(110 ILCS 665/10-45)
Sec. 10-45.
Powers and duties.
(a) The Board also shall have power and it shall be its duty:
(1) To make rules, regulations and bylaws, not
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| inconsistent with law, for the government and management of Eastern Illinois University and its branches. |
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(2) To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a |
| President of Eastern Illinois University, and all necessary deans, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, other educational and administrative assistants, and all other necessary employees, and to prescribe their duties and contract with them upon matters relating to tenure, salaries and retirement benefits in accordance with the State Universities Civil Service Act. Whenever the Board establishes a search committee to fill the position of President of Eastern Illinois University, there shall be minority representation, including women, on that search committee. The Board shall, upon the written request of an employee of Eastern Illinois University, withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues, payments or contributions payable by such employee to any labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is equal to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any payments or contributions, and the Board shall transmit such withholdings to the specified labor organization within 10 working days from the time of the withholding. |
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(3) To prescribe the courses of study to be followed, |
| and textbooks and apparatus to be used at Eastern Illinois University. |
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(4) To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty, |
| diplomas to such persons as have satisfactorily completed the required studies of Eastern Illinois University, and confer such professional and literary degrees as are usually conferred by other institutions of like character for similar or equivalent courses of study, or such as the Board may deem appropriate. |
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(5) To examine into the conditions, management, and |
| administration of Eastern Illinois University, to provide the requisite buildings, apparatus, equipment and auxiliary enterprises, and to fix and collect matriculation fees; tuition fees; fees for student activities; fees for student facilities such as student union buildings or field houses or stadia or other recreational facilities; student welfare fees; laboratory fees; and similar fees for supplies and materials. The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying fuel and furniture and the necessary appliances and apparatus for conducting Eastern Illinois University, the reimbursed expenses of members of the Board, and the salaries or compensation of the President, assistants, agents and other employees of Eastern Illinois University, shall be a charge upon the State Treasury. All other expenses shall be chargeable against students, and the Board shall regulate the charges accordingly. |
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(6) To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust |
| property, and gifts now or hereafter belonging or pertaining to Eastern Illinois University. |
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(7) To accept endowments of professorships or |
| departments in Eastern Illinois University from any person who may proffer them and, at regular meetings, to prescribe rules and regulations in relation to endowments and declare on what general principles they may be accepted. |
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(8) To enter into contracts with the Federal |
| government for providing courses of instruction and other services at Eastern Illinois University for persons serving in or with the military or naval forces of the United States, and to provide such courses of instruction and other services. |
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(9) To contract with respect to the Cooperative |
| Computer Center to obtain services related to electronic data processing. |
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(10) To provide for the receipt and expenditures of |
| Federal funds paid to Eastern Illinois University by the Federal government for instruction and other services for persons serving in or with the military or naval forces of the United States, and to provide for audits of such funds. |
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(11) To appoint, subject to the applicable civil |
| service law, persons to be members of the Eastern Illinois University Police Department. Members of the Police Department shall be conservators of the peace and as such have all powers possessed by policemen in cities, and sheriffs, including the power to make arrests on view or warrants of violations of State statutes, University rules and regulations and city or county ordinances, except that they may exercise such powers only within counties wherein Eastern Illinois University and any of its branches or properties are located when such is required for the protection of University properties and interests, and its students and personnel, and otherwise, within such counties, when requested by appropriate State or local law enforcement officials. However, such officers shall have no power to serve and execute civil processes. |
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The Board must authorize to each member of the |
| Eastern Illinois University Police Department and to any other employee of Eastern Illinois University exercising the powers of a peace officer a distinct badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is authorized by Eastern Illinois University and (ii) contains a unique identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by Eastern Illinois University. |
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(12) To borrow money, as necessary, from time to time |
| in anticipation of receiving tuition, payments from the State of Illinois, or other revenues or receipts of the University, also known as anticipated moneys. The borrowing limit shall be capped at 100% of the total amount of payroll and other expense vouchers submitted and payable to the University for fiscal year 2010 expenses, but unpaid by the State Comptroller's office. Prior to borrowing any funds, the University shall request from the Comptroller's office a verification of the borrowing limit and shall include the estimated date on which such borrowing shall occur. The borrowing limit cap shall be verified by the State Comptroller's office not prior to 45 days before any estimated date for executing any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12). The principal amount borrowed under a promissory note or line of credit shall not exceed 75% of the borrowing limit. Within 15 days after borrowing funds under any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12), the University shall submit to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate an Emergency Short Term Cash Management Plan. The Emergency Short Term Cash Management Plan shall outline the amount borrowed, the terms for repayment, the amount of outstanding State vouchers as verified by the State Comptroller's office, and the University's plan for expenditure of any borrowed funds, including, but not limited to, a detailed plan to meet payroll obligations to include collective bargaining employees, civil service employees, and academic, research, and health care personnel. The establishment of any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12) must be finalized within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. The borrowed moneys shall be applied to the purposes of paying salaries and other expenses lawfully authorized in the University's State appropriation and unpaid by the State Comptroller. Any line of credit established under this item (12) shall be paid in full one year after creation or within 10 days after the date the University receives reimbursement from the State for all submitted fiscal year 2010 vouchers, whichever is earlier. Any promissory note established under this item (12) shall be repaid within one year after issuance of the note. The Chairman, Comptroller, or Treasurer of the Board shall execute a promissory note or similar debt instrument to evidence the indebtedness incurred by the borrowing. In connection with a borrowing, the Board may establish a line of credit with a financial institution, investment bank, or broker/dealer. The obligation to make the payments due under any promissory note or line of credit established under this item (12) shall be a lawful obligation of the University payable from the anticipated moneys. Any borrowing under this item (12) shall not constitute a debt, legal or moral, of the State and shall not be enforceable against the State. The promissory note or line of credit shall be authorized by a resolution passed by the Board and shall be valid whether or not a budgeted item with respect to that resolution is included in any annual or supplemental budget adopted by the Board. The resolution shall set forth facts demonstrating the need for the borrowing, state an amount that the amount to be borrowed will not exceed, and establish a maximum interest rate limit not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act or 9%, whichever is less. The resolution may direct the Comptroller or Treasurer of the Board to make arrangements to set apart and hold the portion of the anticipated moneys, as received, that shall be used to repay the borrowing, subject to any prior pledges or restrictions with respect to the anticipated moneys. The resolution may also authorize the Treasurer of the Board to make partial repayments of the borrowing as the anticipated moneys become available and may contain any other terms, restrictions, or limitations not inconsistent with the powers of the Board. |
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For the purposes of this item (12), "financial |
| institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking Act, any savings and loan association subject to the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and any federally chartered commercial bank or savings and loan association or government-sponsored enterprise organized and operated in this State pursuant to the laws of the United States. |
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(b) The Board may, directly or in cooperation with other institutions of higher education, acquire by purchase or lease or otherwise, and construct, enlarge, improve, equip, complete, operate, control and manage research and high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property therefor, to encourage and facilitate (i) the location and development of business and industry in the State of Illinois, and (ii) the increased application and development of technology, and (iii) the improvement and development of the State's economy. The Board may lease to nonprofit corporations all or any part of the land, buildings, facilities, equipment or other property included in a research and high technology park upon such terms and conditions as the Board may deem advisable and enter into any contract or agreement with such nonprofit corporations as may be necessary or suitable for the construction, financing, operation and maintenance and management of any such park; and may lease to any person, firm, partnership or corporation, either public or private, any part or all of the land, building, facilities, equipment or other property of such park for such purposes and upon such rentals, terms and conditions as the Board may deem advisable; and may finance all or part of the cost of any such park, including the purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, addition to, and extension and maintenance of all or part of such high technology park, and all equipment and furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government grants, contracts, private gifts, loans, receipts from the operation of such high technology park, rentals and similar receipts; and may make its other facilities and services available to tenants or other occupants of any such park at rates which are reasonable and appropriate.
(c) The Board may sell the following described property without compliance with the State Property Control Act and retain the proceeds in the University treasury in a special, separate development fund account that the Auditor General shall examine to assure compliance with this Law:
Lots 511 and 512 in Heritage Woods V, Charleston, Coles |
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Revenues from the development fund account may be withdrawn by the University for the purpose of upgrading the on-campus formal reception facility. Moneys from the development fund account used for any other purpose must be deposited into and appropriated from the General Revenue Fund.
(Source: P.A. 96-909, eff. 6-8-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.) |
(110 ILCS 665/10-60)
Sec. 10-60.
Police Department; liability insurance.
(a) The Board shall provide each member of the Eastern Illinois University Police Department without cost to him or her public liability insurance covering him or her for any liability which arises out of his or her employment to the extent of the insurance policy limits which shall be not less than $50,000.
(b) The Board shall have power to insure the Board, Eastern Illinois University and its branches under Board jurisdiction, Board members, paid and unpaid employees of the Board, and any students, volunteer workers, visiting faculty and professionals who are agents of the Board in the performance or delivery of its programs or services against claims, damages, losses, expenses and civil suits arising out of statements, acts or omissions in the discharge of their duties, which statements, acts or omissions do not involve intentional or willful and wanton misconduct on the part of such persons; and to insure against losses to real and personal property owned by the Board or in the actual or constructive custody of the Board and for loss of income from such real and personal property. The Board shall have power to defend, hold harmless and indemnify, in whole or in part, all persons as to whom any such insurance is provided. Pursuant to its power to insure, the Board may establish and accumulate reserves for payment of such claims, damages, losses, expenses and civil suit awards or obtain insurance affording coverage for such matters. Reserves established by the Board for the foregoing purpose shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) The amount of such reserves shall not exceed the
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(2) All earnings derived from such reserves shall be |
| considered part of the reserves and may be used only for the same purposes for which the reserves may be used; |
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(3) Reserves may be used only for the purposes of |
| making payments for civil suits, claims, damages, losses and expenses, including attorneys fees, claims investigation costs and actuarial studies associated with liabilities arising out of statements, acts or omissions of individuals in the discharge of their duties, which statements, acts or omissions do not involve intentional or willful and wanton misconduct on the part of such individuals, for payment of insurance premiums, and for the purposes of making payments for losses resulting from any insured peril; |
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(4) All funds collected for the purposes specified in |
| paragraph (3) or earmarked for such purposes must be placed in the reserves; |
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(5) Whenever the reserves have a balance in excess of |
| what is necessary and proper, then contributions, charges, assessments or other forms of funding for the reserves shall be appropriately decreased. |
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(c) As to all claims, damages, losses, expenses and civil suits covered by insurance provided by the Board or as to which the Board has not provided insurance, to the extent permitted by law, sovereign immunity shall apply and recourse shall be limited to the Court of Claims.
(d) When permitted by law to enter into an agreement with any unit of government, institution of higher education, person, or corporation for the use of property or the performance of any function, service or act, the Board may agree to the sharing or allocation of liabilities and damages resulting from such use of property or performance of any function, service or act. Such agreement may provide for contribution or indemnification by any or all of the parties to the agreement upon any liability arising out of the performance of the agreement.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.) |
(110 ILCS 665/10-85)
Sec. 10-85.
Admission requirements.
(a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any of the departments or colleges of the Eastern Illinois University unless such student also has satisfactorily completed:
(1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from
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(A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and |
| oral communications and literature), of which up to 2 years may be collegiate level instruction; |
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(B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing |
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(C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through |
| advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or fundamentals of computer programming); |
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(D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences); and
(E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
| (which may be deemed to include American Sign Language), music, vocational education or art; |
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(2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit |
| individual applicants if it determines through assessment or through evaluation based on learning outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational education courses and courses taken in a charter school established under Article 27A of the School Code, that the applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills substantially equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the high school courses required for admission. The Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University shall not discriminate in the University's admissions process against an applicant for admission because of the applicant's enrollment in a charter school established under Article 27A of the School Code. Eastern Illinois University may also admit (i) applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally disadvantaged applicants who are admitted to the formal organized special assistance programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, providing that in either case, the institution incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate curriculum courses or other academic activities that compensate for course deficiencies; and |
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(3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
| required by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be distributed by deducting no more than one unit each from the categories of social studies, mathematics, sciences and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5 categories of coursework described in paragraph (1). |
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(b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall recognize their obligation to their students to offer the coursework required by subsection (a).
(c) A student who has graduated from high school and has scored within the University's accepted range on the ACT or SAT shall not be required to take the high school level General Educational Development (GED) Test as a prerequisite to admission.
(Source: P.A. 96-843, eff. 6-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.) |
(110 ILCS 665/10-92)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2019)
Sec. 10-92.
Tuition waiver limitation pilot program.
(a) The General Assembly makes all of the following findings:
(1) Both access and affordability are important
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(2) This State is in the top quartile with respect |
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(3) Research suggests that as loan amounts increase, |
| versus grants-in-aid, the probability of college attendance decreases. |
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(4) There is further research indicating |
| socioeconomic status may affect the willingness of students to use loans to attend college. |
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(5) Strategic use of tuition waivers will decrease |
| the amount of loans that students must use to pay for tuition. |
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(6) A modest, individually tailored tuition waiver |
| can make the difference in choosing to attend college and would enhance college access for low (up to 150% of the federal poverty level) and middle income (151% to 300% of the federal poverty level) families. |
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(7) Even if the federally calculated financial need |
| for college attendance is met, the federally determined Expected Family Contribution can still be a daunting amount. |
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(8) This State is the second largest exporter of |
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(9) Illinois students need to be kept in this State. |
| State universities in other states have adopted pricing and incentives that make college expenses for residents of this State less than in this State. |
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(10) A mechanism is needed to stop the outflow of |
| Illinois students to institutions in other states, assisting in State efforts to maintain and educate a highly trained workforce. |
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(11) By being competitive on costs of attendance, |
| this State can bring out-of-state students to this State. |
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(12) The pilot program established under this |
| Section will allow Eastern Illinois University to compete for highly qualified students who may reside in other states by mitigating the effect of cost differences. |
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(13) Modest tuition waivers, individually targeted |
| and tailored, result in enhanced revenue for university programs. |
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(14) By increasing Eastern Illinois University's |
| capacity to strategically use tuition waivers, the University will be capable of creating enhanced tuition revenue by increasing enrollment yields. |
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(15) The Board of Higher Education's current |
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(b) The Board shall establish a pilot program to increase the Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver limitation for the university over a 4-year period to increase access to college and make college more affordable for undergraduate students. Under the pilot program, the institutional tuition waiver limitation shall be increased by 2 percentage points in the 2012-2013 academic year, 2 percentage points in the 2013-2014 academic year, 2 percentage points in the 2014-2015 academic year, and one percentage point in the 2015-2016 academic year, resulting in an institutional tuition waiver limitation of 10% in the fourth year of the pilot program.
(c) The pilot program shall require that students who receive a tuition waiver under the pilot program be accepted to the university through normal admissions standards and processes. Individual tuition waivers granted under the pilot program must not exceed $2,500 per academic year. The pilot program shall provide a maximum of one waiver per academic year for a maximum of 4 years to each student in the pilot program who maintains satisfactory academic progress. The pilot program shall be terminated after the 2015-2016 academic year, with no new students receiving waivers. However, notwithstanding the Board of Higher Education's institutional tuition waiver limitation, existing students receiving waivers under the pilot program are eligible to maintain those waivers, with satisfactory academic progress, under the 4-year limitation, after the 2015-2016 academic year due to maintenance of effort within their 4-year window. Sunset dates for waiver support shall be based upon the first academic year in which a student receives a waiver. The sunset dates are as follows for each annual cohort of pilot program participants:
(1) Cohort 1: the beginning year is 2012-2013 and |
| the terminal year is 2015-2016. |
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(2) Cohort 2: the beginning year is 2013-2014 and |
| the terminal year is 2016-2017. |
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(3) Cohort 3: the beginning year is 2014-2015 and |
| the terminal year is 2017-2018. |
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(4) Cohort 4: the beginning year is 2015-2016 and |
| the terminal year is 2018-2019. |
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(d) The Board shall annually report to the Board of Higher Education on the pilot program's impact on tuition revenue, enrollment goals, and increasing access and affordability on such dates as the Board of Higher Education shall determine.
(e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt any rules that are necessary to implement this Section.
(f) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2019.
(Source: P.A. 97-290, eff. 8-10-11.) |