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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB0883
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 205/2 |
from Ch. 144, par. 182 |
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning creation of the Board.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0883 |
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LRB094 04484 NHT 34513 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
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| Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to |
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| consist of 15
members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
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| the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate; |
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| one member of a public university
governing board, appointed by |
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| the Governor without the advice and consent of
the Senate; one |
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| member of a private college or university board of trustees,
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| appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the |
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| Senate; the
chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; |
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| the
chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and |
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| a student member
selected by the recognized advisory committee |
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| of students of the Board of
Higher Education. Beginning on July |
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| 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed
by the Governor, by |
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| and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a
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| faculty member at an Illinois public university. The Governor |
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| shall
designate the
Chairman of the Board to
serve until a |
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| successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees
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| of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of |
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| Southern Illinois
University, the Board of Governors of State |
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| Colleges and Universities, and the
Board of Regents of Regency |
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| Universities shall cease to be members of the Board
of Higher |
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| Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
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| No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, |
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| excluding the
Chairman, shall be affiliated
with the same |
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| political party. The 10 members appointed by
the Governor with |
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| the advice and
consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the |
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| State and shall be
selected, as far as may be practicable, on |