Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1995] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 297 accomplished. Then he noted that monies requested for the transition of Sangamon State University into the University of Illinois were not forthcoming in this session. He told the board that changes in Medicaid were significant. This was referenced as a potential problem for the University Hospital. He indicated that the bill to transfer Sangamon State University to the University of Illinois was to be signed within a few days. Other bills deliberated by the legislature were described, particularly the bid on the part of the Illinois Board of Higher Education for more authority over colleges and universities with regard to termination of academic programs, tuition setting, and the development organizations. Mr. Hard explained that this bill did not succeed. He also described another bill concerning the community colleges' effort to be separated from coordination of the IBHE. This bill did pass both houses and was sent to the governor. He added that a bill to allow purchase of special license plates referring to a specific campus did pass and that the proceeds from this will be sent to the campuses depicted on the plates. He indicated that the bill calling for statutory support of the symbol of the Urbana campus, Chief Illiniwek, did pass both houses and was sent to the governor. Next, he noted that the University of Illinois Police will be placed under the Illinois State Labor Relations Board if the governor signs this bill. Mr. Hard added that the University administration is opposed to this and would recommend against the governor signing this bill. Finally, Mr. Hard told the board that there were no monies appropriated for capital projects. He said that this was a partisan political matter, not a sign that there was any legislative disagreement with any capital projects proposed. This concluded his report. Further Remarks from the President of the University President Ikenberry then commented on the current instability of higher education in Illinois. He cautioned that many recent changes have caused a great fragility in the higher education community. He admonished that higher education in Illinois be kept unified and that the community colleges remain a part of the general higher education establishment. He recalled for the board that many efforts, programmatic in nature as well as structural and technological, have been put in place to help coordinate community colleges and higher education generally and advised that this is not the time to fragment the State's higher education system further. OLD BUSINESS Mr. Lamont reminded the members of the board that he had sent them copies of the Procedures Governing Appearances Before the Board of Trustees and had asked for their comments for amending or editing these. He asked that they submit their remarks to Dr. Thompson.
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