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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2810 Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. Christine J. Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning establishment of the Illinois Student Assistance
Commission.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 947/15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15. Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
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| 8 | | (a) There is established the
the Illinois Student |
| 9 | | Assistance Commission,
consisting of 10 persons to be appointed |
| 10 | | by the Governor with the
advice and
consent of the Senate. The |
| 11 | | membership of the Commission shall consist of one
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| 12 | | representative of the institutions of higher learning
operated |
| 13 | | by the State; one representative of the private institutions of
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| 14 | | higher learning located in the State; one representative of the |
| 15 | | public
community colleges located in the State; one |
| 16 | | representative of the public
high schools located in the State; |
| 17 | | 5 citizens of the State chosen for
their knowledge of and |
| 18 | | interest in higher education, but not employed
by, |
| 19 | | professionally affiliated with, or members of the governing |
| 20 | | boards
of any institution of higher learning located in the |
| 21 | | State, and one
student member selected from nominations |
| 22 | | submitted to the Governor by
multi-campus student |
| 23 | | organizations, including but not limited to, the Illinois
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| 1 | | Student Association, the Organization of Community College |
| 2 | | Students, the
recognized advisory committee of students of the |
| 3 | | Board of Higher Education, and
the recognized advisory |
| 4 | | committee of students of the Federation of Independent
Illinois |
| 5 | | Colleges and Universities. The Governor shall designate one |
| 6 | | member,
other than the student member, as chairman. Each member |
| 7 | | of the Commission,
including the student member, shall serve |
| 8 | | without compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses |
| 9 | | necessarily incurred in performing his or her duties
under this |
| 10 | | Act. Subject to a requirement that Commission members in office
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| 11 | | on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 may serve |
| 12 | | the full term to
which they were appointed, the appointment of |
| 13 | | Commission members to terms that
commence on or after that |
| 14 | | effective date shall be made in a manner that gives
effect at |
| 15 | | the earliest possible time to the change that is required by |
| 16 | | this
amendatory Act in the representative
composition of the |
| 17 | | Commission's membership. |
| 18 | | (b) The term of office of each member, other than the |
| 19 | | student
member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of |
| 20 | | appointment, and until his
successor is appointed and |
| 21 | | qualified. If a member's tenure of office,
other than that of |
| 22 | | the student member, is terminated for any reason
before his or |
| 23 | | her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by |
| 24 | | the
appointment of a person who has the same representative |
| 25 | | status as the
person whose term has been so terminated, and the |
| 26 | | new appointee shall
hold office only for the remainder of that |
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| 1 | | term and until a successor
is appointed and qualified.
The term |
| 2 | | of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each
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| 3 | | odd-numbered year. If the tenure of the student member is |
| 4 | | terminated for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the |
| 5 | | same manner as heretofore provided
for a regular term of office |
| 6 | | appointment of the student member. The new
student appointee |
| 7 | | shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. No
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| 8 | | student member may receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to |
| 9 | | this Act during
his or her term of office with the Commission.
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| 10 | | (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State |
| 11 | | Universities Civil
Service Act, the Commission shall employ a |
| 12 | | professionally qualified person as
the Executive Director of |
| 13 | | the Commission, and such other employees as may be
necessary to |
| 14 | | effectuate the purposes of this Act.
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| 15 | | (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal |
| 16 | | year, and
may meet at other times which the Chairman may |
| 17 | | designate by giving at
least 10 days' written notice to each |
| 18 | | member.
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)
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