Public Act 90-0278 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0278
HB0680 Enrolled LRB9002561THpc
AN ACT relating to higher education, amending named Acts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 2. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
by changing Section 4 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 184)
Sec. 4. The Board shall hold regular meetings at times
specified in its rules. Special or additional meetings may
be held on call of the Chairman, or upon a call signed by at
least 6 members, or upon call of the Governor. A majority of
the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at all its
meetings, but the approval of a new unit of instruction,
research, or public service for a public institution of
higher education, as provided in Section 7 shall require the
concurrence of a majority of all the members of the Board.
The Chairmen of the Illinois Community College Board and
the Illinois Student Assistance Commission holding membership
on the Board each may designate an alternate to attend any
meeting of the Board, and an alternate so designated shall
have all rights and privileges of regular membership while
acting for the Chairman who has so designated him or her.
The Board may employ and fix the compensation of
professional and clerical staff and other assistants,
including specialists and consultants, as it may deem
necessary, on a full or part time basis.
(Source: P.A. 88-255; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
Section 5. The Illinois State University Law is amended
by adding Section 20-115 as follows:
(110 ILCS 675/20-115 new)
Sec. 20-115. Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
Education.
(a) There is created, effective July 1, 1997, within the
State at Illinois State University, the Illinois Institute
for Entrepreneurship Education, hereinafter referred to as
the Institute.
(b) The Institute created under this Section shall
commence its operations on July 1, 1997 and shall have a
board composed of 15 members representative of education,
commerce and industry, government, or labor, appointed as
follows: 2 members shall be appointees of the Governor, one
of whom shall be a minority or female person as defined in
Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females,
and Persons with Disabilities Act; one member shall be an
appointee of the President of the Senate; one member shall be
an appointee of the Minority Leader of the Senate; one
member shall be an appointee of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; one member shall be an appointee of the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; 2 members
shall be appointees of Illinois State University; one member
shall be an appointee of the Board of Higher Education; one
member shall be an appointee of the State Board of Education;
one member shall be an appointee of the Department of
Commerce and Community Affairs; one member shall be an
appointee of the Illinois chapter of Economics America; and 3
members shall be appointed by majority vote of the other 12
appointed members to represent business owner-entrepreneurs.
Each member shall have expertise and experience in the area
of entrepreneurship education, including small business and
entrepreneurship. The majority of voting members must be
from the private sector. The members initially appointed to
the board of the Institute created under this Section shall
be appointed to take office on July 1, 1997 and shall by lot
determine the length of their respective terms as follows: 5
members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of one year,
5 members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 2 years,
and 5 members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 3
years. Subsequent appointees shall each serve terms of 3
years. The board shall annually select a chairperson from
among its members. Each board member shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in
the performance of his or her duties.
(c) The purpose of the Institute shall be to foster the
growth and development of entrepreneurship education in the
State of Illinois. The Institute shall help remedy the
deficiencies in the preparation of entrepreneurship education
teachers, increase the quality and quantity of
entrepreneurship education programs, improve instructional
materials, and prepare personnel to serve as leaders and
consultants in the field of entrepreneurship education and
economic development. The Institute shall promote
entrepreneurship as a career option, promote and support the
development of innovative entrepreneurship education
materials and delivery systems, promote business, industry,
and education partnerships, promote collaboration and
involvement in entrepreneurship education programs, encourage
and support in-service and preservice teacher education
programs within various educational systems, and develop and
distribute relevant materials. The Institute shall provide a
framework under which the public and private sectors may work
together toward entrepreneurship education goals. These
goals shall be achieved by bringing together programs that
have an impact on entrepreneurship education to achieve
coordination among agencies and greater efficiency in the
expenditure of funds.
(d) Beginning July 1, 1997, the Institute shall have the
following powers subject to State and Illinois State
University Board of Trustees regulations and guidelines:
(1) To employ and determine the compensation of an
executive director and such staff as it deems necessary;
(2) To own property and expend and receive funds
and generate funds;
(3) To enter into agreements with public and
private entities in the furtherance of its purpose; and
(4) To request and receive the cooperation and
assistance of all State departments and agencies in the
furtherance of its purpose.
(e) The board of the Institute shall be a policy making
body with the responsibility for planning and developing
Institute programs. The Institute, through the Board of
Trustees of Illinois State University, shall annually report
to the Governor and General Assembly by January 31 as to its
activities and operations, including its findings and
recommendations.
(f) Beginning on July 1, 1997, the Institute created
under this Section shall be deemed designated by law as the
successor to the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
Education, previously created and existing under Section
2-11.5 of the Public Community College Act until its
abolition on July 1, 1997 as provided in that Section. On
July 1, 1997, all financial and other records of the
Institute so abolished and all of its property, whether real
or personal, including but not limited to all inventory and
equipment, shall be deemed transferred by operation of law to
the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education created
under this Section 20-115. The Illinois Institute for
Entrepreneurship Education created under this Section 20-115
shall have, with respect to the predecessor Institute so
abolished, all authority, powers, and duties of a successor
agency under Section 10-15 of the Successor Agency Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended
by changing Section 2-11.5 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/2-11.5)
Sec. 2-11.5. Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
Education.
(a) There is created, effective July 1, 1996, within the
State and the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois
Institute for Entrepreneurship Education, hereinafter
referred to as the Institute.
(b) The Institute created under this Section shall
commence its operations on July 1, 1996 and shall have a
board composed of 18 members representative of education,
commerce and industry, and government or labor, appointed as
follows: 2 members shall be appointees of the Governor, one
of whom shall be a minority or female person as defined in
Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females,
and Persons with Disabilities Act; one member shall be an
appointee of the President of the Senate; one member shall be
an appointee of the Minority Leader of the Senate; one
member shall be an appointee of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; one member shall be an appointee of the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; 3 members
shall be appointees of the Illinois Community College Board;
one member shall be an appointee of the Board of Higher
Education; one member shall be an appointee of Southern
Illinois University; one member shall be an appointee of
Northern Illinois University; one member shall be an
appointee of Illinois State University; one member shall be
an appointee of Western Illinois University; 2 members shall
be appointees of the University of Illinois; one member shall
be an appointee of the Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs; and one member shall be an appointee of the Illinois
chapter of Economics America. Each member shall have
expertise and experience in the area of entrepreneurship
education, including small business and entrepreneurship.
The majority of voting members must be from the private
sector. The members initially appointed to the board of the
Institute created under this Section shall be appointed to
take office on July 1, 1996 and shall by lot determine the
length of their respective terms as follows: 6 members shall
be selected by lot to serve terms of one year, 6 members
shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 2 years, and 6
members shall be selected by lot to serve terms of 3 years.
Subsequent appointees shall each serve terms of 3 years. The
board shall annually select a chairperson from among its
members. Each board member shall serve without compensation
but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
performance of his or her duties.
(c) The purpose of the Institute shall be to foster the
growth and development of entrepreneurship education in the
State of Illinois. The Institute shall help remedy the
deficiencies in the preparation of entrepreneurship education
teachers, increase the quality and quantity of
entrepreneurship education programs, improve instructional
materials, and prepare personnel to serve as leaders and
consultants in the field of entrepreneurship education and
economic development. The Institute shall promote
entrepreneurship as a career option, promote and support the
development of innovative entrepreneurship education
materials and delivery systems, promote business, industry,
and education partnerships, promote collaboration and
involvement in entrepreneurship education programs, encourage
and support in-service and preservice teacher education
programs within various educational systems, and develop and
distribute relevant materials. The Institute shall provide a
framework under which the public and private sectors may work
together toward entrepreneurship education goals. These
goals shall be achieved by bringing together programs that
have an impact on entrepreneurship education to achieve
coordination among agencies and greater efficiency in the
expenditure of funds.
(d) Beginning July 1, 1996, the Institute shall have the
following powers subject to State and Illinois Community
College Board regulations and guidelines:
(1) To employ and determine the compensation of an
executive director and such staff as it deems necessary;
(2) To own property and expend and receive funds
and generate funds;
(3) To enter into agreements with public and
private entities in the furtherance of its purpose; and
(4) To request and receive the cooperation and
assistance of all State departments and agencies in the
furtherance of its purpose.
(e) The board of the Institute shall be a policy making
body with the responsibility for planning and developing
Institute programs. The Institute, through the Illinois
Community College Board, shall annually report to the
Governor and General Assembly by January 31 as to its
activities and operations, including its findings and
recommendations.
(f) Beginning on July 1, 1996, the Institute created
under this Section shall be deemed designated by law as the
successor to the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship
Education, previously created and existing under Section
30-115 of the Northern Illinois University Law until its
abolition on July 1, 1996 as provided in that Section. On
July 1, 1996, all financial and other records of the
Institute so abolished and all of its property, whether real
or personal, including but not limited to all inventory and
equipment, shall be deemed transferred by operation of law to
the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education created
under this Section 2-11.5. The Illinois Institute for
Entrepreneurship Education created under this Section 2-11.5
shall have, with respect to the predecessor Institute so
abolished, all authority, powers, and duties of a successor
agency under Section 10-15 of the Successor Agency Act.
(g) The Institute created under this Section is
abolished on July 1, 1997, and the terms of the members of
the board of the Institute so abolished are terminated on
that date. All financial and other records of the Institute
so abolished and all of the property of that former
Institute, whether real or personal in nature, including but
not limited to all inventory and equipment, shall be deemed
transferred on July 1, 1997, by operation of law, to the
Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education created
under Section 20-115 of the Illinois State University Law as
the successor of the Institute that is abolished as provided
in this Section 2-11.5.
(h) Subsections (a) through (f) of this Section 2-11.5
shall have no legal force or effect from and after July 1,
1997.
(i) This Section is repealed on July 31, 1997.
(Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
Section 15. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
is amended by changing Section 37 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/37)
Sec. 37. Higher education license plate grant program.
(a) Each year, the Illinois Student Assistance
Commission shall receive a separate appropriation for the
purpose of providing grant assistance to students enrolled at
Illinois private colleges and universities. The Commission
shall, each year, receive and consider applications for grant
assistance under this Section. Subject to a separate
appropriation for such purposes, an applicant is eligible for
a grant to a degree-granting, not-for-profit private college
or university located in this State under this Section when
the Commission finds that the applicant:
(1) is a resident of this State and a citizen or
permanent resident of the United States; and
(2) in the absence of grant assistance, will be
deterred by financial considerations from completing an
educational program at the qualified institution of his
or her choice.
(b) The private college or university Commission shall
award renewals only upon the student's application and upon
the institution's Commission's finding that the applicant:
(1) has remained a student in good standing at a
degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or
university located in this State;
(2) remains a resident of this State; and
(3) is in a financial situation that continues to
warrant assistance.
(c) All grants shall be applicable only to tuition and
necessary fee costs for 2 semesters or 3 quarters in an
academic year. Requests for summer term assistance must be
made separately and shall be considered on an individual
basis according to Commission policy. The institution
Commission shall determine the grant amount for each
full-time and part-time student, which shall be the smallest
of the following amounts:
(1) $2,000 for 2 semesters or 3 quarters of
full-time undergraduate enrollment or $1,000 for 2
semesters or 3 quarters of part-time undergraduate
enrollment, or such lesser amount as the Commission finds
to be available; or
(2) the amount that equals the tuition and other
necessary fees for 2 semesters or 3 quarters required
generally by the institution of all full-time
undergraduate students, or in the case of part-time
students an amount of tuition and fees for 2 semesters or
3 quarters that does not exceed one-half the amount of
tuition and necessary fees generally charged to full-time
undergraduate students by the institution; or
(3) such amount as the institution Commission finds
to be appropriate in view of the applicant's financial
resources.
"Tuition and other necessary fees" as used in this Section
includes the customary charge for instruction and use of
facilities in general, and the additional fixed fees charged
for specified purposes, which are required generally of
nongrant recipients for each academic period for which the
grant applicant actually enrolls, but does not include fees
payable only once or breakage fees and other contingent
deposits that are refundable in whole or in part. The
Commission may prescribe, by rule not inconsistent with this
Section, detailed provisions concerning the computation of
tuition and other necessary fees.
(d) No applicant, including those presently receiving
scholarship assistance under this Act, is eligible for grant
program consideration under this Section after receiving a
baccalaureate degree or the equivalent of 10 semesters or 15
quarters of award payments. The institution Commission shall
determine when award payments for part-time enrollment or
interim or summer terms shall be counted as a partial
semester or quarter of payment.
(e) The Commission shall ensure that determine annually
the number of grants to be offered for study at each
degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
in this State, taking into consideration the amount of funds
available and past experience with the rate of grant funds
unclaimed by recipients. in each school year the total amount
of grants awarded under this Section for study at each
degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
in this State shall be at least equal to the total amount
deposited into the University Grant Fund from the issuance or
renewal of license plates bearing the name of that
degree-granting, not-for-profit private college or university
during the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which
the school year begins.
The institution Commission shall notify applicants that
grant assistance is contingent upon the availability of
appropriated funds.
(Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96.)
Section 20. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 3-629 (as added by P.A. 89-424) as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-629)
Sec. 3-629. Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
(a) In addition to any other special license plate, the
Secretary, upon receipt of all applicable fees and
applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
State, may issue collegiate license plates. The collegiate
plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to
passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles
of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds
and subject to the staggered registration system. Plates
issued under this Section shall expire according to the
staggered multi-year procedure established under Section
3-414.1 of this Code.
(b) The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State. The
Secretary of State may, at his or her discretion, issue the
plates for any public or degree-granting, not-for-profit
private college or university located in this State. The
Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to
be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are not required to
designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary shall prescribe
the eligibility requirements including a minimum level of
specialized license plates requests and, in his or her
discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
provided under Section 3-412.
(c) An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee. Of
the original issuance fee in the case of a public university
or college, $25 shall be deposited into the State College and
University Trust Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be used by
the Secretary of State, subject to appropriation, to help
defray the administrative costs of issuing the plate. Of the
original issuance fee in the case of a degree-granting,
not-for-profit private college or university, $25 shall be
deposited into the University Grant Fund and $15 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund to be used by the Secretary of State, subject to
appropriation, to help defray the administrative cost of
issuing the plate. In addition to the regular renewal fee,
an applicant shall be charged $27 for the renewal of each set
of license plates issued under this Section; $25 shall be
deposited into the State College and University Trust Fund in
the case of a public university or college or into the
University Grant Fund in the case of a degree-granting,
not-for-profit private college or university, and $2 shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
(d) The State College and University Trust Fund is
created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys
in the State College and University Trust Fund shall be
distributed on January 1 of each year to each public
university or college in proportion to the number of plates
sold in regard to that university or college according to
subsection (c) for administration of the Higher Education
License Plate Grant program. Moneys deposited into the State
College and University Trust Fund shall be distributed to the
public university or college for the sole purpose of
scholarship grant awards.
(e) The University Grant Fund is created as a special
fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the University
Grant Fund shall be appropriated to the Illinois Student
Assistance Commission to make reimbursements to participating
private colleges and universities grants under the Higher
Education License Plate Grant Program.
(Source: P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.