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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.)