96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4094

 

Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Kay Hatcher

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 205/6   from Ch. 144, par. 186

    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education's master plan to include higher education affordability and accessibility measures.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
5 changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6     (110 ILCS 205/6)  (from Ch. 144, par. 186)
7     Sec. 6. The Board shall analyze the present and future
8 aims, needs and requirements of higher education in the State
9 of Illinois and prepare a master plan for the development,
10 expansion, integration, coordination and efficient utilization
11 of the facilities, curricula and standards of higher education
12 for the public institutions of higher education in the areas of
13 teaching, research and public service. The master plan shall
14 also include higher education affordability and accessibility
15 measures. The Board shall formulate the master plan and prepare
16 and submit to the General Assembly and the Governor drafts of
17 proposed legislation to effectuate the plan. The Board shall
18 engage in a continuing study, an analysis and evaluation of the
19 master plan so developed and it shall be its responsibility to
20 recommend, from time to time as it determines, amendments and
21 modifications of any master plan enacted by the General
22 Assembly.
23 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3819.)