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 1        AN ACT concerning higher education.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Higher Education Student  Assistance  Act
 5    is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

 6        (110 ILCS 947/15)
 7        Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
 8        (a)  There is established the Illinois Student Assistance
 9    Commission,  consisting  of 10 persons to be appointed by the
10    Governor with the advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate.  The
11    membership   of   the   Commission   shall   consist  of  one
12    representative  of  the  institutions  of   higher   learning
13    operated  by  the  State;  one  representative of the private
14    institutions of higher learning located  in  the  State;  one
15    representative  of  the  public community colleges located in
16    the State; one representative  of  the  public  high  schools
17    located  in  the  State;  5  citizens of the State chosen for
18    their knowledge of and interest in higher education, but  not
19    employed  by,  professionally  affiliated with, or members of
20    the governing boards of any institution  of  higher  learning
21    located  in  the  State, and one student member selected from
22    nominations submitted to the Governor by multi-campus student
23    organizations, including but not  limited  to,  the  Illinois
24    Student  Association,  the  Organization of Community College
25    Students, the recognized advisory committee  of  students  of
26    the  Board  of  Higher Education, and the recognized advisory
27    committee  of  students  of  the  Federation  of  Independent
28    Illinois  Colleges  and  Universities.   The  Governor  shall
29    designate one member,  other  than  the  student  member,  as
30    chairman.   Each  member  of  the  Commission,  including the
31    student member, shall serve without compensation,  but  shall
 
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 1    be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in performing
 2    his  or  her duties under this Act.  Subject to a requirement
 3    that Commission members in office on the  effective  date  of
 4    this  amendatory Act of 1995 may serve the full term to which
 5    they were appointed, the appointment of Commission members to
 6    terms that commence on or after that effective date shall  be
 7    made  in  a manner that gives effect at the earliest possible
 8    time to the change that is required by this amendatory Act in
 9    the   representative   composition   of   the    Commission's
10    membership.
11        (b)  The  term  of  office of each member, other than the
12    student member, is 6  years  from  July  1  of  the  year  of
13    appointment,   and  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and
14    qualified.  If a member's tenure of office, other  than  that
15    of  the  student  member, is terminated for any reason before
16    his or her term has expired,  the  Governor  shall  fill  the
17    vacancy  by  the  appointment  of  a  person who has the same
18    representative status as the person whose term  has  been  so
19    terminated,  and the new appointee shall hold office only for
20    the remainder of that term and until a successor is appointed
21    and qualified. The term of the student member shall be for  2
22    years  from  July 1 of each odd-numbered year.  If the tenure
23    of the student member  is  terminated  for  any  reason,  the
24    vacancy  shall  be  filled  in  the same manner as heretofore
25    provided for a regular term  of  office  appointment  of  the
26    student  member.  The new student appointee shall hold office
27    only for the remainder of that term.  No student  member  may
28    receive  a  scholarship  or grant pursuant to this Act during
29    his or her term of office with the Commission.
30        (c)  In accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  State
31    Universities Civil Service Act, the Commission shall employ a
32    professionally  qualified person as the Executive Director of
33    the Commission, and such other employees as may be  necessary
34    to effectuate the purposes of this Act.
 
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 1        (d)  The  Commission  shall  meet  at  least once in each
 2    fiscal year, and may meet at other times which  the  Chairman
 3    may  designate  by giving at least 10 days' written notice to
 4    each member.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)