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91_HB2316

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Public  Community College Act by
 2    changing Section 2-15.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The Public Community College Act is amended
 6    by changing Section 2-15 as follows:

 7        (110 ILCS 805/2-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-15)
 8        Sec. 2-15.  Recognition.
 9        (a)  The State Board shall grant recognition to community
10    colleges  which  maintain  equipment,   courses   of   study,
11    standards  of  scholarship  and other requirements set by the
12    State Board. Application for recognition shall be made to the
13    State Board. The State Board shall set the criteria by  which
14    the  community  colleges  shall  be  judged  and  through the
15    executive officer of the State Board  shall  arrange  for  an
16    official evaluation of the community colleges and shall grant
17    recognition  of  such  community  colleges  as  may  meet the
18    required standards.
19        (b)  Subject to the limitations of subsection (c) of this
20    Section, if a community college district fails  to  meet  the
21    recognition  standards  set  by  the  State Board, and if the
22    district, in accordance with:  (i)  (a)  Government  Auditing
23    Standards  issued  by  the  Comptroller General of the United
24    States,  (ii)  (b)  auditing  standards  established  by  the
25    American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or (iii)
26    (c) other applicable State and federal standards, is found by
27    the  district's  auditor  or  the  State  Board  working   in
28    cooperation  with  the  district's  auditor  to have material
29    deficiencies in the design or operation of financial  control
30    structures   that   could  adversely  affect  the  district's
31    financial integrity  and  stability,  or  is  found  to  have
 
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 1    misused   State   or   federal   funds  and  jeopardized  its
 2    participation in State or federal programs, the  State  Board
 3    may,  subject  to  the  limitations of subsection (c) of this
 4    Section but notwithstanding any other laws to  the  contrary,
 5    implement one or more of the following emergency powers:
 6             (1)  To direct the district to develop and implement
 7        a  plan  that  addresses the budgetary, programmatic, and
 8        other  relevant  factors  contributing  to  the  need  to
 9        implement emergency  measures.   The  State  Board  shall
10        assist  in  the development and shall have final approval
11        of the plan.
12             (2)  To  direct  the  district   to   contract   for
13        educational  services  in  accordance  with Section 3-40.
14        The State Board shall assist in the development and shall
15        have final approval of any such contractual agreements.
16             (3)  To  approve  and  require  revisions   of   the
17        district's budget.
18             (4)  To   appoint   a   Financial  Administrator  to
19        exercise  oversight  and  control  over  the   district's
20        budget.   The  Financial Administrator shall serve at the
21        pleasure of the State Board and  may  be  an  individual,
22        partnership,  corporation,  including an accounting firm,
23        or other entity determined  by  the  State  Board  to  be
24        qualified   to   serve,   and   shall   be   entitled  to
25        compensation.   Such  compensation  shall   be   provided
26        through  specific  appropriations made to the State Board
27        for that express purpose.
28             (5)  To develop and implement a plan  providing  for
29        the  dissolution  or reorganization of the district if in
30        the judgement of the State  Board  the  circumstances  so
31        require.
32        (c)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section
33    or  any other Section of this Act, the State Board shall have
34    no authority to exercise or implement, in or with respect  to
 
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 1    Metropolitan  Community  College District No. 541 established
 2    under  Section  2-12.1,  any  of  the  powers  described   in
 3    paragraphs  (2),  (3),  and  (5)  of  subsection  (b) of this
 4    Section 2-15.  Any order or other action taken by  the  State
 5    Board  before  or after the effective date of this amendatory
 6    Act of the 91st General Assembly that dissolves  or  purports
 7    to  dissolve the community college district established under
 8    Section  2-12.1  or  that  provides  for   the   development,
 9    approval,  or  implementation of a plan under which community
10    college  operations,  programs,  and  services   within   the
11    territory  comprising  that community college district are to
12    be provided pursuant to contractual arrangements between  the
13    State  Board and entities or subcontractors of entities other
14    than the board of trustees of the community college  district
15    established  under  Section 2-12.1 shall be null and void and
16    of no legal force or effect.  Notwithstanding any  other  law
17    of  this  State,  the  community college district established
18    under Section 2-12.1 shall not be  dissolved  or  annexed  to
19    another  community  college district or otherwise reorganized
20    except pursuant to a law or  laws  of  the  General  Assembly
21    enacted  after  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
22    the 91st General Assembly.
23        (d)  There is hereby created the  Metropolitan  Community
24    College  Task Force, which shall consist of 9 members, 2 each
25    appointed by the President and Minority Leader of the  Senate
26    and   the  Speaker  and  Minority  Leader  of  the  House  of
27    Representatives and  one  appointed  by  the  Governor.   The
28    person appointed by the Governor shall be a public member and
29    shall  serve  as  chairperson  of  the Task Force.  All other
30    appointees shall be members of the General Assembly.  Members
31    of the Task Force shall serve without compensation but  shall
32    be  reimbursed  for  their  reasonable and necessary expenses
33    from funds appropriated for that  purpose.   The  Task  Force
34    shall  meet  as  often  as  necessary to study and define the
 
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 1    issues that must  be  effectively  addressed  to  ensure  the
 2    continued   existence   of   Metropolitan  Community  College
 3    District No. 541 and the action that must be taken to  enable
 4    that  district  to  provide a high level of community college
 5    services to residents of the district.  The Task Force  shall
 6    report  its  findings  and  recommendations  to  the  General
 7    Assembly by February 15, 2000, and is abolished on that date.
 8    
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-147, eff. 7-14-95.)

10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
11    becoming law.

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