SB1252 Summary

• Amends the Board of Higher Education Act by making a technical change to Section 2 concerning the Board's creation and composition.

• Corrects grammatical language in the section describing the appointment of the Board's 10 members by the Governor with Senate advice and consent.

• Maintains the Board's 16-member structure consisting of 10 gubernatorial appointees, one public university governing board member, one private college/university board member, the chairman of the Illinois Community College Board, the chairman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and 2 student members.

• Preserves existing requirements that one of the 10 Governor-appointed members must be a faculty member at an Illinois public university as of July 1, 2005.