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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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 947/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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8 | (a) There is established the Illinois Student Assistance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Commission,
consisting of 10 persons to be appointed by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Governor with the
advice and
consent of the Senate. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | membership of the Commission shall consist of one
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12 | representative of the institutions of higher learning
operated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | by the State; one representative of the private institutions of
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14 | higher learning located in the State; one representative of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | public
community colleges located in the State; one | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | representative of the public
high schools located in the State; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 5 citizens of the State chosen for
their knowledge of and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | interest in higher education, but not employed
by, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | boards
of any institution of higher learning located in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | State, and one
student member selected from nominations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | submitted to the Governor by
multi-campus student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | organizations, including but not limited to, the Illinois
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1 | Student Association, the Organization of Community College | ||||||
2 | Students, the
recognized advisory committee of students of the | ||||||
3 | Board of Higher Education, and
the recognized advisory | ||||||
4 | committee of students of the Federation of Independent
Illinois | ||||||
5 | Colleges and Universities. The Governor shall designate one | ||||||
6 | member,
other than the student member, as chairman. Each member | ||||||
7 | of the Commission,
including the student member, shall serve | ||||||
8 | without compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses | ||||||
9 | necessarily incurred in performing his or her duties
under this | ||||||
10 | Act. Subject to a requirement that Commission members in office
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11 | on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 may serve | ||||||
12 | the full term to
which they were appointed, the appointment of | ||||||
13 | Commission members to terms that
commence on or after that | ||||||
14 | effective date shall be made in a manner that gives
effect at | ||||||
15 | the earliest possible time to the change that is required by | ||||||
16 | this
amendatory Act in the representative
composition of the | ||||||
17 | Commission's membership.
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18 | (b) The term of office of each member, other than the | ||||||
19 | student
member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of | ||||||
20 | appointment, and until his
successor is appointed and | ||||||
21 | qualified. If a member's tenure of office,
other than that of | ||||||
22 | the student member, is terminated for any reason
before his or | ||||||
23 | her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by | ||||||
24 | the
appointment of a person who has the same representative | ||||||
25 | status as the
person whose term has been so terminated, and the | ||||||
26 | new appointee shall
hold office only for the remainder of that |
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1 | term and until a successor
is appointed and qualified.
The term | ||||||
2 | of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each
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3 | odd-numbered year. If the tenure of the student member is | ||||||
4 | terminated for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the | ||||||
5 | same manner as heretofore provided
for a regular term of office | ||||||
6 | appointment of the student member. The new
student appointee | ||||||
7 | shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. No
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8 | student member may receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to | ||||||
9 | this Act during
his or her term of office with the Commission.
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10 | (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State | ||||||
11 | Universities Civil
Service Act, the Commission shall employ a | ||||||
12 | professionally qualified person as
the Executive Director of | ||||||
13 | the Commission, and such other employees as may be
necessary to | ||||||
14 | effectuate the purposes of this Act.
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15 | (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal | ||||||
16 | year, and
may meet at other times which the Chairman may | ||||||
17 | designate by giving at
least 10 days' written notice to each | ||||||
18 | member.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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