Citation links direct you to the statute on the Illinois General Assembly website.
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Statute Title
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Board of Higher Education Act |
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board
of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees
of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University,
the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University, and the Illinois Community College
Board shall retain all the powers and duties heretofore given and conferred upon them
by statute, except insofar as they are limited by the powers and duties delegated
to the Board of Higher Education by this Act.
Nothing, however, in this Act shall be construed to prevent individual state universities
and colleges from establishing higher minimum admission requirements and higher minimum
admission requirements may be established for out-of-state students than for Illinois
residents. |
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Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009. |
Financial education. Any institution of higher education that enters into an agreement
to market credit cards to students pursuing an undergraduate education, or that allows
its student groups, alumni associations, or affiliates to enter into such agreements
must make a financial education program available to all students. Additionally, an
institution of higher education shall make available to all its students, via posting
in a conspicuous location on its web pages, the financial education information required
by this Section. |
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Educational Institution Presiding Officer Act |
The board of trustees, directors or managers, or the senate, of any college, seminary,
academy or other educational institution, incorporated under any general or special
law of this state, solely for educational purposes, and possessing no capital stock,
may elect its own presiding officer for such term as such board or senate may determine,
the provisions of any special charter to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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Educational Trustees Act |
The number of trustees of any college, seminary or academy, incorporated under any
general or special law of this state, and possessing no capital stock, may be increased
in the manner hereinafter provided. |
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Institution of Learning Powers Act |
The trustees, directors or managers shall have control and management of the affairs
and property of the corporation, and may appoint and fix the salaries of the president
or principal, professors, tutors, teachers and such other officers and agents as they
may deem necessary, and remove them at pleasure; and may prescribe the course of study
to be observed in the institution, or any department thereof, and may grant literary
honors and degrees pursuant to "An Act to regulate the granting of academic degrees,
diplomas and certificates by certain educational institutions, to provide penalties
for the violation thereof and to make an appropriation therefor", approved August
14, 1961, as heretofore and hereafter amended. |
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Institution of Learning Powers Act |
Limited liability of directors and trustees of certain institutions of learning. (a)
No director or trustee, serving without compensation other than reimbursement for
actual expenses, of a corporation organized under a special law or charter for the
purpose of establishing or conducting a university, college, academy or other institution
of learning and subject to this Act, shall be liable, and no cause of action may be
brought for damages resulting from the exercise of judgment or discretion in connection
with the duties or responsibilities of such director or trustee unless the act or
omission involved willful or wanton conduct. |
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School Code |
The scholarships issued under Sections 30-9 through 30-12 of this Article may be used
at the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University,
Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University,
Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, and Western Illinois
University as provided in those sections. Unless otherwise indicated, these scholarships
shall be good for a period of not more than 4 years while enrolled for residence credit
and shall exempt the holder from the payment of tuition, or any matriculation, graduation,
activity, term or incidental fee, except any portion of a multipurpose fee which is
used for a purpose for which exemption is not granted under this Section.
Exemption shall not be granted from any other fees, including book rental, service,
laboratory, supply, union building, hospital and medical insurance fees and any fees
established for the operation and maintenance of buildings, the income of which is
pledged to the payment of interest and principal on bonds issued by the governing
board of any university or community college.
Any student who has been or shall be awarded a scholarship shall be reimbursed by
the appropriate university or community college for any fees which he has paid and
for which exemption is granted under this Section, if application for such reimbursement
is made within 2 months following the school term for which the fees were paid.
The holder of a scholarship shall be subject to all examinations, rules and requirements
of the university or community college in which he is enrolled except as herein directed.
This article does not prohibit the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois,
the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Regents of the
Regency Universities System and the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
for the institutions under their respective jurisdictions from granting other scholarships. |
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University Chancellors Act |
In all universities of learning, not placed under the control of the officers of this
state, whether organized under any general or special law, including those wherein
by law the governor is made chancellor ex officio, the board of trustees shall have
power, by a by-law, to create the office of chancellor, to prescribe the powers and
duties thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of law, and to fix the term thereof;
and, from time to time, to fill the same by election: Provided, whenever the governor
is by law chancellor ex officio, and shall be able to attend and act as such, his
rights, prerogatives and duties shall not be abridged or affected by the provisions
of this act. |
