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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7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) |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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