The Board of Trustees of Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, November 20th at Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, Illinois and following a public hearing on the tax levy, Trustees certified the district’s levies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019.
The Board approved an increase in tuition for international students. The rate per semester hour for International students will be $341.51 and the rate per semester hour for second year International students will be $230.00.
The holiday calendar for administrative, technical, professional non-faculty, clerical and maintenance personnel was approved for calendar year 2019. The schedule is the same as in previous years.
The Board postponed consideration of a proposal by the Lawrence County Board to abate property taxes for ten years on residential property and certain commercial property until more details are received.
Updates were approved to the substance abuse policy that continues the prohibition of use of certain recently State of Illinois approved drugs that are not approved at the Federal level. This revision will ensure continued adherence to federal law.
The Board approved two projects to be paid for using Statewide Emergency Capital Funding. The two approved projects are a heat exchanger at Olney Central College and applied fluid acrylic to the Applied Arts building roof at Wabash Valley College.
Affiliation agreements were approved for the Phlebotomy Program with Hamilton Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes and for the Basic Nurse Assistant Program with Aperion Care Bridgeport.
Stephanie Nutall was employed as Title III Project Director, effective November 26, 2018. Wendy Coles was employed as a Workforce Education Instructor, effective January 2, 2019 and Calvin Melvin was employed as a Workforce Education Instructor, effective January 7, 2019.
Change in Status was approved for two current employees. Alyssa Maglone from Administrative Assistant to the Dean at OCC to Coordinator of Curricular Reporting and Articulation at the District Office, effective November 26, 2018 and for Taryn Bunting, from Administrative Assistant at OCC to Coordinator of Financial Aid at OCC, effective November 21, 2018.
A resignation ratification was approved for Dr. Laura Bruck, Assistant Professor at Wabash Valley College, effective May 11, 2018.
Next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees will be Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 7 p.m. at Frontier Community College, Fairfield.
