SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has vetoed a bill backed by the University of Illinois that would have allowed a nonresident student to serve as a student trustee.

The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that Rauner’s veto keeps in place rules outlined in the University of Illinois Trustees Act. Under the act, a student trustee must be a registered voter in Illinois, have proof of residency in Illinois for at least three months, and have a valid Illinois driver’s license. The legislation Rauner vetoed Friday would have allowed students who meet just one of those criteria to be trustees.

But Rauner said the legislation would have allowed nonresidents on the board, and because the school is a public institution, in-state student representation on the board “should be a priority.”