Sec. 10a-11. Strategic plan to ensure racial and ethnic diversity. Minority advancement program.
Sec. 10a-11. Strategic plan to ensure racial and ethnic diversity. Minority advancement program. (a) The Board of Governors of Higher Education shall, in consultation with the institutions of the state system of higher education and the constituent
unit boards of trustees, develop a strategic plan, consistent with the affirmative action
plan submitted to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, to ensure that
students, faculty, administrators and staff at each institution are representative of the
racial and ethnic diversity of the total population of the state. For each institution there
shall be an approved plan which shall include goals, programs and timetables for achieving those goals, and a procedure to monitor annually the results of these programs and
a procedure to take corrective action if necessary. The Board of Governors of Higher
Education shall also develop policies to guide affirmative action officers and programs
in all constituent units and at each institution of public higher education.
(b) The Board of Governors of Higher Education shall report annually to the Governor and General Assembly on the activities undertaken by the board in accordance with
subsection (a) of this section. The report shall include institutional goals and plans for
attaining such goals, as well as changes in enrollment and employment at the state's
institutions of public higher education. If it is determined that an institution has failed
to achieve the goals set out pursuant to this section, such institution shall develop a plan
of corrective procedures to ensure that such goals are achieved, subject to the approval
of the Board of Governors of Higher Education. The Board of Governors of Higher
Education may establish a minority advancement program to reward and support efforts
by institutions within the state system of higher education towards meeting the goals
established in the strategic plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 82-218, S. 43, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-385, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 82-218 effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title;
P.A. 86-385 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize establishment of minority advancement program.