Bill Text: IL SB0172 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Trustees Act. Provides that in order to determine residency status of a potential or current student trustee, the student must provide evidence of the student's Illinois domicile for at least the previous 6 months and either (i) evidence of the student's current, valid Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card or (ii) evidence of the student's valid Illinois voter registration (instead of having evidence of the student's Illinois domicile, Illinois driver's license, and Illinois voter registration positively demonstrate residency). Effective January 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0300 [SB0172 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0172-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 101-0300 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The University of Illinois Trustees Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
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Sec. 1.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | ||||
shall consist
of the Governor and at least 12 trustees. Nine | ||||
trustees shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and with the | ||||
advice and consent of
the Senate. The other trustees shall be | ||||
students, of whom one student shall
be selected from each | ||||
University campus.
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Each student trustee shall serve a term of one year, | ||||
beginning on July 1 or
on the date of his or her selection, | ||||
whichever is later, and expiring on the
next succeeding June | ||||
30.
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Each trustee shall have all of the privileges of | ||||
membership, except that only
one student trustee shall have the | ||||
right to cast a legally binding vote. The
Governor shall | ||||
designate which one of the student trustees shall possess, for
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his or her entire term, the right to cast a legally binding | ||||
vote. Each student
trustee who does not possess the right to | ||||
cast a legally binding vote shall
have the right to cast an | ||||
advisory vote and the right to make and second
motions and to | ||
attend executive sessions.
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Each trustee shall be governed by the same conflict of | ||
interest standards.
Pursuant to those standards, it shall not | ||
be a conflict of interest for a
student trustee to vote on | ||
matters pertaining to students generally, such as
tuition and | ||
fees. However, it shall be a conflict of interest for a student
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trustee to vote on
faculty member
tenure or promotion. For the | ||
purposes of this Section, a student member shall not be deemed | ||
to have a direct conflict of interest in and may vote on any | ||
item involving the employment or compensation of the Chancellor | ||
at any campus or the President of the University or the | ||
election of officers.
Student trustees shall be chosen by | ||
campus-wide
student election, and the
student trustee | ||
designated by the Governor to
possess a legally binding vote | ||
shall be
one of the students selected by this method. A student | ||
trustee who does not
possess a legally binding vote on a
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measure at a meeting of the
Board or any of its committees | ||
shall not be considered a trustee
for the purpose
of | ||
determining whether a quorum is present at the time that | ||
measure is voted
upon. To be eligible for selection as a
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student trustee
and
to be eligible to remain as a voting or | ||
nonvoting student trustee,
a student trustee must be a resident | ||
of this State,
must have and maintain a
grade point average | ||
that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must
be a | ||
full time student enrolled at all times during his or her term | ||
of office
except
for that part of the term which follows
the | ||
completion of the last full regular semester of an academic | ||
year and
precedes the first full regular semester of the | ||
succeeding academic year at the
University (sometimes commonly | ||
referred to as the summer
session or summer
school). If a | ||
voting or nonvoting student trustee
fails to
continue to meet | ||
or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
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enrollment requirement established by this Section, his
or her | ||
membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by | ||
operation
of law. The University may not use residency for | ||
tuition purposes as a factor in making the determination that a | ||
student is or is not a resident of this State. In order to | ||
determine residency for a student trustee, the student must | ||
provide evidence of the student's Illinois domicile for at | ||
least the previous 6 months and at least one of the following: | ||
The following factors shall positively demonstrate residency | ||
in this State for the purposes of the residency requirement for | ||
student trustees and candidates for student trustee:
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(1) evidence of the student's Illinois domicile for at | ||
least the previous 6 months; | ||
(1) (2) evidence of the student's current, valid | ||
Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card; | ||
or and | ||
(2) (3) evidence of the student's valid Illinois voter | ||
registration. | ||
Evidence A positive demonstration of residency in this State | ||
for student trustees and candidates for student trustees under | ||
this Section does not apply to residency requirements for | ||
tuition purposes. | ||
If a voting student trustee resigns or otherwise ceases to | ||
serve on the
Board, the Governor shall, within 30 days, | ||
designate one of the remaining
student trustees to possess the | ||
right to cast a legally binding vote
for the remainder of his | ||
or her term. If a nonvoting student trustee resigns
or
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otherwise ceases to serve on the Board, the chief executive of | ||
the
student government from that campus shall, within 30 days, | ||
select
a new nonvoting student trustee to serve for the | ||
remainder of the term.
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No more than 5 of the 9 appointed trustees
shall be | ||
affiliated
with the same political party.
Each trustee | ||
appointed by the Governor must be a resident of this State. A
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failure to meet
or maintain this residency requirement | ||
constitutes a resignation from and
creates a
vacancy in the | ||
Board.
The term of office of each appointed trustee
shall be 6 | ||
years from the third Monday in January of each odd numbered | ||
year.
The regular terms of office of the
appointed trustees | ||
shall be staggered so that 3 terms expire in each
odd-numbered | ||
year.
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Vacancies for appointed trustees shall be filled for the | ||
unexpired term
in the same manner as
original appointments. If | ||
a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the
Senate is not | ||
in session, the Governor shall make temporary appointments | ||
until
the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall appoint | ||
persons to fill such
memberships for the remainder of their | ||
respective terms. If the Senate is not
in session when | ||
appointments for a full term are made, appointments shall be
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made as in the case of vacancies.
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No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason of | ||
any vacancies on
the board, or by reason of any failure to | ||
select student trustees.
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(Source: P.A. 98-778, eff. 7-21-14; 99-734, eff. 8-5-16.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2020.
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