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90_HB0680enr
110 ILCS 675/20-115 new
110 ILCS 805/2-11.5
Amends the Public Community College Act and the Illinois
State University Law. Effective July 1, 1997, abolishes the
Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education as created
and functioning within the Illinois Community College Board,
terminates the terms of its 18 member Board, and recreates
the Institute, as a successor to the predecessor Institute,
with a new 15 member Board within Illinois State University.
Provides for transfer of all powers, duties, records, and
property of the predecessor Institute to the successor
Institute as of July 1, 1997. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT relating to higher education, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 2. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
5 by changing Section 4 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 184)
7 Sec. 4. The Board shall hold regular meetings at times
8 specified in its rules. Special or additional meetings may
9 be held on call of the Chairman, or upon a call signed by at
10 least 6 members, or upon call of the Governor. A majority of
11 the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at all its
12 meetings, but the approval of a new unit of instruction,
13 research, or public service for a public institution of
14 higher education, as provided in Section 7 shall require the
15 concurrence of a majority of all the members of the Board.
16 The Chairmen of the Illinois Community College Board and
17 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission holding membership
18 on the Board each may designate an alternate to attend any
19 meeting of the Board, and an alternate so designated shall
20 have all rights and privileges of regular membership while
21 acting for the Chairman who has so designated him or her.
22 The Board may employ and fix the compensation of
23 professional and clerical staff and other assistants,
24 including specialists and consultants, as it may deem
25 necessary, on a full or part time basis.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-255; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
27 Section 5. The Illinois State University Law is amended
28 by adding Section 20-115 as follows:
29 (110 ILCS 675/20-115 new)
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1 Sec. 20-115. Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
2 Education.
3 (a) There is created, effective July 1, 1997, within the
4 State at Illinois State University, the Illinois Institute
5 for Entrepreneurship Education, hereinafter referred to as
6 the Institute.
7 (b) The Institute created under this Section shall
8 commence its operations on July 1, 1997 and shall have a
9 board composed of 15 members representative of education,
10 commerce and industry, government, or labor, appointed as
11 follows: 2 members shall be appointees of the Governor, one
12 of whom shall be a minority or female person as defined in
13 Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females,
14 and Persons with Disabilities Act; one member shall be an
15 appointee of the President of the Senate; one member shall be
16 an appointee of the Minority Leader of the Senate; one
17 member shall be an appointee of the Speaker of the House of
18 Representatives; one member shall be an appointee of the
19 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; 2 members
20 shall be appointees of Illinois State University; one member
21 shall be an appointee of the Board of Higher Education; one
22 member shall be an appointee of the State Board of Education;
23 one member shall be an appointee of the Department of
24 Commerce and Community Affairs; one member shall be an
25 appointee of the Illinois chapter of Economics America; and 3
26 members shall be appointed by majority vote of the other 12
27 appointed members to represent business owner-entrepreneurs.
28 Each member shall have expertise and experience in the area
29 of entrepreneurship education, including small business and
30 entrepreneurship. The majority of voting members must be
31 from the private sector. The members initially appointed to
32 the board of the Institute created under this Section shall
33 be appointed to take office on July 1, 1997 and shall by lot
34 determine the length of their respective terms as follows: 5
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1 members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of one year,
2 5 members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 2 years,
3 and 5 members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 3
4 years. Subsequent appointees shall each serve terms of 3
5 years. The board shall annually select a chairperson from
6 among its members. Each board member shall serve without
7 compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in
8 the performance of his or her duties.
9 (c) The purpose of the Institute shall be to foster the
10 growth and development of entrepreneurship education in the
11 State of Illinois. The Institute shall help remedy the
12 deficiencies in the preparation of entrepreneurship education
13 teachers, increase the quality and quantity of
14 entrepreneurship education programs, improve instructional
15 materials, and prepare personnel to serve as leaders and
16 consultants in the field of entrepreneurship education and
17 economic development. The Institute shall promote
18 entrepreneurship as a career option, promote and support the
19 development of innovative entrepreneurship education
20 materials and delivery systems, promote business, industry,
21 and education partnerships, promote collaboration and
22 involvement in entrepreneurship education programs, encourage
23 and support in-service and preservice teacher education
24 programs within various educational systems, and develop and
25 distribute relevant materials. The Institute shall provide a
26 framework under which the public and private sectors may work
27 together toward entrepreneurship education goals. These
28 goals shall be achieved by bringing together programs that
29 have an impact on entrepreneurship education to achieve
30 coordination among agencies and greater efficiency in the
31 expenditure of funds.
32 (d) Beginning July 1, 1997, the Institute shall have the
33 following powers subject to State and Illinois State
34 University Board of Trustees regulations and guidelines:
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1 (1) To employ and determine the compensation of an
2 executive director and such staff as it deems necessary;
3 (2) To own property and expend and receive funds
4 and generate funds;
5 (3) To enter into agreements with public and
6 private entities in the furtherance of its purpose; and
7 (4) To request and receive the cooperation and
8 assistance of all State departments and agencies in the
9 furtherance of its purpose.
10 (e) The board of the Institute shall be a policy making
11 body with the responsibility for planning and developing
12 Institute programs. The Institute, through the Board of
13 Trustees of Illinois State University, shall annually report
14 to the Governor and General Assembly by January 31 as to its
15 activities and operations, including its findings and
16 recommendations.
17 (f) Beginning on July 1, 1997, the Institute created
18 under this Section shall be deemed designated by law as the
19 successor to the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
20 Education, previously created and existing under Section
21 2-11.5 of the Public Community College Act until its
22 abolition on July 1, 1997 as provided in that Section. On
23 July 1, 1997, all financial and other records of the
24 Institute so abolished and all of its property, whether real
25 or personal, including but not limited to all inventory and
26 equipment, shall be deemed transferred by operation of law to
27 the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education created
28 under this Section 20-115. The Illinois Institute for
29 Entrepreneurship Education created under this Section 20-115
30 shall have, with respect to the predecessor Institute so
31 abolished, all authority, powers, and duties of a successor
32 agency under Section 10-15 of the Successor Agency Act.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
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1 Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended
2 by changing Section 2-11.5 as follows:
3 (110 ILCS 805/2-11.5)
4 Sec. 2-11.5. Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
5 Education.
6 (a) There is created, effective July 1, 1996, within the
7 State and the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois
8 Institute for Entrepreneurship Education, hereinafter
9 referred to as the Institute.
10 (b) The Institute created under this Section shall
11 commence its operations on July 1, 1996 and shall have a
12 board composed of 18 members representative of education,
13 commerce and industry, and government or labor, appointed as
14 follows: 2 members shall be appointees of the Governor, one
15 of whom shall be a minority or female person as defined in
16 Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females,
17 and Persons with Disabilities Act; one member shall be an
18 appointee of the President of the Senate; one member shall be
19 an appointee of the Minority Leader of the Senate; one
20 member shall be an appointee of the Speaker of the House of
21 Representatives; one member shall be an appointee of the
22 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; 3 members
23 shall be appointees of the Illinois Community College Board;
24 one member shall be an appointee of the Board of Higher
25 Education; one member shall be an appointee of Southern
26 Illinois University; one member shall be an appointee of
27 Northern Illinois University; one member shall be an
28 appointee of Illinois State University; one member shall be
29 an appointee of Western Illinois University; 2 members shall
30 be appointees of the University of Illinois; one member shall
31 be an appointee of the Department of Commerce and Community
32 Affairs; and one member shall be an appointee of the Illinois
33 chapter of Economics America. Each member shall have
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1 expertise and experience in the area of entrepreneurship
2 education, including small business and entrepreneurship.
3 The majority of voting members must be from the private
4 sector. The members initially appointed to the board of the
5 Institute created under this Section shall be appointed to
6 take office on July 1, 1996 and shall by lot determine the
7 length of their respective terms as follows: 6 members shall
8 be selected by lot to serve terms of one year, 6 members
9 shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 2 years, and 6
10 members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 3 years.
11 Subsequent appointees shall each serve terms of 3 years. The
12 board shall annually select a chairperson from among its
13 members. Each board member shall serve without compensation
14 but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
15 performance of his or her duties.
16 (c) The purpose of the Institute shall be to foster the
17 growth and development of entrepreneurship education in the
18 State of Illinois. The Institute shall help remedy the
19 deficiencies in the preparation of entrepreneurship education
20 teachers, increase the quality and quantity of
21 entrepreneurship education programs, improve instructional
22 materials, and prepare personnel to serve as leaders and
23 consultants in the field of entrepreneurship education and
24 economic development. The Institute shall promote
25 entrepreneurship as a career option, promote and support the
26 development of innovative entrepreneurship education
27 materials and delivery systems, promote business, industry,
28 and education partnerships, promote collaboration and
29 involvement in entrepreneurship education programs, encourage
30 and support in-service and preservice teacher education
31 programs within various educational systems, and develop and
32 distribute relevant materials. The Institute shall provide a
33 framework under which the public and private sectors may work
34 together toward entrepreneurship education goals. These
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1 goals shall be achieved by bringing together programs that
2 have an impact on entrepreneurship education to achieve
3 coordination among agencies and greater efficiency in the
4 expenditure of funds.
5 (d) Beginning July 1, 1996, the Institute shall have the
6 following powers subject to State and Illinois Community
7 College Board regulations and guidelines:
8 (1) To employ and determine the compensation of an
9 executive director and such staff as it deems necessary;
10 (2) To own property and expend and receive funds
11 and generate funds;
12 (3) To enter into agreements with public and
13 private entities in the furtherance of its purpose; and
14 (4) To request and receive the cooperation and
15 assistance of all State departments and agencies in the
16 furtherance of its purpose.
17 (e) The board of the Institute shall be a policy making
18 body with the responsibility for planning and developing
19 Institute programs. The Institute, through the Illinois
20 Community College Board, shall annually report to the
21 Governor and General Assembly by January 31 as to its
22 activities and operations, including its findings and
23 recommendations.
24 (f) Beginning on July 1, 1996, the Institute created
25 under this Section shall be deemed designated by law as the
26 successor to the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
27 Education, previously created and existing under Section
28 30-115 of the Northern Illinois University Law until its
29 abolition on July 1, 1996 as provided in that Section. On
30 July 1, 1996, all financial and other records of the
31 Institute so abolished and all of its property, whether real
32 or personal, including but not limited to all inventory and
33 equipment, shall be deemed transferred by operation of law to
34 the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education created
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1 under this Section 2-11.5. The Illinois Institute for
2 Entrepreneurship Education created under this Section 2-11.5
3 shall have, with respect to the predecessor Institute so
4 abolished, all authority, powers, and duties of a successor
5 agency under Section 10-15 of the Successor Agency Act.
6 (g) The Institute created under this Section is
7 abolished on July 1, 1997, and the terms of the members of
8 the board of the Institute so abolished are terminated on
9 that date. All financial and other records of the Institute
10 so abolished and all of the property of that former
11 Institute, whether real or personal in nature, including but
12 not limited to all inventory and equipment, shall be deemed
13 transferred on July 1, 1997, by operation of law, to the
14 Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education created
15 under Section 20-115 of the Illinois State University Law as
16 the successor of the Institute that is abolished as provided
17 in this Section 2-11.5.
18 (h) Subsections (a) through (f) of this Section 2-11.5
19 shall have no legal force or effect from and after July 1,
20 1997.
21 (i) This Section is repealed on July 31, 1997.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
23 Section 15. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
24 is amended by changing Section 37 as follows:
25 (110 ILCS 947/37)
26 Sec. 37. Higher education license plate grant program.
27 (a) Each year, the Illinois Student Assistance
28 Commission shall receive a separate appropriation for the
29 purpose of providing grant assistance to students enrolled at
30 Illinois private colleges and universities. The Commission
31 shall, each year, receive and consider applications for grant
32 assistance under this Section. Subject to a separate
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1 appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is eligible for
2 a grant to a degree-granting, not-for-profit private college
3 or university located in this State under this Section when
4 the Commission finds that the applicant:
5 (1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
6 permanent resident of the United States; and
7 (2) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
8 deterred by financial considerations from completing an
9 educational program at the qualified institution of his
10 or her choice.
11 (b) The private college or university Commission shall
12 award renewals only upon the student's application and upon
13 the institution's Commission's finding that the applicant:
14 (1) has remained a student in good standing at a
15 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or
16 university located in this State;
17 (2) remains a resident of this State; and
18 (3) is in a financial situation that continues to
19 warrant assistance.
20 (c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
21 necessary fee costs for 2 semesters or 3 quarters in an
22 academic year. Requests for summer term assistance must be
23 made separately and shall be considered on an individual
24 basis according to Commission policy. The institution
25 Commission shall determine the grant amount for each
26 full-time and part-time student, which shall be the smallest
27 of the following amounts:
28 (1) $2,000 for 2 semesters or 3 quarters of
29 full-time undergraduate enrollment or $1,000 for 2
30 semesters or 3 quarters of part-time undergraduate
31 enrollment, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
32 to be available; or
33 (2) the amount that equals the tuition and other
34 necessary fees for 2 semesters or 3 quarters required
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1 generally by the institution of all full-time
2 undergraduate students, or in the case of part-time
3 students an amount of tuition and fees for 2 semesters or
4 3 quarters that does not exceed one-half the amount of
5 tuition and necessary fees generally charged to full-time
6 undergraduate students by the institution; or
7 (3) such amount as the institution Commission finds
8 to be appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
9 resources.
10 "Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
11 includes the customary charge for instruction and use of
12 facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
13 for specified purposes, which are required generally of
14 nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
15 grant applicant actually enrolls, but does not include fees
16 payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
17 deposits that are refundable in whole or in part. The
18 Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
19 Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
20 tuition and other necessary fees.
21 (d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
22 scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for grant
23 program consideration under this Section after receiving a
24 baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 10 semesters or 15
25 quarters of award payments. The institution Commission shall
26 determine when award payments for part-time enrollment or
27 interim or summer terms shall be counted as a partial
28 semester or quarter of payment.
29 (e) The Commission shall ensure that determine annually
30 the number of grants to be offered for study at each
31 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
32 in this State, taking into consideration the amount of funds
33 available and past experience with the rate of grant funds
34 unclaimed by recipients. in each school year the total amount
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1 of grants awarded under this Section for study at each
2 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
3 in this State shall be at least equal to the total amount
4 deposited into the University Grant Fund from the issuance or
5 renewal of license plates bearing the name of that
6 degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
7 during the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which
8 the school year begins.
9 The institution Commission shall notify applicants that
10 grant assistance is contingent upon the availability of
11 appropriated funds.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96.)
13 Section 20. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
14 changing Section 3-629 (as added by P.A. 89-424) as follows:
15 (625 ILCS 5/3-629)
16 Sec. 3-629. Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
17 (a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
18 Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
19 applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
20 State, may issue collegiate license plates. The collegiate
21 plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to
22 passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles
23 of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds
24 and subject to the staggered registration system. Plates
25 issued under this Section shall expire according to the
26 staggered multi-year procedure established under Section
27 3-414.1 of this Code.
28 (b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
29 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
30 Secretary of State may, at his or her discretion, issue the
31 plates for any public or degree-granting, not-for-profit
32 private college or university located in this State. The
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1 Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to
2 be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
3 Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
4 designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
5 of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe
6 the eligibility requirements including a minimum level of
7 specialized license plates requests and, in his or her
8 discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
9 provided under Section 3-412.
10 (c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
11 issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
12 the original issuance fee in the case of a public university
13 or college, $25 shall be deposited into the State College and
14 University Trust Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the
15 Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
16 the Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help
17 defray the administrative costs of issuing the plate. Of the
18 original issuance fee in the case of a degree-granting,
19 not-for-profit private college or university, $25 shall be
20 deposited into the University Grant Fund and $15 shall be
21 deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
22 Fund to be used by the Secretary of State, subject to
23 appropriation, to help defray the administrative cost of
24 issuing the plate. In addition to the regular renewal fee,
25 an applicant shall be charged $27 for the renewal of each set
26 of license plates issued under this Section; $25 shall be
27 deposited into the State College and University Trust Fund in
28 the case of a public university or college or into the
29 University Grant Fund in the case of a degree-granting,
30 not-for-profit private college or university, and $2 shall be
31 deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
32 Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
33 (d) The State College and University Trust Fund is
34 created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys
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1 in the State College and University Trust Fund shall be
2 distributed on January 1 of each year to each public
3 university or college in proportion to the number of plates
4 sold in regard to that university or college according to
5 subsection (c) for administration of the Higher Education
6 License Plate Grant program. Moneys deposited into the State
7 College and University Trust Fund shall be distributed to the
8 public university or college for the sole purpose of
9 scholarship grant awards.
10 (e) The University Grant Fund is created as a special
11 fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the University
12 Grant Fund shall be appropriated to the Illinois Student
13 Assistance Commission to make reimbursements to participating
14 private colleges and universities grants under the Higher
15 Education License Plate Grant Program.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.