Chapter 110 — HIGHER EDUCATION

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.14) Sec. 3-29.14. Modification of athletic or team uniform permitted. (a) A board must allow a student athlete to modify his or her athletic or team uniform due to the observance of modesty in clothing or attire in accordance with the requirements of his or her…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.14a) Sec. 3-29.14a. Availability of menstrual hygiene products. (a) In this Section, "menstrual hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle. (b) Each board shall make menstrual hygiene products available, …

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.16) Sec. 3-29.16. Adjunct professor; status of class. (a) At least 30 days before the beginning of a semester or term and again at 14 days before the beginning of the semester or term, a community college must notify an adjunct professor about the status of cla…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.17) Sec. 3-29.17. Undocumented Student Liaison; Undocumented Student Resource Center. (a) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, a board shall designate an employee as an Undocumented Student Resource Liaison to be available on campus to provide assistance…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.18) Sec. 3-29.18. Students with disabilities. (a) Each community college district shall provide access to higher education for students with disabilities, including, but not limited to, students with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Each community co…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.19) Sec. 3-29.19. Personal support worker's attendance in class permitted. If a student of a community college district has a personal support worker through the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the Developmental Dis…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.1a) Sec. 3-29.1a. Family and medical leave coverage. A community college employee who has been employed by the community college district for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 1,000 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-29.2) Sec. 3-29.2. To establish a program to assess the oral English language proficiency of all persons providing classroom instruction to students at each community college and campus thereof under the jurisdiction, governance or su…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.20) Sec. 3-29.20. Benefits navigator. (a) In this Section: "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated by a community college for the purpose of helping students at the community college determine eligibility for benefit programs and identify cam…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.23) Sec. 3-29.23. COVID-19 sick leave. For purposes of this Section, "employee" means a person employed by a community college or community college district on or after April 5, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-697). Any sick leave used by an employee…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.25) Sec. 3-29.25. COVID-19 paid administrative leave. (a) In this Section: "Employee" means a person employed by a community college or community college district on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. "Fully vaccin…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.26) Sec. 3-29.26. Winter weather emergency closure; educational support services pay. If a campus is closed due to a city, county, or State declaration of a winter weather emergency, the board shall pay to its employees who provide educational support services …

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.27) Sec. 3-29.27. Enrollment reporting. (a) Annually, on or before October 1, each board shall report to the State Board all of the following student enrollment data: (1) The number of students enrolled at the start of the previous academic year. (2) The number…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.28) Sec. 3-29.28. Use of artificial intelligence in instruction. (a) As used in this Section, "artificial intelligence" has the same meaning given to the term in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. (b) Each board shall require the faculty member who…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.3) Sec. 3-29.3. Sexual assault awareness education. A community college shall provide some form of sexual assault awareness education to all incoming students, whether through a seminar, online training, or some other way of informing students. (Source: P.A. 95…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.4) Sec. 3-29.4. Buildings available for emergency purposes. The board shall make mutually agreed buildings of the college available for emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the State-accredited emergency management a…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.5) Sec. 3-29.5. Veterans' Day; moment of silence. If a community college holds any type of event at the community college on November 11, Veterans' Day, the board shall require a moment of silence at that event to recognize Veterans' Day. (Source: P.A. 96-84, e…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.6) Sec. 3-29.6. Faculty and staff contact with public officials. All faculty and staff members of a community college are free to communicate their views on any matter of private or public concern to any member of the legislative, executive, or judicial branch …

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.7) Sec. 3-29.7. Faculty and staff political displays. A community college may not prohibit any faculty or staff member from (i) displaying political buttons, stickers, or patches while on community college property, provided that such display by any member of t…

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.8) Sec. 3-29.8. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. Each board of trustees shall report to the State Board, on or before August 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president or chief executive officer of the community college …

(110 ILCS 805/3-29.9) Sec. 3-29.9. American Sign Language courses. To adopt regulations for the awarding of academic credit for the successful completion of any American Sign Language course offered or approved by a community college, which may be applied toward the satisfaction …

(110 ILCS 805/3-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-3) Sec. 3-3. If the State Board disapproves the request for a new community college, no election shall be held or further proceedings had on such petition to establish a community college district. If the State Board approves the request…

(110 ILCS 805/3-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-30) Sec. 3-30. The board of any community college district has the powers enumerated in Sections 3-31 through 3-43 of this Act. This enumeration of powers is not exclusive but the board may exercise all other powers, not inconsistent wi…

(110 ILCS 805/3-31) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-31) Sec. 3-31. To provide for or participate in provisions for insurance protection and benefits for its employees and their dependents, including but not limited to retirement annuities, medical, surgical and hospital benefits, in such…

(110 ILCS 805/3-31.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-31.1) Sec. 3-31.1. To provide, for students and employees, auxiliary services related to the adequate operation of the college. In exercising this power the board may provide, purchase, lease or contract for such services. (Source: La…

(110 ILCS 805/3-31.2) Sec. 3-31.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-521, eff. 8-22-97. Repealed by P.A. 100-884, eff. 1-1-19.)

(110 ILCS 805/3-32) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-32) Sec. 3-32. To establish tenure policies for the employment of teachers and administrative personnel, and the cause for removal. (Source: P.A. 78-699.)

(110 ILCS 805/3-33) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33) Sec. 3-33. To borrow money and issue or cause to be issued bonds for the purposes, and in the manner provided in this Act. (Source: P.A. 78-669.)

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33.1) Sec. 3-33.1. The board may, by resolution, establish a fund to be known as a "working cash fund" which shall be maintained and administered for the purpose of enabling the board to have in its treasury at all times sufficient mo…

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33.2) Sec. 3-33.2. Bonds for working cash fund. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, in order to create, maintain or increase such a working cash fund for the purposes mentioned in Section 3-33.1, the board may in…

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33.3) Sec. 3-33.3. Before issuing any bonds under Section 3-33.2, the board shall adopt a resolution designating the purpose and fixing the amount of the bonds proposed to be issued, the maturity thereof, the rate of interest thereon …

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33.4) Sec. 3-33.4. Working cash fund; tax to pay bond principal and interest. The board by resolution, before or at the time of issuing the bonds, shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable p…

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33.5) Sec. 3-33.5. All monies derived from the issuance of bonds under Section 3-33.2 when received by the community college treasurer, shall be set apart in the working cash fund and used in the manner provided in this Section. The m…

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33.6) Sec. 3-33.6. Monies in the working cash fund may be used for any and all community college purposes and may be transferred in whole or in part from the working cash fund to the educational fund or operations and maintenance fund…

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.6a) Sec. 3-33.6a. Abatement of working cash fund. A community college district may abate its working cash fund at any time, upon the adoption of a resolution so providing, and may direct the transfer at any time of moneys in that fund to any fund or funds of th…

(110 ILCS 805/3-33.7) Sec. 3-33.7. Establishment of lines of credit. The board may establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial institution in an amount not to exceed the following: (1) if anticipating State revenues due in the current fiscal year, 85% of the amount …

(110 ILCS 805/3-34) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-34) Sec. 3-34. To authorize the treasurer to make interfund loans from any fund to any other fund maintained by the board and to make the necessary transfers therefor, but each such loan must be repaid and retransferred to the proper fu…

(110 ILCS 805/3-35) Sec. 3-35. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 93-390, eff. 7-25-03. Repealed by P.A. 96-57, eff. 7-23-09.)

(110 ILCS 805/3-36) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-36) Sec. 3-36. To buy one or more sites for college purposes with necessary ground, and to take and purchase the site for a college site either with or without the owner's consent, by condemnation or otherwise; to pay the amount of any …

(110 ILCS 805/3-36.5) Sec. 3-36.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.…

(110 ILCS 805/3-37) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-37) Sec. 3-37. To build, buy or lease suitable buildings upon a site and issue bonds, in the manner provided in Article IIIA, or enter into an installment loan arrangement with a financial institution with a payback period of less than …

(110 ILCS 805/3-38) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-38) Sec. 3-38. To lease, with or without an option to purchase, for a period not to exceed 5 years or purchase under an installment contract extending over a period of not more than 5 years, with interest at a rate not to exceed 6% per …

(110 ILCS 805/3-38.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-38.1) Sec. 3-38.1. To procure fire and extended coverage insurance on the buildings, furnishings, machinery, equipment and other personal property used for community college purposes. To procure liability and other types of insurance,…

(110 ILCS 805/3-38.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-38.2) Sec. 3-38.2. To enter into contracts with any municipality or fire protection district in which any community college buildings are located for the purpose of reimbursing such fire protection district or municipality for the add…

(110 ILCS 805/3-39) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-39) Sec. 3-39. To accept federal funds when proffered for all types of instructional programs, for student services and counseling, and for construction of physical facilities. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1529.)

(110 ILCS 805/3-39.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-39.1) Sec. 3-39.1. To accept gifts, grants or legacies from any source when made for community college purposes. (Source: P.A. 83-388.)

(110 ILCS 805/3-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-4) Sec. 3-4. At the hearing, any resident in the proposed district or any district affected thereby may appear in support of the petition or to object thereto. At the conclusion of the hearing the State Board shall make a decision either…

(110 ILCS 805/3-4.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-4.1) Sec. 3-4.1. The costs of any referendum conducted under this Act shall be borne by the county or counties in which the territory involved in the election is located. (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

(110 ILCS 805/3-40) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-40) Sec. 3-40. To enter into contracts or agreements with any organization, association, educational institution, or governmental agency for providing educational services for academic credit. The authority of any community college dist…

(110 ILCS 805/3-40.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-40.1) Sec. 3-40.1. To enter into joint agreements with school boards to acquire and improve sites, construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip facilities deemed necessary by the parties to the joint agreement, and to ma…