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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The College of DuPage is a public community
3college district in the State of Illinois; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees, the governing body of the
5college, enacts policies and plays an integral role in
6overseeing the activities and operations of the college; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees appoints a President to
8organize and manage the college within the parameters set by
9Board policies; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The College of DuPage recently approved a $763,000
11severance package for its current President; and
 
12    WHEREAS, News reports have raised questions concerning the
13College of DuPage's expenditures of public moneys; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The College of DuPage is not a State agency; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Illinois Constitution limits the Auditor
16General's audit authority to "public funds of the State" and
17case law has interpreted that phrase to mean only those funds
18directly appropriated or otherwise authorized by the General
19Assembly following the Governor's preparation and submission

 

 

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1of the State budget; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act allows that
3"one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more
4other public agencies to perform any governmental service,
5activity or undertaking or to combine, transfer, or exercise
6any powers, functions. privileges, or authority which any of
7the public agencies entering into the contract is authorized by
8law to perform ... "; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The General Assembly wishes for the Auditor
10General to conduct a performance audit of the College of
11DuPage; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit
15of the College of DuPage, covering Fiscal Years 2011 through
162014, by entering into an intergovernmental agreement with the
17College of DuPage that sets forth the scope of the audit; and
18be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to,
20the following determinations:
 
21    (1) The College of DuPage's sources of revenues during

 

 

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1    Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014;
 
2    (2) The College of DuPage's expenditures, by broad
3    category, during Fiscal Years 2011 through 2014;
 
4    (3) Whether the Board is carrying out its responsibilities
5    required by Board policy, including: annually evaluating
6    the College President; annually reviewing the financial
7    performance of the College and causing an audit to be made;
8    adopting the annual financial plan of the College; adopting
9    a comprehensive Strategic Long Range Plan; and reviewing
10    the President's annual report on the outcomes of the
11    College;
 
12    (4) Whether the Board is meeting its fiduciary
13    responsibilities and ensuring compliance with the Public
14    Community College Act and Board policies, including those
15    related to the investment of College funds, procurements
16    and contracts, construction activities, and budget
17    transfers; and
 
18    (5) Whether the compensation and severance packages
19    provided to the College of DuPage President are comparable
20    to compensation and severance packages provided to
21    Presidents of other Illinois Community Colleges, and
22    whether changes to the College President's compensation

 

 

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1    package are properly approved; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage is responsible for
3paying the Auditor General's costs in conducting this audit;
4and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That the College of DuPage, the Illinois
6Community College Board, and any other entity having
7information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly
8with the Auditor General's Office in its conduct; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
11soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations
12upon completion in accordance with the provisions of the
13Illinois State Auditing Act.