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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5567
Introduced 01/31/06, by Rep. Monique D. Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Chicago State University Law. Provides that meetings of the Board of Trustees must be held at least once each month instead of once each quarter. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5567 |
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LRB094 19474 NHT 55276 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Chicago State University Law is amended by |
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| changing Section 5-25 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 660/5-25)
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| Sec. 5-25. Officers; meetings. Members of the Board shall |
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| elect annually
by secret ballot from their own number a |
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| chairman who shall preside over
meetings of the Board and a |
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| secretary.
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| Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each |
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| month
quarter on the campus
of Chicago State University at |
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| Chicago, Illinois. At all regular meetings of
the Board, a |
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| majority of its members shall constitute a quorum. The student
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| member shall have all of the privileges of membership, |
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| including the right to
make and second motions, to attend |
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| executive sessions, and to vote on all Board
matters except |
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| those involving faculty tenure, faculty promotion or any issue
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| on which the student member has a direct conflict of interest. |
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| Unless the
student member is entitled to vote on a measure at a |
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| meeting of the Board or
any of its committees, he or she shall |
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| not be considered a member for the
purpose of determining |
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| whether a quorum is present at the time that measure is
voted |
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| upon. No action of the Board shall be invalidated by reason of |
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| any
vacancies on the Board or by reason of any failure to |
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| select a student member.
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| Special meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman |
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| of the Board
or by any 3 members of the Board.
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| At each regular and special meeting that is open to the |
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| public, members of
the public and employees of the University |
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| shall be afforded time, subject to
reasonable constraints, to |
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| make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
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