Bill Text: IL SB3755 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act. Removes the Superintendent of Public Instruction from the membership of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3755 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3755-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Southern Illinois University Management Act | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652)
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7 | Sec. 2.
The Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, or his chief | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | assistant for liaison with higher education when
designated to | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | serve in his place, ex-officio, and 2 voting student members, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | one from each campus of the University. Each student
member | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall be chosen by the respective campuses of Southern Illinois
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14 | University at Carbondale and Edwardsville. The method of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | choosing these
student members shall be by campus-wide student | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | election. The student members shall serve terms of one
year | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | members
initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | date of such selection
and expiring on the next succeeding June | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | 30. To be eligible for selection as
a student member and to be | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | eligible to remain as a student
member of the Board, a student | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | member must be a resident of this State, must
have and maintain | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | a grade point average that is equivalent to at least 2.5
on a |
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1 | 4.0 scale, and must be a full-time student enrolled at all | ||||||
2 | times during
his or her term of office except for that part of | ||||||
3 | the term which follows
the completion of the last full regular | ||||||
4 | semester of an academic year and
precedes the first full | ||||||
5 | regular semester of the succeeding academic year at
the | ||||||
6 | university (sometimes commonly referred to as the summer | ||||||
7 | session or summer
school). If a student member serving on the | ||||||
8 | Board fails
to continue to meet or maintain the residency, | ||||||
9 | minimum grade point average, or
enrollment requirement | ||||||
10 | established by this Section, his or her membership on
the Board | ||||||
11 | shall be deemed to have terminated by operation of law. No more | ||||||
12 | than
4 of the members appointed by the Governor shall be | ||||||
13 | affiliated with the same
political party. Each member appointed | ||||||
14 | by the Governor must be a resident of
this State. A failure to | ||||||
15 | meet or maintain this residency requirement
constitutes a | ||||||
16 | resignation from and creates a vacancy in the Board. Upon the
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17 | expiration of the terms of members appointed by the Governor, | ||||||
18 | their respective
successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 | ||||||
19 | years from the third Monday in
January of each odd-numbered | ||||||
20 | year and until their respective successors are
appointed for | ||||||
21 | like terms. If the Senate is not in session appointments shall
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22 | be made as in the case of vacancies.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 101-175, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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