Bill Text: IL SB2089 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishment of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2089 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2089-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2089 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. David Luechtefeld SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 947/15
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishment of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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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 Higher Education Student Assistance Act is
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
(110 ILCS 947/15)
Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
(a) There is established the the Illinois Student
Assistance Commission, consisting of 10 persons to be appointed
by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
membership of the Commission shall consist of one
representative of the institutions of higher learning operated
by the State; one representative of the private institutions of
higher learning located in the State; one representative of the
public community colleges located in the State; one
representative of the public high schools located in the State;
5 citizens of the State chosen for their knowledge of and
interest in higher education, but not employed by,
professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing
boards of any institution of higher learning located in the
State, and one student member selected from nominations
submitted to the Governor by multi-campus student
organizations, including but not limited to, the Illinois

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Student Association, the Organization of Community College
Students, the recognized advisory committee of students of the
Board of Higher Education, and the recognized advisory
committee of students of the Federation of Independent Illinois
Colleges and Universities. The Governor shall designate one
member, other than the student member, as chairman. Each member
of the Commission, including the student member, shall serve
without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses
necessarily incurred in performing his or her duties under this
Act. Subject to a requirement that Commission members in office
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 may serve
the full term to which they were appointed, the appointment of
Commission members to terms that commence on or after that
effective date shall be made in a manner that gives effect at
the earliest possible time to the change that is required by
this amendatory Act in the representative composition of the
Commission's membership.
(b) The term of office of each member, other than the
student member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of
appointment, and until his successor is appointed and
qualified. If a member's tenure of office, other than that of
the student member, is terminated for any reason before his or
her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by
the appointment of a person who has the same representative
status as the person whose term has been so terminated, and the
new appointee shall hold office only for the remainder of that

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term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The term
of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each
odd-numbered year. If the tenure of the student member is
terminated for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the
same manner as heretofore provided for a regular term of office
appointment of the student member. The new student appointee
shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. No
student member may receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to
this Act during his or her term of office with the Commission.
(c) In accordance with the provisions of the State
Universities Civil Service Act, the Commission shall employ a
professionally qualified person as the Executive Director of
the Commission, and such other employees as may be necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal
year, and may meet at other times which the Chairman may
designate by giving at least 10 days' written notice to each
member.
(Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)