Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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502 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 18 RECESS A t t h e request of t h e press, t h e board recessed briefly to permit t h e taking of photographs. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President's Reports President Corbally presented a report o n selected topics of current interest, copies of w h i c h were distributed at the m e e t i n g , a n d a copy w a s filed w i t h the secretary of the board. Report on Budget Recommendations of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) for Fiscal Year (FY) 1979 As you know, the Illinois Board of Higher Education at its regular meeting held on January 10 approved the advice which, it will provide the governor and the General Assembly about FY 1979 budget requests for higher education. This advice is presented in two documents — one relating to operations and grants; the other, to capital improvements. It is apparently still difficult for some people to understand the roles of various groups in developing budgets and appropriation decisions for higher education in Illinois. Thus, immediately following the IBHE meeting, we read or heard reports such as: "University tuition increases for 1978-79" or "board reduces faculty salary increases." The IBHE is an adviser — not a governing board — and decisions about the appropriations we shall seek and the allocation of the funds we receive are matters under the jurisdiction of this board, subject to the actions of the General Assembly and of the governor. Any reports, then, of what is or is not to be done in FY 1979 at the University of Illinois are definitely premature. In the operations and grants area, the IBHE recommended increased appropriations for all of higher education in Illinois amounting to $93,824 million. This amount is allocated among various units as follows: Senior universities Community colleges Illinois State Scholarship Commission Private institutions Health education grants Retirement Other Total $56.0 7.3 9.6 1.0 2.3 16.7 .8 $93.7 million million million million million million million million1 The IBHE recommends that this new dollar amount of $94 million be made up of about $87.5 million in new General Revenue Fund appropriations and about $6.5 million to be gained through tuition increases averaging $48 per student per academic year. This recommendation provides that the total increase of 10.64 percent over FY 1978 be supported by an 11.4 percent increase in General Revenue Fund support and a 7 percent increase in support through the income funds of the senior universities. 1 $0.1 million lost in rounding.
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