Full Text of HB2812 096th General Assembly
HB2812 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB2812
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 205/2 |
from Ch. 144, par. 182 |
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Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of the Board.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
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| Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to | 8 |
| consist of 16
members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
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| the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate; | 10 |
| one member of a public university
governing board, appointed by | 11 |
| the Governor without the advice and consent of
the Senate; one | 12 |
| member of a private college or university board of trustees,
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| appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the | 14 |
| Senate; the
chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; | 15 |
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chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and | 16 |
| 2 student members
selected by the recognized advisory committee | 17 |
| of students of the Board of
Higher Education, one of whom must | 18 |
| be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 | 19 |
| years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, | 20 |
| such as a person who is employed or is a parent. Beginning on | 21 |
| July 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed
by the Governor, | 22 |
| by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a
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| faculty member at an Illinois public university. The Governor |
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| shall
designate the
Chairman of the Board to
serve until a | 2 |
| successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees
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| of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of | 4 |
| Southern Illinois
University, the Board of Governors of State | 5 |
| Colleges and Universities, and the
Board of Regents of Regency | 6 |
| Universities shall cease to be members of the Board
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| Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
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| No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, | 9 |
| excluding the
Chairman, shall be affiliated
with the same | 10 |
| political party. The 10 members appointed by
the Governor with | 11 |
| the advice and
consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the | 12 |
| State and shall be
selected, as far as may be practicable, on | 13 |
| the basis of their knowledge
of, or interest or experience in, | 14 |
| problems of higher education. If the
Senate is not in session | 15 |
| or is in recess, when appointments subject to
its confirmation | 16 |
| are made, the Governor shall make temporary
appointments which | 17 |
| shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval. | 18 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04; 94-905, eff. 1-1-07.)
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