Rep. Kelly M. Burke
Filed: 5/10/2016
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2155 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2155 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 2-15 as follows:
 



6    (110 ILCS 805/2-15)  (from Ch. 122, par. 102-15)



7    Sec. 2-15. Recognition. The State Board shall grant 
8recognition to
community colleges which
maintain equipment, 
9courses of study, standards of scholarship and other

10requirements set by the State Board. Application for 
11recognition shall be
made to the State Board. The State Board 
12shall set the criteria by which
the community colleges shall be 
13judged and through the executive officer of
the State Board 
14shall arrange for an official evaluation of the community

15colleges and shall grant recognition of such community colleges 
16as may meet
the required standards.

 
 
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1    Recognition shall include a review of compliance with 
2Public Act 99-482 and other applicable State and federal laws 
3regarding employment contracts and compensation. Annually, the 
4State Board shall convene an advisory committee to review the 
5findings and make recommendations for changes or additions to 
6the laws or the review procedures. 
7    If a community college district fails to meet the 
8recognition standards
set by the State Board, and if the 
9district, in accordance with: (a) Government
Auditing 
10Standards issued by the
Comptroller General of the United 
11States, (b) auditing standards established by
the American 
12Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or (c) other 
13applicable
State and federal standards, is found by the 
14district's auditor or the State
Board working in cooperation 
15with the district's auditor to have material
deficiencies in 
16the
design or operation of financial control structures that

17could adversely affect the district's financial integrity and 
18stability, or is
found to have misused State or federal funds 
19and jeopardized
its participation in State or federal programs, 
20the State Board may,
notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, 
21implement one or more of the
following emergency powers:

22    (1) To direct the district to develop and implement a plan 
23that addresses
the budgetary, programmatic, and other relevant 
24factors contributing to the
need to implement emergency 
25measures.  The State Board shall assist in the
development and 
26shall have final approval of the plan.

 
 
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1    (2) To direct the district to contract for educational 
2services in
accordance with Section 3-40.  The State Board shall 
3assist in the development
and shall have final approval of any 
4such contractual agreements.

5    (3) To approve and require revisions of the district's 
6budget.

7    (4) To appoint a Financial Administrator to exercise 
8oversight and control
over the district's budget.  The Financial 
9Administrator shall serve at the
pleasure of the State Board 
10and may be an individual, partnership, corporation,
including 
11an accounting firm, or other entity determined by the State 
12Board to
be qualified to serve, and shall be entitled to 
13compensation.  Such
compensation shall be provided through 
14specific appropriations made to the
State Board for that 
15express purpose.

16    (5) To develop and implement a plan providing for the 
17dissolution or
reorganization of the district if in the 
18judgment judgement of the State Board the
circumstances so 
19require.

20(Source: P.A. 89-147, eff. 7-14-95.)".