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Fiscal Year 2018 Higher Education Budget Recommendations State of Illinois | Board of Higher Education Fiscal Year 2018 Higher Education Budget Recommendations Operations, Grants, and Capital Improvements Presented to the Governor and Members of the Illinois General Assembly December 2016 Illinois Board of Higher Education Members Tom Cross, Chair, Oswego Jane Hays, Vice Chair, Champaign John Bambenek, Champaign Jay D. Bergman, Hinsdale Max Coffey, Charleston Teresa Garate, Chicago Kevin Huber, Libertyville Alice Marie Jacobs, Danville Paul Langer, Lincolnwood Jim Palos, Chicago Santos Rivera, Chicago Jack Thomas, Macomb Christine Wiseman, Palos Heights Stephanie Torres, Student Member, Northern Illinois University Justin Provo, Nontraditional Student Member, Roosevelt University Dr. James L. Applegate, Executive Director Illinois Board of Higher Education One North Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 333 Springfield, Illinois 62701 217.782.2551 TTY 888.261.2881 FAX 217.782.8548 www.ibhe.org Printed by the Authority of the State of Illinois 12/16 — 50 Fiscal Year 2018 Higher Education Budget Recommendations TABLE OF CONTENTS Major Highlights for Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Recommendations ........................................... 1 IBHE Statutory Requirements .......................................................................................................... 2 State’s Fiscal Condition .................................................................................................................... 2 Higher Education Funding History; Past IBHE Recommendations ................................................. 3 State Pension Issue ........................................................................................................................... 4 Fiscal Year 2018 Recommendations and the Public Agenda ........................................................... 5 Meeting the 60 x 2025 Goal ............................................................................................................. 7 Advocacy for Efficiency and Effectiveness of Higher Education Systems ..................................... 8 Higher Education Funding (Fiscal Years 2000-2015) Before the Budget Impasse ......................... 9 Benefits from Investing in Higher Education ................................................................................. 12 Higher Education Capital, Deferred Maintenance, Renewal Needs............................................... 13 Illinois Higher Education Compact ................................................................................................ 16 Organization of Recommendations ............................................................................................. 17 Table 1: Higher Education Operations and Grants, General Funds .............................................. 17 Table 2: Higher Education Operations and Grants, All Funds ...................................................... 18 Table 3: higher Education Operations and Grants, Other Appropriated Funds............................. 19 Summary Narrative ..................................................................................................................... 21 Public University, Community College, and Agency Recommendations ................................ 21 Table 4: Universities Operations and Grants, General Funds ....................................................... 35 Table 5: Fiscal Year 2018 Performance Based Funding Set-Aside .............................................. 36 Table 6: Community College Operations and Grants, Appropriated Funds ................................. 37 Table 7: Adult Education and Postsecondary Career and Technical Education ........................... 38 Table 8: Illinois Student Assistance Commission ......................................................................... 39 Table 9: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy ................................................................... 40 Table 10: State Universities Civil Service System ........................................................................ 41 Table 11: Illinois Board of Higher Education Operations ............................................................. 42 Table 12: Illinois Board of Higher Education Grants/Special Initiatives ...................................... 43 Table 13: State Universities Retirement System ........................................................................... 44 Capital Improvements ................................................................................................................. 45 Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 45 Table 14: Summary of Higher Education Capital Requests and Recommendations .................... 51 Table 15: Higher Education Capital Improvement Priority List ................................................... 52 Capital Improvement Projects: Institutional Detail ....................................................................... 55 Appendix A: Performance Funding ........................................................................................... 73 Appendix B: Credentials Awarded by Sector ........................................................................... 79 Appendix C: Glossary ................................................................................................................. 83 Appendix D: Historical Illinois Higher Education Budget Data ............................................. 99 State General Funds Appropriations, 2006-2016 ......................................................................... 101 Public University Undergraduate Tuition and Fees, 2008-2017 .................................................. 102 i Public University Graduate Tuition and Fees, 2008-2017 ........................................................... 105 Public University Professional Tuition and Fees, 2011-2017 ...................................................... 108 Fiscal Year 2017 Community College Tuition and Fees by District ............................................ 111 Fiscal Year 2017 City Colleges of Chicago Tuition and Fee Rates ............................................. 112 Monetary Award Program Award Values, 1995-2016 ................................................................. 113 Monetary Award Program Number of Awards, 1995-2016 ......................................................... 114 Appendix E: Illinois Jobs Now! Capital Projects ................................................................... 115 Appendix F: Public University Deferred Maintenance and Capital Pictures ...................... 123 Appendix G: Illinois Veteran Grants Data ............................................................................. 131 Appendix H: Illinois Higher Education Compact Resolution ............................................... 135 Appendix I: Public University Income Funds ......................................................................... 139 ii FISCAL YEAR 2018 HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS: OPERATIONS, GRANTS, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Major Highlights for Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Recommendations Major highlights of the Fiscal Year 2018 General Funds Budget Recommendations include: Support a stronger emphasis on capital and deferred maintenance needs that includes $1.4 billion in capital projects, $290 million in capital renewal, $132 million for community college capital renewal grants, and $20 million as a new appropriation to IBHE to address critical life safety and infrastructure needs. A working group is also being recommended to reevaluate capital priorities based on RAMP submissions and the current provisional capital listing for review by the Board at its March 2017 meeting. Support state investment for public universities at a “foundation level” at the Fiscal Year 2015 level of $1.2 billion that includes a performance funding allocation of $6 million, or the required 0.5 percent. Support a $100 million increase for the Monetary Award Program (MAP) for a Fiscal Year 2018 level of $473.3 million in order to increase educational attainment by eliminating achievement gaps by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status and ensure college affordability, particularly for underrepresented groups. This recommendation is $50 million more than IBHE’s Fiscal Year 2017 recommended level. Approve the Illinois Community College Board’s (ICCB) submission for $287.9 million in general funds for operational support of Base Operating and Equalization Grants for community colleges, which represents a slight decrease from the Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal. Adult Education and Postsecondary Career and Technical Education programs remain level at $51.3 million. Support the Illinois Student Assistance Commission’s (ISAC) operations budget $4 million in general funds, $5 million for Outreach, Training, and Research activities, $2.9 million for the Dependents Grant and loan repayment programs, and $9.1 million to restore funding for the Minority Teachers of Illinois Scholarships and Golden Apple Scholars program to their original Fiscal Year 2015 level. Includes an IBHE initiative to restore $36 million for the Illinois Veteran and National Guard Grant programs for public universities and community colleges to address the daunting effect that these unfunded mandates pose. Approve the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s (IBHE) overall budget of $8.6 million at the same Fiscal Year 2015 level that includes $5.8 million
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