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 1        AN ACT concerning higher 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
 5    by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
 7        Sec. 2.  There is created a Board of Higher Education  to
 8    consist of 15 members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
 9    Governor,  by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
10    one member of a public university governing board,  appointed
11    by the Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate;
12    one  member  of  a  private  college  or  university board of
13    trustees, appointed by the Governor without  the  advice  and
14    consent of the Senate; the chairman of the Illinois Community
15    College   Board;   the   chairman  of  the  Illinois  Student
16    Assistance Commission; and a student member selected  by  the
17    recognized  advisory  committee  of  students of the Board of
18    Higher Education.  Beginning on July 1, 2005, one of  the  10
19    members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
20    consent  of  the  Senate,  must  be  a  faculty  member at an
21    Illinois public university.  The Governor shall designate the
22    Chairman  of  the  Board  to  serve  until  a  successor   is
23    designated.   The  chairmen  of  the Board of Trustees of the
24    University of Illinois, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Southern
25    Illinois University, the Board of Governors of State Colleges
26    and  Universities,  and  the  Board  of  Regents  of  Regency
27    Universities shall cease to be members of the Board of Higher
28    Education  on  the  effective  date of this amendatory Act of
29    1995.  No more  than  7  of  the  members  appointed  by  the
30    Governor,  excluding  the  Chairman, shall be affiliated with
31    the same political party.  The 10 members  appointed  by  the
 
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 1    Governor  with  the advice and consent of the Senate shall be
 2    citizens of the State and shall be selected, as far as may be
 3    practicable, on the basis of their knowledge of, or  interest
 4    or experience in, problems of higher education. If the Senate
 5    is  not in session or is in recess, when appointments subject
 6    to  its  confirmation  are  made,  the  Governor  shall  make
 7    temporary appointments which shall be subject  to  subsequent
 8    Senate approval.
 9    (Source:   P.A.  88-255;  89-4,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-703,  eff.
10    1-17-97.)