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:
 
110 ILCS 205/2   from Ch. 144, par. 182

    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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1     AN ACT concerning 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 by
5 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 the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
10 one member of a public university governing board, appointed by
11 the Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate; one
12 member of a private college or university board of trustees,
13 appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the
14 Senate; the chairman of the Illinois Community College Board;
15 the chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and
16 a student member selected by the recognized advisory committee
17 of students of the Board of Higher Education. Beginning on July
18 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed by the Governor, by
19 and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a
20 faculty member at an Illinois public university. The Governor
21 shall designate the Chairman of the Board to serve until a
22 successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees
23 of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of
24 Southern Illinois University, the Board of Governors of State
25 Colleges and Universities, and the Board of Regents of Regency
26 Universities shall cease to be members of the Board of Higher
27 Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
28 No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor,
29 excluding the Chairman, shall be affiliated with the same
30 political party. The 10 members appointed by the Governor with
31 the advice and consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the
32 State and shall be selected, as far as may be practicable, on

 

 

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1 the basis of their knowledge of, or interest or experience in,
2 problems of higher education. If the Senate is not in session
3 or is in recess, when appointments subject to its confirmation
4 are made, the Governor shall make temporary appointments which
5 shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval.
6 (Source: P.A. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04.)