Black (a person having origins in any of the black | ||||||
27 | racial groups in Africa);
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28 | (2) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese culture | ||||||
29 | with origins
in Mexico, South or Central America, or the | ||||||
30 | Caribbean Islands, regardless of race);
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31 | (3) Asian American (a person having origins in any of | ||||||
32 | the original
peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the | ||||||
33 | Indian Subcontinent or the
Pacific Islands); or
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34 | (4) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having | ||||||
35 | origins in any
of the original peoples of North America).
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36 | (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
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1 | (110 ILCS 930/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2303)
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2 | Sec. 3. Composition of the Program
Consortium Board. The | ||||||
3 | Program Board shall be comprised of 21 members and shall be | ||||||
4 | appointed by the Board of Higher Education. Persons appointed | ||||||
5 | to the Program Board shall include, but need not be limited to, | ||||||
6 | individuals who are in leadership positions in institutions of | ||||||
7 | higher education, including community colleges. Illinois | ||||||
8 | institutions that grant doctoral degrees must have | ||||||
9 | representation on the Program Board.
Consortium Board shall | ||||||
10 | include one representative from each of the
institutions of | ||||||
11 | higher education participating in the Consortium.
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12 | The method of selection shall be determined
by each | ||||||
13 | institution of higher education.
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14 | The Board shall assure , by additional appointments to the | ||||||
15 | Consortium
Board, if necessary, that racial minorities who are | ||||||
16 | traditionally
underrepresented in postsecondary education | ||||||
17 | programs and activities are
members of the Program
Consortium
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18 | Board.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
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20 | (110 ILCS 930/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 2304)
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21 | Sec. 4. Responsibilities of the Program
Consortium Board. | ||||||
22 | The Program
Consortium Board
shall be responsible for:
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23 | (a) Establishing policy for administration of the DFI
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24 | ICEOP grant program authorized under this Act, including | ||||||
25 | criteria to promote placement of grant recipients .
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26 | (b) Reviewing and approving applications for | ||||||
27 | participation in the DFI
ICEOP grant program.
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28 | (c) Establishing subcommittees or panels as necessary | ||||||
29 | to review applications and promote student placement. | ||||||
30 | (d) Reporting annually to the Board on program outcomes | ||||||
31 | and results, including lists of new and continuing | ||||||
32 | scholarship award recipients by institution, level, and | ||||||
33 | field of study; lists of recipients retained in the program | ||||||
34 | from the previous year; lists of placements of most recent |
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1 | program graduates; a description of institutional efforts | ||||||
2 | to place program graduates; and a description of policy and | ||||||
3 | administrative actions designed to increase placement of | ||||||
4 | grant recipients.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
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6 | (110 ILCS 930/6) (from Ch. 144, par. 2306)
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7 | Sec. 6. DFI
ICEOP grants. A program of financial assistance | ||||||
8 | is
established to implement the policy of encouraging minority | ||||||
9 | students to
enroll and complete academic programs at the | ||||||
10 | postbaccalaureate level and to enhance the diversity of faculty | ||||||
11 | and staff of Illinois institutions of higher education . The
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12 | Board of Higher Education shall provide administrative | ||||||
13 | assistance for the
Program
Consortium Board and shall | ||||||
14 | distribute funds appropriated by the General
Assembly for this | ||||||
15 | purpose in accordance with decisions made by the Program
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16 | Consortium Board.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
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18 | (110 ILCS 930/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 2307)
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19 | Sec. 7. Eligibility for DFI
ICEOP grants. An individual is | ||||||
20 | eligible for an
award under the provisions of this Act when the | ||||||
21 | Program
Consortium Board finds:
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22 | (a) That the individual is a resident of this State and | ||||||
23 | a citizen or
lawful permanent resident alien of the United | ||||||
24 | States;
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25 | (b) That the individual is a member of a racial | ||||||
26 | minority as defined
under the terms of this Act;
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27 | (c) That the individual has earned any educational | ||||||
28 | diploma at an
institution of education located in this | ||||||
29 | State, or is a resident of the
State for no less than three | ||||||
30 | years prior to applying for the grant, and the
individual | ||||||
31 | must hold a baccalaureate degree from an institution of | ||||||
32 | higher
learning;
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33 | (d) That the individual's financial resources are such | ||||||
34 | that, in the
absence of a DFI
an
ICEOP grant, the |
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1 | individual will be prevented from pursuing
a graduate or | ||||||
2 | professional degree at a qualified institution of higher
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3 | education of his or her choice;
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4 | (e) That the individual has above average academic | ||||||
5 | ability to pursue a
graduate or professional degree; and
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6 | (f) That the individual meets other qualifications | ||||||
7 | which shall be
established by the Program
Consortium Board.
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8 | Grant funds shall be awarded only to those persons pursuing | ||||||
9 | a graduate or professional degree program at a qualified | ||||||
10 | institution of higher education.
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11 | The
Consortium Board shall by rule promulgate, pursuant to | ||||||
12 | the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, precise standards | ||||||
13 | to be used by the Program Board to
determine whether a program | ||||||
14 | applicant has above average academic ability to
pursue a | ||||||
15 | graduate or professional degree.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 85-1337.)
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17 | (110 ILCS 930/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 2308)
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18 | Sec. 8. Application. The Program
Consortium Board shall | ||||||
19 | design the
application for the DFI
ICEOP award and determine | ||||||
20 | the timetable for submission
of the application.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
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22 | (110 ILCS 930/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 2309)
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23 | Sec. 9. Terms of award. After a person has been accepted | ||||||
24 | into
the DFI
ICEOP , the individual shall be eligible for an | ||||||
25 | annual award which may
shall be renewable for up to an | ||||||
26 | additional 3 years provided
that he or she makes satisfactory | ||||||
27 | progress toward completing his or her degree.
The Program
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28 | Consortium Board shall determine the award amount annually.
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29 | (Source: P.A. 92-45, eff. 7-1-02.)
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30 | (110 ILCS 930/10) (from Ch. 144, par. 2310)
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31 | Sec. 10. Conditions of award. Conditions for acceptance of
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32 | a DFI
an ICEOP award are that the recipient shall agree to: (1) | ||||||
33 | accept
a teaching or nonteaching full-time appointment at an |
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1 | Illinois
institution of higher education; or (2) accept a | ||||||
2 | position at one
of the higher education governing boards for | ||||||
3 | the period equal to
the number of years that he or she was a | ||||||
4 | participant in the ICEOP;
or (3) accept a position as an | ||||||
5 | employee of this State in an
administrative, | ||||||
6 | educational-related
education related position for the period | ||||||
7 | equal to the number of
years that he or she was a participant | ||||||
8 | in the DFI
ICEOP .
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9 | (Source: P.A. 85-727.)
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10 | (110 ILCS 930/11) (from Ch. 144, par. 2311)
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11 | Sec. 11. Penalty for failure to fulfill the conditions of a | ||||||
12 | DFI
an ICEOP
award. If the obligation of the award is not met, | ||||||
13 | repayment of the funds
awarded may be required according to | ||||||
14 | procedures
rules developed by the Program
Consortium Board.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 84-785.)
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16 | (110 ILCS 930/11.5 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 11.5. Continuing participants. Program participants | ||||||
18 | admitted under the provisions of the former Illinois Minority | ||||||
19 | Graduate Incentive Program/Illinois Consortium for Educational | ||||||
20 | Opportunity Program prior to January 1, 2004 shall be governed | ||||||
21 | by the statutory provisions and rules governing the program at | ||||||
22 | the time of their admission.
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23 | (110 ILCS 930/5 rep.)
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24 | Section 10. The Illinois Consortium for Educational | ||||||
25 | Opportunity Act is amended by repealing Section 5.
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26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
27 | 2004.
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