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Board Meetings

December 8, 2020 1-4 p.m.

To be conducted by telephone and video conference as permitted by
Public Act 101-0640 enacted June 12, 2020, the Illinois Governor’s Disaster Proclamation dated
November 13, 2020, and Executive Order 2020-71.

Agenda

Calendar

Agenda (PDF)

Minutes

GSU Historical Cost, Staff, and Enrollment Data 2018

Approved Minutes

Meeting Agenda

A. Call to Order/Roll call

  • Call Meeting to Order and Remarks, John Atkinson, Chair
  • Remarks, Ginger Ostro, Executive Director

B. Resolutions and Recognition – Action Items

  1. Consideration and Approval of Recognition Resolution

C. Presentations and Discussion

D. Reports and Updates

  • Advisory Committee Report – Community College Presidents (Dr. Sylvia Jenkins, President, Moraine Valley Community College)
  • Advisory Committee Report – Public University Presidents (Dr. Larry Dietz, President, Illinois State University)

E. Public Comment – Action Item

  • Request from Members of the Public to Address the Board

F. Action Items

  1. Consideration and approval of new units of instruction at public community colleges (Dr. gretchen lohman)
  2. Consideration and Approval of New Operating and/or Degree Granting Authority for Independent Institutions (Dr. Gretchen Lohman)
  3. Consideration and Approval of New Units of Instruction, Public Service, and Research at Public Universities (Dr. Gretchen Lohman)
  4. Consideration and Approval of Potential Board Extension of Accreditation Timeline Required for Operating and Degree Granting Authority at an Independent Institution (Dr. Gretchen Lohman)
  5. Consideration and Approval of Adoption of Statewide Transitional English: Course Parameters, Competencies, and Policies (Dr. Stephanie Bernoteit)

G. Consent Agenda Action Items

  1. Consideration and Approval of 2021 Board Meeting Calendar
  2. Consideration and Approval of Adoption of Resolution for Agency Participation in the State University Retirement System Deferred Compensation Plan
  3. Consideration and Approval of Board Meeting Minutes – September 15, 2020
  4. Consideration and Approval of Strategic Plan Minutes – September 15, 2020
  5. Consideration and Approval of Strategic Plan Minutes – October 26, 2020
  6. Consideration and Approval of Executive Committee Minutes – November 16, 2020
  7. Consideration and Approval of Confidentiality of Executive Session Minutes and Destruction of Verbatim Recordings
  8. Consideration and Approval of IBHE Administrative Rules: January 2021 Regulatory Agenda
  9. Consideration and Approval of Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Financial Report as of October 31, 2020

H. Informational Items Not Requiring Board Action

  1. GEER Competitive Grant Allocation – Written Report
  2. Annual Report on New, Consolidated, Closed, and Low Producing Programs at Illinois Public Universities – Written Report

I. Other Business

J. Adjournment