110 ILCS 680/25-20
Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reasonable amounts for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. Such expenses incurred by the student member may, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, be provided for by advance payment to the student member, who shall account therefor to the Board immediately after each meeting.
No member of the Board shall hold or be employed in or appointed to any office or place under the authority of the Board, nor shall any member of the Board be directly or indirectly interested in any contract made by the Board, nor shall he be an employee of the State Government; provided that nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit the student member of the Board from maintaining normal and official status as an enrolled student or normal student employment at Northeastern Illinois University.
110 ILCS 680/25-20