Annual Budget 2019-2020 Community College District No. 525 Joliet, Illinois JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE Community College District 525 Annual Budget For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2020 Board of Trustees Robert J. Wunderlich, Chairperson Maureen Broderick, Vice Chairwoman John Mahalik, Secretary Nancy Garcia, Trustee Alicia Morales, Trustee Daniel O’Connell, Trustee Michael O’Connell, Trustee Shalma Marin, Student Trustee Administration Judy Mitchell, Ed.D., President Yolanda Farmer, Ed.D., Vice President, Student Development Randall Fletcher, Ed.D., Vice President, Academic Affairs Robert Galick, Vice President, Administrative Services Joliet Junior College Illinois Joliet Junior College FY20 Budget TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the President……………….....…………………………………… i I. Introduction History of Joliet Junior College………………....……………………...………… 1-9 FY20 Budget Highlights………………………………....……………….………… 10-15 Strategic Plan/Operational Plan………………….………………………………… 16-23 Organizational Charts/Department Descriptions/Department Initiatives………… 24-62 Budget Process…………………………………………..………………………… 63-66 II. Financial Section Fund Descriptions………………………..………………………………………… 67-71 Revenue Summary………………………….……………………………………… 72-75 Expenditure Summary…………………….……………………………………… 76-80 Financial Summary and Tables All Funds………………………...………………………………………… 81-85 Education Fund…………………..…………………………….…….……… 86-89 Operations and Maintenance Fund………………..………………..……… 90-92 Restricted Purposes Fund…………………….…………..………………… 93-96 Audit Fund………………………...……….……………………………… 97-98 Liability, Protection and Settlement Fund…………….………..…………… 99-100 General Obligation Bond Fund……………………………………..……… 101-102 Operations and Maintenance Restricted Fund…………………………….. 103-105 Auxiliary Enterprise Fund……………………………………..…………… 106-109 Self Insurance Fund………………………...………………..………………110-111 Working Cash Fund……………………….………………….…………… 112-113 Grants……………………..……………..………………………..……………… 114-116 Capital/Facilities Master Plan……………………………...………….……………117-131 Debt……………………………..………………………………………………..…132-135 Financial Policies…………...…………………………………….…………………136-167 Joliet Junior College FY20 Budget TABLE OF CONTENTS III. Statistical Data Tuition and Fee History………………………………………….……………………………………….168 Communities Served……………………………………………………...………………………………….169 Student Enrollment and Demographic Statistics………………...………………………………….170 Illinois Community College Board Funding…………………………………………………………171 Comparison of Tax and State Revenue by Colleges………………………………………172 Assessed Value and Tax Levy of Taxable Property……………………………………...……………….173 Fund Balances - Budgetary Basis………………………..……………………………….174 Enrollment by Ethnicity……………………...……………………………...……………175 Students At-A-Glance………………….……………………………..…...…..…………176 High School Students Who Attend Joliet Junior College…………………….…....…….177 Occupational Projections………………………..………………….…....……..…...……178 Demographic Data……………………….………...……………………………………..179 IV. Appendix Illinois Community Colleges Map……………………………………………………...……………180 Campus Locations………………………………….……………………………………..181-182 Joliet Junior College District 525 Map……………………………………………………………………….183 Resolution to Adopt Tentative FY19-20 Budget………………………………………………………184 Budget Resolution for FY19-20…………………………………………….…………..185-186 Glossary/Acronyms………………………………………………………………………187-201 V. BUDGET DETAIL…………………….…………………………..202-337 June 12, 2019 Members of the Board of Trustees and Citizens of Joliet Junior College, Illinois Community College District 525: Each year our budget is developed to support the college’s mission of being an innovative and accessible institution, dedicated to student learning, community prosperity, cultural enrichment, and inclusion. In order to th present a balanced operating budget for the 47 consecutive year, the following planning goals were employed: • proactively plan and budget to support innovation in new programming and expanded resources; • maintain emphasis on student success; • address potential impact of the state of Illinois on the college’s budget; and • employ realistic projections in property tax revenues. The total operating budget for FY20 is $97.98 million and I am proud to share that there is no increase in tuition or in health care costs. In fact, from FY17 to FY19, through position realignment, repurposing, or elimination of positions, the college achieved a cost-savings of $986,400. However, we also know that we must invest in JJC to grow JJC. Community colleges play a distinct role in higher education, continuously evolving to support the changing needs of our local economy, workforce and community. As such, the FY20 budget funds several items to support growth in multiple areas to meet the unique needs of our students and stakeholders, including our dual credit program, a new center to support returning adult students and new university transfer partnerships, and small business development support. I will continue to focus on innovative solutions to support those investments. It is our students who serve as constant reminders of why we are here: to provide a high quality education and prepare them for a successful future. Sincerely, Judy Mitchell, Ed.D. President i HISTORY OF JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Joliet Junior College, the nation’s first public community college, offers pre-baccalaureate programs for students planning to transfer to a four-year university. A comprehensive community college, JJC provides occupational education leading directly to employment, adult education and literacy programs, workforce development services, and student support services. JJC’s district, Illinois Community College District 525, is one of 40 community college districts governed by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) under the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The ICCB was created by the General Assembly under the provisions of the Illinois Public Junior College Act of 1965. Its primary responsibilities are to coordinate the educational programs offered through the community college system, to allocate state funding for capital expansion and to act on curriculum changes proposed by individual community colleges. JJC is directly governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees, all of whom are elected from within the district for six-year terms. A student representative, nominated by staff or faculty, is a non-voting member of the board. The officers of the board are chairman, vice chairman and secretary, all of whom are elected by their peers for a two-year term. JJC is the nation’s first public community college, established in 1901. J. Stanley Brown (shown on the left), superintendent of Joliet Township High School, and William Rainey Harper (shown on the right), president of the University of Chicago, founded JJC in 1901 as an experimental postgraduate high school program. The college’s initial enrollment was six students; today, JJC serves more than 35,000 students in credit and noncredit courses. Brown and Harper’s innovation created a junior college that academically paralleled the first two years of a four-year college or university. It was designed to accommodate students who desired to remain within the community yet still pursue a college education. Within a few years, the concept of “community” had grown to include students outside the existing high school district. 1 By December 1902, the Board of Trustees officially sanctioned the program and made postgraduate high school courses available tuition-free. In 1916, the Board of Trustees officially named the post-high school program Joliet Junior College. The following year, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools accredited the college, and the State Examining Board approved selected courses for teacher certification. Enrollment at the time numbered 82 students. In the years that followed, JJC responded positively and creatively to the pressures of a world war, depression and rapid social change. The college met the challenge of a growing technological society in the 1920s and 1930s by expanding the curriculum to include programs in business and industrial training. The return of war veterans in the 1940s and 1950s prompted further curriculum development in the area of two-year occupational programs. Both the transfer and occupational divisions of the college grew at a steady pace. In 1965, the Illinois Legislature enacted the Illinois Junior College Act, creating specific districts served by various community colleges. JJC was to serve people in parts of seven counties in northern Illinois. By 1967, college enrollment approached 4,000 students. In February of that year, the citizens of 12 high school districts in portions of Will, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle and Kankakee Counties voted to establish Illinois Community College District 525 - an area to be served by JJC. For two years, the college rented facilities at the original Joliet Township High School building. In February 1968, the Board of Trustees selected 368 acres on the west side of 2 Joliet for a new campus. In April 1969, the Board voted to build interim facilities consisting of 17 temporary buildings on the new site. The college began offering classes at its new location in September 1969, serving 4,130 day and evening students. The $50 million Main Campus was fully operational in the fall of 1974. During 1973 and 1974, both the area and the population of the district expanded with the addition of Peotone, Dwight, Odell, and the area of Lemont that is in Cook County. Today, the 1,442-square- mile district serves a population of more than 700,000 in Will,