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    AN ACT concerning education.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended  by 
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changing Sections 2-1 and 2-2 as follows:
 



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    (110 ILCS 805/2-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 102-1)



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    Sec. 2-1. There is created the Illinois Community College 
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Board
hereinafter referred to as the "State Board".  The State 
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Board shall
consist of 12 members as follows: a nonvoting 
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student member selected by
the recognized advisory committee of 
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students of the Illinois Community
College Board, this student 
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to serve for a term of one year beginning on
July 1 of each 
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year, except that the student member initially selected
shall 
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serve a term beginning on the date of such selection and 
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expiring on
the next succeeding June 30, and except that any 
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student member or former
student member may be selected by the 
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recognized advisory committee of
students of the State Board to 
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serve a second term as the nonvoting student
member of the 
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State Board; and 11 members, one of whom shall be a senior

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citizen age 60 or over,  to be appointed by the Governor by and 
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with the
advice and consent of the Senate. Beginning on July 1, 
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2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the Governor, by and 
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with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a faculty 
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member at an Illinois public community college.  Also beginning 
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on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the 
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Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
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must be a member of the board of trustees of a public community 
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college district.   The membership requirements set forth in this 
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Section apply only to the State Board and shall have no effect 
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on the membership of the board of trustees of a community 
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college district.  The members first appointed under this

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amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 6 years. After 
 


 






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the
expiration of the terms of the office of the members first 
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appointed to the
State Board, their respective successors shall 
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hold office for a term of 6
years and until their successors 
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are qualified and seated.  In the event of
vacancies on the 
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State Board in offices appointed by the Governor occurring

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during a recess of the  Senate, the Governor shall have the 
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power to make
temporary appointments until the next meeting of 
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the Senate, when the
vacancy shall be filled by nomination to 
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be confirmed by the Senate.

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(Source: P.A. 86-469.)

 



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    (110 ILCS 805/2-2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 102-2)


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    Sec. 2-2. The members of the State Board shall be citizens 
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and residents of the
State of Illinois and shall be selected as 
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far as may be practicable on the
basis of their knowledge of, 
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or interest and experience in,
community colleges. No member of 
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the State Board shall be engaged in education
as a profession 
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or hold current
membership on a school board or board of 
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trustees of a public or non-public
college, university or 
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technical institute or be employed by the State or
federal 
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government.

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    This Section does not prohibit a
the student member of the 
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State Board
from being employed by a public community college.

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(Source: P.A. 86-485.)


 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2005.