SB3888
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3888
Introduced 2/28/2024, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
expenses of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2024, as follows:
General Funds $25,641,800
Other State Funds $16,630,000
Federal Funds $30,800,000
Total $73,071,800
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AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
in the General Assembly: 3
ARTICLE 1 4
Section 5. The amount of $5,538,700, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 6
Fund to the Board of Higher Education to meet its operational 7
expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 . 8
Section 10. The sum of $443,100, or so much thereof as may 9
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 10
the Board of Higher Education for costs and expenses associated 11
with the administration and enforcement associated with the P -12
20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. 13
Section 15. The sum of $183,300, or so much thereof as may 14
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 15
the Board of Higher Education for costs associated with the My 16
Credits Transfer System. 17
Section 20. The sum of $1,450,000, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 19 SB3888 -2- OMB103 00374 KMH 45374 b
to the Board of Higher Education for administrative and 1
personnel costs associated with reimbursements to public 2
universities for par ticipation in “The Common Application” 3
System. 4
Section 25. The following named amount, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 6
Fund to the Board of Higher Education for distribution as grants 7
authorized by the Higher Education Cooperation Act: 8
Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center .................... 73,800 9
Section 30. The following named sums, or so much thereof 10
as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General Revenue 11
Fund to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for Scienc e, 12
Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) diversity 13
initiatives to enhance S.T.E.M. programs for students from 14
underrepresented groups: 15
Illinois Mathematics and Science 16
Academy Fusion Program .............................. 95,900 17
Section 35. The sum of $1,433,600, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 19
to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for Science, 20
Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) diversity 21
initiatives to enhance S. T.E.M. programs for students from 22 SB3888 -3- OMB103 00374 KMH 45374 b
underrepresented groups for the Creating Pathways and Access 1
For Student Success Foundation formerly Chicago Area Health and 2
Medical Careers Program (C.A.H.M.C.P.). 3
Section 40. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as 4
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 5
to the Board of Higher Education for the Grow Your Own Teachers 6
Program, including prior years’ costs. 7
Section 45. The sum of $2,050,200, or so much thereof as 8
may be necessary, is app ropriated from the General Revenue Fund 9
to the Board of Higher Education for the administration and 10
distribution of grants authorized by the Diversifying Higher 11
Education Faculty in Illinois Program. 12
Section 50. The sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereo f as 13
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 14
to the Board of Higher Education for competitive grants for 15
nursing schools to increase the number of graduating nurses. 16
Section 55. The sum of $800,000, or so much thereof as may 17
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 18
the Board of Higher Education for nurse educator fellowships 19
to supplement nurse faculty salaries. 20
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Section 60. The sum of $980,500, or so much thereof as may 1
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 2
the Board of Higher Education for distribution as grants for 3
Cooperative Work Study Programs to institutions of higher 4
education. 5
Section 65. The sum of $1,055,700, or so much thereof as 6
may be necessary, is appropriated fr om the General Revenue Fund 7
to the Board of Higher Education for a grant to the Board of 8
Trustees of the University Center of Lake County for the 9
ordinary and contingent expenses of the Center. 10
Section 66. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may 11
be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 12
on June 30, 2023, from appropriations heretofore made for such 13
purpose in Article 109, Section 66 of Public Act 103 -0006 as 14
amended, is reappropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the 15
Board of Higher Education for costs and expenses associated 16
with a Public Higher Education Assessment in the Quad Cities. 17
Section 70. The sum of $150,000 or so much thereof as may 18
be necessary, is appropriated from the Distance Learning Fund 19
to the Board of H igher Education as supplemental support for 20
costs and expenses associated with the administration and 21
enforcement of 110 ILCS 145/40. 22 SB3888 -5- OMB103 00374 KMH 45374 b
Section 75. The amount of $800,000, or so much thereof as 1
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Academic Quality 2
Assurance Fund to the Board of Higher Education as supplemental 3
support for costs and expenses associated with the 4
administration and enforcement of 110 ILCS 1010. 5
Section 80. The amount of $30,000, or so much thereof as 6
may be necessary, is appropriated from the BHE Data and Research 7
Cost Recovery Fund to the Board of Higher Education as 8
supplemental support for costs and expenses associated with the 9
administration and enforcement of 110 ILCS 205. 10
Section 85. The amount of $650,000, or so m uch thereof as 11
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Private Business and 12
Vocational Schools Quality Assurance Fund to the Board of 13
Higher Education as supplemental support for costs and expenses 14
associated with the administration and enforcement of t he 15
Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. 16
Section 90. The sum of $5,500,000, or so much thereof as 17
may be necessary, is appropriated from the BHE Federal Grants 18
Fund to the Board of Higher Education to be expended under the 19
terms and conditions associated with the federal contracts and 20
grants moneys received, including prior years’ costs. 21 SB3888 -6- OMB103 00374 KMH 45374 b
Section 95. The sum of $287,000, or so much thereof as 1
maybe necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 2
to the Board of Higher Educ ation for costs and expenses 3
associated with the implementation of the new strategic plan. 4
Section 100. The sum of $25,000,000, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the BHE Federal Grants 6
Fund to the Board of Higher Education fo r costs and expenses 7
associated with High Impact Tutoring, including prior years’ 8
costs. 9
Section 105. The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof 10
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Board of Higher 11
Education State Contracts and Grants Fund to the Board of Higher 12
Education for costs and expenses associated with Community 13
Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center. 14
Section 110. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 15
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Board of Higher 16
Education State Contracts and Grants Fund to the Board of Higher 17
education to be expended under the terms and conditions 18
associated with the moneys being received, including prior 19
years’ expenditures. 20
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Section 115. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 1
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 2
to the Board of Higher Education for grants and administration 3
of a program to address basic needs insecurity, including 4
housing and homelessness prevention, for students at four -year 5
colleges and universities. 6
Section 120. The sum of $450,000, or so much thereof as 7
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 8
to the Board of Higher Education for costs and expenses 9
associated with the Higher Education Accountability Dashboard 10
program. 11
Section 125. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as 12
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 13
to the Board of Higher Education for costs and expenses 14
associated with the Sexual Misconduct on Campus Climate Survey 15
program. 16
Section 130. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as 17
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 18
to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for the 19
administration and distribution of grants for the 20
implementation of the Ment al Health Early Action on Campus Act. 21
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Section 135. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 2
hereinafter named, are appropriated from the Education 3
Assistance Fund to the Illinois Mat hematics and Science Academy 4
to meet ordinary and contingent expenses for the fiscal year 5
ending June 30, 2025: 6
For Personal Services ............................ 16,206,000 7
For State Contributions to State 8
Employees Retirement System .............................. 0 9
For Retirement ................................ .......14,400 10
For State Contributions to Social 11
Security, for Medicare ............................. 234,000 12
For Contractual Services .......................... 5,800,000 13
For Travel ................................ ..........120,000 14
For Commodities ................................ .....515,000 15
For Equipment ................................ .......640,000 16
For Electronic Data Processing ...................... 140,000 17
For Telecommunications .............................. 132,000 18
For Operation of Auto motive Equipment ...............181,500 19
Total $23,982,900 20
Section 140. The following named amounts, or so much 21
thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 22
purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated from the IMSA 23
Income Fund to the Illinois Math ematics and Science Academy to 24 SB3888 -9- OMB103 00374 KMH 45374 b
meet ordinary and contingent expenses for the fiscal year 1
ending June 30, 2025: 2
For Personal Services ............................. 3,502,000 3
For State Contributions to Social 4
Security, for Medicare .............................. 71,200 5
For Retirement ................................ .......22,800 6
For Contractual Serv ices ............................ 805,600 7
For Travel ................................ ..........156,600 8
For Commodities ................................ .....572,400 9
For Equipment ................................ .......476,100 10
For EDP ................................ ..............45,200 11
For Telecommunications ............................... 82,400 12
For Operation of Automotive Equipment .................5,200 13
For Refunds ................................ .........125,500 14
Total $5,865,000 15
Section 145. The sum of $60,000, or so much thereof as may 16
be necessary, is appropriated from the IMSA Income Fund to the 17
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for awards and grants. 18
Section 150. The sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as 19
may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 20
on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 21
such purpose in article 109, Section 155 of Public Act 103 -22
0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the General Revenue 23 SB3888 -10- OMB103 00374 KMH 45374 b
Fund to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for 1
personnel and operational costs relating to creating a 2
philanthropic office in order to raise funds for its capital 3
facilities. 4
ARTICLE 2 5
Section 5. The sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as may 6
be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 7
on June 30, 2024 , from appropriations heretofore made such 8
purpose in Article 123, Section 490 of Public Act 103 -0006 as 9
amended, is reappropriated from the State Coronavirus Urgent 10
Remediation Emergency Fund to the Board of Higher Educat ion to 11
the Grow Your Own Teachers Program for costs and expenses 12
associated with the Historically Disadvantaged Male Initiative, 13
including but not limited to, for purposes permitted by Section 14
9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and related federa l 15
guidance, including prior year s’ costs. 16
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 17
2024. 18