DOCUMENT RESUME ED 418 759 JC 980 229 TITLE Illinois Trustee, Summer 93-94. INSTITUTION Illinois Community Coll. Trustees Association, Springfield. PUB DATE 1994-00-00 NOTE 66p. AVAILABLE FROM Illinois Community College Trustees Association, 509 S. Sixth St., Suite 426, Springfield, IL 62701. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Illinois Trustee; v24 n1-4 Sum 1993-Sum 1994 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Community Colleges; Educational Finance; Educational Legislation; *Educational Policy; Enrollment Influences; Enrollment Trends; Faculty Development; Government School Relationship; Sex Bias; Sex Discrimination; *Sexual Harassment; Trustees; Two Year Colleges IDENTIFIERS Illinois; *Illinois Community College System ABSTRACT "Illinois Trustee," the official publication of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA), is distributed to all trustees, chancellors, and presidents, as well as to other persons interested in the public community colleges of Illinois. These four issues of volume 24 include the following articles: (1) "Community College Budget Up 3.5% for FY94; All 10 Capital Projects are Funded"; (2) "A Day in the Life of an ICCTA Lobbyist," (Audrey Trotter); (3) "Gender Equity and College Athletics," (Cardiss Collins); (4) "Did Rising Tuition Cause Falling Enrollment in Fall 1993?" (5) "20 Steps to Responsible Trusteeship," (6) "Why I Support a National Service Plan," (George Sangmeister); (7) "ICCB's Israel Challenges Trustees to Become College Advocates"; (8) "ICCTA's Legislative Agenda"; (9) "Trustee Education: Who Needs It?" (Peggy Connolly);(10) "Building a Systematic Approach to Government Relations";(11) "Guess Who's Coming to College: Enrollment Study Raises Questions for College Boards," (Gary Davis); and (12) "How Legislators Make Decisions," (Vicki Moseley). In addition, each issue provides a number of short articles covering current ICCTA activities, decision and concerns, while most also include the following regular columns: remarks by the ICCTA president; "The Legal Corner" (which deals specifically with sexual harassment in this volume); and "Names in the News." 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BEST COPYAVAILABLE 2 Vol. )0(1/, No. 1 Illinois Community College Trustees Association Summer 1993 Edgar signs veto-free budget on July 14 Community college budget up 3.5% for FY 94; all 10 capital projects are funded The IllinoisGeneral Assembly system contains an increase of 3.5 CAPITAL BUDGET completeditssecond-longest percent, or nearly $8 million, over last For the first time ever, the General session ever on July 13 and the year's appropriation. Assembly approved funding for all 10 community college system was one requested community college capital Grants to colleges were raised 3.6 projects. Included is money for an percent. According to data from the instructionalbuilding at Elgin Illinois Community College Board, Community College, which was high For the first time ever, this amount includes: on IBHE's capital priority list but left the General Assembly out of the Governor's budget request. approved funding for all a 4.2-percent increase (or $6.4 million) in credit hour grants; Significantly,nineofthe 10 10 requested community requests will receive enough funding college capital projects. a 2.3-percent increase to complete the entire project. (or $999,200) in equalization grants; and Funding for capitalprojects at individual community colleges, plus of the beneficiaries of lawmakers' a 2.1-percent increase capital renewal grants of $3.6 million, last-minute budgeteering. (or $76,600) in workforce totals over $40 million -- an increase preparation grants. of $22.2 million over FY 93. BecauseGov.JimEdgar continued on page 3 immediatelysignedthebudget The total increase in grants to package into law on July 14 without a colleges mirrors the budget proposal single line-itemveto, community adopted by the Senate in April, which collegeswillnothavetoask added $2.4 millionin community legislators to restore any governor- college funding to the Governor's Inside the Trustee inflictedfunding cutsinthefall budget request. However, the final override session. FY 94 budget is $3 million less than A look at ICCTA's recommended by the Illinois Board of 1992-93 year p. 2 Higher Education and nearly $11 Highlights of the million less than requested by ICCB. A day in the life of community college budget an ICCTA lobbyist .. p. 6 ICCB officials also note that the OPERATING BUDGET overall increase raises grant levels Gender equity and The fiscal year 1994 operating for all but seven commmunity college college athletics p. 8 budget for the community college districts. BEST COPY AVAILABLE 3 The Illinois Trustee Summer 1993 A look at ICCTA's 1992-93 year ILLINOIS By Jeanne Blackman 1992 - 93 ICCTA President RUSTEE Trustee, Lincoln Land Community College The Illinois Trustee is the official publication of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. The Trustee is mailed six times a year to all trustees, chancellors and The end of June brings the presidents, and to other persons interested in the public finaldaysof my termas community colleges of Illinois. presidentoftheTrustees Illinois Community College Trustees Association Association. As I look back over 509 S. Sixth St., Suite 426 the year, I think that we all can Springfield, IL 62701 217/528-2858 take pride in our association and FAX: 217/528-8662 our accomplishments during the past 12 months. ICCTA STAFF Dr. Gary W. Davis, Executive Director Michael Monaghan, Director of Governmental Relations Trustee education Mary Jo Degier, Executive Assistant Kim Villanueva, Public Information Officer In 1992-93, ICCTAoffered seminars on lobbying techniques, Sherrie Kimble, Office Assistant board teamwork, the responsibilities of board chairs, conflict Robert B. Maher, Counsel for Legislation resolution, total quality management, Illinois adult education, 1993-94 OFFICERS and dealing with pressure groups. President Robert H. Genet* Kaskaskia College ICCTA assisted boards seeking to hire new presidents and Vice President advised trustees on issues from board agenda-setting to Roger Tuttle guaranteeing the quality of instruction. Heartland Community College Secretary Michael R. Monteleone Our annual convention served more than 300 persons, Prairie State College including Secretary of State George Ryan, Illinois Chamber of Treasurer Gary Speckharl Commerce president Sally Jackson, Illinois Manufacturers John Wood Community College Association director Greg Baise, and Illinois Community College Board chair Harry L Crisp II. 1993-94 REGIONAL CHAIRS Chicago Region Ronald Gidwitz To recognize and encourage outstanding trusteeship, ICCTA City Colleges of Chicago presented the Trustee Education Award to five trustees and the East Central Region Mike Sullivan Ray Hartstein Trustee Achievement Award to Carl Sandburg Lake Land College College trustee Tom L Wilson. North Suburban Region Sarah Born William Rainey Harper College Legislative advocacy Northwest Region We sponsored our annual Lobby Day on May 12, with Wayne Chapin Highland Community College trustees and presidents joining together to oppose extension of South Suburban Region property tax caps. We also stopped Senate Bill 590, a measure James H. Griffith designed to move property off the real property tax rolls. Prairie State College Southeast Region Marvin Scott The association initiated successful legislation to recognize Rend Lake College community colleges on GED certificates. This measure is just Southwest Region the first step in ICCTA's efforts to obtain fair funding for adult Robert Prince Kaskaskia College education at community colleges. West Central Region William McCamey Trustees drew the attention of the Illinois Student Assistance Spoon River College Commission to the significant underfunding of the Illinois West Suburban College Mary Karam* continued on page 7 Morton College 2 Summer 1993 The Illinois Trustee Budget Cook County will hold a nonbinding advisory referendum in November 1994 on whether property continued from page 1 tax caps should be imposed in that county. In addition, $15 million was allocated for IBHE's Residents in suburban Cook County will also get the proposed statewide telecommunications network. chance to vote for their first elected regional school superintendent. Other elements of the The emerging influence of the Chicago suburbs was FY 94 budget agreement reflected in the approval of toll-road extensions for 1-294, 1-355, and Illinois Rt. 53. Illinois higher education will see a $52.4-million increase in its FY 94 operating budget -- $15.4 A 19-percent (or $109 million) funding