Full Text of HB1079 97th General Assembly
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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 Property Control Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 6.04 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 605/6.04) (from Ch. 127, par. 133b9.4)
| 7 | | Sec. 6.04.
Annually, and upon at least 30 days notice, the | 8 | | administrator
may require each responsible officer to make, or | 9 | | cause to be made, an
actual physical inventory check of all | 10 | | items of property under his
jurisdiction and control and said | 11 | | inventory shall be certified to the
administrator with a full | 12 | | accounting of all errors or exceptions reported
therein. With | 13 | | respect to public universities, the Department of Central | 14 | | Management Services may require a listing of equipment items | 15 | | only for those items valued in excess of $1,000.
| 16 | | (Source: Laws 1955, p. 34.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | 18 | | changing Section 7 as follows:
| 19 | | (110 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 187)
| 20 | | Sec. 7.
The Board of Trustees of the University of | 21 | | Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois |
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| 1 | | University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | 2 | | the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board | 3 | | of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | 4 | | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of | 5 | | Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | 6 | | Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | 7 | | Illinois University,
the Illinois Community College Board and | 8 | | the campuses under their governance
or supervision shall not | 9 | | hereafter undertake the establishment of any new
unit of | 10 | | instruction, research or public service without the approval of | 11 | | the
Board. The term "new unit of instruction, research or | 12 | | public service"
includes the establishment of a college, | 13 | | school, division, institute,
department or other unit in any | 14 | | field of instruction, research or public
service not | 15 | | theretofore included in the program of the institution, and
| 16 | | includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The | 17 | | term does not
include reasonable and moderate extensions of | 18 | | existing curricula, research,
or public service programs which | 19 | | have a direct relationship to existing
programs; and the Board | 20 | | may, under its rule making power, define the
character of such | 21 | | reasonable and moderate extensions.
| 22 | | Such governing boards shall submit to the Board all | 23 | | proposals for a new
unit of instruction, research, or public | 24 | | service. The Board may approve or
disapprove the proposal in | 25 | | whole or in part or approve modifications
thereof whenever in | 26 | | its judgment such action is consistent with the
objectives of |
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| 1 | | an existing or proposed master plan of higher education.
| 2 | | The Board of Higher Education is authorized to review | 3 | | periodically all
existing programs of instruction, research | 4 | | and public service at the State state
universities and colleges | 5 | | and to advise the appropriate board of control if
the | 6 | | contribution of each program is not educationally and | 7 | | economically
justified. Each State university shall report | 8 | | annually to the Board on programs of instruction, research, or | 9 | | public service that have been terminated, dissolved, reduced, | 10 | | or consolidated by the university. Each university shall report | 11 | | to the Board all programs of instruction, research, or public | 12 | | service that exhibit a trend of low performance in enrollments | 13 | | and degree completions and high expense per degree. Each | 14 | | university shall also report on any tuition increases for the | 15 | | upcoming academic year and any cost-saving measures undertaken | 16 | | during the previous fiscal year. The Board shall compile a | 17 | | report annually that shall contain information on tuition | 18 | | increases and cost-saving measures, new programs created, | 19 | | existing programs that have been closed or consolidated, and | 20 | | programs that exhibit low performance or productivity; and this | 21 | | report shall be submitted to the General Assembly. The Board | 22 | | shall have the authority to define relevant terms and timelines | 23 | | by rule.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law.
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