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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The rising rates of tuition at public universities
3in this State are of concern to the members of this General
4Assembly; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
7SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we recommend that in any fiscal
8year in which the rate of tuition at a public university in
9this State is increased by any percentage above the percentage
10increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
11for all items, as published by the United States Department of
12Labor, during the 12-month calendar year preceding that fiscal
13year, the board of trustees of the university not increase the
14base salary of the president and vice-president of the
15university and other principal administrators employed by the
16university in that fiscal year; and be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
18delivered to the board of trustees of each public university in
19this State.