Chapter 110 — HIGHER EDUCATION

(110 ILCS 425/885) Sec. 885. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999; text omitted.)

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(110 ILCS 425/998) Sec. 998. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08; text omitted.)

(110 ILCS 425/999) Sec. 999. Effective date; validation. This Act takes effect on July 1, 2008. All actions taken by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and by the officers, employees, and agents of the University of Illinois under this Act on or after July 1, 200…

(110 ILCS 435/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations Act. (Source: P.A. 98-596, eff. 11-19-13.)

(110 ILCS 435/5) Sec. 5. School of Labor and Employment Relations; autonomy. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall operate the School of Labor and Employment Relations as a distinct and autonomous entity within the University of Illinois for the purpose of off…

(110 ILCS 435/900) Sec. 900. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-596, eff. 11-19-13; text omitted.)

(110 ILCS 435/999) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 98-596, eff. 11-19-13.)

(110 ILCS 510/0.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 601.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Southern Illinois University Objects Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(110 ILCS 510/12) (from Ch. 144, par. 612) Sec. 12. The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University shall appoint instructors, and such officers as may be required, fix their respective salaries and prescribe their duties. The board may remove any instructor or officer for …

(110 ILCS 510/15) (from Ch. 144, par. 615) Sec. 15. The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying fuel and furniture and the necessary appliances and apparatus for conducting said school, and the salaries or compensation of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illi…

(110 ILCS 510/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 602) Sec. 2. The objects of Southern Illinois University shall be to qualify teachers for the schools of this State in all branches of study which pertain to a common school education; to teach such branches of learning as are related to agric…

(110 ILCS 520/0.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 650) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Southern Illinois University Management Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(110 ILCS 520/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 651) Sec. 1. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate which shall be styled the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University to operate, manage, control and maintain the University, hereinafter called the Board. (Source: Laws …

(110 ILCS 520/10) Sec. 10. Medical school research experiments; informed consent. If a person is to participate as a subject in a research experiment conducted at the School of Medicine but does not understand the English language, then the informed consent document for the resea…

(110 ILCS 520/100) Sec. 100. 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 relig…

(110 ILCS 520/102) Sec. 102. 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 student'…

(110 ILCS 520/11) Sec. 11. 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 to Univ…

(110 ILCS 520/110) Sec. 110. 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 cost …

(110 ILCS 520/115) Sec. 115. 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 professor…

(110 ILCS 520/120) Sec. 120. 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 the sa…

(110 ILCS 520/125) Sec. 125. 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 to un…

(110 ILCS 520/130) Sec. 130. 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 Mental Dis…

(110 ILCS 520/135) Sec. 135. 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 communit…

(110 ILCS 520/145) Sec. 145. 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 2021-2022 aca…

(110 ILCS 520/15) Sec. 15. 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 years to…

(110 ILCS 520/150) Sec. 150. 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 weeks a…

(110 ILCS 520/155) Sec. 155. 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 the c…

(110 ILCS 520/16) Sec. 16. 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 security number…

(110 ILCS 520/160) Sec. 160. 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 previ…

(110 ILCS 520/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 652) Sec. 2. The Board shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 2 voting student members, one from each campus of the University. Each student member shall be chosen by the res…

(110 ILCS 520/20) Sec. 20. 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 already bee…

(110 ILCS 520/25) Sec. 25. 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, eff. 1-…

(110 ILCS 520/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 653) Sec. 3. All the rights, powers, and duties, vested by law in the Teachers College Board, and in the Department of Regulation and Education relating to the operation, management, control and maintenance of Southern Illinois University are …

(110 ILCS 520/30) Sec. 30. 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 management agency…

(110 ILCS 520/35) Sec. 35. 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; 96-1000…

(110 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 654) Sec. 4. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reasonable amounts for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. No member of the Board shall hold or be employed in or appoint…

(110 ILCS 520/40) Sec. 40. Faculty and staff contact with public officials. All faculty and staff members of the University are free to communicate their views on any matter of private or public concern to any member of the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of government…

(110 ILCS 520/45) Sec. 45. Faculty and staff political displays. The University may not prohibit any faculty or staff member from (i) displaying political buttons, stickers, or patches while on University property, provided that such display by any member of the faculty in an ins…

(110 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 655) Sec. 5. 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 a campus o…

(110 ILCS 520/50) Sec. 50. Disability history and awareness. The University may conduct and promote activities that provide education on, awareness of, and an understanding of disability history, people with disabilities, and the disability rights movement. (Source: P.A. 96-191, …

(110 ILCS 520/55) Sec. 55. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, facul…

(110 ILCS 520/6) (from Ch. 144, par. 656) Sec. 6. Ex-officio Treasurer of the Board. The Board shall designate a member of the University staff 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 …

(110 ILCS 520/6.5) Sec. 6.5. Corn to ethanol. The Board shall operate and manage the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Pilot Plant for the purpose of reducing the costs of producing ethanol through the development and commercialization of new production technologies, equipment, p…

(110 ILCS 520/6.6) Sec. 6.6. The Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board. (a) There is established the Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board (the "Advisory Board"). (b) The Advisory Board shall be composed of 14 members including: the President of Southern Illinois University…

(110 ILCS 520/60) Sec. 60. American Sign Language courses. The University may award academic credit for the successful completion of any American Sign Language course offered or approved by the University, which may be applied toward the satisfaction of the foreign language requi…

(110 ILCS 520/65) Sec. 65. Search firm prohibition. Charges for the services of an external hiring search firm may not be paid from any source of funds, except (i) in the hiring of the President of the University or (ii) in the case of when the President of the University and the…

(110 ILCS 520/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 657) Sec. 7. The Board shall have power to enter into contracts, 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, hold and convey real property a…

(110 ILCS 520/7.1) (from Ch. 144, par. 657.1) Sec. 7.1. The Board shall comply with the provisions of "An Act concerning the use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions", filed July 13, 1937, as heretofore or hereafter amended. (Source: Laws 1951, p. 1758.)