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1 AN ACT concerning higher 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
5 by 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 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
10 one member of a public university governing board, appointed
11 by the Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate;
12 one member of a private college or university board of
13 trustees, appointed by the Governor without the advice and
14 consent of the Senate; the chairman of the Illinois Community
15 College Board; the chairman of the Illinois Student
16 Assistance Commission; and a student member selected by the
17 recognized advisory committee of students of the Board of
18 Higher Education. Beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 10
19 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
20 consent of the Senate, must be a faculty member at a public
21 university. The Governor shall designate the Chairman of the
22 Board to serve until a successor is designated. The chairmen
23 of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the
24 Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board
25 of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, and the
26 Board of Regents of Regency Universities shall cease to be
27 members of the Board of Higher Education on the effective
28 date of this amendatory Act of 1995. No more than 7 of the
29 members appointed by the Governor, excluding the Chairman,
30 shall be affiliated with the same political party. The 10
31 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
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1 of the Senate shall be citizens of the State and shall be
2 selected, as far as may be practicable, on the basis of their
3 knowledge of, or interest or experience in, problems of
4 higher education. If the Senate is not in session or is in
5 recess, when appointments subject to its confirmation are
6 made, the Governor shall make temporary appointments which
7 shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval.
8 (Source: P.A. 88-255; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-703, eff.
9 1-17-97.)