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90_HB1648
110 ILCS 205/2 from Ch. 144, par. 182
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a change
of style in the provisions relating to membership on the
Board.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Board of Higher Education Act by
2 changing Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
6 by changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
8 Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education
9 consisting to consist of 15 members as follows: 10 members
10 appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent
11 of the Senate; one member of a public university governing
12 board, appointed by the Governor without the advice and
13 consent of the Senate; one member of a private college or
14 university board of trustees, appointed by the Governor
15 without the advice and consent of the Senate; the chairman of
16 the Illinois Community College Board; the chairman of the
17 Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and a student member
18 selected by the recognized advisory committee of students of
19 the Board of Higher Education. The Governor shall designate
20 the Chairman of the Board to serve until a successor is
21 designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees of the
22 University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern
23 Illinois University, the Board of Governors of State Colleges
24 and Universities, and the Board of Regents of Regency
25 Universities shall cease to be members of the Board of Higher
26 Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
27 1995. No more than 7 of the members appointed by the
28 Governor, excluding the Chairman, shall be affiliated with
29 the same political party. The 10 members appointed by the
30 Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate shall be
31 citizens of the State and shall be selected, as far as may be
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1 practicable, on the basis of their knowledge of, or interest
2 or experience in, problems of higher education. If the Senate
3 is not in session or is in recess, when appointments subject
4 to its confirmation are made, the Governor shall make
5 temporary appointments which shall be subject to subsequent
6 Senate approval.
7 (Source: P.A. 88-255; 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-703, eff.
8 1-17-97.)