Transcript Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Recommendations Presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education February 22, 2007

Fiscal Year 2008 Budget
Recommendations
Presented to the Illinois Board
of Higher Education
February 22, 2007
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FY08 Budget Priorities
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Improving College Affordability
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Enhancing Faculty and Staff Salary Support
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Addressing State Workforce Priorities with Clear
Performance Expectations
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Addressing Student Pipeline Issues: STEM
Diversity and Data Integration
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Protecting the State’s Investment in College and
University Facilities
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FY08 Operations & Grants
Overview
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General Funds Recommendation
– $2.19 billion (excluding SURS)
– $45.2 million, 2.1% increase
nonrecurring appropriations)
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(FY07 base net of
All Funds Recommendation
– $9.03 billion
– $390.1 million, 4.5% increase
of nonrecurring appropriations)
(FY07 base net
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FY08 Budget
Recommendations
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Improving College Affordability
– $7.3 million increase for MAP
– $200,000 increase for the Silas Purnell
Illinois Incentive for Access Program
– $50,000 increase for Dependent Grants
– $3.25 million for Nurse Educator Loan
Repayment
– Operating support to public universities
and community colleges
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FY08 Budget
Recommendations
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Enhancing Faculty and Staff Support
and Addressing General Costs
– $19.8 million (1.5%) increase over
adjusted FY07 base for universities for
general operating costs
– $5.0 million (1.7%) increase over adjusted
FY07 base for grants to community
colleges, including Base Operating Grants,
Small College Grants, Equalization Grants
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FY08 Budget
Recommendations
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Enhancing Faculty and Staff Support
and Addressing General Costs
– $1.0 million (2.0%) increase for Adult Ed
and Postsecondary Career and Technical Ed
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includes additional $313,000 for GED testing
– 1.5% increases for other entities:
IMSA, UCLC, ICCB, SUCSS, IBHE
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FY08 Budget
Recommendations
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Addressing State Workforce Priorities
with Clear Performance Expectations
– $6.6 million for public universities for
enhanced teacher training and training for
additional healthcare professionals
– $990,000 for community colleges for
enhanced teacher training and training for
additional healthcare professionals
– Performance expectations attached to $
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FY08 Budget
Recommendations
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Addressing Student Pipeline Issues
– $1.0 million for Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM) Diversity
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$900,000 for CAHMCP (currently HECA funded)
Additional $100,000 for IMSA E2K+
– $600,000 for integrated student information
systems
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Course Applicability System (CAS)
Teacher Data Warehouse, High School Feedback, Shared
Enrollment and Graduation Data Consortium
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FY08 Capital
Improvements Overview
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$607.7 Million Recommended
– Requests Total $1.8 billion
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Capital Renewal: $50 million
– Highest priority
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Regular Capital: $364.5 million
– 32 projects; 25 have appeared in multiple IBHE
recommendations – 7 are new
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$193.3 million Opportunity Returns projects
– 6 projects with some funding already released
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Continued Support for CC Enhanced Construction
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FY08 Recommendations
Summary
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Focus on the highest priorities
articulated by the Board and higher
education community
Connected to state priorities in
healthcare and P-20
Sensitive to uncertain state fiscal
environment
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