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The
Governor’s FY13 all funds request for Higher Education, excluding State
Universities Retirement, is $2.6 billion, which represents an increase of $12
million or 0.4% over FY12. In terms of
General Funds only, the Governor has requested $2.2 billion for Higher
Education, which represents an increase of $68 million or 3.3% over FY12. The majority of the General Funds increase is
allocated to MAP ($50 million) although the University of Illinois
is increased $16 million or 2.3% over FY12.
Public Universities
The
Governor has requested a total of $1.3 Billion GRF for the state’s nine public
universities for FY13. This is $18.3
million or 1.4% over FY12 appropriations. The overwhelming majority of this
increase is allocated to the University
of Illinois to fund the
newly renamed Prairie Research Institute (formerly the State Scientific Surveys
from IDNR).
Other
notable changes to the Higher Education budget include:
Illinois Community
College Board
- Includes $361 million GRF which is identical to the
FY12 level. The only change requested
for FY13 is to cut Base Operating grants by $720,000 or 0.4% and create a new
“Performance Based Funding” grant with that money.
Illinois Student Assistance Commission
– Includes $457 million GRF which is $50 million or 12.3% over the FY12
level. This entire increase is allocated
to the Monetary Award Program or MAP. The Governor has recommended $437 million for
MAP in this budget which is 13% over the FY12 appropriation of $387 million. The $50 million increase will be used to make
MAP grants available to more students.
The
Governor has also recommended a slight increase to Dependents grants ($100,000
or 10%), a slight decrease to Illinois Scholars grants ($120,000 or 3.8%), the
elimination of the College Savings Bond grants ($325,000) and a re-instatement
of the appropriation for the Student-to-Student grant program ($365,000) which
was cut last year.
There
is no mention of College Illinois
in this budget proposal despite the fact that the program has unfunded liabilities
$560 million or 30%.
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