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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 9.34 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (110 ILCS 205/9.34 new) | ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 9.34. Big Ten Feasibility Study Commission. | ||||||
9 | (a) The Board shall establish a Big Ten Feasibility Study | ||||||
10 | Commission to deliberate and determine the feasibility of | ||||||
11 | having another public university in this State become a part of | ||||||
12 | the Big Ten Conference and how this might be accomplished, | ||||||
13 | while remaining revenue neutral to this State. | ||||||
14 | (b) The Commission shall be comprised of all of the | ||||||
15 | following members: | ||||||
16 | (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
17 | President of the Senate. | ||||||
18 | (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority | ||||||
19 | Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
20 | (3) One member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
21 | appointed by the Speaker of the House. | ||||||
22 | (4) One member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
23 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House. |
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1 | (5) The Executive Director of the Board or his or her | ||||||
2 | designee. | ||||||
3 | (6) A resident of this State who is the parent of a | ||||||
4 | student attending an out-of-state university that is a | ||||||
5 | member of the Big Ten Conference, appointed by the | ||||||
6 | Executive Director of the Board. | ||||||
7 | (7) A resident of this State who is a student attending | ||||||
8 | an out-of-state university that is a member of the Big Ten | ||||||
9 | Conference, appointed by the Executive Director of the | ||||||
10 | Board. | ||||||
11 | (8) A resident of this State who is the parent of a | ||||||
12 | student attending a public university in this State other | ||||||
13 | than the University of Illinois, appointed by the Executive | ||||||
14 | Director of the Board. | ||||||
15 | Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation | ||||||
16 | and without reimbursement for their expenses. | ||||||
17 | (c) The Commission shall meet initially at the call of the | ||||||
18 | Executive Director of the Board, which meeting must take place | ||||||
19 | within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
20 | of the 98th General Assembly. | ||||||
21 | (d) The Commission shall hold public hearings, invite | ||||||
22 | witnesses of interest, take testimony, and file a report with | ||||||
23 | the General Assembly and the Board on or before January 1, 2015 | ||||||
24 | concerning the Commission's findings and recommendations. Upon | ||||||
25 | filing its report, the Commission is dissolved. | ||||||
26 | (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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