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90_HR0512
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The 87th General Assembly of the State of
3 Illinois unanimously adopted Senate Joint Resolution 141,
4 which strongly encouraged public universities and community
5 colleges to distribute future salary increases in a manner
6 that would equalize faculty and civil service benefits in
7 Illinois with the benefits of their national peer groups; and
8 WHEREAS, Today many State institutions of higher
9 education are still providing salary and benefit levels for
10 their faculty and staff at rates below national averages; and
11 WHEREAS, Both university and community college governing
12 boards and the Illinois Board of Higher Education have a
13 crucial role in the annual formulation of university and
14 community college budgets; and
15 WHEREAS, The Illinois Board of Higher Education has
16 recommended funding in Fiscal Year 1999 for some public
17 universities for the specific purpose of retaining critical
18 faculty and staff; therefore, be it
19 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the
21 Illinois Board of Higher Education is urged to build on this
22 year's efforts to equalize salary levels at State
23 institutions of higher education in the future; and be it
24 further
25 RESOLVED, That public universities and community colleges
26 are encouraged to continue distributing salary increases in a
27 manner that moves faculty and staff toward equity with their
28 peer groups; and be it further
29 RESOLVED, That through the Illinois Board of Higher
30 Education, each public university and community college
31 governing board report to the General Assembly by November 1,
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1 1998, regarding efforts to implement salary equity for
2 faculty and staff; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be presented to
4 the Illinois Board of Higher Education for reproduction and
5 distribution to the governing boards of each of the public
6 universities and public community college districts of this
7 State.