Chapter 110, HIGHER EDUCATION

(110 ILCS 670/15-200) Sec. 15-200. Mental health resources. For the 2020-2021 academic year and for each academic year thereafter, the University must make available to its students information on all mental health and suicide prevention resources available at the University. (So…

(110 ILCS 670/15-205) Sec. 15-205. Competency-based learning program; notice. If the University offers a competency-based learning program, it must notify a student if he or she becomes eligible for the program. (Source: P.A. 101-271, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

(110 ILCS 670/15-210) Sec. 15-210. Modification of athletic or team uniform permitted. (a) The 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 670/15-212) Sec. 15-212. Academic major report. The Board shall provide to each enrolled student, at the time the student declares or changes his or her academic major or program of study, a report that contains relevant, independent, and accurate data related to the st…

(110 ILCS 670/15-220) Sec. 15-220. 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) The Board shall make menstrual hygiene products available, at no…

(110 ILCS 670/15-225) Sec. 15-225. Adjunct professor; status of class. (a) At least 30 days before the beginning of a term and again at 14 days before the beginning of the term, the Board must notify an adjunct professor about the status of enrollment of the class the adjunct pro…

(110 ILCS 670/15-230) Sec. 15-230. Family and medical leave coverage. A University employee who has been employed by the University 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 and medical leave under …

(110 ILCS 670/15-235) Sec. 15-235. Undocumented Student Liaison; Undocumented Student Resource Center. (a) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, the Board shall designate an employee as an Undocumented Student Resource Liaison to be available on campus to provide assistance…

(110 ILCS 670/15-240) Sec. 15-240. Personal support worker's attendance in class permitted. If a student of the University has a personal support worker through the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the Developmental Disability and Ment…

(110 ILCS 670/15-245) Sec. 15-245. Benefits navigator. (a) In this Section: "Benefits navigator" means an individual who is designated by the University for the purpose of helping students at the University determine eligibility for benefit programs and identify campuswide and co…

(110 ILCS 992/15-25) Sec. 15-25. Student loan servicer license application and issuance. (a) Applicants for a license shall apply in a form prescribed by the Secretary. Each form shall contain content as set forth by rule, regulation, instruction, or procedure of the Secretary an…

(110 ILCS 967/15-25) Sec. 15-25. Payment to institution. All scholarship funds distributed under the program shall be paid to the institution on behalf of the scholarship recipient. (Source: P.A. 94-1020, eff. 7-11-06.)

(110 ILCS 670/15-25) Sec. 15-25. Officers; meetings. Members of the Board shall elect annually by secret ballot from their own number a chairman who shall preside over meetings of the Board and a secretary. Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once each quarter on the cam…

(110 ILCS 153/15-25) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 15-25. Governor's election. In a time of national or State emergency, the Governor has the authority to designate persons as entitled to protections under this Act. (Source: …

(110 ILCS 670/15-255) Sec. 15-255. COVID-19 sick leave. For purposes of this Section, "employee" means a person employed by the University on or after April 5, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-697). Any sick leave used by an employee of the University during the 2021-20…

(110 ILCS 670/15-260) Sec. 15-260. COVID-19 paid administrative leave. (a) In this Section: "Employee" means a person employed by the University on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. "Fully vaccinated against COVID-19" means: (1) 2 w…

(110 ILCS 670/15-265) Sec. 15-265. 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 to…

(110 ILCS 670/15-270) Sec. 15-270. Enrollment reporting. (a) The Board shall report to the Board of Higher Education by the 15th business day after the start of the academic year all of the following student enrollment data: (1) The number of students enrolled at the start of the…

(110 ILCS 992/15-30) Sec. 15-30. Averments of licensee. Each application for license shall be accompanied by the following averments stating that the applicant: (1) will file with the Secretary or Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry, as applicable, when due, any r…

(110 ILCS 967/15-30) Sec. 15-30. Repayment upon default; exception. (a) If a recipient of a scholarship awarded under this Section fails to fulfill the work agreement required under the program, the Commission shall require the recipient to repay the amount of the scholarship or …

(110 ILCS 670/15-30) Sec. 15-30. Ex-officio treasurer. The Board shall designate a member of the staff of Governors State University as treasurer to serve the Board, but not as a member, and shall furnish a bond in such amount and with such security as is satisfactory to the Boar…

(110 ILCS 992/15-35) Sec. 15-35. Refusal to issue license. The Secretary shall refuse to issue or renew a license if: (1) it is determined that the applicant is not in compliance with any provisions of this Act; (2) there is substantial continuity between the applicant and any vi…

(110 ILCS 670/15-35) Sec. 15-35. Transfer of powers, duties, assets; outstanding contracts, agreements and bonds. All the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities and relating to the operation, management, control and ma…

(110 ILCS 992/15-40) Sec. 15-40. License issuance and renewal; fees. (a) Licenses shall be renewed every year using the common renewal date of the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry, as adopted by the Secretary. Properly completed renewal application forms and fi…

(110 ILCS 670/15-40) Sec. 15-40. Contracts, conveyances, expenditures. The Board shall have power to enter into contracts and to sue and be sued, provided that any suit against the Board based upon a claim sounding in tort must be filed in the Court of Claims; to acquire by purch…

(110 ILCS 670/15-42) Sec. 15-42. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Law, any power granted under this Law to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A.…

(110 ILCS 670/15-45) Sec. 15-45. Powers and duties. The Board also shall have power and it shall be its duty: (1) To make rules, regulations and bylaws, not inconsistent with law, for the government and management of Governors State University and its branches; (2) To employ, and…

(110 ILCS 992/15-5) Sec. 15-5. Scope; requirement for student loan servicing license. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate as a student loan servicer in Illinois except as authorized by this Act and without first having obtained a license in accordance with this Act…

(110 ILCS 967/15-5) Sec. 15-5. Nurse Educator Scholarship Program. There is created, beginning July 1, 2006, the Nurse Educator Scholarship Program to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. The program shall provide scholarship assistance until July 1, 201…

(110 ILCS 670/15-5) Sec. 15-5. Object. The object of Governors State University is to offer such courses of instruction, conduct such research and offer such public services as are prescribed by the Board of Trustees of Governors State University or its successor, subject to the …

(110 ILCS 153/15-5) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 15-5. Statute of limitations. Any action brought under this Act by the Attorney General shall be commenced within 20 years after the date upon which the alleged violation occu…

(110 ILCS 670/15-50) Sec. 15-50. Illinois coal. The Board shall comply with the provisions of the Illinois Mined Coal Act. (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

(110 ILCS 670/15-55) Sec. 15-55. Smoke detection. The Board shall, by January 1, 1997, submit to the office of the State Fire Marshal the plans for its smoke detection system in all University dormitory corridors and the connection of that system to a monitor panel and to a centr…

(110 ILCS 670/15-60) Sec. 15-60. Police Department; liability insurance. (a) The Board shall provide each member of the Governors State University Police Department without cost to him or her public liability insurance covering him or her for any liability which arises out of his…

(110 ILCS 670/15-65) Sec. 15-65. Recruiting access. (a) If the Board has provided access to any campus under its jurisdiction to persons or groups whose purpose is to make students aware of educational or occupational options, the Board shall provide, on an equal basis, access to…

(110 ILCS 670/15-70) Sec. 15-70. English language proficiency. The Board shall at all times maintain in effect a program to assess the oral English language proficiency of all persons providing classroom instruction to students at each campus under the jurisdiction, governance or…

(110 ILCS 670/15-75) Sec. 15-75. Engineering facilities. The Board is authorized to construct engineering facilities with funds appropriated for that purpose from the Build Illinois Bond Fund. (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)

(110 ILCS 670/15-85) Sec. 15-85. Admissions. (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any of the departments or colleges of the Governors State University unless such student also has satisfactorily completed: (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from the…

(110 ILCS 670/15-88) Sec. 15-88. In-state tuition charge. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for tuition purposes until July 1, 2026, the Board shall deem an individual an Illinois resident, until the individual establishes a residence outside of this…

(110 ILCS 670/15-90) Sec. 15-90. Partial tuition waivers. (a) As used in this Section, "Illinois college or university" means any of the following: the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State Uni…

(110 ILCS 670/15-93) Sec. 15-93. Tuition and fee waiver report. The Board shall report to the Board of Higher Education by September 15 of each year the tuition and fee waivers the University has granted in the previous fiscal year as well as the following information for each tu…

(110 ILCS 670/15-95) Sec. 15-95. Early care and education services. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "early care and education services" means early care and education home or center services as defined by the Child Care Act of 1969. (b) The Board may contract for the provis…

(110 ILCS 671/16-1) Sec. 16-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Governors State University Revenue Bond Law. (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

(110 ILCS 671/16-10) Sec. 16-10. Powers. The Board shall have power for such University to: (1) Acquire any project or projects, or any combination thereof, and to own, operate and maintain the same. (2) Acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of eminent domain, and hold or di…

(110 ILCS 671/16-12) Sec. 16-12. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Law, any power granted under this Law to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A.…

(110 ILCS 671/16-15) Sec. 16-15. Issuance of Bonds. (a) The Board shall have power, and is hereby authorized from time to time, to issue negotiable bonds (i) to acquire any one project, or more than one, or any combination thereof, for such University, or (ii) to refund bonds her…

(110 ILCS 671/16-20) Sec. 16-20. Security of Bonds. In connection with the issuance of any bonds under this Article, and in order to secure the payment of any such bonds and the interest thereon, the Board shall have power for such University: (1) To fix, maintain and collect (i)…

(110 ILCS 671/16-25) Sec. 16-25. Enforcement of Contract. The provisions of this Article and of any resolution or other proceeding authorizing the issuance of bonds shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable by civil…

(110 ILCS 671/16-30) Sec. 16-30. Moneys of the Board. No moneys derived from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this Article, or pledged or assigned to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders thereof, shall be required to be paid into the State treasury…

(110 ILCS 671/16-35) Sec. 16-35. Validity of Bonds. The bonds bearing the signatures of officers of the Board in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all pers…