Surplus budget tops lawmakers spring agenda
Springfield lawmakers map a spring agenda led by a surplus budget with talks on a new state health insurance for uninsured children and ongoing debates over hog farm regulation ethics and government reform. Republicans seek to pay bills, address Medicaid costs, and push tax relief while Democrats press school construction and expanded services as the session nears end.
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Senate
Ane
Pete
Philip Hone James
Edgar
Philip
Patty Schuh
Schuh
House
U.S
Paul Simon
Mike Lawrence
Southern Illinois University Public Policy Institute
Jones
Cindy Huebner
Huebner
Senate Democrats
Michael J. Madigan
Steve Brown
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Brown
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Illinois Auditor General
Lee A. Daniels
Vicki Crawford
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Crawford
Tuition waivers total six percent at GSU and CSU
An Illinois audit shows Governors State University and Chicago State University each waived six percent of tuition in fiscal 1996, lower than the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with 37 percent. The report notes GSU’s documentation weaknesses but praises overall performance, with waivers totaling 448,741 dollars and 6 percent of tuition.
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Wolff
GSA
Panama
IBHE
GSU Audit Finds Nine Problem Areas Persist
Springfield report cites Illinois Auditor General findings at Governors State University including miscounted equipment valued at 26 720 incomplete records from the former Computer Center and Educational Computing Network now merged into GSU and weak controls over the federal Direct Loan Program. Officials call it timing and say fixes are underway.
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Paula Wolff
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ECN
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Audits Find No Noncompliance at GSU Foundation and Alumni
Illinois Auditor General reports no material findings of noncompliance for the Governors State University Foundation or Alumni Association. Foundation 1997 revenue rose to 496,546 while spending reached 484,751 with a 736,885 net loss. Association revenue fell to 141,279 with a 11,041 net profit. University totals show 1997 revenue 53.9 million and spending 52.7 million, plus 64.8 million in plant assets.
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William G. Holland
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Association
Foundation
GSA
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