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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 9.34 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 205/9.34 new) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) |
| 8 | | Sec. 9.34. Big Ten Feasibility Study Commission. |
| 9 | | (a) The Board shall establish a Big Ten Feasibility Study |
| 10 | | Commission to deliberate and determine the feasibility of |
| 11 | | having another public university in this State become a part of |
| 12 | | the Big Ten Conference and how this might be accomplished, |
| 13 | | while remaining revenue neutral to this State. |
| 14 | | (b) The Commission shall be comprised of all of the |
| 15 | | following members: |
| 16 | | (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the |
| 17 | | President of the Senate. |
| 18 | | (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority |
| 19 | | Leader of the Senate. |
| 20 | | (3) One member of the House of Representatives, |
| 21 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House. |
| 22 | | (4) One member of the House of Representatives, |
| 23 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House. |
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| 1 | | (5) The Executive Director of the Board or his or her |
| 2 | | designee. |
| 3 | | (6) A resident of this State who is the parent of a |
| 4 | | student attending an out-of-state university that is a |
| 5 | | member of the Big Ten Conference, appointed by the |
| 6 | | Executive Director of the Board. |
| 7 | | (7) A resident of this State who is a student attending |
| 8 | | an out-of-state university that is a member of the Big Ten |
| 9 | | Conference, appointed by the Executive Director of the |
| 10 | | Board. |
| 11 | | (8) A resident of this State who is the parent of a |
| 12 | | student attending a public university in this State other |
| 13 | | than the University of Illinois, appointed by the Executive |
| 14 | | Director of the Board. |
| 15 | | Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation |
| 16 | | and without reimbursement for their expenses. |
| 17 | | (c) The Commission shall meet initially at the call of the |
| 18 | | Executive Director of the Board, which meeting must take place |
| 19 | | within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 20 | | of the 98th General Assembly. |
| 21 | | (d) The Commission shall hold public hearings, invite |
| 22 | | witnesses of interest, take testimony, and file a report with |
| 23 | | the General Assembly and the Board on or before January 1, 2015 |
| 24 | | concerning the Commission's findings and recommendations. Upon |
| 25 | | filing its report, the Commission is dissolved. |
| 26 | | (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016.
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