(110 ILCS 665/10-45)
Sec. 10-45. Powers and duties.
(a) The Board also shall have power and
it shall be its duty:
(1) To make rules, regulations and bylaws, not |
| inconsistent with law, for the government and management of Eastern Illinois University and its branches.
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(2) To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a
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| President of Eastern Illinois University, and all necessary deans, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, other educational and administrative assistants, and all other necessary employees, and to prescribe their duties and contract with them upon matters relating to tenure, salaries and retirement benefits in accordance with the State Universities Civil Service Act. Whenever the Board establishes a search committee to fill the position of President of Eastern Illinois University, there shall be minority representation, including women, on that search committee. The Board shall, upon the written request of an employee of Eastern Illinois University, withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues, payments or contributions payable by such employee to any labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any payments or contributions, and the Board shall transmit such withholdings to the specified labor organization within 10 working days from the time of the withholding.
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(3) To prescribe the courses of study to be followed,
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| and textbooks and apparatus to be used at Eastern Illinois University.
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(4) To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty,
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| diplomas to such persons as have satisfactorily completed the required studies of Eastern Illinois University, and confer such professional and literary degrees as are usually conferred by other institutions of like character for similar or equivalent courses of study, or such as the Board may deem appropriate.
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(5) To examine into the conditions, management, and
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| administration of Eastern Illinois University, to provide the requisite buildings, apparatus, equipment and auxiliary enterprises, and to fix and collect matriculation fees; tuition fees; fees for student activities; fees for student facilities such as student union buildings or field houses or stadia or other recreational facilities; student welfare fees; laboratory fees; and similar fees for supplies and materials. The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying fuel and furniture and the necessary appliances and apparatus for conducting Eastern Illinois University, the reimbursed expenses of members of the Board, and the salaries or compensation of the President, assistants, agents and other employees of Eastern Illinois University, shall be a charge upon the State Treasury. All other expenses shall be chargeable against students, and the Board shall regulate the charges accordingly.
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(6) To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust
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| property, and gifts now or hereafter belonging or pertaining to Eastern Illinois University.
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(7) To accept endowments of professorships or
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| departments in Eastern Illinois University from any person who may proffer them and, at regular meetings, to prescribe rules and regulations in relation to endowments and declare on what general principles they may be accepted.
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(8) To enter into contracts with the Federal
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| government for providing courses of instruction and other services at Eastern Illinois University for persons serving in or with the military or naval forces of the United States, and to provide such courses of instruction and other services.
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(9) To contract with respect to the Cooperative
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| Computer Center to obtain services related to electronic data processing.
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(10) To provide for the receipt and expenditures of
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| Federal funds paid to Eastern Illinois University by the Federal government for instruction and other services for persons serving in or with the military or naval forces of the United States, and to provide for audits of such funds.
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(11) To appoint, subject to the applicable civil
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| service law, persons to be members of the Eastern Illinois University Police Department. Members of the Police Department shall be conservators of the peace and as such have all powers possessed by policemen in cities, and sheriffs, including the power to make arrests on view or warrants of violations of State statutes, University rules and regulations and city or county ordinances, except that they may exercise such powers only within counties wherein Eastern Illinois University and any of its branches or properties are located when such is required for the protection of University properties and interests, and its students and personnel, and otherwise, within such counties, when requested by appropriate State or local law enforcement officials. However, such officers shall have no power to serve and execute civil processes.
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The Board must authorize to each member of the
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| Eastern Illinois University Police Department and to any other employee of Eastern Illinois University exercising the powers of a peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by Eastern Illinois University and (ii) contains a unique identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by Eastern Illinois University.
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(12) To borrow money, as necessary, from time to time
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| in anticipation of receiving tuition, payments from the State of Illinois, or other revenues or receipts of the University, also known as anticipated moneys. The borrowing limit shall be capped at 100% of the total amount of payroll and other expense vouchers submitted and payable to the University for fiscal year 2010 expenses, but unpaid by the State Comptroller's office. Prior to borrowing any funds, the University shall request from the Comptroller's office a verification of the borrowing limit and shall include the estimated date on which such borrowing shall occur. The borrowing limit cap shall be verified by the State Comptroller's office not prior to 45 days before any estimated date for executing any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12). The principal amount borrowed under a promissory note or line of credit shall not exceed 75% of the borrowing limit. Within 15 days after borrowing funds under any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12), the University shall submit to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate an Emergency Short Term Cash Management Plan. The Emergency Short Term Cash Management Plan shall outline the amount borrowed, the terms for repayment, the amount of outstanding State vouchers as verified by the State Comptroller's office, and the University's plan for expenditure of any borrowed funds, including, but not limited to, a detailed plan to meet payroll obligations to include collective bargaining employees, civil service employees, and academic, research, and health care personnel. The establishment of any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12) must be finalized within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. The borrowed moneys shall be applied to the purposes of paying salaries and other expenses lawfully authorized in the University's State appropriation and unpaid by the State Comptroller. Any line of credit established under this item (12) shall be paid in full one year after creation or within 10 days after the date the University receives reimbursement from the State for all submitted fiscal year 2010 vouchers, whichever is earlier. Any promissory note established under this item (12) shall be repaid within one year after issuance of the note. The Chairman, Comptroller, or Treasurer of the Board shall execute a promissory note or similar debt instrument to evidence the indebtedness incurred by the borrowing. In connection with a borrowing, the Board may establish a line of credit with a financial institution, investment bank, or broker/dealer. The obligation to make the payments due under any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12) shall be a lawful obligation of the University payable from the anticipated moneys. Any borrowing under this item (12) shall not constitute a debt, legal or moral, of the State and shall not be enforceable against the State. The promissory note or line of credit shall be authorized by a resolution passed by the Board and shall be valid whether or not a budgeted item with respect to that resolution is included in any annual or supplemental budget adopted by the Board. The resolution shall set forth facts demonstrating the need for the borrowing, state an amount that the amount to be borrowed will not exceed, and establish a maximum interest rate limit not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act or 9%, whichever is less. The resolution may direct the Comptroller or Treasurer of the Board to make arrangements to set apart and hold the portion of the anticipated moneys, as received, that shall be used to repay the borrowing, subject to any prior pledges or restrictions with respect to the anticipated moneys. The resolution may also authorize the Treasurer of the Board to make partial repayments of the borrowing as the anticipated moneys become available and may contain any other terms, restrictions, or limitations not inconsistent with the powers of the Board.
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For the purposes of this item (12), "financial
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| institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking Act, any savings and loan association subject to the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and any federally chartered commercial bank or savings and loan association or government-sponsored enterprise organized and operated in this State pursuant to the laws of the United States.
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(b) The Board may, directly or in cooperation with other
institutions
of higher education, acquire by purchase or lease or otherwise, and construct,
enlarge, improve, equip, complete, operate, control and manage research
and high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, buildings,
facilities, equipment, and personal property therefor,
to encourage and facilitate (i) the location and development of business
and industry in the State of Illinois, and (ii) the increased application
and development of technology, and (iii) the improvement and development of
the State's economy. The Board may lease to nonprofit corporations
all or any part
of the land, buildings, facilities, equipment or other property included
in a research and high technology park upon such terms and conditions
as the Board may deem advisable and enter into any contract or
agreement with such nonprofit corporations as may be necessary or suitable
for the construction, financing, operation and maintenance and management
of any such park; and may lease to any person, firm, partnership or
corporation,
either public or private, any part or all of the land, building, facilities,
equipment or other property of such park for such purposes and upon such
rentals, terms and conditions as the Board may deem advisable; and
may finance all or part of the cost of any such park, including the purchase,
lease, construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, addition to,
and extension and maintenance of all or part of such high technology park,
and all equipment and furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government
grants, contracts, private gifts, loans, receipts from the operation of
such high technology park, rentals and similar receipts; and may make its
other facilities and services available to tenants or other occupants of
any such park at rates which are reasonable and appropriate.
(c) The Board may sell the following described property without compliance
with
the State Property Control Act and retain the proceeds in the University
treasury in a
special, separate development fund account that the Auditor General shall
examine to
assure compliance with this Law:
Lots 511 and 512 in Heritage Woods V, Charleston, Coles
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Revenues from the development fund account may be withdrawn by the University
for
the purpose of upgrading the on-campus formal reception facility. Moneys from
the
development fund account used for any other purpose must be deposited into and
appropriated from the General Revenue Fund.
(Source: P.A. 96-909, eff. 6-8-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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(110 ILCS 665/10-60)
Sec. 10-60.
Police Department; liability insurance.
(a) The Board shall provide each member of the Eastern Illinois University
Police Department without cost to him or her public liability
insurance covering him or her for any liability which arises out of his or her
employment
to the extent of the insurance policy limits which shall be not less than
$50,000.
(b) The Board shall have power to insure the Board, Eastern Illinois
University
and its branches under
Board jurisdiction, Board members, paid and unpaid employees of the Board,
and any students, volunteer workers, visiting faculty and professionals who
are agents of the Board in the performance or delivery of its programs or
services against claims, damages, losses, expenses and civil suits arising
out of statements, acts or omissions in the discharge of their duties,
which statements, acts or omissions do not involve intentional or willful
and wanton misconduct on the part of such persons; and to insure against
losses to real and personal property owned by the Board or in the actual or
constructive custody of the Board and for loss of income
from such real and personal property. The Board shall have power to defend,
hold harmless and
indemnify, in whole or in part, all persons as to whom any such insurance
is provided. Pursuant to its power to insure, the Board may establish
and accumulate reserves for payment
of such claims, damages, losses, expenses and civil suit awards
or obtain insurance affording
coverage for such matters. Reserves
established by the Board for the foregoing purpose shall be subject to the
following conditions:
(1) The amount of such reserves shall not exceed the |
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(2) All earnings derived from such reserves shall be
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| considered part of the reserves and may be used only for the same purposes for which the reserves may be used;
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(3) Reserves may be used only for the purposes of
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| making payments for civil suits, claims, damages, losses and expenses, including attorneys fees, claims investigation costs and actuarial studies associated with liabilities arising out of statements, acts or omissions of individuals in the discharge of their duties, which statements, acts or omissions do not involve intentional or willful and wanton misconduct on the part of such individuals, for payment of insurance premiums, and for the purposes of making payments for losses resulting from any insured peril;
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(4) All funds collected for the purposes specified in
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| paragraph (3) or earmarked for such purposes must be placed in the reserves;
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(5) Whenever the reserves have a balance in excess of
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| what is necessary and proper, then contributions, charges, assessments or other forms of funding for the reserves shall be appropriately decreased.
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(c) As to all claims, damages, losses, expenses and civil suits covered
by insurance provided by the Board or as to which the Board has not provided
insurance, to the extent permitted by law, sovereign immunity shall apply
and recourse shall be limited to the Court of Claims.
(d) When permitted by law to enter into an agreement with any unit of
government, institution of higher education, person, or corporation for the
use of property or the performance of any function, service or act, the
Board may agree to the sharing or allocation of liabilities and damages
resulting from such use of property or performance of any function, service
or act. Such agreement may provide for contribution or indemnification by
any or all of the parties to the agreement upon any liability arising out
of the performance of the agreement.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
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(110 ILCS 665/10-85)
Sec. 10-85. Admissions.
(a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any of the departments or
colleges of the Eastern Illinois University unless such student also has
satisfactorily completed:
(1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
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(A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
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| oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 years may be collegiate level instruction;
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(B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing
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(C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through
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| advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or fundamentals of computer programming);
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(D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or
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(E) 2 years of electives in foreign language
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| (which may be deemed to include American Sign Language), music, career and technical education, agricultural education, or art;
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(2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit
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| individual applicants if it determines through assessment or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the coursework taken, including career and technical education courses and courses taken in a charter school established under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the high school courses required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in the University's admissions process against an applicant for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a charter school established under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal organized special assistance programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in either case, the institution incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and
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(3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework
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| required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
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(b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the coursework required by
subsection (a).
(c) A student who has graduated from high school and has scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency test as a prerequisite to
admission.
(d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an application for admission to the University as a freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The University may request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall semester.
(Source: P.A. 102-403, eff. 1-1-22; 102-404, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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(110 ILCS 665/10-88)
Sec. 10-88. In-state tuition charge.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
for tuition purposes, the Board shall deem an individual
an Illinois
resident, until the individual establishes a residence outside of this
State, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The individual resided with his or her parent or |
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(2) The individual graduated from a public or private
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(3) The individual attended school in this State for
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(4) The individual registers as an entering student
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(5) In the case of an individual who is not a citizen
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This subsection (a) applies only to tuition for a
term or semester that begins
on or after May 20, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-7).
Any revenue lost by the University in implementing this subsection (a)
shall be absorbed by the University Income Fund.
(b) If a person is on active military duty and stationed in Illinois, then
the
Board shall deem that person and any of his or her dependents Illinois
residents for tuition purposes.
Beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year, if a person is on active military duty and is stationed out of State, but he or she was stationed in this State for at least 3 years immediately prior to being reassigned out of State, then the Board shall deem that person and any of his or her dependents Illinois residents for tuition purposes, as long as that person or his or her dependent (i) applies for admission to the University within 18 months of the person on active military duty being reassigned or (ii) remains continuously enrolled at the University. Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, if a person is utilizing benefits under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or any subsequent variation of that Act, then the Board shall deem that person an Illinois resident for tuition purposes. Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, if a person is utilizing benefits under the federal All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program, then the Board shall deem that person an Illinois resident for tuition purposes. Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, per the federal requirements for maintaining approval for veterans' education benefits under 38 U.S.C. 3679(c), if a person is on active military duty or is receiving veterans' education benefits, then the Board of Trustees shall deem that person an Illinois resident for tuition purposes for any academic quarter, semester, or term, as applicable.
(Source: P.A. 101-424, eff. 8-16-19.)
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