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| Public Act 101-0175 | ||||
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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 Southern Illinois University Management Act | ||||
is amended by changing Sections 2, 4, and 5 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
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Sec. 2.
The Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by | ||||
the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, | ||||
the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, or his chief | ||||
assistant for liaison with higher education when
designated to | ||||
serve in his place, ex-officio, and 2 one voting student | ||||
members, one member
designated by the Governor from each one | ||||
campus of the University and one nonvoting
student member from | ||||
the campus of the University not represented by the voting
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student member. The Governor shall designate one of the student | ||||
members
serving on the Board to serve as the voting student | ||||
member. Each student
member shall be chosen by the respective | ||||
campuses of Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale and | ||||
Edwardsville. The method of choosing these
student members | ||||
shall be by campus-wide student election, and any student
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designated by the Governor to be a voting student member shall | ||||
be one of the
students chosen by this method. The student | ||||
members shall serve terms of one
year beginning on July 1 of | ||||
each year, except that the student members
initially selected | ||
shall serve a term beginning on the date of such selection
and | ||
expiring on the next succeeding June 30. To be eligible for | ||
selection as
a student member and to be eligible to remain as a | ||
voting or nonvoting student
member of the Board, a student | ||
member must be a resident of this State, must
have and maintain | ||
a grade point average that is equivalent to at least 2.5
on a | ||
4.0 scale, and must be a full-time full time student enrolled | ||
at all times during
his or her term of office except for that | ||
part of the term which follows
the completion of the last full | ||
regular semester of an academic year and
precedes the first | ||
full regular semester of the succeeding academic year at
the | ||
university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer | ||
session or summer
school). If a voting or nonvoting student | ||
member serving on the Board fails
to continue to meet or | ||
maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
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enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or her | ||
membership on
the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by | ||
operation of law. No more than
4 of the members appointed by | ||
the Governor shall be affiliated with the same
political party. | ||
Each member appointed by the Governor must be a resident of
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this State. A failure to meet or maintain this residency | ||
requirement
constitutes a resignation from and creates a | ||
vacancy in the Board. Upon the
expiration of the terms of | ||
members appointed by the Governor, their respective
successors | ||
shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the third Monday | ||
in
January of each odd-numbered year and until their respective | ||
successors are
appointed for like terms. If the Senate is not | ||
in session appointments shall
be made as in the case of | ||
vacancies.
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(Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16, | ||
eff.
6-28-01.)
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(110 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 654)
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Sec. 4. Members of the Board shall serve without | ||
compensation but
shall be entitled to reasonable amounts for | ||
expenses necessarily incurred
in the performance of their | ||
duties. Such expenses incurred by any non-voting
student member | ||
may, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be | ||
provided
for by advance payment to such member, who shall | ||
account therefor to the
Board immediately after each meeting.
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No member of the Board shall hold or be employed in or | ||
appointed
to any office or place under the authority of the | ||
Board, nor shall
any member of the Board be directly or | ||
indirectly
interested in any contract made by the Board, nor | ||
shall
he be an employee of the State Government. This section
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does not prohibit the student members of the Board from | ||
maintaining
normal and official status as enrolled students or | ||
normal student
employment at Southern Illinois University.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1096, eff. 1-1-06.)
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(110 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 655)
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Sec. 5.
Members of the Board shall elect annually by secret | ||
ballot from
their own number a chairman who shall preside over | ||
meetings of the Board and
a secretary.
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Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each | ||
quarter on a campus
of Southern Illinois University. At all | ||
regular meetings of the Board, a
majority of its voting members | ||
shall constitute a quorum. Each The student member members
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shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the | ||
right to make and
second motions and to attend executive | ||
sessions and , other than the right to vote,
except that the | ||
student member designated
by the Governor as the voting student | ||
member shall have the right to vote on
all Board matters except | ||
those involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion, or
any issue | ||
on which the student member has a direct conflict of interest. | ||
For the purposes of this Section, a student member shall not be | ||
deemed to have a direct conflict of interest in and may vote on | ||
any item involving the employment or compensation of the | ||
Chancellor at any campus or the President of the University or | ||
the election of officers. A
student member who is not entitled | ||
to vote on a measure at a meeting
of the Board or any of its | ||
committees shall not be considered a member for the
purpose of | ||
determining whether a quorum is present at the time that | ||
measure is
voted upon. No action of
the Board shall be | ||
invalidated by reason of any vacancies on the Board,
or by | ||
reason of any failure to select a student member.
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Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman | ||
of the Board
or by any 3 members of the Board.
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At each regular and special meeting that is open to the | ||
public, members of
the public and employees of the University | ||
shall be afforded time, subject to
reasonable constraints, to | ||
make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
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(Source: P.A. 99-734, eff. 8-5-16.)
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