Mandated
Trustee Training
There
are two types of professional development training required of community
college trustees. Both are statutory
requirements of the State of Illinois.
Open
Meetings Act Training
Pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings
Act (5 ILCS 120/1.05), Trustees are required to complete electronic Open
Meetings Act (OMA) Training no later than the 90th day after taking their oath
of office. Training is only required to
be completed one time and not repeated if re-elected for additional term(s).
OMA training is provided online by the
Attorney General’s Office:
http://foia.ilattorneygeneral.net/electronic_foia_training.aspx.Following OMA training, each Trustee is to
print the associated certificate of completion (available on the webpage
following successful OMA completion).This certificate is to be submitted to the Secretary of the Board of
Trustees and is thereafter maintained in the Office of the President to serve
as confirmation of completion.
Professional
Development Leadership Training
Pursuant to the Community College
Trustees Leadership Training Act (Act 99-0692), every voting member of a Board
of Trustees (appointed or elected) shall complete a minimum of 4 hours
professional development leadership training during the first, third, and fifth
year of his or her term of office. All
necessary Leadership Training shall be completed no later than April 1st, of a
Trustee’s first, third, and fifth term year.
Training topics shall include, but are
not limited to:
- open
meetings law
- community
college and labor law
- freedom
of information law (FOIA)
- contract
law
- ethics
- sexual
violence on campus
- financial
oversight and accountability
- audits
- fiduciary
responsibilities of community college trustees
The President’s Office will notify
Trustees of sanctioned training opportunities, which have been approved by ICCB
and will meet this mandated requirement.If a Trustee completes approved training offered outside the College by
a “qualified provider” (such as with ICCTA), that Trustee shall submit the
documentation certifying training completion to the Secretary of the College
Board within 45 days of training.When
training is provided through the College, the Trustee has no additional
reporting responsibility.
Pursuant to the Community College Trustees
Leadership Training Act (Act 99-0692), the College shall maintain on its
website the training status of all Trustees.This information shall be updated at least bi-annually, as each Trustee
successfully completes required training.Should a Trustee not satisfy all requirements of PA 99-0692, including
but not limited to the minimum number of hours or use of a “qualified
provider”, the secretary shall note non-compliance on the webpage, and notify
the President of the College and all elected or appointed Trustees serving on
the board.
Approval History: Replaces Mandated
Trustee Professional Development Training Procedure 1.98 approved July 24, 2017