Full Text of HR0393 96th General Assembly
HR0393 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The cost of attending a public university in the | 3 |
| United States, even after subtracting out aid and inflation, | 4 |
| rose more than 15 percent in the last five years, according to | 5 |
| the College Board; and
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| WHEREAS, In Illinois alone, the average annual percent | 7 |
| increase in tuition and fees from the period 2004-2009 was | 8 |
| 79.3%; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, At public institutions, tuition has generally | 10 |
| been driven up by rising spending on administrators, student | 11 |
| support services, and the need to make up for reductions in | 12 |
| government subsidies, according to a report issued by the Delta | 13 |
| Cost Project, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C.; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, At public institutions especially, the current | 15 |
| economic troubles will likely only accelerate the trend of | 16 |
| rising prices and classroom cutbacks; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, According to a study of tuition and fee trends | 18 |
| conducted by the College Board, the largest dollar increase in | 19 |
| published in-state four-year college tuition in 2008-09 was | 20 |
| $915 in Illinois; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Under this same study, Illinois' tuition and fee |
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| increases ranked fifth overall in the nation at $10,014; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | 3 |
| approved at least 98 sabbaticals for this year and the | 4 |
| beginning of next year; professors will be off from 4 1/2 | 5 |
| months to a year, most at 100 percent pay; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Meanwhile, tuition at SIU Edwardsville is going up | 7 |
| 6 percent and 4.5 percent at the Carbondale campus; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Courses not taught mean less revenue for the | 9 |
| school and a lost opportunity for students; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Even if sabbaticals are important to a professor's | 11 |
| ongoing professional development, this is the wrong time to be | 12 |
| granting so many of them; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Southern Illinois University President Glenn | 14 |
| Poshard recently said that Southern Illinois University will | 15 |
| get $14 million less from the State this year than it did in | 16 |
| 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Kent State University in Ohio in February canceled | 18 |
| 60 paid sabbaticals for the 2009-2010 school year to save | 19 |
| money; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that it | 3 |
| is imperative that universities be fiscally conservative now | 4 |
| and set an example consistent with the business world by either | 5 |
| eliminating sabbaticals or sharply cutting them back; and be it | 6 |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the | 9 |
| presidents of all the public universities in Illinois.
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