Full Text of SB1883 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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 7 and 8 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 187)
| 7 | | Sec. 7.
The Board of Trustees of the University of | 8 | | Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois | 9 | | University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | 10 | | the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board | 11 | | of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | 12 | | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of | 13 | | Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | 14 | | Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | 15 | | Illinois University,
the Illinois Community College Board and | 16 | | the campuses under their governance
or supervision shall not | 17 | | hereafter undertake the establishment of any new
unit of | 18 | | instruction, research or public service without the approval of | 19 | | the
Board. The term "new unit of instruction, research or | 20 | | public service"
includes the establishment of a college, | 21 | | school, division, institute,
department or other unit in any | 22 | | field of instruction, research or public
service not | 23 | | theretofore included in the program of the institution, and
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| 1 | | includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The | 2 | | term does not
include reasonable and moderate extensions of | 3 | | existing curricula, research,
or public service programs which | 4 | | have a direct relationship to existing
programs; and the Board | 5 | | may, under its rule making power, define the
character of such | 6 | | reasonable and moderate extensions.
| 7 | | Such governing boards shall submit to the Board all | 8 | | proposals for a new
unit of instruction, research, or public | 9 | | service. The Board may approve or
disapprove the proposal in | 10 | | whole or in part or approve modifications
thereof whenever in | 11 | | its judgment such action is consistent with the
objectives of | 12 | | an existing or proposed master plan of higher education.
| 13 | | The Board of Higher Education is authorized to review | 14 | | periodically all
existing programs of instruction, research | 15 | | and public service at the State state
universities and colleges | 16 | | and to advise the appropriate board of control if
the | 17 | | contribution of each program is not educationally and | 18 | | economically
justified. Each State university shall report | 19 | | annually to the Board on programs of instruction, research, or | 20 | | public service that have been terminated, dissolved, reduced, | 21 | | or consolidated by the university. Each State university shall | 22 | | also report to the Board all programs of instruction, research, | 23 | | and public service that exhibit a trend of low performance in | 24 | | enrollments, degree completions, and high expense per degree. | 25 | | The Board shall compile an annual report that shall contain | 26 | | information on new programs created, existing programs that |
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| 1 | | have been closed or consolidated, and programs that exhibit low | 2 | | performance or productivity. The report must be submitted to | 3 | | the General Assembly. The Board shall have the authority to | 4 | | define relevant terms and timelines by rule with respect to | 5 | | this reporting.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
| 7 | | (110 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 188)
| 8 | | Sec. 8.
The Board of Trustees of the University of | 9 | | Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois | 10 | | University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, | 11 | | the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board | 12 | | of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of | 13 | | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of | 14 | | Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of | 15 | | Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western | 16 | | Illinois University, and
the Illinois Community College Board | 17 | | shall submit to the Board not later
than the 15th day of | 18 | | November of each year its budget proposals for the
operation | 19 | | and capital needs of the institutions under its governance or
| 20 | | supervision for the ensuing fiscal year. Each budget proposal | 21 | | shall conform
to the procedures developed by the Board in the | 22 | | design of an information
system for State universities and | 23 | | colleges.
| 24 | | In order to maintain a cohesive system of higher education, | 25 | | the Board and
its staff shall communicate on a regular basis |
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| 1 | | with all public university
presidents. They shall meet at least | 2 | | semiannually to achieve economies of
scale where possible and | 3 | | provide the most innovative and efficient programs and
| 4 | | services.
| 5 | | The Board, in the analysis of formulating the annual budget | 6 | | request,
shall consider rates of tuition and fees at the state | 7 | | universities and
colleges. The Board shall also consider the | 8 | | current and projected
utilization of the total physical plant | 9 | | of each campus of a university or
college in approving the | 10 | | capital budget for any new building or facility.
| 11 | | The Board of Higher Education shall submit to the Governor, | 12 | | to the
General Assembly, and to the appropriate budget agencies | 13 | | of the Governor
and General Assembly its analysis and | 14 | | recommendations on such budget
proposals.
| 15 | | Each state supported institution within the application of | 16 | | this Act must
submit its plan for capital improvements of | 17 | | non-instructional facilities to
the Board for approval before | 18 | | final commitments are made if the total cost of the project as | 19 | | approved by the institution's board of control is in excess of | 20 | | $2 million . Non-instructional
uses shall include but not be | 21 | | limited to dormitories, union buildings,
field houses, | 22 | | stadium, other recreational facilities and parking lots. The
| 23 | | Board shall determine whether or not any project submitted for | 24 | | approval is
consistent with the master plan for higher | 25 | | education and with instructional
buildings that are provided | 26 | | for therein. If the project is found by a
majority of the Board |
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| 1 | | not to be consistent, such capital improvement shall
not be | 2 | | constructed.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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