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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 3-8.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (110 ILCS 805/3-8.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3-8.5. Community college trustee's leadership
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| 8 | training. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) This Section applies to all community college districts
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| 10 | with elected or appointed board trustees serving pursuant to | ||||||
| 11 | this Article
who have been elected or appointed after the | ||||||
| 12 | effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 99th General | ||||||
| 13 | Assembly or appointed to
fill a vacancy of at least one year's | ||||||
| 14 | duration of an elected
trustee after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 15 | amendatory Act of the
99th General Assembly. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) Every voting member of a board under subsection (a) of | ||||||
| 17 | this Section shall
complete a minimum of 4 hours of | ||||||
| 18 | professional development
leadership training covering topics | ||||||
| 19 | that shall include, but are not limited to, open meetings law, | ||||||
| 20 | community college and
labor law, freedom of information law,
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| 21 | contract law, ethics, sexual violence on campus, financial | ||||||
| 22 | oversight and
accountability, audits, and fiduciary | ||||||
| 23 | responsibilities of a
community college trustee during the | ||||||
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| 1 | first, third, and fifth
year of his or her term. The community | ||||||
| 2 | college district shall
maintain on its Internet website, if | ||||||
| 3 | any, the names of all
elected or appointed voting trustees of | ||||||
| 4 | the board who have successfully
completed the training, as well | ||||||
| 5 | as the names of all elected or appointed voting trustees of the | ||||||
| 6 | board who have not successfully completed the training, as | ||||||
| 7 | required under this Section. | ||||||
| 8 | (c) The training under this Section may be provided by an
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| 9 | association established under this Code for the purpose of
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| 10 | training community college district board trustees or by other
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| 11 | qualified providers approved by the State Board, in
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| 12 | consultation with an association so established. | ||||||
| 13 | (d) The board member shall certify completion of the
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| 14 | training required under this Section to the secretary of the
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| 15 | board. If a board member does not satisfy all requirements | ||||||
| 16 | provided in subsection (b) of this Section or the certification | ||||||
| 17 | indicates that a board member has
not completed the training, | ||||||
| 18 | the secretary shall send a notice
to all elected or appointed | ||||||
| 19 | members serving on the board and the president or acting
chief | ||||||
| 20 | executive officer of the community college of that fact.
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