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20 ILCS 4022/30
110 ILCS 205/9.04 from Ch. 144, par. 189.04
110 ILCS 205/9.16 from Ch. 144, par. 189.16
110 ILCS 205/9.26 new
110 ILCS 205/9.27 new
110 ILCS 205/9.15 rep.
110 ILCS 205/9.19 rep.
110 ILCS 910/Act rep.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Primary
Care Medical Education Advisory Committee Act to revise the
reporting duties of the Board of Higher Education under those
Acts. Also amends the Board of Higher Education Act to
create Incentive Grant and Technology Grant programs which
the Board is to administer. Repeals the Dropout Prevention
Services and Student Volunteers Corps programs that the Board
was to administer or monitor. Also repeals the Illinois
Architecture-Engineering Internship Act of 1983. Effective
July 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT relating to higher education, amending and
2 repealing named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Primary Care Medical Education Advisory
6 Committee Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 4022/30)
8 Sec. 30. Data collection. Each medical school and
9 residency training program shall submit to the Advisory
10 Committee an annual report beginning December 31, 1996 on the
11 distribution of graduates from its medical programs as
12 follows:
13 (a) The number and specialty distribution of medical
14 residents and extended-year residents by primary care and
15 non-primary care designations.
16 (b) The distribution of residency positions by type of
17 health facility (that is, university-operated hospital,
18 county hospital, Veteran's Administration hospital,
19 affiliated community hospital, or ambulatory care site).
20 (c) The number and specialty distribution of post-M.D.
21 or post-D.O. trainees listed by primary and non-primary
22 specialties.
23 (d) The number and specialty distribution of
24 State-supported and nonstate-supported medical residents at
25 the school.
26 (e) The level of financial and other support from all
27 funding sources provided for each primary care residency
28 program. The report shall specify the fund source for each
29 program and the estimated associated faculty support for the
30 program.
31 (f) The 1998 report shall include data on the actual
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1 location and practice specialty of graduates of the medical
2 school from 1991 to 1995 for the primary care specialties of
3 family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, and
4 obstetrics and gynecology. The purpose of this tracking
5 shall be to determine to what degree these graduates remain
6 in primary care practice in order to evaluate the impact of
7 these trends on the State's goal of increasing the supply of
8 primary care practitioners.
9 The Illinois Board of Higher Education annually shall
10 submit to the Advisory Committee its annual report to the
11 General Assembly and Governor, including information on
12 medical and education programs, and particularly information
13 on the following:
14 (1) current objectives of Health Services Education
15 Grants Act funding;
16 (2) the distribution of Health Services Education
17 Grants Act funding; and
18 (3) general grants and appropriations to the
19 State's public medical schools.
20 The Illinois Department of Public Health shall submit to
21 the Advisory Committee a copy of its annual report to the
22 General Assembly and the Governor, including the results and
23 progress of the programs established in the Family Practice
24 Residency Act.
25 The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall submit to the
26 Advisory Committee its annual report to the General Assembly
27 and Governor, including the following:
28 (1) current methodology used by the Department for
29 calculating direct and indirect GME payments in Illinois;
30 and
31 (2) distribution of all medicaid direct and
32 indirect GME payments, including to teaching hospitals in
33 Illinois.
34 (Source: P.A. 89-316, eff. 1-1-96.)
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1 Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
2 by changing Sections 9.04 and 9.16 and adding Sections 9.26
3 and 9.27 as follows:
4 (110 ILCS 205/9.04) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.04)
5 Sec. 9.04. To submit to the Governor and the General
6 Assembly on or before the first Monday in February of each
7 odd numbered year a written report covering the activities
8 engaged in and recommendations made by it during the 2
9 calendar years which ended on December 31 of the last
10 preceding even numbered year. This report shall be submitted
11 in accordance with the requirements of Section 3 of the State
12 Finance Act.
13 The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
14 shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the
15 Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
16 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and
17 the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
18 Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law
19 in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25,
20 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the
21 State Government Report Distribution Center for the General
22 Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of
23 the State Library Act.
24 (Source: P.A. 84-1438.)
25 (110 ILCS 205/9.16) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.16)
26 Sec. 9.16. Underrepresentation of certain groups in
27 higher education. To require public institutions of higher
28 education to develop and implement methods and strategies to
29 increase the participation of minorities, women and
30 handicapped individuals who are traditionally
31 underrepresented in education programs and activities. For
32 the purpose of this Section, minorities shall mean persons
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1 who are citizens of the United States or lawful permanent
2 resident aliens of the United States and who are: (a) Black
3 (a person having origins in any of the black racial groups in
4 Africa); (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese
5 culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America, or
6 the Caribbean, regardless of race); (c) Asian American (a
7 person having origins in any of the original people of the
8 Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the
9 Pacific Islands); or (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a
10 person having origins in any of the original people of North
11 America).
12 The Board shall adopt any rules necessary to administer
13 this Section. The Board shall also do the following:
14 a) require all public institutions of higher education
15 to develop and submit plans for the implementation of this
16 Section;
17 b) conduct periodic review of public institutions of
18 higher education to determine compliance with this Section;
19 and if the Board finds that a public institution of higher
20 education is not in compliance with this Section, it shall
21 notify the institution of steps to take to attain compliance;
22 c) provide advice and counsel pursuant to this Section;
23 d) conduct studies of the effectiveness of methods and
24 strategies designed to increase participation of students in
25 education programs and activities in which minorities, women
26 and handicapped individuals are traditionally
27 underrepresented, and monitor the success of students in such
28 education programs and activities;
29 e) encourage minority student recruitment and retention
30 in colleges and universities. In implementing this
31 paragraph, the Board shall undertake but need not be limited
32 to the following: the establishment of guidelines and plans
33 for public institutions of higher education for minority
34 student recruitment and retention, the review and monitoring
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1 of minority student programs implemented at public
2 institutions of higher education to determine their
3 compliance with any guidelines and plans so established, the
4 determination of the effectiveness and funding requirements
5 of minority student programs at public institutions of higher
6 education, the dissemination of successful programs as
7 models, and the encouragement of cooperative partnerships
8 between community colleges and local school attendance
9 centers which are experiencing difficulties in enrolling
10 minority students in four-year colleges and universities;
11 f) mandate all public institutions of higher education
12 to submit data and information essential to determine
13 compliance with this Section. The Board shall prescribe the
14 format and the date for submission of this data and any other
15 education equity data; and
16 g) report to the General Assembly and the Governor
17 annually on or before the second Wednesday of January,
18 beginning in 1989, with a description of the plans submitted
19 by each public institution of higher education for
20 implementation of this Section, including financial data
21 relating to the most recent fiscal year expenditures for
22 specific minority programs, the effectiveness of such plans
23 and programs and the effectiveness of the methods and
24 strategies developed by the Board in meeting the purposes of
25 this Section, the degree of compliance with this Section by
26 each public institution of higher education as determined by
27 the Board pursuant to its periodic review responsibilities,
28 and the findings made by the Board in conducting its studies
29 and monitoring student success as required by paragraph
30 d) of this Section. With respect to each public institution
31 of higher education such report also shall include, but need
32 not be limited to, information with respect to each
33 institution's minority program budget allocations; minority
34 student admission, retention and graduation statistics;
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1 number of financial assistance awards to undergraduate and
2 graduate minority students; and minority faculty
3 representation. This paragraph shall not be construed to
4 prohibit the Board from making, preparing or issuing
5 additional surveys or studies with respect to minority
6 education in Illinois.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-687; 86-688; 86-1028.)
8 (110 ILCS 205/9.26 new)
9 Sec. 9.26. Matching Grants. To establish and administer
10 a program or programs of matching grants for use by Illinois
11 higher education institutions as incentives in the
12 competition for federal research grants and contracts.
13 Matching grants will be made to stimulate increased federal
14 and corporate research funds and to improve the research
15 capabilities of Illinois institutions of higher education.
16 The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may
17 be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
18 (110 ILCS 205/9.27 new)
19 Sec. 9.27. Technology Grants. To establish and
20 administer a program or programs of grants for the purpose of
21 improving and making available state-of-the-art technologies
22 for Illinois institutions of higher education. Such grants
23 may be awarded to public institutions of higher learning or
24 nonpublic institutions of higher learning or to both public
25 and nonpublic institutions of higher learning. Such grants
26 may be made for technology purposes that include, but are not
27 limited to, the purchase of equipment or services or both to
28 improve computing and computer networking and to enhance
29 connectivity to external networks.
30 The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may
31 be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
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1 Section 12. The University of Illinois Act is amended
2 by changing Section 7 as follows:
3 (110 ILCS 305/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 28)
4 Sec. 7. Powers of trustees.
5 (a) The trustees shall have power to provide for the
6 requisite buildings, apparatus, and conveniences; to fix the
7 rates for tuition; to appoint such professors and
8 instructors, and to establish and provide for the management
9 of such model farms, model art, and other departments and
10 professorships, as may be required to teach, in the most
11 thorough manner, such branches of learning as are related to
12 agriculture and the mechanic arts, and military tactics,
13 without excluding other scientific and classical studies. The
14 trustees shall, upon the written request of an employee
15 withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
16 payments or contributions payable by such employee to any
17 labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
18 Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount shall
19 be withheld from each regular payroll period which is equal
20 to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any payments or
21 contributions, and the trustees shall transmit such
22 withholdings to the specified labor organization within 10
23 working days from the time of the withholding. They may
24 accept the endowments and voluntary professorships or
25 departments in the University, from any person or persons or
26 corporations who may offer the same, and, at any regular
27 meeting of the board, may prescribe rules and regulations in
28 relation to such endowments and declare on what general
29 principles they may be admitted: Provided, that such special
30 voluntary endowments or professorships shall not be
31 incompatible with the true design and scope of the act of
32 congress, or of this Act: Provided, that no student shall at
33 any time be allowed to remain in or about the University in
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1 idleness, or without full mental or industrial occupation:
2 And provided further, that the trustees, in the exercise of
3 any of the powers conferred by this Act, shall not create any
4 liability or indebtedness in excess of the funds in the hands
5 of the treasurer of the University at the time of creating
6 such liability or indebtedness, and which may be specially
7 and properly applied to the payment of the same. Any lease to
8 the trustees of lands, buildings or facilities which will
9 support scientific research and development in such areas as
10 high technology, super computing, microelectronics,
11 biotechnology, robotics, physics and engineering shall be for
12 a term not to exceed 18 years, and may grant to the trustees
13 the option to purchase the lands, buildings or facilities.
14 The lease shall recite that it is subject to termination and
15 cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails
16 to make an appropriation to pay the rent payable under the
17 terms of the lease.
18 Leases for the purposes described herein exceeding 5
19 years shall have the approval of the Illinois Board of Higher
20 Education.
21 The Board of Trustees may, directly or in cooperation
22 with other institutions of higher education, acquire by
23 purchase or lease or otherwise, and construct, enlarge,
24 improve, equip, complete, operate, control and manage medical
25 research and high technology parks, together with the
26 necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment and
27 personal property therefor, to encourage and facilitate (a)
28 the location and development of business and industry in the
29 State of Illinois, and (b) the increased application and
30 development of technology and (c) the improvement and
31 development of the State's economy. The Board of Trustees may
32 lease to nonprofit corporations all or any part of the land,
33 buildings, facilities, equipment or other property included
34 in a medical research and high technology park upon such
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1 terms and conditions as the University of Illinois may deem
2 advisable and enter into any contract or agreement with such
3 nonprofit corporations as may be necessary or suitable for
4 the construction, financing, operation and maintenance and
5 management of any such park; and may lease to any person,
6 firm, partnership or corporation, either public or private,
7 any part or all of the land, building, facilities, equipment
8 or other property of such park for such purposes and upon
9 such rentals, terms and conditions as the University may deem
10 advisable; and may finance all or part of the cost of any
11 such park, including the purchase, lease, construction,
12 reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, addition to, and
13 extension and maintenance of all or part of such high
14 technology park, and all equipment and furnishings, by
15 legislative appropriations, government grants, contracts,
16 private gifts, loans, receipts from the operation of such
17 high technology park, rentals and similar receipts; and may
18 make its other facilities and services available to tenants
19 or other occupants of any such park at rates which are
20 reasonable and appropriate.
21 The Trustees shall have power (a) to purchase real
22 property and easements, and (b) to acquire real property and
23 easements in the manner provided by law for the exercise of
24 the right of eminent domain, and in the event negotiations
25 for the acquisition of real property or easements for making
26 any improvement which the Trustees are authorized to make
27 shall have proven unsuccessful and the Trustees shall have by
28 resolution adopted a schedule or plan of operation for the
29 execution of the project and therein made a finding that it
30 is necessary to take such property or easements immediately
31 or at some specified later date in order to comply with the
32 schedule, the Trustees may acquire such property or easements
33 in the same manner provided in Sections 7-103 through 7-112
34 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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1 The Board of Trustees also shall have power to agree with
2 the State's Attorney of the county in which any properties of
3 the Board are located to pay for services rendered by the
4 various taxing districts for the years 1944 through 1949 and
5 to pay annually for services rendered thereafter by such
6 district such sums as may be determined by the Board upon
7 properties used solely for income producing purposes, title
8 to which is held by said Board of Trustees, upon properties
9 leased to members of the staff of the University of Illinois,
10 title to which is held in trust for said Board of Trustees
11 and upon properties leased to for-profit entities the title
12 to which properties is held by the Board of Trustees. A
13 certified copy of any such agreement made with the State's
14 Attorney shall be filed with the County Clerk and such sums
15 shall be distributed to the respective taxing districts by
16 the County Collector in such proportions that each taxing
17 district will receive therefrom such proportion as the tax
18 rate of such taxing district bears to the total tax rate that
19 would be levied against such properties if they were not
20 exempt from taxation under the Property Tax Code.
21 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois,
22 subject to the applicable civil service law, may appoint
23 persons to be members of the University of Illinois Police
24 Department. Members of the Police Department shall be peace
25 officers and as such have all powers possessed by policemen
26 in cities, and sheriffs, including the power to make arrests
27 on view or warrants of violations of state statutes and city
28 or county ordinances, except that they may exercise such
29 powers only in counties wherein the University and any of its
30 branches or properties are located when such is required for
31 the protection of university properties and interests, and
32 its students and personnel, and otherwise, within such
33 counties, when requested by appropriate state or local law
34 enforcement officials; provided, however, that such officer
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1 shall have no power to serve and execute civil processes.
2 The Board of Trustees may own, operate, or govern, by or
3 through the College of Medicine at Peoria, a managed care
4 community network established under subsection (r) of Section
5 5-16.3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
6 The powers of the trustees as herein designated are
7 subject to the provisions of "An Act creating a Board of
8 Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an
9 appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named",
10 approved August 22, 1961, as amended.
11 The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to adopt
12 all administrative rules which may be necessary for the
13 effective administration, enforcement and regulation of all
14 matters for which the Board has jurisdiction or
15 responsibility.
16 (b) To assist in the provision of buildings and
17 facilities beneficial to, useful for, or supportive of
18 University purposes, the Board of Trustees of the University
19 of Illinois may exercise the following powers with regard to
20 the area located on or adjacent to the University of Illinois
21 at Chicago campus and bounded as follows: on the West by
22 Morgan Street; thence on the North by Roosevelt Road; on the
23 East by Union Street; thence on the East by that portion of
24 Union Street between Roosevelt Road and Liberty Street;
25 thence West on Liberty Street to Halsted Street; thence South
26 on Halsted Street to 16th Street; and thence West on the
27 South by 16th Street to Morgan Street, in the City of
28 Chicago:
29 (1) Acquire any interests in land, buildings, or
30 facilities by purchase, including installments payable
31 over a period allowed by law, by lease over a term of
32 such duration as the Board of Trustees shall determine,
33 or by exercise of the power of eminent domain;
34 (2) Sub-lease or contract to purchase through
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1 installments all or any portion of buildings or
2 facilities for such duration and on such terms as the
3 Board of Trustees shall determine, including a term that
4 exceeds 5 years, provided that each such lease or
5 purchase contract shall be and shall recite that it is
6 subject to termination and cancellation in any year for
7 which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation
8 to pay the rent or purchase installments payable under
9 the terms of such lease or purchase contract; and
10 (3) Sell property without compliance with the State
11 Property Control Act and retain proceeds in the
12 University Treasury in a special, separate development
13 fund account which the Auditor General shall examine to
14 assure compliance with this Act.
15 Any buildings or facilities to be developed on the land shall
16 be buildings or facilities that, in the determination of the
17 Board of Trustees, in whole or in part: (i) are for use by
18 the University; or (ii) otherwise advance the interests of
19 the University, including, by way of example, residential
20 facilities for University staff and students and commercial
21 facilities which provide services needed by the University
22 community. Revenues from the development fund account may be
23 withdrawn by the University for the purpose of demolition and
24 the processes associated with demolition; routine land and
25 property acquisition; extension of utilities; streetscape
26 work; landscape work; surface and structure parking;
27 sidewalks, recreational paths, and street construction; and
28 lease and lease purchase arrangements and the professional
29 services associated with the planning and development of the
30 area. Moneys from the development fund account used for any
31 other purpose must be deposited into and appropriated from
32 the General Revenue Fund. Buildings or facilities leased to
33 an entity or person other than the University shall not be
34 subject to any limitations applicable to a State supported
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1 college or university under any law. All development on the
2 land and all use of any buildings or facilities shall be
3 subject to the control and approval of the Board of Trustees.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
5 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
6 (110 ILCS 205/9.15 rep.)
7 (110 ILCS 205/9.19 rep.)
8 Section 15. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
9 by repealing Sections 9.15 and 9.19.
10 (110 ILCS 910/Act rep.)
11 Section 20. The Illinois Architecture-Engineering
12 Internship Act of 1983 is repealed.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
14 1, 1998.