Bill Text: IL HB1479 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1479 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1479-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1479 Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 205/2 from Ch. 144, par. 182
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to
consist of 16 members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
one member of a public university governing board, appointed by
the Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate; one
member of a private college or university board of trustees,
appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the
Senate; the chairman of the Illinois Community College Board;
the chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and
2 student members selected by the recognized advisory committee
of students of the Board of Higher Education, one of whom must
be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24
years old and represents the views of non-traditional students,
such as a person who is employed or is a parent. Beginning on
July 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a
faculty member at an Illinois public university. The Governor

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shall designate the Chairman of the Board to serve until a
successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees
of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of
Southern Illinois University, the Board of Governors of State
Colleges and Universities, and the Board of Regents of Regency
Universities shall cease to be members of the Board of Higher
Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor,
excluding the Chairman, shall be affiliated with the same
political party. The 10 members appointed by the Governor with
the advice and consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the
State and shall be selected, as far as may be practicable, on
the basis of their knowledge of, or interest or experience in,
problems of higher education. If the Senate is not in session
or is in recess, when appointments subject to its confirmation
are made, the Governor shall make temporary appointments which
shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval.
(Source: P.A. 93-429, eff. 1-1-04; 94-905, eff. 1-1-07.)