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91_HB1106
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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) If a community college district fails to meet the
20 recognition standards set by the State Board, and if the
21 district, in accordance with: (a) Government Auditing
22 Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United
23 States, (b) auditing standards established by the American
24 Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or (c) other
25 applicable State and federal standards, is found by the
26 district's auditor or the State Board working in cooperation
27 with the district's auditor to have material deficiencies in
28 the design or operation of financial control structures that
29 could adversely affect the district's financial integrity and
30 stability, or is found to have misused State or federal funds
31 and jeopardized its participation in State or federal
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1 programs, the State Board may, notwithstanding any laws to
2 the contrary, implement one or more of the following
3 emergency powers:
4 (1) To direct the district to develop and implement
5 a plan that addresses the budgetary, programmatic, and
6 other relevant factors contributing to the need to
7 implement emergency measures. The State Board shall
8 assist in the development and shall have final approval
9 of the plan.
10 (2) To direct the district to contract for
11 educational services in accordance with Section 3-40.
12 The State Board shall assist in the development and shall
13 have final approval of any such contractual agreements.
14 (3) To approve and require revisions of the
15 district's budget.
16 (4) To appoint a Financial Administrator to
17 exercise oversight and control over the district's
18 budget. The Financial Administrator shall serve at the
19 pleasure of the State Board and may be an individual,
20 partnership, corporation, including an accounting firm,
21 or other entity determined by the State Board to be
22 qualified to serve, and shall be entitled to
23 compensation. Such compensation shall be provided
24 through specific appropriations made to the State Board
25 for that express purpose.
26 (5) To develop and implement a plan providing for
27 the dissolution or reorganization of the district if in
28 the judgement of the State Board the circumstances so
29 require and the requirements of subsection (c) of this
30 Section are met.
31 (c) Before the State Board may implement a plan for the
32 dissolution of a district, the question of whether or not the
33 district should be dissolved must be submitted to the voters
34 of that district at a regular scheduled election. The State
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1 Board shall certify the proposition to the proper election
2 authorities for submission in accordance with the general
3 election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the
4 following form:
5 FOR the dissolution of (name of community college
6 district).
7 AGAINST the dissolution of (name of community
8 college district).
9 If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition is
10 in favor of dissolving the district, the State Board may
11 implement its plan for the dissolution of the district.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-147, eff. 7-14-95.)
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.