Bill Text: IL HB5303 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5303 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5303-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
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7 | Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | consist of 16
members as follows: 10 members appointed by the
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9 | the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate; | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | one member of a public university
governing board, appointed by | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the Governor without the advice and consent of
the Senate; one | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | member of a private college or university board of trustees,
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13 | appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Senate; the
chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the
chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2 student members
selected by the recognized advisory committee | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of students of the Board of
Higher Education, one of whom must | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | such as a person who is employed or is a parent. One of the 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | members appointed
by the Governor, by and with the advice and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | consent of the Senate, must be a
faculty member at an Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | public university. The Governor shall
designate the
Chairman of |
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1 | the Board to
serve until a successor is designated.
No more | ||||||
2 | than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, excluding the
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3 | Chairman, shall be affiliated
with the same political party. | ||||||
4 | The 10 members appointed by
the Governor with the advice and
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5 | consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the State and shall | ||||||
6 | be
selected, as far as may be practicable, on the basis of | ||||||
7 | their knowledge
of, or interest or experience in, problems of | ||||||
8 | higher education. If the
Senate is not in session or is in | ||||||
9 | recess, when appointments subject to
its confirmation are made, | ||||||
10 | the Governor shall make temporary
appointments which shall be | ||||||
11 | subject to subsequent Senate approval. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 100-167, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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