(110 ILCS 520/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 658)
Sec. 8.
Powers and Duties of the Board.
The Board shall have power and
it shall be its duty:
1. To make rules, regulations and by‑laws, not |
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inconsistent with law, for the government and management of Southern Illinois University and its branches;
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2. To employ, and, for good cause, to remove a
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president of Southern Illinois University, and all necessary deans, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, and other educational and administrative assistants, and all other necessary employees, and contract with them upon matters relating to tenure, salaries and retirement benefits in accordance with the State Universities Civil Service Act; the Board shall, upon the written request of an employee of Southern 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. Whenever the Board establishes a search committee to fill the position of president of Southern Illinois University, there shall be minority representation, including women, on that search committee;
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3. To prescribe the course of study to be followed,
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and textbooks and apparatus to be used at Southern Illinois University;
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4. To issue upon the recommendation of the faculty,
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diplomas to such persons as have satisfactorily completed the required studies of Southern 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
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administration of Southern 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 stadium or other recreational facilities; student welfare fees; laboratory fees and similar fees for supplies and material;
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6. To succeed to and to administer all trusts, trust
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property, and gifts now or hereafter belonging or pertaining to Southern Illinois University;
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7. To accept endowments of professorships or
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departments in the 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
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government for providing courses of instruction and other services at Southern 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 provide for the receipt and expenditures of
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Federal funds, paid to the Southern 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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10. To appoint, subject to the applicable civil
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service law, persons to be members of the Southern 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 the 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
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Southern Illinois University Police Department and to any other employee of Southern 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 Southern Illinois University and (ii) contains a unique identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by Southern Illinois University.
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11. To administer a plan or plans established by the
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clinical faculty of the School of Medicine for the billing, collection and disbursement of charges made by individual faculty members for professional services performed by them in the course of or in support of their academic responsibilities, provided that such plan has been first approved by Board action. All such collections shall be deposited into a special fund or funds administered by the Board from which disbursements may be made according to the provisions of said plan. The reasonable costs incurred, by the University, administering the billing, collection and disbursement provisions of a plan shall have first priority for payment before distribution or disbursement for any other purpose. Charges established pursuant to this plan must be itemized in any billing and any amounts collected which are not used to off‑set the cost of operating or maintaining the activity which generated the funds collected, must be accounted for separately. This accounting must clearly show the use and application made of the funds and the Board shall report such accountings for the previous fiscal year to the Legislative Audit Commission annually by December 31 of each fiscal year.
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The Board of Trustees may own, operate, or govern,
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by or through the School of Medicine, a managed care community network established under subsection (b) of Section 5‑11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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12. The Board of Trustees may, directly or in
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cooperation with other institutions of higher education, acquire by purchase or lease or otherwise, and construct, enlarge, improve, equip, complete, operate, control and manage medical research and high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property therefor, to encourage and facilitate (a) the location and development of business and industry in the State of Illinois, and (b) the increased application and development of technology and (c) the improvement and development of the State's economy. The Board of Trustees may lease to nonprofit corporations all or any part of the land, buildings, facilities, equipment or other property included in a medical research and high technology park upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Trustees 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 of Trustees 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.
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The powers of the Board as herein designated are subject to the Board
of Higher Education Act.
(Source: P.A. 91‑883, eff. 1‑1‑01; 92‑370, eff. 8‑15‑01.)
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(110 ILCS 520/8a) (from Ch. 144, par. 658a)
Sec. 8a.
(1) The Board shall provide each member of the Southern
Illinois University Police Department without cost to him public liability
insurance covering him for any liability which arises out of his employment
to the extent of the insurance policy limits which shall be not less than
$50,000.
(2) The Board shall have power to insure the Board, the universities 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:
(a) The amount of such reserves shall not exceed the amount necessary
and proper, based on past experience or independent actuarial determinations;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) All funds collected for the purposes specified in paragraph (c) or
earmarked for such purposes must be placed in the reserves;
(e) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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. 84‑1126.)
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(110 ILCS 520/8d‑5)
Sec. 8d‑5. In‑state tuition charge.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
for tuition purposes, the Board shall deem an individual
an Illinois
resident, until the individual establishes a residence outside of this
State, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The individual resided with his or her parent or |
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guardian while attending a public or private high school in this State.
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(2) The individual graduated from a public or private
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high school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma in this State.
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(3) The individual attended school in this State for
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at least 3 years as of the date the individual graduated from high school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma.
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(4) The individual registers as an entering student
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in the University not earlier than the 2003 fall semester.
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(5) In the case of an individual who is not a citizen
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or a permanent resident of the United States, the individual provides the University with an affidavit stating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident of the United States at the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so.
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This subsection (a) applies only to tuition for a
term or semester that begins
on or after May 20, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93‑7).
Any revenue lost by the University in implementing this subsection (a)
shall be absorbed by the University Income Fund.
(b) If a person is on active military duty and stationed in Illinois, then
the
Board shall deem that person and any of his or her dependents Illinois
residents for tuition purposes.
(Source: P.A. 93‑7, eff. 5‑20‑03; 93‑738, eff. 7‑15‑04.)
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(110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
Sec. 8e.
Admissions.
(a) Commencing in the fall of 1993, no new student shall
then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in any of the departments or
colleges of the University unless such student also has satisfactorily
completed:
(1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
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the following 5 categories:
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(A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and
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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
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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,
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music, vocational education or art;
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(2) except that institutions may admit individual
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applicants if the institution 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 Southern 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. Institutions may also admit 1) applicants who did not have an opportunity to complete the minimum college preparatory curriculum in high school, and 2) 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
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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. 91‑374, eff. 7‑30‑99.)
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(110 ILCS 520/8i)
Sec. 8i. Vince Demuzio Governmental Internship Program.
(a) The president of the University, in consultation with the Board, shall establish a governmental internship program consisting of up to 30 governmental interns allocated between the Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses.
(b) In order to be eligible under the program, a person must be enrolled as a full‑time undergraduate student during the entirety of his or her participation in the program.
(c) The following shall be the goals of the program:
(1) To attract highly motivated students into the
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(2) To provide students with a broad overview of
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(3) To offer students a unique hands‑on experience.
(4) To provide students with a personal look into the
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budgetary, legislative, and programmatic areas of State government.
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(5) To provide students with a unique opportunity to
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learn about and to advance into public service careers, including policy‑making positions in government.
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(6) To offer a governmental experience to meet the
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public sector's future need for competent administrators.
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(7) To provide a public sector internship that
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encourages talented college graduates to consider careers in State government.
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(8) To enable college graduates to supplement their
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academic learning with practical governmental experience.
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(9) To achieve diversity through the placement of
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qualified minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
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(10) To enable the University to play an
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ever‑increasing role in directing talented students to consider careers in public service.
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(d) All students participating in the program shall receive academic credit as determined by the University. Students shall also be compensated financially as determined by the University. The program shall not include a waiver of tuition or fees.
(e) The program is subject to specific annual appropriation by the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 94‑479, eff. 8‑5‑05.)
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