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91_HB0786
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1 AN ACT to amend the Higher Education Student Assistance
2 Act by changing Section 15.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
6 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 947/15)
8 Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
9 (a) There is established the Illinois Student Assistance
10 Commission, consisting of 10 persons to be appointed by the
11 Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
12 membership of the Commission shall consist of one
13 representative of the institutions of higher learning
14 operated by the State; one representative of the private
15 institutions of higher learning located in the State; one
16 representative of the public community colleges located in
17 the State; one representative of the public high schools
18 located in the State; 5 citizens of the State chosen for
19 their knowledge of and interest in higher education, but not
20 employed by, professionally affiliated with, or members of
21 the governing boards of any institution of higher learning
22 located in the State, and one student member selected from
23 nominations submitted to the Governor by multi-campus student
24 organizations, including but not limited to, the Illinois
25 Student Association, the Organization of Community College
26 Students, the recognized advisory committee of students of
27 the Board of Higher Education, and the recognized advisory
28 committee of students of the Federation of Independent
29 Illinois Colleges and Universities. The Governor shall
30 designate one member, other than the student member, as
31 chairperson chairman. Each member of the Commission,
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1 including the student member, shall serve without
2 compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses
3 necessarily incurred in performing his or her duties under
4 this Act. Subject to a requirement that Commission members
5 in office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6 1995 may serve the full term to which they were appointed,
7 the appointment of Commission members to terms that commence
8 on or after that effective date shall be made in a manner
9 that gives effect at the earliest possible time to the change
10 that is required by this amendatory Act in the representative
11 composition of the Commission's membership.
12 (b) The term of office of each member, other than the
13 student member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of
14 appointment, and until his successor is appointed and
15 qualified. If a member's tenure of office, other than that
16 of the student member, is terminated for any reason before
17 his or her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the
18 vacancy by the appointment of a person who has the same
19 representative status as the person whose term has been so
20 terminated, and the new appointee shall hold office only for
21 the remainder of that term and until a successor is appointed
22 and qualified. The term of the student member shall be for 2
23 years from July 1 of each odd-numbered year. If the tenure
24 of the student member is terminated for any reason, the
25 vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as heretofore
26 provided for a regular term of office appointment of the
27 student member. The new student appointee shall hold office
28 only for the remainder of that term. No student member may
29 receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to this Act during
30 his or her term of office with the Commission.
31 (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State
32 Universities Civil Service Act, the Commission shall employ a
33 professionally qualified person as the Executive Director of
34 the Commission, and such other employees as may be necessary
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1 to effectuate the purposes of this Act.
2 (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each
3 fiscal year, and may meet at other times which the
4 Chairperson Chairman may designate by giving at least 10
5 days' written notice to each member.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)