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Public Act 100-0167 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 9.03, 9.04, 9.07, and 9.29 as | ||||
follows:
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(110 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 181)
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Sec. 1.
The following terms shall have the meanings | ||||
respectively prescribed
for them, except when the context | ||||
otherwise requires:
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(a) "Public institutions of higher education": The | ||||
University of
Illinois; Southern Illinois University;
Chicago | ||||
State University; Eastern Illinois University; Governors State
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University; Illinois State University; Northeastern Illinois | ||||
University;
Northern Illinois University; Western Illinois | ||||
University; the public community
colleges of the State and any
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other public universities, colleges and community colleges now | ||||
or hereafter
established or authorized by the General Assembly.
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(b) "Board": The Board of Higher Education created by this | ||||
Act.
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(c) "Engineering college" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||
the
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
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(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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(110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
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Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to | ||
consist of 16
members as follows: 10 members appointed by the | ||
Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate; one | ||
member of a public university
governing board, appointed by the | ||
Governor without the advice and consent of
the Senate; one | ||
member of a private college or university board of trustees,
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appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the | ||
Senate; the
chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; | ||
the
chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and | ||
2 student members
selected by the recognized advisory committee | ||
of students of the Board of
Higher Education, one of whom must | ||
be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 | ||
years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, | ||
such as a person who is employed or is a parent. One Beginning | ||
on July 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed
by the | ||
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, | ||
must be a
faculty member at an Illinois public university. The | ||
Governor shall
designate the
Chairman of the Board to
serve | ||
until a successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of | ||
Trustees
of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees | ||
of Southern Illinois
University, the Board of Governors of | ||
State Colleges and Universities, and the
Board of Regents of | ||
Regency Universities shall cease to be members of the Board
of | ||
Higher Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act |
of 1995.
No more than 7 of the members appointed by the | ||
Governor, excluding the
Chairman, shall be affiliated
with the | ||
same political party. The 10 members appointed by
the Governor | ||
with the advice and
consent of the Senate shall be citizens of | ||
the State and shall be
selected, as far as may be practicable, | ||
on the basis of their knowledge
of, or interest or experience | ||
in, problems of higher education. If the
Senate is not in | ||
session or is in recess, when appointments subject to
its | ||
confirmation are made, the Governor shall make temporary
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appointments which shall be subject to subsequent Senate | ||
approval.
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(Source: P.A. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04; 94-905, eff. 1-1-07.)
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(110 ILCS 205/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 183)
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Sec. 3. Terms; vacancies.
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(a) The members of the Board whose appointments are subject | ||
to
confirmation by the Senate shall be selected for 6-year | ||
terms expiring on
January 31 of odd numbered years. Of the | ||
initial appointees, however, 2
shall be designated by the | ||
Governor to serve until January 31, 1963, 3
until January 31, | ||
1965, and 3 until January 31, 1967.
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Of the 2 appointees to be made by the Governor pursuant to | ||
this Act as
amended by the 75th General Assembly, one shall be | ||
designated to
serve until January 31, 1971 and one until | ||
January 31, 1973.
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(b) The members of the Board shall continue to serve after |
the
expiration of their terms until their successors have been | ||
appointed.
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(c) Vacancies on the Board in offices appointed by the | ||
Governor shall be
filled by appointment by the Governor for the | ||
unexpired term. If the
appointment is subject to Senate | ||
confirmation and the Senate is not in
session or is in recess | ||
when the appointment is made, the appointee shall
serve subject | ||
to subsequent Senate approval of the appointment.
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(d) Each student member shall serve a term of one year | ||
beginning on July
1 of each year , except that the student | ||
member initially selected under this amendatory Act of the 94th | ||
General Assembly shall
serve a term beginning on the date of | ||
such selection and expiring on the
next succeeding June 30 .
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(e) The member of the Board representing public university | ||
governing
boards and the member of the Board representing | ||
private college and university
boards of trustees, who are | ||
appointed by the Governor but not subject to
confirmation by | ||
the Senate, shall serve terms of one year beginning on July 1.
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(Source: P.A. 94-905, eff. 1-1-07.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.03) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.03)
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Sec. 9.03.
To advise and counsel the Governor, at his or | ||
her request, regarding any
area of, or matter pertaining to, | ||
higher education.
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(Source: P.A. 79-94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.04) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.04)
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Sec. 9.04.
To submit
to the Governor and the General | ||
Assembly a written report
covering the activities engaged in | ||
and recommendations made. This report shall
be submitted in | ||
accordance with the
requirements of Section 3 of the State | ||
Finance Act.
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The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | ||
be satisfied
by filing electronic or paper copies of the report | ||
with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the | ||
House of Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader | ||
and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
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Unit, as required
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly | ||
Organization Act "An Act to revise the law in relation to the | ||
General
Assembly",
approved February 25, 1874, as amended , and | ||
filing such additional electronic or paper copies
with the | ||
State Government Report Distribution Center for the General | ||
Assembly
as is required under
paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the | ||
State Library Act.
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(Source: P.A. 90-730, eff. 8-10-98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.07) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.07)
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Sec. 9.07. Admission standards.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), to
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establish minimum admission standards for public community | ||
colleges,
colleges and state universities. However, | ||
notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section or any |
other law of this State, the minimum admission
standards | ||
established by the Board shall not directly or indirectly | ||
authorize
or require a State college or university to | ||
discriminate in the admissions
process against an applicant for | ||
admission because of the applicant's
enrollment in a charter | ||
school
established under
Article 27A of the School Code. | ||
Admission standards for out-of-state
students may be higher | ||
than for Illinois residents.
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(b) Implementation of the new statewide minimum admission | ||
requirements
and standards for public colleges and | ||
universities in Illinois established
and announced by the Board | ||
in December, 1985 shall be deferred as provided
in this | ||
subsection. The Board shall not attempt to implement or | ||
otherwise
effect adoption and establishment of those minimum | ||
admission requirements
and standards in any public community | ||
college, college or State university
prior to the fall of 1993, | ||
and no public community college, college or
State university | ||
shall be under any duty or obligation to implement,
establish | ||
or otherwise apply those minimum admission requirements and
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standards to any entering freshmen prior to the fall of 1993. | ||
The Board of Higher Education shall provide the State | ||
Superintendent of
Education, on or before January 1, 1990, | ||
descriptions of
course content, and such other criteria as are | ||
necessary to determine and
certify whether all school districts | ||
maintaining grades 9-12 are offering
courses which satisfy the | ||
minimum admission requirements and standards
established and |
announced by the Board.
In addition, there shall be established | ||
a 9 member committee composed
of 3 members selected by the | ||
Board of Higher Education, 3 members selected
by the State | ||
Superintendent of Education and 3 members selected by the
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President of the Illinois Vocational Association. The | ||
committee shall be
appointed within 30 days after the effective | ||
date of this amendatory Act.
It shall be the duty and | ||
responsibility of the committee to identify and
develop courses | ||
and curricula in the vocational education area which meet
the | ||
minimum admission requirements and standards to be established | ||
and
implemented under this Section. The first meeting of the | ||
committee shall
be called by the Executive Director of the | ||
Board of Higher Education
within 10 days after the committee is | ||
appointed. At its first meeting the
committee shall organize | ||
and elect a chairperson. The committee's report
shall be | ||
prepared and submitted by the committee to the Board of Higher
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Education, the Illinois State Board of Education and the | ||
General Assembly
by April 1, 1989.
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(c) By March 1, 1980, the Boards shall develop guidelines | ||
which: (1) place
the emphasis on postsecondary remedial | ||
programs at Public Community Colleges
and (2) reduces the role | ||
of the state universities in offering remedial
programs. By | ||
June 30, 1981, the Board shall report to the General Assembly
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the progress made toward this transition in the emphasis on | ||
remedial programs
at the postsecondary level and any | ||
legislative action that it deems
appropriate. Under the |
guidelines, if a State university determines that a student | ||
needs remedial coursework, then the university must require | ||
that the student complete the remedial coursework before | ||
pursuing his or her major course of study.
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(Source: P.A. 95-272, eff. 8-17-07.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.29)
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Sec. 9.29. Tuition and fee waiver report and task force . | ||
(a) The Board of Higher Education
shall
annually
compile | ||
information concerning tuition and fee waivers and tuition and | ||
fee
waiver
programs that has been
provided by
the Boards of | ||
Trustees of the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
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University, Chicago
State University, Eastern Illinois | ||
University, Governors State University,
Illinois State
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University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern | ||
Illinois University, and
Western
Illinois University and shall | ||
report its findings and recommendations
concerning tuition and | ||
fee
waivers and tuition and fee waiver programs to the General | ||
Assembly by filing electronic or paper
copies of
its
report by | ||
December
31 of
each year as provided in Section 3.1 of the | ||
General Assembly Organization
Act.
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(b) The General Assembly finds and declares (i) that the | ||
Board of Higher Education reports that in Fiscal Year 2011 | ||
public institutions of higher education awarded tuition and fee | ||
waivers totaling nearly $415 million; (ii) that 83.9% of these | ||
waivers were discretionary in that they were awarded at the |
discretion of each institution and valued at over $348 million; | ||
(iii) that the remaining 16.1% of waivers were mandatory in | ||
that institutions had to award the waivers by statute; and (iv) | ||
that because of the significant cost of such waivers, it is | ||
important to review, evaluate, and verify that these waivers | ||
are in the public interest and impose a reasonable financial | ||
impact upon higher education. | ||
There is hereby created the Tuition and Fee Waiver Task | ||
Force. The Task Force shall consist of the following members: | ||
(1) 2 members appointed by the President of the Senate; | ||
(2) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||
Representatives; | ||
(3) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||
Senate; and | ||
(4) 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
The President and Speaker shall designate one member each | ||
to serve as co-chairpersons of the Task Force. Members must be | ||
adults and residents of this State. The individual or his or | ||
her successor who appointed a member may remove that appointed | ||
member before the expiration of his or her term on the Task | ||
Force for official misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of | ||
duty. Members shall serve without compensation, but may be | ||
reimbursed for expenses. Appointments must be made within 60 | ||
calendar days after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||
of the 97th General Assembly. |
(c) The purpose of the Tuition and Fee Waiver Task Force is | ||
to conduct a thorough review and evaluation of the tuition and | ||
fee waiver programs offered by the public institutions of | ||
higher education listed in subsection (a) of this Section, as | ||
well as the findings and recommendations made by the Board | ||
concerning these programs pursuant to subsection (a) of this | ||
Section. The Task Force shall also thoroughly review and | ||
evaluate tuition and fee waiver programs offered by public | ||
institutions of higher education not listed in subsection (a) | ||
of this Section. | ||
The Task Force shall review and evaluate each of the | ||
tuition and fee waiver programs offered by public institutions | ||
of higher education and determine the propriety of each such | ||
program. As part of its review and evaluation, the Task Force | ||
shall, among other things, consider the following: | ||
(1) the institution's justification of the need for the | ||
program; | ||
(2) the program's intended purposes and goals; | ||
(3) the program's eligibility and selection criteria; | ||
(4) the program's costs; | ||
(5) the purported benefits resulting from the program; | ||
and | ||
(6) whether the program serves the public interest or | ||
advances a private interest. | ||
(d) The Board shall provide administrative support to the | ||
Tuition and Fee Waiver Task Force. The Task Force shall conduct |
meetings and public hearings before filing any report mandated | ||
under this subsection (d). At the public hearings, the Task | ||
Force shall allow interested persons to present their views and | ||
comments. The Task Force shall submit a report setting forth | ||
its review and evaluation of the tuition and fee waiver | ||
programs offered by public institutions of higher education on | ||
or before April 15, 2013 to the Governor, the General Assembly, | ||
and the Board. Upon filing its reports, the Task Force is | ||
dissolved. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-772, eff. 7-11-12.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.13 rep.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.20 rep.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.25 rep.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.27 rep.)
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Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||
repealing Sections 9.13, 9.20, 9.25, and 9.27.
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