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Article II - State Board Powers And Duties


      (110 ILCS 805/Art. II heading)
ARTICLE II. STATE BOARD;
POWERS AND DUTIES

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑1)(from Ch. 122, par. 102‑1)
    Sec. 2‑1. There is created the Illinois Community College Board hereinafter referred to as the "State Board". The State Board shall consist of 12 members as follows: a nonvoting student member selected by the recognized advisory committee of students of the Illinois Community College Board, this student to serve for a term of one year beginning on July 1 of each year, except that the student member initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the date of such selection and expiring on the next succeeding June 30, and except that any student member or former student member may be selected by the recognized advisory committee of students of the State Board to serve a second term as the nonvoting student member of the State Board; and 11 members, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over, to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a faculty member at an Illinois public community college. Also beginning on July 1, 2005, one of the 11 members appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, must be a member of the board of trustees of a public community college district. The membership requirements set forth in this Section apply only to the State Board and shall have no effect on the membership of the board of trustees of a community college district. The members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 6 years. After the expiration of the terms of the office of the members first appointed to the State Board, their respective successors shall hold office for a term of 6 years and until their successors are qualified and seated. In the event of vacancies on the State Board in offices appointed by the Governor occurring during a recess of the Senate, the Governor shall have the power to make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Senate, when the vacancy shall be filled by nomination to be confirmed by the Senate.
(Source: P.A. 94‑157, eff. 7‑8‑05.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑2)(from Ch. 122, par. 102‑2)
    Sec. 2‑2. The members of the State Board shall be citizens and residents of the State of Illinois and shall be selected as far as may be practicable on the basis of their knowledge of, or interest and experience in, community colleges. No member of the State Board shall hold current membership on a school board or board of trustees of a public or non‑public university or technical institute or be employed by the State or federal government.
    This Section does not prohibit a member of the State Board from being employed by a public community college.
(Source: P.A. 94‑157, eff. 7‑8‑05.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑3) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑3)
    Sec. 2‑3. The chairman of the State Board shall be selected by the Governor to serve until another selection is made by the Governor. At a regular meeting by the end of June each year the vice‑chairman shall be selected by the members of the board for an annual term beginning July 1 next. The vice‑chairman shall act as chairman in the absence of the chairman. In the event of the death or resignation of the chairman, the vice‑chairman shall assume the chairman's duties, including those specified in Section 3‑7, until such time as the Governor selects a chairman. The principal office of the State Board shall be located in Springfield, Illinois. The State Board shall meet at regular intervals at times determined by the State Board. Special meetings of the State Board may be called by the chairman or in the event he is unable to act, by the vice‑chairman, or upon written notice signed by at least 3 members of the State Board. Notice of the time, purpose and place of any special meeting shall be given to each member in writing at least 5 days before the date fixed for the meeting. A majority of the members of the State Board shall constitute a quorum at all meetings, but the approval of a new unit of instruction, research, or a public service, as defined in Section 3‑25.1, for a community college shall require the concurrence of a majority of all members of the State Board.
    The nonvoting student member shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the right to make and second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than the right to vote. The nonvoting student member shall not be considered a member for the purpose of determining a quorum at any meeting of the board or any of its committees. No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancies on the board, or by reason of any failure to select a nonvoting student member.
(Source: P.A. 88‑322.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑4) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑4)
    Sec. 2‑4. The State Board shall have the power to make and provide rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. The rules shall include, but shall not be limited to: (a) the information which the State Board requires of community college districts when applying for approval of new colleges and branches, including (i) the name, district number, and college number of the college applying for approval of a new branch, and (ii) the name, location, and address of the proposed branch, and (iii) the proposed date of implementation of the application; (b) (blank); and (c) the information which the State Board requires of community college districts when applying for approval of new programs, including (i) the community college district name and number, (ii) the name, location, and address of the proposed college, and (iii) the proposed date of implementation of the application. The State Board may not require information other than that specified in the rules. Such rules and regulations and changes therein shall be filed and shall become effective as provided by "The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act", approved September 22, 1975, as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 90‑372, eff. 7‑1‑98.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑5)(from Ch. 122, par. 102‑5)
    Sec. 2‑5. Compensation and expenses of members. The members of the State Board shall serve without compensation but they shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses while engaged in the performance of their duties.
(Source: P.A. 96‑910, eff. 7‑1‑10.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑6) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑6)
    Sec. 2‑6. In accordance with the provisions of "An Act to create the State Universities Civil Service System," approved May 11, 1905, as now or hereafter amended, the Board shall employ and fix the compensation of an executive officer and such employees as it deems necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 80‑281.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑6.1)
    Sec. 2‑6.1. The State Board shall indemnify and save harmless the State Board, its members and employees from financial loss, including court costs and attorneys' fees, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged wrongful act or negligence of the State Board or such member or employee, provided that the State Board or such member or employee, at the time of the alleged act or omission causing the damages, was acting in the discharge of its or his duties and within the scope of employment and that such damages did not result from the intentional act or omission of the State Board or such member or employee.
    The State Board may provide insurance coverage for the purposes of this Section. Such insurance shall be carried in a company licensed to write such coverage in this State.
(Source: P.A. 81‑685.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑7)(from Ch. 122, par. 102‑7)
    Sec. 2‑7. The Board may appoint advisory committees, the members of which shall serve without compensation.
(Source: P.A. 96‑910, eff. 7‑1‑10.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑8) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑8)
    Sec. 2‑8.
    Before entering upon his duties each member of the State Board shall take and subscribe an oath as required by Section 3 of Article XIII of the Constitution of Illinois, and file the same in the office of the Secretary of State.
(Source: P. A. 78‑669.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑9) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑9)
    Sec. 2‑9. The Executive Secretary of the State Board shall have charge of all the records of the State Board and keep the same secure at all times. He shall keep a full and complete record of the attendance of members of the State Board and full and complete minutes of meetings thereof.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1529.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑10) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑10)
    Sec. 2‑10. The State Board shall make a thorough, comprehensive and continuous study of the status of community college education, its problems, needs for improvement, and projected developments and shall make a detailed report thereof to the General Assembly not later than March 1 of each odd‑numbered year and shall submit recommendations for such legislation as it deems necessary.
    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 84‑1438.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑11) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑11)
    Sec. 2‑11.
    The State Board in cooperation with the four‑year colleges is empowered to develop articulation procedures to the end that maximum freedom of transfer among community colleges and between community colleges and degree‑granting institutions be available, and consistent with minimum admission policies established by the Board of Higher Education.
(Source: P.A. 78‑669.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑11.1)
    Sec. 2‑11.1. The State Board is authorized to review, approve, and monitor performance under any contract or agreement that community college districts are authorized to enter into under Section 3‑40.2 and, when appropriate and necessary in the opinion of the State Board, to facilitate the application for grants under Section 3‑40.2 and to accept and distribute any grant funds received thereby in accordance with law and the terms of the grant.
(Source: P.A. 87‑1044.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑11.5)
    Sec. 2‑11.5. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 89‑691, eff. 12‑31‑96. Repealed by P.A. 90‑278, eff. 7‑31‑97.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑12)(from Ch. 122, par. 102‑12)
    Sec. 2‑12. The State Board shall have the power and it shall be its duty:
    (a) To provide statewide planning for community colleges as institutions of higher education and co‑ordinate the programs, services and activities of all community colleges in the State so as to encourage and establish a system of locally initiated and administered comprehensive community colleges.
    (b) To organize and conduct feasibility surveys for new community colleges or for the inclusion of existing institutions as community colleges and the locating of new institutions.
    (c) To approve all locally funded capital projects for which no State monies are required, in accordance with standards established by rule.
    (d) To cooperate with the community colleges in continuing studies of student characteristics, admission standards, grading policies, performance of transfer students, qualification and certification of facilities and any other problem of community college education.
    (e) To enter into contracts with other governmental agencies and eligible providers, such as local educational agencies, community‑based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, volunteer literacy organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, institutions of higher education, public and private nonprofit agencies, libraries, and public housing authorities; to accept federal funds and to plan with other State agencies when appropriate for the allocation of such federal funds for instructional programs and student services including such funds for adult education and adult literacy, vocational and technical education, and retraining as may be allocated by state and federal agencies for the aid of community colleges. To receive, receipt for, hold in trust, expend and administer, for all purposes of this Act, funds and other aid made available by the federal government or by other agencies public or private, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. The changes to this subdivision (e) made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly apply on and after July 1, 2001.
    (f) To determine efficient and adequate standards for community colleges for the physical plant, heating, lighting, ventilation, sanitation, safety, equipment and supplies, instruction and teaching, curriculum, library, operation, maintenance, administration and supervision, and to grant recognition certificates to community colleges meeting such standards.
    (g) To determine the standards for establishment of community colleges and the proper location of the site in relation to existing institutions of higher education offering academic, occupational and technical training curricula, possible enrollment, assessed valuation, industrial, business, agricultural, and other conditions reflecting educational needs in the area to be served; however, no community college may be considered as being recognized nor may the establishment of any community college be authorized in any district which shall be deemed inadequate for the maintenance, in accordance with the desirable standards thus determined, of a community college offering the basic subjects of general education and suitable vocational and semiprofessional and technical curricula.
    (h) To approve or disapprove new units of instruction, research or public service as defined in Section 3‑25.1 of this Act submitted by the boards of trustees of the respective community college districts of this State. The State Board may discontinue programs which fail to reflect the educational needs of the area being served. The community college district shall be granted 60 days following the State Board staff recommendation and prior to the State Board's action to respond to concerns regarding the program in question. If the State Board acts to abolish a community college program, the community college district has a right to appeal the decision in accordance with administrative rules promulgated by the State Board under the provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
    (i) To participate in, to recommend approval or disapproval, and to assist in the coordination of the programs of community colleges participating in programs of interinstitutional cooperation with other public or nonpublic institutions of higher education. If the State Board does not approve a particular cooperative agreement, the community college district has a right to appeal the decision in accordance with administrative rules promulgated by the State Board under the provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
    (j) To establish guidelines regarding sabbatical leaves.
    (k) To establish guidelines for the admission into special, appropriate programs conducted or created by community colleges for elementary and secondary school dropouts who have received truant status from the school districts of this State in compliance with Section 26‑14 of The School Code.
    (l) The Community College Board shall conduct a study of community college teacher education courses to determine how the community college system can increase its participation in the preparation of elementary and secondary teachers.
    (m) To establish by July 1, 1997 uniform financial accounting and reporting standards and principles for community colleges and develop procedures and systems for community colleges for reporting financial data to the State Board.
    (n) To create and participate in the conduct and operation of any corporation, joint venture, partnership, association, or other organizational entity that has the power: (i) to acquire land, buildings, and other capital equipment for the use and benefit of the community colleges or their students; (ii) to accept gifts and make grants for the use and benefit of the community colleges or their students; (iii) to aid in the instruction and education of students of community colleges; and (iv) to promote activities to acquaint members of the community with the facilities of the various community colleges.
    (o) On and after July 1, 2001, to ensure the effective teaching of adults and to prepare them for success in employment and lifelong learning by administering a network of providers, programs, and services to provide adult basic education, adult secondary/general education development, English as a second language, and any other instruction designed to prepare adult students to function successfully in society and to experience success in postsecondary education and the world of work.
    (p) On and after July 1, 2001, to supervise the administration of adult education and adult literacy programs, to establish the standards for such courses of instruction and supervise the administration thereof, to contract with other State and local agencies and eligible providers, such as local educational agencies, community‑based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, volunteer literacy organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, institutions of higher education, public and private nonprofit agencies, libraries, and public housing authorities, for the purpose of promoting and establishing classes for instruction under these programs, to contract with other State and local agencies to accept and expend appropriations for educational purposes to reimburse local eligible providers for the cost of these programs, and to establish an advisory council consisting of all categories of eligible providers; agency partners, such as the State Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment Security, and the Secretary of State literacy program; and other stakeholders to identify, deliberate, and make recommendations to the State Board on adult education policy and priorities. The State Board shall support statewide geographic distribution; diversity of eligible providers; and the adequacy, stability, and predictability of funding so as not to disrupt or diminish, but rather to enhance, adult education by this change of administration.
(Source: P.A. 94‑1105, eff. 6‑1‑07.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑12.1)
    Sec. 2‑12.1. Experimental district; abolition of experimental district and establishment of new community college district.
    (a) The State Board shall establish an experimental community college district, referred to in this Act as the "experimental district", to be comprised of territory which includes the City of East St. Louis, Illinois. The State Board shall determine the area and fix the boundaries of the territory of the experimental district. Within 30 days of the establishment of the experimental district, the State Board shall file with the county clerk of the county, or counties, concerned a map showing the territory of the experimental district.
    Within the experimental district, the State Board shall establish, maintain and operate, until the experimental district is abolished and a new community college district is established under subsection (c), an experimental community college to be known as the State Community College of East St. Louis.
    (b) (Blank).
    (c) The experimental district shall be abolished and replaced by a new community college district as follows:
        (1) The establishment of the new community college
     district shall become effective for all purposes on July 1, 1996, notwithstanding any minimum population, equalized assessed valuation or other requirements provided by Section 3‑1 or any other provision of this Act for the establishment of a community college district.
        (2) The experimental district established pursuant
     to subsection (a) shall be abolished on July 1, 1996 when the establishment of the new community college district becomes effective for all purposes.
        (3) The territory of the new community college
     district shall be comprised of the territory of, and its boundaries shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the experimental district which it will replace, as those boundaries existed on November 7, 1995.
        (4) Notwithstanding the fact that the establishment
     of the new community college district does not become effective for all purposes until July 1, 1996, the election for the members of the initial board of the new community college district, to consist of 7 members, shall be held at the nonpartisan election in November of 1995 in the manner provided by the general election law, nominating petitions for members of the initial board shall be filed with the regional superintendent in the manner provided by Section 3‑7.10 with respect to newly organized districts, and the persons entitled to nominate and to vote at the election for the members of the board of the new community college district shall be the electors in the territory referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection. In addition, for purposes of the levy, extension, and collection of taxes as provided in paragraph (5.5) of this subsection and for the purposes of establishing the territory and boundaries of the new community college district within and for which those taxes are to be levied, the new community college district shall be deemed established and effective when the 7 members of the initial board of the new community college district are elected and take office as provided in this subsection (c).
        (5) Each member elected to the initial board of the
     new community college district must, on the date of his election, be a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, and a resident of the State and the territory referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection for at least one year preceding his election. Election to the initial board of the new community college district of a person who on July 1, 1996 is a member of a common school board constitutes his resignation from, and creates a vacancy on that common school board effective July 1, 1996.
        (5.5) The members first elected to the board of
     trustees shall take office on the first Monday of December, 1995, for the sole and limited purpose of levying, at the rates specified in the proposition submitted to the electors under subsection (b), taxes for the educational purposes and for the operations and maintenance of facilities purposes of the new community college district. The taxes shall be levied in calendar year 1995 for extension and collection in calendar year 1996, notwithstanding the fact that the new community college district does not become effective for the purposes of administration of the community college until July 1, 1996. The regional superintendent shall convene the meeting under this paragraph and the members shall organize for the purpose of that meeting by electing, pro tempore, a chairperson and a secretary. At that meeting the board is authorized to levy taxes for educational purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes as authorized in this paragraph without adopting any budget for the new community college district and shall certify the levy to the appropriate county clerk or county clerks in accordance with law. The county clerks shall extend the levy notwithstanding any law that otherwise requires adoption of a budget before extension of the levy. The funds produced by the levy made under this paragraph to the extent received by a county collector before July 1, 1996 shall immediately be invested in lawful investments and held by the county collector for payment and transfer to the new community college district, along with all accrued interest or other earnings accrued on the investment, as provided by law on July 1, 1996. All funds produced by the levy and received by a county collector on or after July 1, 1996 shall be transferred to the new community college district as provided by law at such time as they are received by the county collector.
        (5.75) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
     Section or the fact that establishment of the new community college district as provided in this subsection does not take effect until July 1, 1996, the members first elected to the board of trustees of the new community college district are authorized to meet, beginning on June 1, 1996 and thereafter for purposes of: (i) arranging for and approving educational programs, ancillary services, staffing, and associated expenditures that relate to the offering by the new community college district of educational programs beginning on or after July 1, 1996 and before the fall term of the 1996‑97 academic year, and (ii) otherwise facilitating the orderly transition of operations from the experimental district known as State Community College of East St. Louis to the new community college district established under this subsection. The persons elected to serve, pro tempore, as chairperson and secretary of the board for purposes of paragraph (5.5) shall continue to serve in that capacity for purposes of this paragraph (5.75).
        (6) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (5.5)
     and (5.75), each of the members first elected to the board of the new community college district shall take office on July 1, 1996, and the Illinois Community College Board, publicly by lot and not later than July 1, 1996, shall determine the length of term to be served by each member of the initial board as follows: 2 shall serve until their successors are elected at the nonpartisan election in 1997 and have qualified, 2 shall serve until their successors are elected at the consolidated election in 1999 and have qualified, and 3 shall serve until their successors are elected at the consolidated election in 2001 and have qualified. Their successors shall serve 6 year terms. Terms of members are subject to Section 2A‑54 of the Election Code.
        (7) The regional superintendent shall convene the
     initial board of the new community college district on July 1, 1996, and the non‑voting student member initially selected to that board as provided in Section 3‑7.24 shall serve a term beginning on the date of selection and expiring on the next succeeding April 15. Upon being convened on July 1, 1996, the board shall proceed to organize in accordance with Section 3‑8, and shall thereafter continue to exercise the powers and duties of a board in the manner provided by law for all boards of community college districts except where obviously inapplicable or otherwise provided by this Act. Vacancies shall be filled, and members shall serve without compensation subject to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their service as members, as provided in Section 3‑7. The duly elected and organized board of the new community college district shall levy taxes at a rate not to exceed .175 percent for educational purposes and at a rate not to exceed .05 percent for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes; provided that the board may act to increase such rates at a regular election in accordance with Section 3‑14 and the general election law.
    (d) Upon abolition of the experimental district and establishment of the new community college district as provided in this Section, all tangible personal property, including inventory, equipment, supplies, and library books, materials, and collections, belonging to the experimental district and State Community College of East St. Louis at the time of their abolition under this Section shall be deemed transferred, by operation of law, to the board of trustees of the new community college district. In addition, all real property, and the improvements situated thereon, held by State Community College of East St. Louis or on its behalf by its board of trustees shall, upon abolition of the experimental district and college as provided in this Section, be conveyed by the Illinois Community College Board, in the manner prescribed by law, to the board of trustees of the new community college district established under this Section for so long as that real property is used for the conduct and operation of a public community college and the related purposes of a public community college district of this State. Neither the new community college district nor its board of trustees shall have any responsibility to any vendor or other person making a claim relating to the property, inventory, or equipment so transferred. On August 22, 1997, the endowment funds, gifts, trust funds, and funds from student activity fees and the operation of student and staff medical and health programs, union buildings, bookstores, campus centers, and other auxiliary enterprises and activities that were received by the board of trustees of State Community College of East St. Louis and held and retained by that board of trustees at the time of the abolition of the experimental district and its replacement by the new community college district as provided in this Section shall be deemed transferred by operation of law to the board of trustees of that new community college district, to be retained in its own treasury and used in the conduct and operation of the affairs and related purposes of the new community college district. On August 22, 1997, all funds held locally in the State Community College of East St. Louis Contracts and Grants Clearing Account, the State Community College of East St. Louis Income Fund Clearing Account and the Imprest Fund shall be transferred by the Board to the General Revenue Fund.
    (e) The outstanding obligations incurred for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 1997 by the board of trustees of State Community College of East St. Louis before the abolition of that college and the experimental district as provided in this Section shall be paid by the State Board from appropriations made to the State Board from the General Revenue Fund for purposes of this subsection. To facilitate the appropriations to be made for that purpose, the State Comptroller and State Treasurer, without delay, shall transfer to the General Revenue Fund from the State Community College of East St. Louis Income Fund and the State Community College of East St. Louis Contracts and Grants Fund, special funds previously created in the State Treasury, any balances remaining in those special funds on August 22, 1997.
(Source: P.A. 89‑141, eff. 7‑14‑95; 89‑473, eff. 6‑18‑96; 90‑358, eff. 1‑1‑98; 90‑509, eff. 8‑22‑97; 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑15) (from Ch. 122, par. 102‑15)
    Sec. 2‑15. Recognition. The State Board shall grant recognition to community colleges which maintain equipment, courses of study, standards of scholarship and other requirements set by the State Board. Application for recognition shall be made to the State Board. The State Board shall set the criteria by which the community colleges shall be judged and through the executive officer of the State Board shall arrange for an official evaluation of the community colleges and shall grant recognition of such community colleges as may meet the required standards.
    If a community college district fails to meet the recognition standards set by the State Board, and if the district, in accordance with: (a) Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, (b) auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or (c) other applicable State and federal standards, is found by the district's auditor or the State Board working in cooperation with the district's auditor to have material deficiencies in the design or operation of financial control structures that could adversely affect the district's financial integrity and stability, or is found to have misused State or federal funds and jeopardized its participation in State or federal programs, the State Board may, notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, implement one or more of the following emergency powers:
    (1) To direct the district to develop and implement a plan that addresses the budgetary, programmatic, and other relevant factors contributing to the need to implement emergency measures. The State Board shall assist in the development and shall have final approval of the plan.
    (2) To direct the district to contract for educational services in accordance with Section 3‑40. The State Board shall assist in the development and shall have final approval of any such contractual agreements.
    (3) To approve and require revisions of the district's budget.
    (4) To appoint a Financial Administrator to exercise oversight and control over the district's budget. The Financial Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the State Board and may be an individual, partnership, corporation, including an accounting firm, or other entity determined by the State Board to be qualified to serve, and shall be entitled to compensation. Such compensation shall be provided through specific appropriations made to the State Board for that express purpose.
    (5) To develop and implement a plan providing for the dissolution or reorganization of the district if in the judgement of the State Board the circumstances so require.
(Source: P.A. 89‑147, eff. 7‑14‑95.)

    (110 ILCS 805/2‑16.02)(from Ch. 122, par. 102‑16.02)
    Sec. 2‑16.02. Grants. Any community college district that maintains a community college recognized by the State Board shall receive, when eligible, grants enumerated in this Section. Funded semester credit hours or other measures or both as specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute grants to community colleges. Funded semester credit hours shall be defined, for purposes of this Section, as the greater of (1) the number of semester credit hours, or equivalent, in all funded instructional categories of students who have been certified as being in attendance at midterm during the respective terms of the base fiscal year or (2) the average of semester credit hours, or equivalent, in all funded instructional categories of students who have been certified as being in attendance at midterm during the respective terms of the base fiscal year and the 2 prior fiscal years. For purposes of this Section, "base fiscal year" means the fiscal year 2 years prior to the fiscal year for which the grants are appropriated. Such students shall have been residents of Illinois and shall have been enrolled in courses that are part of instructional program categories approved by the State Board and that are applicable toward an associate degree or certificate. Courses that are eligible for reimbursement are those courses for which the district pays 50% or more of the program