Bill Text: IL SR0683 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the Auditor General to conduct a management audit of the State's nine public universities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SR0683 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SR0683-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The State's nine public universities are
operated, managed, controlled, and maintained by their
respective individual boards of trustees; and
WHEREAS, Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations to the public
universities totaled nearly $6 billion; and
WHEREAS, On June 30, 2008, the public universities had over
$2 billion in outstanding bonds and notes payable and
certificates of participation, and additional debt has been
issued subsequent to that date; and
WHEREAS, State payments to the public universities are
backlogged, with over $475 million owed to the University of
Illinois alone; and
WHEREAS, According to the Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report (CAFR), the number of employees at the University of
Illinois has grown by 12% between 1999 and 2008 (from 26,331 to
29,403), while the number of State employees (not including
universities) dropped by 20% during that same time frame (from
87,719 to 70,144); and
WHEREAS, According to the College Illinois! website,

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average annual weighted tuition and fees at this State's public
universities was $10,442 for freshman level students entering
college in the fall of 2009, an increase of 10.5% over the
2008-2009 academic year; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is
directed to conduct a management audit of the State's nine
public universities; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to,
the following determinations for the most recent completed
academic year for which information is available:
(1) the total cost of operating each campus, the
average number of credit hours offered to students, the
average cost per credit hour, the number of students
enrolled, and the number of degrees conferred;
(2) the total amount of revenue received by each public
university and the sources of that revenue;
(3) comparison of the administrative structure at each
public university and costs related to upper level
administration at each campus;
(4) the number of academic personnel at each campus,
the average credit hour workload of professors and
instructors at each campus, the range of salaries and the
average salary of professors and instructors at each

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campus, and the number of professors and instructors on
sabbatical at each campus and the associated costs; and
(5) the amount of tuition received by each campus and
how much of that tuition was provided in the form of
financial aid provided by or through this State and how
much of that financial aid provided by or through this
State is subject to repayment by the students receiving
that aid; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the State's public universities, the Board
of Higher Education, and any other entity having information
relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the
Office of the Auditor General in the conduct of this audit; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations
upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section
3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to the Auditor General and the Board of Higher
Education.