93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5710

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 205/2   from Ch. 144, par. 182

    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT relating to higher education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
5 changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (110 ILCS 205/2)  (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
7     Sec. 2. Board created. There is created a Board of Higher
8 Education to consist of 15 members as follows: 10 members
9 appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent
10 of the Senate; one member of a public university governing
11 board, appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent
12 of the Senate; one member of a private college or university
13 board of trustees, appointed by the Governor without the advice
14 and consent of the Senate; the chairman of the Illinois
15 Community College Board; the chairman of the Illinois Student
16 Assistance Commission; and a student member selected by the
17 recognized advisory committee of students of the Board of
18 Higher Education. Beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 10
19 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
20 consent of the Senate, must be a faculty member at an Illinois
21 public university. The Governor shall designate the Chairman of
22 the Board to serve until a successor is designated. The
23 chairmen of the Board of Trustees of the University of
24 Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
25 University, the Board of Governors of State Colleges and
26 Universities, and the Board of Regents of Regency Universities
27 shall cease to be members of the Board of Higher Education on
28 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995. No more than
29 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, excluding the
30 Chairman, shall be affiliated with the same political party.
31 The 10 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and
32 consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the State and shall

 

 

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1 be selected, as far as may be practicable, on the basis of
2 their knowledge of, or interest or experience in, problems of
3 higher education. If the Senate is not in session or is in
4 recess, when appointments subject to its confirmation are made,
5 the Governor shall make temporary appointments which shall be
6 subject to subsequent Senate approval.
7 (Source: P.A. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04.)