Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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204 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [February 16 Student Health Service Fee, Urbana (3) The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that the Hospital-Medical-Surgical (HMS) Fee be increased by $2 to $32 per student per semester effective the fall term of 1977, The fee is composed of two portions: one covers the cost of student health insurance which will be negotiated and recommended to the Board of Trustees in June 1977. The second, which is being recommended today, supports the costs associated with existing student health services and is presently $30 per semester. The adjustment for fall 1977 affects only this health service portion of the fee. A request for increased health service funds originated with the Director of the Health Service. It was reviewed by the McKinley Health Service Student Advisory Committee, which recommended a $5 per sudent per semester increase for 1977-78. The recommendation assumed a salary increase for all health service staff at a rate consistent with that projected for all staff members of the University of Illinois, an increase for expense and equipment, establishment of an equipment reserve fund, and the creation of a preventive dental service in the clinic. The Service Fee Advisory Committee reviewed the recommendations and concluded that the cost projections which included this additional service were too great in this period of budget and fee examination. The increase of $2 was supported to meet rising cost levels; it provides for no new programs or services but permits the maintenance of health service at the same level as the 1976-77 academic year. The increase in the HMS fee will be covered by the Illinois State Scholarship Commission for Illinois resident undergraduate students with financial need who hold full value awards. I concur. On motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved. Resolution in Support of Access to the University of Illinois Mr. Volgman presented and moved the adoption of the following resolution: Whereas, as a land-grant institution, the University of Illinois has been committed historically to the provision of quality education to all citizens capable of benefiting from it regardless of their social and economic circumstances, and Whereas, nontuition and fee costs constitute over three-fourths of University of Illinois students' necessary education expenses, and Whereas, despite recent improvements in federal student aid programs, there remain individuals who need additional help to enable them to attend the University of Illinois, Therefore, Be It Resolved that the University of Illinois Board of Trustees endorses in principle expansion of the Illinois State Scholarship Commission's authority to enable it to grant aid for nontuition and fee costs. M r . Forsyth expressed concern as to t h e potential effect of such action, if i m p l e m e n t e d , o n the budgets o f the University of Illinois and higher education generally. The motion was approved, with Mr. Forsyth indicating his wish to be recorded as not voting. Rate Increases for University-Operated Housing Facilities, Urbana (4) The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended rental rate increases for University-operated housing on that campus as follows: 1. Undergraduate Housing a. In residence halls (8,717 spaces), beginning August 1977, academic-year
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