July 9, 2003

 

 

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House of Representatives

93rd General Assembly

 

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(d) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby veto and return several appropriation items included in House Bill 2663, entitled "AN ACT making appropriations," having taken the actions set forth below.

 

We must continue to do more with less in these difficult financial times.  As a result, it is necessary to make further reductions in the amount allocated to the State Board of Education for their administration of grant programs and to the administrative costs of the Regional Offices of Education.  These reductions are solely intended to be in the administrative costs only and not to reduce grants to schools districts, community organizations or other recipients.  I remain solidly committed to providing support for our classrooms, our teachers, and our school children, as this Act demonstrates.  PA 93-0014 provides $100 million dollars to elementary and secondary education.  In signing this bill, I am increasing state funding for P-12 education by $284.5 million for a total increase of $384.5 million, including an increase to the Foundation Level of $250 per pupil.

 

This veto message reduces the total appropriation in HB2663 by $20,861,350 for reductions and item vetoes for substantive programs.

 

Item Vetoes

 

I hereby veto the following appropriations items:

 

Article

Section

Page

Line(s)

Amount Enacted

1

1

1

1

5

5

5

5

3

3

3

3

16-18

19

20

21

115,000

5,500

13,000

9,500

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

5

5

15

15

15

15

15

15

20

20

20

3

3

16

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

22-23

24

22-24

25

26

27

28

29

12-15

19-22

23-27

32,000

5,825,000

413,600

17,300

10,400

9,000

821,300

728,400

350,000

800,000

700,000

 

Reduction Vetoes

 

I hereby reduce the following appropriation items and approve each item in the amount set forth in the “Reduced Amount” column below:

 

Article

Section

Page

Line(s)

Amount Enacted

Reduced Amount

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

15

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

5-6

7-9

250,000

12,000

3,000

5,000

42,000

198,000

25,000

10,000

15,000

25,000

15,000

373,000

666,100

62,500

3,000

750

1,250

10,500

49,500

6,250

2,500

3,750

6,250

3,750

93,250

166,500

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

14

15-16

17

18

19-20

23-24

27-29

5-9

18-19

73,000

3,400

1,000

2,000

249,000

25,053,400

26,395,200

14,586,300

39,922,800

18,250

850

250

500

62,250

24,836,800

25,295,200

14,499,400

38,328,700

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

15

20

20

20

20

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

16

17

17

17

18

21

22

22

22

23

23

23

20-21

8-11

16-18

28-30

1-6

5-9

28

29

30

1

2

8-12

17,221,900

1,500,000

500,000

800,000

500,000

6,500,000

159,200

6,800

12,100

8,700

319,600

8,500,000

17,138,600

375,000

125,000

200,000

125,000

3,250,000

39,800

1,700

3,025

2,175

79,900

8,150,000

 

In addition to these specific item and reduction vetoes, I hereby approve all other appropriation items in House Bill 2663.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor