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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,
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| 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 Illinois Student Assistance |
| 9 | | Commission,
consisting of 10 persons to be appointed by the |
| 10 | | 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 recognized |
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| 1 | | advisory committee of students of the Illinois Community |
| 2 | | College Board Illinois
Student Association, the Organization |
| 3 | | of Community College Students, the
recognized advisory |
| 4 | | committee of students of the Board of Higher Education, and
the |
| 5 | | recognized advisory committee of students of the Federation of |
| 6 | | Independent
Illinois Colleges and Universities. The Governor |
| 7 | | shall designate one member,
other than the student member, as |
| 8 | | chairman. Each member of the Commission,
including the student |
| 9 | | member, shall serve without compensation, but shall be
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| 10 | | reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in performing his |
| 11 | | or her duties
under this Act. Subject to a requirement that |
| 12 | | Commission members in office
on the
effective date of this |
| 13 | | amendatory Act of 1995 may serve the full term to
which they |
| 14 | | were appointed, the appointment of Commission members to terms |
| 15 | | that
commence on or after that effective date shall be made in |
| 16 | | a manner that gives
effect at the earliest possible time to the |
| 17 | | change that is required by this
amendatory Act in the |
| 18 | | representative
composition of the Commission's membership.
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| 19 | | (b) The term of office of each member, other than the |
| 20 | | student
member, is 6 years from July 1 of the year of |
| 21 | | appointment, and until his
successor is appointed and |
| 22 | | qualified. If a member's tenure of office,
other than that of |
| 23 | | the student member, is terminated for any reason
before his or |
| 24 | | her term has expired, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by |
| 25 | | the
appointment of a person who has the same representative |
| 26 | | status as the
person whose term has been so terminated, and the |
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| 1 | | new appointee shall
hold office only for the remainder of that |
| 2 | | term and until a successor
is appointed and qualified.
The term |
| 3 | | of the student member shall be for 2 years from July 1 of each
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| 4 | | odd-numbered year. If the tenure of the student member is |
| 5 | | terminated for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the |
| 6 | | same manner as heretofore provided
for a regular term of office |
| 7 | | appointment of the student member. The new
student appointee |
| 8 | | shall hold office only for the remainder of that term. A |
| 9 | | student appointee's status on the Commission may not be |
| 10 | | considered in determining his or her eligibility for programs |
| 11 | | administered by the Commission No
student member may receive a |
| 12 | | scholarship or grant pursuant to this Act during
his or her |
| 13 | | term of office with the Commission.
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| 14 | | (c) In accordance with the provisions of the State |
| 15 | | Universities Civil
Service Act, the Commission shall employ a |
| 16 | | professionally qualified person as
the Executive Director of |
| 17 | | the Commission, and such other employees as may be
necessary to |
| 18 | | effectuate the purposes of this Act.
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| 19 | | (d) The Commission shall meet at least once in each fiscal |
| 20 | | year, and
may meet at other times which the Chairman may |
| 21 | | designate by giving at
least 10 days' written notice to each |
| 22 | | member.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 89-419, eff. 6-1-96.)
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| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 25 | | becoming law.
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