2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 110 Higher Education 110 ILCS 205/ Board of Higher Education Act.
(110 ILCS 205/0.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 180.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Board of Higher Education Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)
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(110 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 181)
Sec. 1.
The following terms shall have the meanings respectively prescribed
for them, except when the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Public institutions of higher education": The University of
Illinois; Southern Illinois University;
Chicago State University; Eastern Illinois University; Governors State
University; Illinois State University; Northeastern Illinois University;
Northern Illinois University; Western Illinois University; the public community
colleges of the State and any
other public universities, colleges and community colleges now or hereafter
established or authorized by the General Assembly.
(b) "Board": The Board of Higher Education created by this Act.
(c) "Engineering college" has the meaning ascribed to it in the
Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
(Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96.)
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(110 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 182)
Sec. 2. There is created a Board of Higher Education to consist of 16
members as follows: 10 members appointed by the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate; one member of a public university
governing board, appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of
the Senate; one member of a private college or university board of trustees,
appointed by the Governor without the advice and consent of the Senate; the
chairman of the Illinois Community College Board; the
chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission; and 2 student members
selected by the recognized advisory committee of students of the Board of
Higher Education, one of whom must be a non‑traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 years old and represents the views of non‑traditional students, such as a person who is employed or is a parent. Beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 10 members appointed
by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a
faculty member at an Illinois public university. The Governor shall
designate the
Chairman of the Board to
serve until a successor is designated. The chairmen of the Board of Trustees
of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
University, the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, and the
Board of Regents of Regency Universities shall cease to be members of the Board
of Higher Education on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
No more than 7 of the members appointed by the Governor, excluding the
Chairman, shall be affiliated
with the same political party. The 10 members appointed by
the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate shall be citizens of the State and shall be
selected, as far as may be practicable, on the basis of their knowledge
of, or interest or experience in, problems of higher education. If the
Senate is not in session or is in recess, when appointments subject to
its confirmation are made, the Governor shall make temporary
appointments which shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval.
(Source: P.A. 93‑429, eff. 1‑1‑04; 94‑905, eff. 1‑1‑07.)
(110 ILCS 205/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 183)
Sec. 3. Terms; vacancies.
(a) The members of the Board whose appointments are subject to
confirmation by the Senate shall be selected for 6‑year terms expiring on
January 31 of odd numbered years. Of the initial appointees, however, 2
shall be designated by the Governor to serve until January 31, 1963, 3
until January 31, 1965, and 3 until January 31, 1967.
Of the 2 appointees to be made by the Governor pursuant to this Act as
amended by the 75th General Assembly, one shall be designated to
serve until January 31, 1971 and one until January 31, 1973.
(b) The members of the Board shall continue to serve after the
expiration of their terms until their successors have been appointed.
(c) Vacancies on the Board in offices appointed by the Governor shall be
filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. If the
appointment is subject to Senate confirmation and the Senate is not in
session or is in recess when the appointment is made, the appointee shall
serve subject to subsequent Senate approval of the appointment.
(d) Each student member shall serve a term of one year beginning on July
1 of each year, except that the student member initially selected under this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall
serve a term beginning on the date of such selection and expiring on the
next succeeding June 30.
(e) The member of the Board representing public university governing
boards and the member of the Board representing private college and university
boards of trustees, who are appointed by the Governor but not subject to
confirmation by the Senate, shall serve terms of one year beginning on July 1.
(Source: P.A. 94‑905, eff. 1‑1‑07.)
(110 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 184)
Sec. 4. The Board shall hold regular meetings at times specified in its
rules. Special
or additional meetings may be held on call of the Chairman, or upon a call
signed by at least 6 members, or upon call of the Governor. Eight members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at all its meetings,
but the approval of a new unit of instruction, research, or public service
for a public institution of higher education, as provided
in Section 7 shall require the concurrence of a majority of all the members
of the Board.
The Chairmen of the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois
Student Assistance Commission holding membership on the Board each may
designate an alternate to attend any meeting of the Board, and an alternate so
designated shall have all rights and privileges of regular membership while
acting for the Chairman who has so designated him or her.
The Board may employ and fix the compensation of professional and clerical
staff and other assistants, including specialists and consultants, as it
may deem necessary, on a full or part time basis.
(Source: P.A. 94‑905, eff. 1‑1‑07.)
(110 ILCS 205/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 185)
Sec. 5.
The members of the Board shall serve without compensation but they
shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary traveling and other
expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3819.)
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(110 ILCS 205/6) (from Ch. 144, par. 186)
Sec. 6.
The Board shall analyze the present and future aims, needs and
requirements of higher education in the State of Illinois and prepare a
master plan for the development, expansion, integration, coordination and
efficient utilization of the facilities, curricula and standards of higher
education for the public institutions of higher education in the areas of
teaching, research and public service. The Board shall formulate the master
plan and prepare and submit to the General Assembly and the Governor drafts
of proposed legislation to effectuate the plan. The Board shall engage in a
continuing study, an analysis and evaluation of the master plan so
developed and it shall be its responsibility to recommend, from time to
time as it determines, amendments and modifications of any master plan
enacted by the General Assembly.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3819.)
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(110 ILCS 205/6.1) (from Ch. 144, par. 186.1)
Sec. 6.1.
(Repealed).
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 900. Repealed by P.A. 89‑657, eff. 8‑14‑96.)
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(110 ILCS 205/6.2) (from Ch. 144, par. 186.2)
Sec. 6.2.
The Board shall, in consultation with the Department of
Central Management Services of the State of Illinois,
and after affording a
full opportunity to the State universities and colleges to be heard,
design and establish a State university and college information system
to provide comprehensive, meaningful, and timely information pertinent
to the formulation of decisions and recommendations by the Board. The
information submitted by the universities and colleges shall be in
comparable terms and the reports developed through the system shall
conform to the procedures established by the Board of Higher Education
in cooperation with the Department of Central Management
Services.
(Source: P.A. 82‑789.)
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(110 ILCS 205/6.3) (from Ch. 144, par. 186.3)
Sec. 6.3.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98. Repealed internally, eff. 7‑1‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 187)
Sec. 7.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University,
the Illinois Community College Board and the campuses under their governance
or supervision shall not hereafter undertake the establishment of any new
unit of instruction, research or public service without the approval of the
Board. The term "new unit of instruction, research or public service"
includes the establishment of a college, school, division, institute,
department or other unit in any field of instruction, research or public
service not theretofore included in the program of the institution, and
includes the establishment of any new branch or campus. The term does not
include reasonable and moderate extensions of existing curricula, research,
or public service programs which have a direct relationship to existing
programs; and the Board may, under its rule making power, define the
character of such reasonable and moderate extensions.
Such governing boards shall submit to the Board all proposals for a new
unit of instruction, research, or public service. The Board may approve or
disapprove the proposal in whole or in part or approve modifications
thereof whenever in its judgment such action is consistent with the
objectives of an existing or proposed master plan of higher education.
The Board of Higher Education is authorized to review periodically all
existing programs of instruction, research and public service at the state
universities and colleges and to advise the appropriate board of control if
the contribution of each program is not educationally and economically
justified.
(Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96.)
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(110 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 188)
Sec. 8.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University, and
the Illinois Community College Board shall submit to the Board not later
than the 15th day of November of each year its budget proposals for the
operation and capital needs of the institutions under its governance or
supervision for the ensuing fiscal year. Each budget proposal shall conform
to the procedures developed by the Board in the design of an information
system for State universities and colleges.
In order to maintain a cohesive system of higher education, the Board and
its staff shall communicate on a regular basis with all public university
presidents. They shall meet at least semiannually to achieve economies of
scale where possible and provide the most innovative and efficient programs and
services.
The Board, in the analysis of formulating the annual budget request,
shall consider rates of tuition and fees at the state universities and
colleges. The Board shall also consider the current and projected
utilization of the total physical plant of each campus of a university or
college in approving the capital budget for any new building or facility.
The Board of Higher Education shall submit to the Governor, to the
General Assembly, and to the appropriate budget agencies of the Governor
and General Assembly its analysis and recommendations on such budget
proposals.
Each state supported institution within the application of this Act must
submit its plan for capital improvements of non‑instructional facilities to
the Board for approval before final commitments are made. Non‑instructional
uses shall include but not be limited to dormitories, union buildings,
field houses, stadium, other recreational facilities and parking lots. The
Board shall determine whether or not any project submitted for approval is
consistent with the master plan for higher education and with instructional
buildings that are provided for therein. If the project is found by a
majority of the Board not to be consistent, such capital improvement shall
not be constructed.
(Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 189)
Sec. 9.
The Board shall exercise the powers and duties specified in the
following Sections preceding Section 10 in addition to those otherwise
specified in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 85‑1019.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.01)
Sec. 9.01.
To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education
as it believes necessary for the purpose of providing the appropriate
information to carry out its powers and duties.
(Source: P.A. 79‑94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.02) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.02)
Sec. 9.02.
To recommend to the General Assembly the enactment of such
legislation as it deems necessary or desirable to insure the high quality
of higher education in this State.
(Source: P.A. 79‑94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.03) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.03)
Sec. 9.03.
To advise and counsel the Governor, at his request, regarding any
area of, or matter pertaining to, higher education.
(Source: P.A. 79‑94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.04) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.04)
Sec. 9.04.
To submit
to the Governor and the General Assembly a written report
covering the activities engaged in and recommendations made. This report shall
be submitted in accordance with the
requirements of Section 3 of the State Finance Act.
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as required
by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General
Assembly",
approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies
with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
as is required under
paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 90‑730, eff. 8‑10‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.05) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.05)
Sec. 9.05.
To make rules and regulations for its meetings, procedures and the
execution of the powers and duties delegated to it by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 79‑94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.06) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.06)
Sec. 9.06.
To establish general policies with respect to the amount of charges
for extension and adult education courses and for public services.
(Source: P.A. 79‑94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.07) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.07)
Sec. 9.07.
Admission standards.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), to
establish minimum admission standards for public community colleges,
colleges and state universities. However, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section or any other law of this State, the minimum admission
standards established by the Board shall not directly or indirectly authorize
or require a State college or university to discriminate in the 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. Admission standards for out‑of‑state
students may be higher than for Illinois residents.
(b) Implementation of the new statewide minimum admission requirements
and standards for public colleges and universities in Illinois established
and announced by the Board in December, 1985 shall be deferred as provided
in this subsection. The Board shall not attempt to implement or otherwise
effect adoption and establishment of those minimum admission requirements
and standards in any public community college, college or State university
prior to the fall of 1993, and no public community college, college or
State university shall be under any duty or obligation to implement,
establish or otherwise apply those minimum admission requirements and
standards to any entering freshmen prior to the fall of 1993.
The Board of Higher Education shall provide the State Superintendent of
Education, on or before January 1, 1990, descriptions of
course content, and such other criteria as are necessary to determine and
certify whether all school districts maintaining grades 9‑12 are offering
courses which satisfy the minimum admission requirements and standards
established and announced by the Board.
In addition, there shall be established a 9 member committee composed
of 3 members selected by the Board of Higher Education, 3 members selected
by the State Superintendent of Education and 3 members selected by the
President of the Illinois Vocational Association. The committee shall be
appointed within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the committee to identify and
develop courses and curricula in the vocational education area which meet
the minimum admission requirements and standards to be established and
implemented under this Section. The first meeting of the committee shall
be called by the Executive Director of the Board of Higher Education
within 10 days after the committee is appointed. At its first meeting the
committee shall organize and elect a chairperson. The committee's report
shall be prepared and submitted by the committee to the Board of Higher
Education, the Illinois State Board of Education and the General Assembly
by April 1, 1989.
(c) By March 1, 1980, the Boards shall develop guidelines which: (1) place
the emphasis on postsecondary remedial programs at Public Community Colleges
and (2) reduces the role of the state universities in offering remedial
programs. By June 30, 1981, the Board shall report to the General Assembly
the progress made toward this transition in the emphasis on remedial programs
at the postsecondary level and any legislative action that it deems
appropriate.
(Source: P.A. 89‑450, eff. 4‑10‑96.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.08) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.08)
Sec. 9.08.
To design, establish, and supervise the operation of an information
system for all State universities and colleges, to provide the Board with
timely, comprehensive, and meaningful information pertinent to exercise of
its duties. The information system shall be designed to provide comparable
data on each State institution of higher education.
(Source: P.A. 79‑94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.09) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.09)
Sec. 9.09.
To receive, receipt for, hold in trust, expend and administer, for
all purposes of this Act, funds and other aid made available by the Federal
Government or by other agencies public or private.
(Source: P.A.79‑94.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.09a)
Sec. 9.09a.
Arts and humanities organizations and cultural institutions.
The Board of
Higher Education is authorized to reimburse not‑for‑profit arts and humanities
organizations
and
cultural institutions of Illinois, including but not limited to, museums and
theater or dance companies, for the costs of providing educational programs to
students of public institutions of higher education.
(Source: P.A. 90‑361, eff. 1‑1‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.10) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.10)
Sec. 9.10.
Joint Education Committee appointments.
To appoint 2 members
from the Board to serve with the members of the State Board of Education on a
joint Education Committee as provided in Section 1A‑4 of the School Code. The
members so appointed shall exercise the powers and perform the duties specified
in that Section 1A‑4.
(Source: P.A. 89‑430, eff. 12‑15‑95.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.11) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.11)
Sec. 9.11. Effective January 1, 1980, to require the preparation of an
annual capital plan which details the proposed budget year and 3 year capital
needs of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board
of Trustees of Southern Illinois University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern
Illinois University, and the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University.
Such plan shall detail capital expenditures to finance revenue producing
facilities through the issuance of revenue bonds. This plan shall detail
each project and the project cost in current dollar amounts. The plan shall
contain the appropriate detail
for the proposed budget year and the 3 year plan which will justify the
projects ability to meet: the debt service requirements by producing sufficient
revenue, life expectancy and maintenance requirements. Such annual capital
plans shall be submitted to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability
no later than March 15th of each year.
(Source: P.A. 93‑1067, eff. 1‑15‑05.)
(110 ILCS 205/9.12) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.12)
Sec. 9.12. To encourage the coordination of research
and service programs in the several State universities to furnish assistance
to the communities and citizens of this State in meeting special economic
needs arising from the removal or termination of substantial industrial
or commercial operations and the waste of human and economic resources which
often results from such removal.
Such programs may include assistance in identifying opportunities for
the replacement of the lost operations, in determining the economic feasibility
of the various opportunities available, and in the development of new products
or services suitable for production in the particular facility made available
by the relocation.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may assist the universities
by providing, with the assistance
of the Board, a system for referring particular economic problems to the
most appropriate research and service program.
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.)
(110 ILCS 205/9.13) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.13)
Sec. 9.13.
To establish a program of matching grants to engineering
colleges in Illinois, for the purpose of assisting such colleges in the
purchase of engineering laboratory equipment and software, excluding
laboratory or classroom furniture. The amount granted to any engineering
college in any fiscal year shall equal $1200 for each Bachelor of Science
degree in engineering conferred by such college in the previous fiscal year.
In the event that the appropriation to the Board for funding grants under
this Section is insufficient to fund all grants approved in a given fiscal
year, all such grants shall be reduced pro rata as necessary.
The total grant to each college under this Section for each fiscal year
shall not exceed the previously unmatched amount used or earmarked by such
college after June 30, 1983, for the purpose of purchasing engineering
laboratory equipment and software, which amount may include the fair market
value of in‑kind contributions of such equipment to the college, but may
not include any funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the use of
such college, or tuition, fees and assessments.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 83‑1329.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.14) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.14)
Sec. 9.14.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98. Repealed internally, eff. 7‑1‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.15) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.15)
Sec. 9.15.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 84‑712. Repealed by P.A. 90‑730, eff. 8‑10‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.16) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.16)
Sec. 9.16.
Underrepresentation of certain groups in higher education.
To require public institutions of higher education to develop and implement
methods and strategies to increase the participation of minorities, women
and handicapped individuals who are traditionally underrepresented in
education programs and activities. For the purpose of this Section,
minorities shall mean persons who are citizens of the United States or
lawful permanent resident aliens of the United States and who are: (a) Black (a
person having origins in any of the black racial groups in Africa);
(b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese culture with origins in
Mexico, South or Central America, or the Caribbean, regardless of race);
(c) Asian American (a person having origins in any of the original people
of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific
Islands); or (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person having
origins in any of the original people of North America).
The Board shall adopt any rules necessary to administer this Section.
The Board shall also do the following:
a) require all public institutions of higher education to develop and
submit plans for the implementation of this Section;
b) conduct periodic review of public institutions of higher education to
determine compliance with this Section; and if the Board finds that a public
institution of higher education is not in compliance with this Section,
it shall notify the institution of steps to take to attain compliance;
c) provide advice and counsel pursuant to this Section;
d) conduct studies of the effectiveness of methods and strategies
designed to increase participation of students in education programs and
activities in which minorities, women and handicapped individuals are
traditionally underrepresented, and monitor the success of students in such
education programs and activities;
e) encourage minority student recruitment and retention in colleges
and universities. In implementing this paragraph, the Board shall undertake
but need not be limited to the following: the establishment of guidelines
and plans for public institutions of higher education for minority student
recruitment and retention, the review and monitoring of minority student
programs implemented at public institutions of higher education to
determine their compliance with any guidelines and plans so established,
the determination of the effectiveness and funding requirements of minority
student programs at public institutions of higher education, the
dissemination of successful programs as models, and the encouragement of
cooperative partnerships between community colleges and local school
attendance centers which are experiencing difficulties in enrolling
minority students in four‑year colleges and universities;
f) mandate all public institutions of higher education to submit data
and information essential to determine compliance with this Section. The
Board shall prescribe the format and the date for submission of this data
and any other education equity data; and
g) report to the General Assembly and the Governor annually with a
description of the plans submitted by each public institution of higher
education for implementation of this Section, including financial data
relating to the most recent fiscal year expenditures for specific minority
programs, the effectiveness of such
plans and programs and the effectiveness of the methods and strategies developed by the
Board in meeting the purposes of this Section, the degree of compliance
with this Section by each public institution of higher education as
determined by the Board pursuant to its periodic review responsibilities,
and the findings made by the Board in conducting its studies and monitoring
student success as required by paragraph d) of this Section. With
respect to each public institution of higher education such report also shall
include, but need not be limited to, information with respect to each
institution's minority program budget allocations; minority student
admission, retention and graduation statistics; number of financial
assistance awards to undergraduate and graduate minority students; and
minority faculty representation. This paragraph shall not be construed to
prohibit the Board from making, preparing or issuing additional surveys or
studies with respect to minority education in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 90‑730, eff. 8‑10‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.17) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.17)
Sec. 9.17.
The Board may audit or may require the audit of all grant
funds annually. The Board shall take
such other steps as it deems necessary to ensure the proper discharge of
grant responsibilities.
(Source: P.A. 85‑244.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.18) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.18)
Sec. 9.18. To review the annual budget proposals of the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy and to submit to the Governor, the
General Assembly, the
Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability its analysis and recommendations on such budget proposals.
(Source: P.A. 93‑1067, eff. 1‑15‑05.)
(110 ILCS 205/9.19) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.19)
Sec. 9.19.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96. Repealed by P.A. 90‑730, eff. 8‑10‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.20) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.20)
Sec. 9.20.
(a) The Board and the Illinois State Scholarship Commission
are hereby authorized to research, develop and recommend a State student
cooperative work program. The purpose of the program shall be to reduce
reliance on student loans, enhance public sector/private sector
partnerships, complement student academic programs, and encourage social
service activities.
The work‑study program shall include the ability to offset student loans.
Students shall be eligible to participate for one calendar year and shall
not be required to demonstrate financial need.
The program may be phased in over no more than a 4‑year time period and
shall expand current opportunities for students to pursue internship,
clinical placement, cooperative programs with business and industry, and
other opportunities linked to a student's academic program.
(b) The Board and the Illinois State Scholarship Commission shall
promulgate rules necessary to implement the work‑study program.
(c) The Board shall report to the General Assembly not later than
November 1, 1990 on their recommendations for a State‑sponsored
work‑study program, together with recommendations for funding the program.
(Source: P.A. 86‑869.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.21) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.21)
Sec. 9.21.
Human Relations.
(a) The Board shall monitor, budget, evaluate, and report to the General
Assembly in accordance with Section 9.16 of this Act on programs to improve
human relations to include race, ethnicity, gender and other issues related
to improving human relations. The programs shall at least:
(1) require each public institution of higher |
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education to include, in the general education requirements for obtaining a degree, coursework on improving human relations to include race, ethnicity, gender and other issues related to improving human relations to address racism and sexual harassment on their campuses, through existing courses;
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(2) require each public institution of higher
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education to report monthly to the Department of Human Rights and the Attorney General on each adjudicated case in which a finding of racial, ethnic or religious intimidation or sexual harassment made in a grievance, affirmative action or other proceeding established by that institution to investigate and determine allegations of racial, ethnic or religious intimidation and sexual harassment; and
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(3) require each public institution of higher
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education to forward to the local State's Attorney any report received by campus security or by a university police department alleging the commission of a hate crime as defined under Section 12‑7.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
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(Source: P.A. 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.22) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.22)
Sec. 9.22.
International internship program.
The Board of Higher
Education is authorized to administer an institutional grant program to
provide internship opportunities in international business and other
international study practica, including overseas study,
to students studying foreign
languages, international studies, or international business at any public
or nonpublic institution of higher education located in Illinois. The
Board is authorized to administer and expend privately donated or federal
funds that are received by the Board and that are designated to be used for
the purposes of this Section. The Board shall administer the program and
shall distribute the funds received for this purpose in the form of grants
to public and nonpublic institutions of higher education located in
Illinois. In awarding grants under this Section, the Board shall consider
whether programs:
(1) comply with the standards necessary to meet the requirements of
private or federal funding entities;
(2) provide opportunities for students from underrepresented groups; and
(3) meet other criteria that the Board determines are appropriate.
The Board may promulgate rules it deems necessary for the international
internship program.
(Source: P.A. 87‑1179.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.23) (from Ch. 144, par. 189.23)
Sec. 9.23.
Consistent with policy objectives and priorities designed
to assist in preparation of the workforce for the State's economy, the
Board shall develop a comprehensive international education policy, the
purposes of which shall be: (1) to facilitate the coordination of
international academic programming and international activities,
integrating those programs and activities into the teaching, research, and
service missions of Illinois institutions of higher education; and (2) to
facilitate the development of an international workforce for Illinois
business and industry that is prepared to compete successfully for the
benefit of the Illinois economy in the global business, scientific, and
cultural environments.
(Source: P.A. 87‑1179.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.24)
Sec. 9.24.
Sports Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics.
For the purpose of
attaining gender equity in intercollegiate athletics, public institutions of
higher education may grant, in addition to any such amounts previously
authorized by the Board, tuition waivers in an amount not to exceed 1% of all
tuition income. Intercollegiate athletics, for purposes of this Section, shall
include only those sports sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic
Association and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, but
shall not include club sports.
Before issuing any such tuition waiver, public institutions of higher
education shall place on file with the Board a plan for achieving gender equity
in intercollegiate athletics. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:
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(2) activities to be undertaken by the institution
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to achieve gender equity in intercollegiate athletics;
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(3) identification of the barriers to achieving and
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maintaining equitable intercollegiate athletic opportunities for men and women;
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(4) progress in achieving sports equity in
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compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and
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(5) the use of tuition waivers for attaining gender
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equity in intercollegiate sports.
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The Board shall report every 3 years to the General Assembly and
the
Governor, on or before the second Wednesday of April,
beginning in 2002,
with a description of the plans submitted by each public institution of higher
education relative to attainment of gender equity in intercollegiate sports.
The report shall include financial data on tuition waivers and other
intercollegiate athletic expenditures for men and women, the effectiveness of
the plans, and the degree of compliance with Title IX of the Higher Education
Act of 1965.
(Source: P.A. 91‑792, eff. 6‑9‑00.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.25)
Sec. 9.25. Feasibility study; Parks College. The Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity along with the Board of Higher Education
shall conduct an economic and educational feasibility study for the future
development of Parks College in Cahokia, Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.)
(110 ILCS 205/9.26)
Sec. 9.26.
Matching Grants.
To establish and administer a program or
programs of matching grants for use by Illinois higher education institutions
as incentives in the competition for federal research grants and contracts.
Matching grants will be made to stimulate increased federal and corporate
research funds and to improve the research capabilities of Illinois
institutions of higher education.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 90‑730, eff. 8‑10‑98.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.27)
Sec. 9.27.
Technology Grants.
To establish and administer a program or
programs of grants for the
purpose of improving and making available state‑of‑the‑art technologies for
Illinois institutions of higher education. Such grants may be awarded to
public institutions of higher learning or nonpublic institutions of higher
learning or to both public and nonpublic institutions of higher learning. Such
grants may be made for technology purposes that include, but are not limited
to, the purchase of equipment or services or both to improve computing and
computer networking and to enhance connectivity to external networks.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 90‑730, eff. 8‑10‑98; 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.28)
Sec. 9.28.
Graduation incentive grant program.
(a) The graduation incentive grant program is hereby created. The program
shall be implemented and administered by the Board of Higher Education to
provide grant incentives to public universities that offer their undergraduate
students contracts under which the university commits itself to provide the
courses, programs, and support services necessary to enable the contracting
students to graduate within 4 years. Grants shall be awarded from
appropriations made to the Board of Higher Education for purposes of this
Section.
(b) To be eligible for grant consideration, a public university shall
annually file a report with the Board of Higher Education detailing its 4‑year
graduation contract program. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
following information: the number of undergraduate students participating in
the program, the requirements of the 4‑year graduation contracts offered by the
university, the types of additional support services provided by the university
to the contracting students, and the cost of the program.
(c) In awarding grants to public universities under
this Section, the Board of Higher Education may consider each applicant's
report data, the number of institutions wishing to participate, and such other
criteria as the Board of Higher Education determines to be appropriate.
(d) The Board of Higher Education shall annually submit to the Governor and
the General Assembly a budgetary recommendation for grants under this Section
and shall notify applicants for grant assistance that the award of grants under
this Section is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
(e) The Board of Higher Education may adopt such rules as it deems necessary
for administration of the grant program created by this Section.
(Source: P.A. 90‑750, eff. 8‑14‑98; 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.29)
Sec. 9.29.
Tuition and fee waiver report.
The Board of Higher Education
shall
annually
compile information concerning tuition and fee waivers and tuition and fee
waiver
programs that has been
provided by
the Boards of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
University, Chicago
State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University,
Illinois State
University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, and
Western
Illinois University and shall report its findings and recommendations
concerning tuition and fee
waivers and tuition and fee waiver programs to the General Assembly by filing
copies of
its
report by December
31 of
each year as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
Act.
(Source: P.A. 92‑51, eff. 1‑1‑02.)
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(110 ILCS 205/9.30)
Sec. 9.30. Course transferability program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Board shall implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements.
(b) Under the program, the Board shall provide appropriate assistance and support to participating public and private institutions of higher education. The Board shall designate participants based on which institutions apply to be part of the program. However, all data shall be managed by each institution of higher education and each institution shall retain complete ownership of the data submitted.
(c) The program's Internet website shall contain the following:
(1) Transfer course articulations, which shall be
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(2) Institutional reference tables.
(3) Degree requirements, which shall be updated
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(4) Course banks, which shall be updated annually.
(5) Academic program pull down menus, which shall be
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(Source: P.A. 94‑420, eff. 8‑2‑05.)
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(110 ILCS 205/10) (from Ch. 144, par. 190)
Sec. 10.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board
of Trustees of Southern Illinois University,
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of
Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University,
and the Illinois Community College Board shall retain all the powers and
duties heretofore given and conferred upon them by statute, except insofar
as they are limited by the powers and duties delegated to the Board of Higher
Education by this Act.
Nothing, however, in this Act shall be construed to prevent individual
state universities and colleges from establishing higher minimum admission
requirements and higher minimum admission requirements may be established
for out‑of‑state students than for Illinois residents.
(Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96.)
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(110 ILCS 205/11) (from Ch. 144, par. 191)
Sec. 11.
In the formulation of a master plan of higher education and in the
discharge of its duties under this Act, the Board shall give consideration
to the problems and attitudes of private junior colleges,
private colleges and
universities, and of other educational groups, instrumentalities and
institutions, and to specialized areas of education, as they relate to the
overall policies and problems of higher education.
(Source: P.A. 82‑622.)
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(110 ILCS 205/12) (from Ch. 144, par. 192)
Sec. 12.
The Board may examine the books, records and files of any public
institution of higher education, and of any office of state government,
as to matters germane to its responsibilities hereunder, subject only to
laws or regulations pertaining to the confidential nature of information
or data. The officers and employees of all public institutions of higher
education, and of state agencies of government, shall afford the Board,
its members, and authorized agents and representatives, access to all
such books, records and files, and furnish to them such information as
they have relating to the Board's functions and responsibilities. The
Board may hold hearings at such places as it deems desirable.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3819.)
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(110 ILCS 205/15) (from Ch. 144, par. 193)
Sec. 15.
The provisions of "The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act",
as now or hereafter amended, are hereby expressly adopted and incorporated
herein as though a part of this Act, and shall apply to all administrative
rules and procedures of the Board of Higher Education under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 80‑866.)
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