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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Department of Political Science and other advisers he has consulted. The County Chairmen of the University of Illinois Dad's Association at a meeting held on April i6, 1955, endorsed the change proposed by the Student Senate and President Morey's recommendations.

Mr. Livingston suggested that it may be feasible to adopt the proposal of the Student Senate and the President of the University on a trial basis. At the conclusion of the discussion, on motion of Mr. Johnston, this matter was referred to the Committee on General Policy for further study. Mr. Livingston suggested that other Trustees pass on to the Committee their views.

BIENNIAL B U D G E T 1 9 5 5 - 5 7 (20) Subsequent to the March 30 meeting of the Board of Trustees, the President of the Board, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and the President of the University conferred with the Governor on upward adjustments of certain items above those recommended in his state budget. The following, in particular, were reviewed: r. The need of more funds for salary increases to enable the University to improve its salary scale to a greater extent than the increase recommended by the Governor (which was half of the amount requested by the University) would permit and thus aid in preventing losses of faculty. 2. Inclusion of the Addition to the Architecture Building in the list of capital items. 3. Changing the capital item for "Altgeld Hall Remodeling" to "Altgeld Hall Addition and Remodeling." The original request included items for both remodeling and an addition to the building, but only the former item is included in the Governor's budget. Some expansion of the building is urgently needed in connection with the remodeling. 4. Changing the item for "Remodeling Old Hospital and Dentistry-MedicinePharmacy Building" to "Remodeling and Minor Additions at Urbana-Champaign and at the Chicago Professional Colleges." 5. Inclusion of funds for architectural and engineering plans for future projects. The conference with the Governor was friendly and cordial. The Governor was sympathetic and agreed to give our problems further consideration. Subsequently, he approved an addition of $1,500,000 to be used for selective merit salary increases in special cases over and above amounts the original allotment would permit. However, he stated that the state resources will not at this time permit an appropriation for the Architecture Building Addition. The Governor agreed to the changes in the provisions for Altgeld Hall Remodeling and Remodeling in the Chicago Professional Colleges (Items 3 and 4 above). H e plans to include in the budget of the Department of Public Works and Buildings a fund for planning in all divisions and institutions of the state and requested that the Board of Trustees look to that Department for such services. If approved by the General Assembly, the result of the addition of $1,500,000 to the operating budget will be an increase in the biennial operating budget of $11,130,142, of which $9,550,951 will come from state tax revenues and the remainder from increased University income. The capital budget will be $8,815,000. While the amounts recommended for both capital and operating are substantially less than the University requested, they nevertheless represent material additions to our resources for both current expense and development. Hence, they will enable the University to move forward substantially, especially with respect to improvement in salary scales and prevention of losses of personnel due to inadequate scales. While a number of capital items have to be deferred, we have laid a groundwork of information which should be helpful in securing funds for them when the state's revenues permit.

This report was received for record.