Full Text of HB3944 101st General Assembly
HB3944 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3944 Introduced 10/29/2019, by Rep. Monica Bristow SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 805/3-7.24 | from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.24 | 110 ILCS 805/3-9 | from Ch. 122, par. 103-9 | 110 ILCS 805/3-80 new | |
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Amends the Public Community College Act. Requires the student member of the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 536 to be a voting (rather than nonvoting) student member. Permits the board of trustees of any other community college district to elect to allow a student member to be a voting student member. Provides that if a board decides to terminate or not renew the employment contract of the president of a community college, then, for one year after the decision was voted upon, no person who was a member of the board at the time of the vote may be selected to serve as president of the community college. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 3-7.24 and 3-9 and by adding Section 3-80 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-7.24) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.24)
| 8 | | Sec. 3-7.24. Student board member. | 9 | | (a) Each community college board shall have one non-voting | 10 | | member who is a student
enrolled in the community college under | 11 | | the jurisdiction of the board. One
non-voting student member | 12 | | shall also be selected in multi-campus districts
to represent | 13 | | all campuses in those districts. In multi-campus districts,
the | 14 | | campus from which the member is selected shall be determined by | 15 | | lot
each year , provided that no campus shall twice have | 16 | | selected a non-voting
student member until all campuses in the | 17 | | district have once been represented
on the district board. The | 18 | | same procedure shall be followed until all campuses
have been | 19 | | represented a second time, a third time, and subsequent times.
| 20 | | The method of selecting these student members shall be | 21 | | determined by campus-wide
student referendum.
| 22 | | (b) A The student member members shall serve a term of one | 23 | | year beginning on April 15
of each year, except that the |
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| 1 | | student member initially selected shall serve
a term beginning | 2 | | on the date of selection and expiring on the next succeeding | 3 | | June 30.
| 4 | | (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a | 5 | | student member shall be a nonvoting student member. Nonvoting | 6 | | The nonvoting student members shall have all of the privileges | 7 | | of membership,
including the right to make and second motions | 8 | | and to attend executive sessions,
other than the right to vote.
| 9 | | (d) The student member of the Board of Trustees of | 10 | | Community College District No. 536 shall be a voting student | 11 | | member. The board of any other community college district may | 12 | | elect to allow a student member to be a voting student member. | 13 | | A voting student member shall have all of the privileges of | 14 | | membership, including the right to make and second motions and | 15 | | to attend executive sessions and the right to vote on all board | 16 | | matters except those involving faculty tenure, faculty | 17 | | promotion, or
any issue on which the student member has a | 18 | | direct conflict of interest. For the purposes of this | 19 | | subsection (d), the student member shall not be deemed to have | 20 | | a direct conflict of interest in and may vote on any item | 21 | | involving the employment or compensation of the president of | 22 | | the community college or the election of officers. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 80-730.)
| 24 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-9)
| 25 | | Sec. 3-9. A majority of full voting membership of the Board |
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| 1 | | shall constitute a
quorum. However, a voting student member who | 2 | | is not entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting
of the Board | 3 | | or any of its committees shall not be considered a member for | 4 | | the
purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the | 5 | | time that measure is
voted upon. For all meetings of the Board, | 6 | | a quorum of members must be physically present at the location | 7 | | of the meeting. When a vote is taken upon any measure before | 8 | | the Board, a quorum
being present, a majority of the members | 9 | | voting on the measure shall
determine the outcome thereof. No | 10 | | action of such board shall be invalidated
by reason of any | 11 | | vacancies on such board, or by reason of any failure to
select | 12 | | any nonvoting student members.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-117, eff. 8-13-07.)
| 14 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-80 new) | 15 | | Sec. 3-80. Termination or nonrenewal of employment | 16 | | contract; president. If a board decides to terminate or not | 17 | | renew the employment contract of the president of a community | 18 | | college, then, for one year after the decision was voted upon, | 19 | | no person who was a member of the board at the time of the vote | 20 | | may be selected to serve as president of the community college.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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