(110 ILCS 665/10‑35)
Sec. 10‑35.
Transfer of powers, duties, assets; outstanding contracts,
agreements and bonds. All the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities and relating to the
operation, management, control and maintenance of Eastern Illinois University
are hereby transferred to and vested in the Board of Trustees of Eastern
Illinois University.
All books, records, papers, documents and pending business in any way
pertaining to Eastern Illinois
University and held by the Board of Governors of State Colleges and
Universities are hereby transferred from the Board of Governors of State
Colleges and Universities to the Board of
Trustees of Eastern Illinois University.
The employment of the president and all other academic and nonacademic
personnel of Eastern Illinois University is hereby transferred from the
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities to the Board of Trustees
of Eastern Illinois University,
but the status and rights of all personnel whose employment is so
transferred under the State Universities Civil Service System, under the
State Universities Retirement System and under any other contract or
benefit plan shall be unaffected thereby.
No rule or regulation promulgated by the Board of Governors of State Colleges
and Universities prior to the effective date of this Article
pursuant to an exercise of any right, power, duty, responsibility or matter
of pending business transferred from the Board of Governors of State Colleges
and Universities to the Board of
Trustees of Eastern Illinois University under the provisions of this
Article shall be affected thereby, and all such rules and
regulations shall become the rules and regulations of the Board of Trustees
of Eastern Illinois University.
All items of income heretofore received by Eastern Illinois University
and paid into the State Treasury and covered into the Board of Governors of
State Colleges and Universities
Income Fund and not heretofore appropriated by the General Assembly for the
support and improvement of Eastern Illinois University under the
provisions of paragraph (1) of Section 6a of the State Finance Act
shall be transferred by the
State Treasurer and covered into the Eastern Illinois University Income
Fund for appropriations from time to time to be made by the General
Assembly payable from such fund for the support and improvement of Eastern
Illinois University as provided in paragraph (1) of Section 6a‑1d of that
Act; provided that within 10 days after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1996, all moneys then remaining in the Eastern Illinois University
Income Fund
heretofore established as a special fund in the State Treasury shall be repaid
to the University to be deposited and credited to the University Income Fund
established by Eastern Illinois University in its own treasury as provided
in paragraph (1) of Section 6a‑1d of the State Finance Act.
The right of custody, possession and control over all items of income, funds
or deposits in any
way pertaining to Eastern Illinois University, which on the effective date
of this Article are held or retained by, or under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities under
the authority of paragraph (2)
of Section 6a of the State Finance Act,
is hereby transferred to and vested in the Board of
Trustees of Eastern Illinois University to be retained by the University
in its own treasury, or deposited with a bank or savings and loan
association, all in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (2) and
(6) of Section 6a‑1d of that Act.
There is hereby transferred from the Board of Governors of State Colleges and
Universities to the Board of
Trustees of Eastern Illinois University the power of order and direction
over the disbursement of those funds which immediately prior to the
effective date of this Article were retained by Eastern Illinois University in
its
own treasury under the authority of
Section 6a‑2 of the State Finance Act;
provided that such funds shall be disbursed from time to time
pursuant to the order and direction of the Board of Trustees in accordance
with any contracts, pledges, trusts or agreements heretofore made with
respect to the use or application of such funds by the
Teachers College Board or the Board of Governors of State Colleges and
Universities.
Eastern Illinois University shall succeed to, assume and exercise all rights,
powers, duties and responsibilities formerly exercised by the Board of
Governors of State Colleges and Universities on behalf of Eastern Illinois
University prior to the effective date of this Article. All contracts and
agreements entered into by the Board of Governors of State Colleges and
Universities on behalf of Eastern Illinois University prior to the effective
date
of this Article shall be valid and shall subsist notwithstanding the abolition
of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities and the repeal of
the Board of Governors Act and notwithstanding the transfer or the functions of
the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities with respect to
Eastern Illinois University to the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
University.
All bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness outstanding on the
effective date of this Article issued by the Teachers College Board or the
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities on behalf of Eastern
Illinois University shall become the bonds, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness of Eastern Illinois University and shall be otherwise unaffected
by the transfer of functions to Eastern Illinois University. Any action,
including
without limitation, approvals of applications for bonds and resolutions
constituting official action under the Internal Revenue Code by the Teachers
College Board or Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities prior to
the effective date of this Article shall remain effective to the same extent as
if that action had been taken by Eastern Illinois University and shall be
deemed to be action taken by Eastern Illinois University.
The title to all other property, whether real, personal or mixed,
belonging to or under the jurisdiction of the Board of Governors of State
Colleges and Universities for Eastern Illinois University is hereby transferred
to and vested in the Board of
Trustees of Eastern Illinois University to be held for the People of the
State of Illinois for such University.
(Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96; 89‑602, eff. 8‑2‑96.)
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(110 ILCS 665/10‑45)
Sec. 10‑45.
Powers and duties.
(a) The Board also shall have power and
it shall be its duty:
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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Computer Center to obtain services related to electronic data processing.
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(10) To provide for the receipt and expenditures of
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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
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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.
(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. 91‑251, eff. 7‑22‑99; 91‑883, eff. 1‑1‑01.)
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(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:
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amount necessary and proper, based on past experience or independent actuarial determinations;
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(2) All earnings derived from such reserves shall be
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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
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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
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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
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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.)
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(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:
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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 Eastern Illinois University may
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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
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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 665/10‑88)
Sec. 10‑88. 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:
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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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