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BOABD O F TRUSTEES

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concerning the budget. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, Mr. Harewood, M r . H u g h e s , M r , Johnston, Mr. Pogue, M r , Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . H e r r i c k , Mr. Stratton, M r . Wilkins,

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BIENNIAL BUDGET FOR OPERATIONS, 1 9 6 1 * 6 3

Present Budget The biennial budget of the University of Illinois consists only of those funds which require appropriation by the General Assembly. _ It does not inclnde funds provided by non-state agencies or by auxiliary enterprises conducted by the University, which provide for approximately 30 per cent of the University's gross annual expenditures. The biennial budget for operations in 1959-61 totals $55,905,000 a year, or, for the biennium, $111,810,000 from tax funds and $13,100,000 from University income, making a total of $124,910,000. This budget was approved in 1959 with the understanding that $4,000,000 would be reserved for salary adjustments and for the staff necessary to provide for the increased enrollment in the second year of the biennium. Therefore the funds in the budget were distributed so as to provide $60,455,000 for 1959-60 and $64,455,000 for 1960-61. The biennial budget encompasses not only instruction on the University's three campuses, but also research activities, extension teaching, and other services to the people of the state. Many University activities receive financial support from federal grants and contracts, and from private gifts. In addition, the University operates auxiliary enterprises such as residence halls, union building, and bookstores. Receipts from all these sources are estimated to total $29,503,565 for 1960-61, and do not require appropriation by the General Assembly. Tbey are included, however, in the annual budget for operations, which totals $93,958,565 for 1960-61. Procedures for Preparing Biennial Budget Bequests for 1961-63 The biennial budget requested for 1961-63 is based upon recommendations made by a Budget Committee appointed by the President. This Committee consists of the Vice-President and Provost as chairman, the Vice-President and Comptroller, the Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, the Dean of the Graduate College, and six faculty members from the three campuses, including representatives of the budget committees of the three Senates. Preparation of the biennial budget for operations began the spring of 1960, with the submission of requests by the deans and directors for budget increase; under Sections V, VI, VII, and VIII of the classification shown in Schedule A. Salary adjustments and the plan for staff health insurance (Sections III and IV) were considered separately by the Budget Committee on a University-wide basis. The asking under Section I was established by law, while that under II represents a funding of commitments made in the biennial budget for 1959-61. The Budget Committee held a series of meetings during which it conferred with deans_ and directors concerning their requests. Analyses were made of previous biennial budget requests and of the uses made of funds allocated throughout the period 1953-60. The Committee also gave careful attention to the various proposals for salary increases, and made detailed comparisons of salaries at the University of Illinois with those of other comparable institutions. Estimates of enrollment were prepared for the Committee by the Bureau of Institutional Research, based upon studies of high school enrollments and trends in the proportions of high school graduates applying for admission to college. A parallel study of the office and laboratory space available to instructional units was made, in order to judge their capabilities for accommodating the new staff needed for the predicted increases in enrollment. On the basis of these several studies — including evaluations of urgent requests for increases to meet rising costs of operations and to provide for essential improvements — the Budget Committee recommended the increases shown in Schedule A. Budget Summary The requests for additional funds submitted by the deans and directors — plus the increases determined on a University-wide basis —totaled $41,088,325 for