(110 ILCS 670/15-25)
Sec. 15-25. Officers; meetings. Members of the Board shall elect annually
by secret ballot from their own number a chairman who shall preside over
meetings of the Board and a secretary.
Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each quarter on the campus
of Governors State University at University Park, Illinois. At all regular
meetings of the Board, a majority of its members shall constitute a quorum. The
student member shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the
right to make and second motions, to attend executive sessions, and to vote on
all Board matters except those involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion or
any issue on which the student member has a direct conflict of interest. For the purposes of this Section, a student member shall not be deemed to have a direct conflict of interest in and may vote on any item involving the employment or compensation of the President of the University or the election of officers.
Unless the student member is entitled to vote on a measure at a meeting of the
Board or any of its committees, he or she shall not be considered a member for
the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the time that measure
is voted upon. No action of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of any
vacancies on the Board or by reason of any failure to select a student member.
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman of the Board
or by any 3 members of the Board.
At each regular and special meeting that is open to the public, members of
the public and employees of the University shall be afforded time, subject to
reasonable constraints, to make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 99-734, eff. 8-5-16.)
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