Illinois Administrative Code › Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION › Part 5050 - PUBLIC INFORMATION, RULEMAKING AND ORGANIZATION › Subpart C - ORGANIZATION › Section 5050.200 - Organization of Illinois Board of Higher Education

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Illinois Board of Higher Education,
				the State coordinating agency for public and private postsecondary education,
				is composed of 16 members: ten members appointed by the Governor with the
				consent of the Senate (including one faculty member from a public university),
				a member appointed by the Governor to represent public universities, a member
				appointed by the Governor to represent independent institutions, the Chairman
				of the Illinois Community College Board, the Chairman of the Illinois Student
				Assistance Commission, and two student members selected by the recognized
				student advisory committee to the IBHE
, one of whom must be a
				non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 years old and
				represents the view of non-traditional students, such as a person who is
				employed or is a parent
[110 ILCS 205/2 ].
b) There are five standing advisory
				committees to the Board: the Faculty Advisory Council, the Independent College
				and University Advisory Committee, the Proprietary Advisory Committee, the
				Student Advisory Committee, and the Council of Community College
				Presidents.
c) The Board is
				supported by a staff headed by an Executive Director who serves at the pleasure
				of the Board. The organizational structure is illustrated by function in
				Appendix A.
d) To the extent
				practicable, Board meetings will be held every third month. The Board shall
				convene at least four times per year. The annual meeting schedule shall be
				adopted by the Board at its last meeting of the calendar year for the following
				calendar year. The meeting calendar shall be posted on the Board's web site
				(
www.ibhe.org
).
Special or additional
				meetings may be held on call of the Chairman, or upon a call signed by at least
				6 members, or upon call of the Governor
[110 ILCS
				205/4 ]
.
All Board meetings shall be
				conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act [5 ILCS
				120/1.01 ].
e)
Eight members of the Board shall
				constitute a quorum at all its meetings
[110 ILCS
				205/4 ]. Pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Open Meetings
				Act,
all Board members physically present at two or more public
				locations during an interactive video conference of a meeting will count
				towards determining a quorum when one location is the Board's office in
				Springfield
[5 ILCS
				120/2.01 ].
f) When a quorum is present, a majority of
				the votes cast is sufficient for the adoption of any motion that is in order,
				except for those specified in statute.
The majority of all the members
				of the Board is required for the approval of a new unit of instruction,
				research or public service for a public institution of higher
				education
[110 ILCS 205/4] and for the approval of a plan for capital
				improvements of noninstructional facilities submitted by a State supported
				institution [110 ILCS 205/8 ].
g) A Vice-Chairperson shall be elected by the
				Board. The Vice-Chairperson shall preside at all meetings in the absence of the
				Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson at any
				regular meeting, the members present shall designate one of those in attendance
				to serve as acting Chairperson for that meeting only.