HR0918enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR0918 Enrolled LRB096 20680 AMC 36399 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION 918

BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that a Blue Ribbon Committee on Higher Education Mandates is established within the Board of Higher Education to review State mandates on public universities to determine whether the mandates (1) are necessary for the health and safety of students in compliance with federal laws, (2) are essential to the academic integrity of public university systems, (3) exceed federal requirements, or (4) are superfluous to the core academic programs of public universities; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Committee shall include members from organizations representing the interests of university administrators, university governing board members, university faculty and staff, and the business community, Board of Higher Education personnel, 2 representatives from statewide teacher organizations representing faculty and staff, and others as deemed necessary by the Committee; the Committee shall make recommendations to the General Assembly on the elimination of unnecessary and costly statutory and regulatory mandates on public universities by filing a report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act on or before August 1, 2010; upon filing its report, the Committee is dissolved; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the 96th General Assembly declares that there shall be a moratorium on the passage of legislation during the 96th General Assembly that imposes any unfunded mandates on public universities; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Board of Higher Education.