96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0127


 
Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Lou Lang
 
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110 ILCS 205/2
  from Ch. 144, par. 182








    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of the Board.















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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 
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changing Section 2 as follows:
 



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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 
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consist of 16

members as follows: 10 members appointed by the

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the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate; 
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one member of a public university
governing board, appointed by 
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the Governor without the advice and consent of
the Senate; one 
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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 
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Senate; the
chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; 
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the
chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and 
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2 student members

selected by the recognized advisory committee 
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of students of the Board of
Higher Education, one of whom must 
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be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 
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years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, 
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such as a person who is employed or is a parent.  Beginning on 
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July 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed
by the Governor, 
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by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a

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faculty member at an Illinois public university.  The Governor 
 


 






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shall
designate the
Chairman of the Board to
serve until a 
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successor is designated.  The chairmen of the Board of Trustees

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of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of 
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Southern Illinois
University, the Board of Governors of State 
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Colleges and Universities, and the
Board of Regents of Regency 
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Universities shall cease to be members of the Board
of Higher 
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Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.

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No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, 
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excluding the
Chairman, shall be affiliated
with the same 
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political party.  The 10 members appointed by
the Governor with 
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the advice and
consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the 
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State and shall be
selected, as far as may be practicable, on 
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the basis of their knowledge
of, or interest or experience in, 
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problems of higher education. If the
Senate is not in session 
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or is in recess, when appointments subject to
its confirmation 
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are made, the Governor shall make temporary
appointments which 
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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.)