Chapter 110, HIGHER EDUCATION

(110 ILCS 685/30-255) Sec. 30-255. 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 685/30-270) Sec. 30-270. 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 685/30-275) Sec. 30-275. 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 685/30-280) Sec. 30-280. 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 685/30-285) Sec. 30-285. 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 685/30-30) Sec. 30-30. Ex-officio treasurer. The Board shall designate a member of the staff of Northern Illinois 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 Bo…

(110 ILCS 685/30-35) Sec. 30-35. Transfer of powers, duties, assets; outstanding contracts, agreements and bonds. All the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Board of Regents and relating to the operation, management, control and maintenance of Northern Illinois Univer…

(110 ILCS 685/30-40) Sec. 30-40. 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 685/30-42) Sec. 30-42. 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 685/30-45) Sec. 30-45. 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 Northern Illinois University and its branches. (2) To employ, a…

(110 ILCS 685/30-5) Sec. 30-5. Object. The object of Northern Illinois 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 Northern Illinois University or its successor, subject to …

(110 ILCS 685/30-50) Sec. 30-50. 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 685/30-55) Sec. 30-55. 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 685/30-60) Sec. 30-60. Police Department; liability insurance. (a) The Board shall provide each member of the Northern Illinois University Police Department without cost to him or her public liability insurance covering him or her for any liability which arises out of h…

(110 ILCS 685/30-65) Sec. 30-65. 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 685/30-70) Sec. 30-70. 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 685/30-75) Sec. 30-75. 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 685/30-85) Sec. 30-85. Admissions. (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any of the departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois University unless such student also has satisfactorily completed: (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from t…

(110 ILCS 685/30-88) Sec. 30-88. 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 685/30-90) Sec. 30-90. 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 685/30-93) Sec. 30-93. 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 685/30-95) Sec. 30-95. 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 686/31-1) Sec. 31-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Northern Illinois University Revenue Bond Law. (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

(110 ILCS 686/31-10) Sec. 31-10. 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 686/31-12) Sec. 31-12. 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 686/31-15) Sec. 31-15. 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 686/31-20) Sec. 31-20. 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 686/31-25) Sec. 31-25. 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 686/31-30) Sec. 31-30. 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 686/31-35) Sec. 31-35. 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…

(110 ILCS 686/31-40) Sec. 31-40. Prohibitions Against Obligating the State of Illinois. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to authorize the Board or the University to contract a debt on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the State of Illinois, or to pledge, assign or e…

(110 ILCS 686/31-45) Sec. 31-45. Obligations of Board. All bonds issued pursuant to this Article shall be obligations of the Board payable only in accordance with the terms thereof and shall not be obligations general, special or otherwise, of the State of Illinois. Such bonds sh…

(110 ILCS 686/31-5) Sec. 31-5. Definitions. In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the University or its successor. "University" means and includes Northern Illinois University, located at DeKalb, Illinois, and its branches.…

(110 ILCS 686/31-50) Sec. 31-50. Bonds as Legal Investments. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savin…

(110 ILCS 686/31-55) Sec. 31-55. Excision of Unconstitutional and Ineffective Parts of Article. It is hereby declared that the Sections, clauses, sentences and parts of this Article are severable and are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them may be excised b…

(110 ILCS 686/31-60) Sec. 31-60. Supplemental Nature of Article; Construction and Purposes. The powers conferred by this Article shall be in addition to and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, general or special, and bonds may be issued under this Article notwi…

(110 ILCS 690/35-1) Sec. 35-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Western Illinois University Law. (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

(110 ILCS 690/35-10) Sec. 35-10. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate which shall be styled the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University (hereinafter called the Board), and which shall operate, manage, control, and maintain Western Illinois University in a…

(110 ILCS 690/35-100) Sec. 35-100. Flexible hours positions. The Board is authorized to use flexible hours positions. A flexible hours position is one that does not require an ordinary work schedule and includes but is not limited to: (i) a part-time job of 20 hours or more per w…

(110 ILCS 690/35-105) Sec. 35-105. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of Western Illinois University shall terminate on the 30th day of June, and all reports of Western Illinois University, except catalogs and circulars, shall be addressed to the Governor. Annual reports shall contain …

(110 ILCS 690/35-110) Sec. 35-110. Limitation. The powers of the Board as designated in this Article are subject to the Board of Higher Education Act. (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

(110 ILCS 690/35-115) Sec. 35-115. Television station. (a) The Board of Western Illinois University is authorized, under applicable permit and license of the Federal Communications Commission, to construct and operate an educational television station at or near Macomb, Illinois …

(110 ILCS 690/35-120) Sec. 35-120. Meningitis vaccine; information. At the beginning of each academic year, the University shall inform each of its incoming freshmen and transfer students about meningitis and its transmission. Any University facility that delivers health services…

(110 ILCS 690/35-125) Sec. 35-125. Limitation on tuition increase. This Section applies only to those students who first enroll after the 2003-2004 academic year. For 4 continuous academic years following initial enrollment (or for undergraduate programs that require more than 4 …

(110 ILCS 690/35-130) Sec. 35-130. Provision of student and social security information prohibited. (a) The University, including its agents, employees, student or alumni organizations, or any affiliates, may not provide a student's name, address, telephone number, social securit…

(110 ILCS 690/35-135) Sec. 35-135. Students called to active military service. The University shall allow a currently enrolled student who is called to active military service to complete any unfinished courses at a later date at no additional charge, unless course credit has alr…

(110 ILCS 690/35-140) Sec. 35-140. Sexual assault awareness education. The University 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. 95-764,…

(110 ILCS 690/35-145) Sec. 35-145. Buildings available for emergency purposes. The Board shall make mutually agreed buildings of the university available for emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the State-accredited emergency managemen…

(110 ILCS 690/35-15) Sec. 35-15. Membership; terms; vacancies. The Board shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one voting member who is a student at Western Illinois University. The student member shall …

(110 ILCS 690/35-150) Sec. 35-150. Veterans' Day; moment of silence. If the University holds any type of event at the University 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, eff. 7-27-09;…