House votes to switch to elected trustees

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to change the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to an elected body and downsize it from 10 voting members to eight.

HB 3289 passed on a vote of 113 to 1, and now heads to the Senate for consideration.

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