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91_HB1418
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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) Subject to the limitations of subsection (c) of this
20 Section, if a community college district fails to meet the
21 recognition standards set by the State Board, and if the
22 district, in accordance with: (i) (a) Government Auditing
23 Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United
24 States, (ii) (b) auditing standards established by the
25 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or (iii)
26 (c) other applicable State and federal standards, is found by
27 the district's auditor or the State Board working in
28 cooperation with the district's auditor to have material
29 deficiencies in the design or operation of financial control
30 structures that could adversely affect the district's
31 financial integrity and stability, or is found to have
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1 misused State or federal funds and jeopardized its
2 participation in State or federal programs, the State Board
3 may, subject to the limitations of subsection (c) of this
4 Section but notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary,
5 implement one or more of the following emergency powers:
6 (1) To direct the district to develop and implement
7 a plan that addresses the budgetary, programmatic, and
8 other relevant factors contributing to the need to
9 implement emergency measures. The State Board shall
10 assist in the development and shall have final approval
11 of the plan.
12 (2) To direct the district to contract for
13 educational services in accordance with Section 3-40.
14 The State Board shall assist in the development and shall
15 have final approval of any such contractual agreements.
16 (3) To approve and require revisions of the
17 district's budget.
18 (4) To appoint a Financial Administrator to
19 exercise oversight and control over the district's
20 budget. The Financial Administrator shall serve at the
21 pleasure of the State Board and may be an individual,
22 partnership, corporation, including an accounting firm,
23 or other entity determined by the State Board to be
24 qualified to serve, and shall be entitled to
25 compensation. Such compensation shall be provided
26 through specific appropriations made to the State Board
27 for that express purpose.
28 (5) To develop and implement a plan providing for
29 the dissolution or reorganization of the district if in
30 the judgement of the State Board the circumstances so
31 require.
32 However, the State Board must have the approval of the
33 General Assembly, by adoption of a resolution by a record
34 vote of the majority of members elected in each house, before
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1 the State Board implements any of these emergency powers.
2 (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section
3 or any other Section of this Act, the State Board shall have
4 no authority to exercise or implement, in or with respect to
5 Metropolitan Community College District No. 541 established
6 under Section 2-12.1, any of the powers described in
7 paragraphs (2), (3), and (5) of subsection (b) of this
8 Section 2-15. Any order or other action taken by the State
9 Board before or after the effective date of this amendatory
10 Act of the 91st General Assembly that dissolves or purports
11 to dissolve the community college district established under
12 Section 2-12.1 or that provides for the development,
13 approval, or implementation of a plan under which community
14 college operations, programs, and services within the
15 territory comprising that community college district are to
16 be provided pursuant to contractual arrangements between the
17 State Board and entities or subcontractors of entities other
18 than the board of trustees of the community college district
19 established under Section 2-12.1 shall be null and void and
20 of no legal force or effect. Notwithstanding any other law
21 of this State, the community college district established
22 under Section 2-12.1 shall not be dissolved or annexed to
23 another community college district or otherwise reorganized
24 except pursuant to a law or laws of the General Assembly
25 enacted after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
26 the 91st General Assembly.
27 (d) There is hereby created the Metropolitan Community
28 College Task Force, which shall consist of 9 members, 2 each
29 appointed by the President and Minority Leader of the Senate
30 and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
31 Representatives and one appointed by the Governor. The
32 person appointed by the Governor shall be a public member and
33 shall serve as chairperson of the Task Force. All other
34 appointees shall be members of the General Assembly. Members
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1 of the Task Force shall serve without compensation but shall
2 be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses
3 from funds appropriated for that purpose. The Task Force
4 shall meet as often as necessary to study and define the
5 issues that must be effectively addressed to ensure the
6 continued existence of Metropolitan Community College
7 District No. 541 and the action that must be taken to enable
8 that district to provide a high level of community college
9 services to residents of the district. The Task Force shall
10 report its findings and recommendations to the General
11 Assembly by April 15, 1999, and is abolished on that date.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-147, eff. 7-14-95.)
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.