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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Sections 5.719 and 5.720 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
7     Sec. 5.719. The Private College Academic Quality Assurance
8 Fund.
 
9     (30 ILCS 105/5.720 new)
10     Sec. 5.720. The Academic Quality Assurance Fund.
 
11     Section 7. The Public Community College Act is amended by
12 changing Section 7-17 as follows:
 
13     (110 ILCS 805/7-17)  (from Ch. 122, par. 107-17)
14     Sec. 7-17. Any member or officer of the board, any officer
15 of the city or any other person holding any trust or employment
16 under the board or city who wilfully violates any of the
17 provisions of Sections 7-8 7-6 through 7-16 shall be guilty of
18 a business offense and may be fined not exceeding $10,000 and
19 forfeits his right to and shall be removed from his office,
20 trust or employment. Any such member, officer or person is

 

 

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1 liable for the amount of any loss or damage suffered by the
2 board resulting from his violation of any of those Sections, to
3 be recovered by the board or by any taxpayer in the name and
4 for the benefit of the board, in a civil action. Any taxpayer
5 bringing an action under this Section must file a bond for all
6 costs, and is liable for all costs taxed against the board in
7 that suit. This Section does not bar any other remedy.
8 (Source: P.A. 79-1366.)
 
9     (110 ILCS 805/7-6 rep.)
10     (110 ILCS 805/7-7 rep.)
11     Section 8. The Public Community College Act is amended by
12 repealing Sections 7-6 and 7-7.
 
13     Section 10. The Private College Act is amended by adding
14 Sections 14.5 and 14.10 as follows:
 
15     (110 ILCS 1005/14.5 new)
16     Sec. 14.5. Fees. Fees to cover the cost of reviewing
17 applications for a certificate of approval to establish or
18 operate a post-secondary educational institution may be set by
19 the Board by rule.
20     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
21 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
22 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
23 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of

 

 

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1 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
2 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 
3     (110 ILCS 1005/14.10 new)
4     Sec. 14.10. Private College Academic Quality Assurance
5 Fund. The Private College Academic Quality Assurance Fund is
6 created as a special fund in the State treasury. All fees
7 collected for the administration and enforcement of this Act
8 must be deposited into this Fund. All money in the Fund must be
9 used, subject to appropriation, by the Board to supplement
10 support for the administration and enforcement of this Act and
11 must not be used for any other purpose.
12     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
13 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
14 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
15 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
16 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
17 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 
18     Section 15. The Academic Degree Act is amended by adding
19 Sections 10.5 and 10.10 as follows:
 
20     (110 ILCS 1010/10.5 new)
21     Sec. 10.5. Fees. Fees to cover the cost of reviewing
22 applications for authorization to operate and for
23 authorization to grant degrees may be set by the Board by rule.

 

 

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1     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
2 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
3 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
4 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
5 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
6 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 
7     (110 ILCS 1010/10.10 new)
8     Sec. 10.10. Academic Quality Assurance Fund. The Academic
9 Quality Assurance Fund is created as a special fund in the
10 State treasury. All fees collected for the administration and
11 enforcement of this Act must be deposited into this Fund. All
12 money in the Fund must be used, subject to appropriation, by
13 the Board to supplement support for the administration and
14 enforcement of this Act and must not be used for any other
15 purpose.
16     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
17 the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
18 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
19 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
20 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
21 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.