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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 22

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University.

BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGET AND BUILDING PROGRAM 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 ( i ) The state law requires that the University file with the Department of Finance, on or before November I of each even-numbered year, a budget of requests for appropriations for the biennium beginning the following July I. I submit herewith the recommendations of the University administration for ( a ) the operating budget and (b) the building program, including capital appropriations other than new buildings, for 1957-59. T h e operating budget has been prepared after several months of careful study by a special budget committee under the chairmanship of the Vice-President and Provost. T h e capital budget is also the result of several months of study by the Building Program Committee. T h e operating budget and the building program have also been reviewed with the University Council. In each budget substantial reductions were made in the original requests submitted by the several departments and colleges. T h e budgets as submitted represent the minimum needed to carry on and develop the University's services adequately during the biennium 1957-59. Both budgets were also studied in detail in a special work session by the Finance Committee and the Committee on Buildings and Grounds of the Board of Trustees. These committees are prepared to support the recommendations. I request that the operating budget and building program be approved as a basis for filing with the Department of Finance and for presentation to the state administration and the Budgetary Commission. Operating Budget T h e complete report of the President of the University on the operating budget, giving detailed analyses and supporting textual material, was previously sent to all members of the Board of Trustees for their study in advance of the meeting. A copy of this report was filed with the Secretary of the Board as a part of the record of the meeting. T h e recommendations of the President of the University and of the Building Program Committee had previously been reviewed by the Board of Trustees Finance Committee and the Committee on Buildings and Grounds at two special work sessions devoted to this purpose. In presenting the formal recommendations of the University administration, President H e n r y pointed out that the operating budget and building program, as submitted, reflect in some measure policies already approved and the decisions previously made by the Board of Trustees. H e called particular attention to the following: Educational and Research Programs. For three biennial periods, the University has received virtually no new funds for increasing the effectiveness of present educational and research programs and for new p r o g r a m s ; whatever has been done in these areas was accomplished through adjustments in budgets at the expense of other needs. Farm and Home Advisers' Salaries. The Illinois Agricultural Association and the Illinois Home Bureau Federation have informed the University that they will be obliged to make substantial reductions in their contributions to the Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics, and have asked that this be taken into consideration in the University's request for state appropriations. Salaries. T h e amount requested for increases in salaries and wages represents one-half of the new money in the budget estimates. It is approximately 10 per cent of the total budget askings. Student Fees. T h e estimate of University income is based upon increasing the total fees charged nonresidents of Illinois. A formal recommendation on this will be submitted to the Board at a subsequent meeting. Enrollments. It should be noted that not all of the increase in the operating budget requested can be related to anticipated increase in enrollments. Much