Full Text of SR0683 96th General Assembly
SR0683 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The State's nine public universities are | 3 |
| operated, managed, controlled, and maintained by their | 4 |
| respective individual boards of trustees; and
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| WHEREAS, Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations to the public | 6 |
| universities totaled nearly $6 billion; and
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| WHEREAS, On June 30, 2008, the public universities had over | 8 |
| $2 billion in outstanding bonds and notes payable and | 9 |
| certificates of participation, and additional debt has been | 10 |
| issued subsequent to that date; and
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| WHEREAS, State payments to the public universities are | 12 |
| backlogged, with over $475 million owed to the University of | 13 |
| Illinois alone; and
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| WHEREAS, According to the Comprehensive Annual Financial | 15 |
| Report (CAFR), the number of employees at the University of | 16 |
| Illinois has grown by 12% between 1999 and 2008 (from 26,331 to | 17 |
| 29,403), while the number of State employees (not including | 18 |
| universities) dropped by 20% during that same time frame (from | 19 |
| 87,719 to 70,144); and
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| WHEREAS, According to the College Illinois! website, |
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| average annual weighted tuition and fees at this State's public | 2 |
| universities was $10,442 for freshman level students entering | 3 |
| college in the fall of 2009, an increase of 10.5% over the | 4 |
| 2008-2009 academic year; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is | 7 |
| directed to conduct a management audit of the State's nine | 8 |
| public universities; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | 10 |
| the following determinations for the most recent completed | 11 |
| academic year for which information is available:
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| (1) the total cost of operating each campus, the | 13 |
| average number of credit hours offered to students, the | 14 |
| average cost per credit hour, the number of students | 15 |
| enrolled, and the number of degrees conferred;
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| (2) the total amount of revenue received by each public | 17 |
| university and the sources of that revenue;
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| (3) comparison of the administrative structure at each | 19 |
| public university and costs related to upper level | 20 |
| administration at each campus;
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| (4) the number of academic personnel at each campus, | 22 |
| the average credit hour workload of professors and | 23 |
| instructors at each campus, the range of salaries and the | 24 |
| average salary of professors and instructors at each |
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| campus, and the number of professors and instructors on | 2 |
| sabbatical at each campus and the associated costs; and
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| (5) the amount of tuition received by each campus and | 4 |
| how much of that tuition was provided in the form of | 5 |
| financial aid provided by or through this State and how | 6 |
| much of that financial aid provided by or through this | 7 |
| State is subject to repayment by the students receiving | 8 |
| that aid; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the State's public universities, the Board | 10 |
| of Higher Education, and any other entity having information | 11 |
| relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the | 12 |
| Office of the Auditor General in the conduct of this audit; and | 13 |
| be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 15 |
| soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 16 |
| upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 17 |
| 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 |
| delivered to the Auditor General and the Board of Higher | 20 |
| Education.
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