Bill > HB5691

This bill appropriates funds for the ordinary and contingent expenses of Southern Illinois University (SIU) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, totaling $235,512,700, with $234,246,700 coming from General Funds and $1,266,000 from Other State Funds. Specifically, it allocates $228,286,700 from the Education Assistance Fund for general operational expenses, $62,800 from the General Revenue Fund for the Daily Egyptian Newspaper, $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund for the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center and related grants, $1,130,600 from the Education Assistance Fund for the Simmons Cancer Institute, $16,000 from the State College and University Trust Fund for scholarship grants, $1,250,000 from the General Professions Dedicated Fund for pharmacy practice education at the Edwardsville campus, $2,700,000 from the General Revenue Fund for programming at the former Lindenwood Campus in Belleville, $266,600 from the General Revenue Fund for the SIU Office of Community Engagement, $300,000 from the General Revenue Fund for the SIU Institute of Rural Health, and $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund for a study on distributing emergency incident information from 911 dispatch to public safety and school personnel, along with grants to implement such systems. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2026.

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5691&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104