Public Act 099-0692
 
SB2157 EnrolledLRB099 12934 NHT 36793 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended  by 
adding Section 3-8.5 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 805/3-8.5 new)
    Sec. 3-8.5. Community college trustee's leadership

training.
    (a) This Section applies to all community college districts

with elected or appointed board trustees serving pursuant to 
this Article
who have been elected or appointed after the 
effective date of this

amendatory Act of the 99th General 
Assembly or appointed to
fill a vacancy of at least one year's 
duration of an elected
trustee after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the
99th General Assembly.
    (b) Every voting member of a board under subsection (a) of 
this Section shall
complete a minimum of 4 hours of 
professional development
leadership training covering topics 
that shall include, but are not limited to, open meetings law, 
community college and
labor law, freedom of information law,

contract law, ethics, sexual violence on campus, financial 
oversight and
accountability, audits, and fiduciary 
responsibilities of a
community college trustee during the 
first, third, and fifth
year of his or her term. The community 
college district shall
maintain on its Internet website, if 
any, the names of all
elected or appointed voting trustees of 
the board who have successfully
completed the training, as well 
as the names of all elected or appointed voting trustees of the 
board who have not successfully completed the training, as 
required under this Section. 
    (c) The training under this Section may be provided by an

association established under this Code for the purpose of

training community college district board trustees or by other

qualified providers approved by the State Board, in

consultation with an association so established.
    (d) The board member shall certify completion of the

training required under this Section to the secretary of the

board. If a board member does not satisfy all requirements 
provided in subsection (b) of this Section or the certification 
indicates that a board member has
not completed the training, 
the secretary shall send a notice
to all elected or appointed 
members serving on the board and the president or acting
chief 
executive officer of the community college of that fact.


Effective Date:  1/1/2017