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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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of the University and the equitable interests involved, and within total income: (a) to accept resignations; (b) to make such additional appointments as are necessary subject to the provisions of the University Statutes and the Policy and Rules — Nonacademic; and (c) to make such changes and adjustments in items included in the interim budget as are needed. All such changes are to be covered in the Comptroller's quarterly financial reports, or in reports to the Board by its Secretary. Mr. Livingston raised a question as to the issuance of terminal notices, with particular regard to notices to faculty members within the Institute of Aviation. (His concern was based on announcements and public discussion of the possibility that the Urbana campus, given certain budget limitations, might find it necessary to propose the elimination or transfer of the twoyear technical program in aircraft maintenance now offered by the Institute. If such a transfer or elimination were consummated, staff reduction would be involved and would require appropriate notice.) President Corbally stated that it was not possible to predict the timing or the necessity for the transfer proposal given present uncertainties as to the final action of the Governor on the University's budget as passed by the legislature. Following general discussion of this subject and of the possibility of meetings of the Executive Committee or of the Board in August, the recommendation as presented was approved, with the following amendment proposed by Mr. Neal: "— except that no steps shall be taken to institute a transfer program prior to the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board," and was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Howard, Mr. Steger, Governor Walker. Requests for Operating and Capital Appropriations for FY 1976 As had been announced at the June 1974 meeting, the President called upon Vice Presidents Brady and Munitz to provide general comment and a summary of the implications of recent reports from each of the campuses concerning the effects of budget limitations in recent years. T h e two vice presidents addressed themselves to steps being taken to intensify and provide additional analysis of cost effectiveness and academic planning to minimize the effects of budget limitations on the quality of the University's program and to make more efficient use of the University's resources. (2) The President of the University submits the following requests for new funds for the University of Illinois operations (Table 1) and for capital (Table 2) budgets for Fiscal Year 1976. These requests for new funds in the amount of $27,959,800 for operating budgets and of $50,329,500 for capital have been developed with due regard to enrollment projections, to program changes, to continued expansion in education for the health professions, and to the burdens of inflation. It should be noted that the components of this budget request reflect rates of increase less than the rate of inflation and that the maintenance of the quality of the programs of the University will continue to require prudent and cost-effective measures.