96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0127

 

Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Lou Lang

 

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 the 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 16 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 2 student members selected by the recognized advisory committee
17 of students of the Board of Higher Education, one of whom must
18 be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24
19 years old and represents the views of non-traditional students,
20 such as a person who is employed or is a parent. Beginning on
21 July 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed by the Governor,
22 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a
23 faculty member at an Illinois public university. The Governor

 

 

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1 shall designate the Chairman of the Board to serve until a
2 successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees
3 of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of
4 Southern Illinois University, the Board of Governors of State
5 Colleges and Universities, and the Board of Regents of Regency
6 Universities shall cease to be members of the Board of Higher
7 Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
8 No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor,
9 excluding the Chairman, shall be affiliated with the same
10 political party. The 10 members appointed by the Governor with
11 the advice and consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the
12 State and shall be selected, as far as may be practicable, on
13 the basis of their knowledge of, or interest or experience in,
14 problems of higher education. If the Senate is not in session
15 or is in recess, when appointments subject to its confirmation
16 are made, the Governor shall make temporary appointments which
17 shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval.
18 (Source: P.A. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04; 94-905, eff. 1-1-07.)