Policy Number: 84
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC BOARD
Purpose
The Intercollegiate Athletic Board (IAB) shall serve as an advisory board for participation by Eastern Illinois University in intercollegiate sports in accordance with National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regulations and federal law.
All substantive actions shown in minutes shall be considered as recommendations to the Vice President for Student Affairs and the President.
The Vice President for Student Affairs or the President may:
a. Approve, disapprove, or modify the recommendations.
b. Refer recommendations back to the IAB as promptly as possible for further study.
Organization
The voting membership shall consist of five faculty or administrators and four students. (The NCAA Constitution requires that the majority of the Intercollegiate Athletic Board be faculty or administrators.) There will also be two or three alternate student representatives.
Faculty members shall be appointed in the spring of each year by the Faculty Senate. Each member shall serve one year as an alternate, followed by a two-year term. It is encouraged that at least one member represent minority interests on campus.
Student members shall be appointed as follows:
a. Two student voting members shall be from the Student-Athlete Advisory Board, one male and one female; and
b. Two student voting members shall be appointed by the Student Senate and shall serve in accordance with the Student-Faculty provisions.
The NCAA Faculty Representative shall serve as chair of the Board, and shall vote only in case of a tie. A Vice Chair will serve in the absence of the Chair.
The Presidents of the EI Club and the Panther Club, or their respective designees shall serve as ex-officio members during their term of office as President or until new designees are appointed. In addition, the Vice President for Student Affairs, Director of Athletics, Associate Athletic Directors, Senior Woman Administrator, Director of Compliance, Athletic Business Manager, Student-Athlete Academic Advisor, and the Life Skills Coordinator shall serve as ex-officio members.
All other ex-officio members shall be as designated in the Student-Faculty Board provisions.
The secretary of the Board will be designated by the Chair.
The minimum quorum shall be three faculty members and two student members. Student alternates shall vote only when student members are not present.
Responsibilities
The Board shall review budgets for the intercollegiate athletic program.
a. The Director of Athletics shall prepare a budget which will include anticipated income from all sources and projected expenditures.
b. The Director of Athletics shall submit the budget to the IAB by the April meeting of the Board. The budget will be distributed to each Board member ten days prior to the April meeting.
Periodic reports of actual income and expenditures shall be provided to IAB members by the Department of Athletics.
The Board shall be informed of intercollegiate schedules and missed class time.
The Board shall review/approve all achievement awards (i.e., letters, jackets, etc.) and their costs.
The Chair shall keep the Faculty and Student Senates informed of the Board's activities by sending minutes of meetings.
In the case of repeated absenteeism from IAB meetings by faculty and student members, the Chair shall request that the senate replace the member with an alternate and appoint another alternate.
Committees
Institutional Control Committee
Responsibilities include governance and commitment to rules compliance, commitment to equity, and fiscal integrity.
Student-Athlete Experience Committee
Responsibilities include academic integrity and commitment to equity.
Operational Procedures
The IAB and its committees shall operate as outlined in their approved Bylaws.
Approved:
President
November 12, 1997
Nomenclature Changes:
December 13, 2001
Monitor: Vice President for Student Affairs