Full Text of HR1051 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 3 | | originated in 1957 as the result of intense local demand for | 4 | | convenient access to public higher education by the citizens of | 5 | | the Southwestern Illinois Council for Higher Education and | 6 | | their elected public officials; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, From 1996 through 2016, Southern Illinois | 8 | | University Edwardsville demonstrated a 26.8 percent growth in | 9 | | total enrollment while the enrollment of Southern Illinois | 10 | | University Carbondale has been decreasing; current enrollment | 11 | | at both universities is almost identical; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Enrollment at Southern Illinois University | 13 | | Edwardsville has increased steadily from 11,808 (total | 14 | | enrollment) and 9,343 (full-time enrollment) in the fall of | 15 | | 1991 to 13,796 (total enrollment) and 11,523 (full-time | 16 | | enrollment) in the fall of 2017, resulting in a 16.8 percent | 17 | | and 23.3 percent increase in total and full-time enrollment | 18 | | respectively ; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has | 20 | | been recognized by the Illinois Board of Higher Education as | 21 | | one of the fastest growing public universities in Illinois; the | 22 | | campuses of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and |
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| 1 | | Southern Illinois University have grown and evolved at | 2 | | different rates; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The distribution of the state appropriation to the | 4 | | SIU Board of Trustees was historically viewed as warranting a | 5 | | split of 60 percent of funding going to the Carbondale campus | 6 | | and 40 percent of funding to the Edwardsville campus; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The GRF funds appropriated by the SIU Board of | 8 | | Trustees has been approximately disbursed with 64 percent going | 9 | | to the Carbondale campus and only 36 percent going to the | 10 | | Edwardsville campus, a failure to live up to the historical | 11 | | expectation dating back to the inception of the Edwardsville | 12 | | campus; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Current and future enrollment trends warrant an | 14 | | investigation into the governance and funding of the two | 15 | | separate campuses; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The SIU Board of Trustees voted down a proposal to | 17 | | reallocate approximately $5.1 million in state funds in order | 18 | | to begin to meet the 60 percent/40 percent expected levels; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | urge the Illinois Board of Higher Education to conduct a study | 2 | | in regards to the governance structure of the Southern Illinois | 3 | | University system and the feasibility and viability of becoming | 4 | | two distinct universities with separate Boards of Trustees, as | 5 | | outlined in HB 1292; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That the study will review the practicability of | 7 | | maintaining a single board of trustees with membership outlined | 8 | | in HB 1293, and whether an appropriation that recognizes | 9 | | student enrollment, such as outlined in HB 1294, will be an | 10 | | equitable distribution of state funds; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 | | delivered to the Chair of the Illinois Board of Higher | 13 | | Education, the Chair of the Southern Illinois University Board | 14 | | of Trustees, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 15 | | Chancellor, and the Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 16 | | Chancellor.
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