To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
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    From: "uipres@uillinois.edu" <uipres@uillinois.edu>

Reply-To: uipres@uillinois.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - A Letter from the President

June 28, 2004
 


Dear Colleagues:


            As you very likely know, discussions are continuing among the
Governor and Legislative leaders over the state's budget for the new fiscal
year which will begin this Thursday, July 1st.  We remain hopeful that
those discussions will be successful and that an operating budget for all
state-supported activities, including funding for the University of
Illinois, will be established soon.  
 
            This week the General Assembly may consider providing funds for
a brief period of time at the beginning of the new fiscal year if final
resolution has not been reached on the full budget.  Those funds would be
made available to agencies without any other resources on which to draw for
continuing operations.
 
            In the absence of new state appropriations, the University has
sufficient tuition resources to meet all state-supported payroll
obligations through the month of July.  We will utilize those resources as
necessary to cover state-supported payrolls due this month.   At their
request, we conveyed this information to legislative appropriations
committees during the last part of June, to assist in their deliberations
over the need for appropriations during the initial part of the fiscal
year.    
 
            I will continue to keep all University employees informed as
budget developments unfold in the legislative process.


James J. Stukel
PresidentThis mailing approved by:
The Office of the President

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