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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Requests for Operating and Capital Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1993

(1) Recommended requests for incremental operating funds and for new capital appropriations for the University of Illinois for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1992, are presented herewith for action by the Board of Trustees. Following board action, these requests will be submitted to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for review. The accompanying tables summarize the major elements of each request, and the document, "Fiscal Year 1993 Budget Request for Operating and Capital Funds," contains detailed supporting information about each item and individual projects in the requests. (Copies of the complete budget documents are filed with the secretary of the board for record.) The FY 1993 operating budget request, outlined in Table 1, is based upon the background information presented to the trustees in July. In total, the request seeks $78.3 million in new operating funds for FY 1993, an increase of 11.4 percent above the current year's operating budget. An increase of this magnitude reflects a range of budget needs which must be addressed for FY 1993, yet is sensitive to the overall fiscal condition of the State. The FY 1993 operating request includes a $3.0 million program to expand student access to instructional computers and other instructional equipment. Funding for this specific program would come from a dedicated tuition increase of approximately 2.5 percent which would be in addition to any general tuition increase which might be recommended. The operating request also includes a special addendum to continue support for the special funding needs of the Cooperative Extension Service and suggests a mechanism for improving the support for this unique statewide resource. Tables 2 and 3 outline individual projects in the FY 1993 capital budget request in priority order for each campus. A total of 31 projects is requested for FY 1993 at a total cost of approximately $69 million. These priority lists focus most heavily on remodeling and renovation activities, along with acquiring State appropriations to match private gift funds for urgently needed new construction. An integrated priority list combining projects for both campuses will be presented at the meeting on September 12. The University's operating and capital requests for FY 1993 have been prepared by the vice president for academic affairs based upon advice and recommendations from the University Planning Council and review by the University Policy Council. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mrs. Shepherd, these requests were approved as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Reese, Mrs. Shepherd; no, Mr. Wolff; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Caporusso; no, Mr. Mitchell.)