Right now in the State of Illinois there is no current law that prohibits hiring search committees from being funded with money derived from state taxes or tuition or fees charged to students.  According to State Representative Chapin Rose, funds used for hiring searches are taken from the Universities operating budgets.

That is why the representative is sponsoring legislation that would prohibit universities from using state funds and tuition towards companies that specialize in recruiting and hiring selections.

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According to Rose, the legislation only prohibits universities from using these funds to utilize outside hiring companies and would not affect internal university hiring searches and efforts.