US EditionPlan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition
- A group established by Illinois lawmakers in 2021 has put forward a proposal to increase public university funding by approximately $1.7 billion over the next decade to decade and a half, but the University of Illinois System had raised objections to the plan as of May 2025.
- Lawmakers formed the commission in 2021 in response to longstanding underfunding and social justice efforts following the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
- The plan uses a funding formula prioritizing the least adequately funded schools, with Western Illinois University currently at 45.7 percent adequacy and U of I Urbana-Champaign at 88.6 percent.
- Nick Jones of the U of I System expressed concerns about the proposed funding formula, highlighting that it would allocate only 28 percent of new funds to the U of I initially while placing the majority of future budget reductions—74 percent—on the system.
- The Senate committee did not advance the bill, while House Bill 1581 remains under consideration. The University of Illinois System favors a tiered funding model aligned with each university’s unique mission to fairly address their specific needs and roles.
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Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition
SPRINGFIELD — A plan to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities is running into stiff opposition from the state’s largest higher education institution, the University of Illinois System.
Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition - IPM Newsroom
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Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition – Capitol News IL
The plan, which has been in development for the last four years, calls for adding roughly $1.7 billion in new university funding over the next 10-15 years, but distributing that under a formula that would give priority to schools that are currently the least adequately funded.
Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition - Mahomet Daily
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois May 1, 2025 SPRINGFIELD — A plan to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities is running into stiff opposition from the state’s largest higher education institution, the University of Illinois System. The plan, which has been in development for the last four years, calls for adding roughly $1.7 billion in new university funding over the next 10-15 years, but distributing that under a formula that…
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