HB6026 Summary

• Appropriates $599,175,000 from the Education Assistance Fund to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, including $520,235,200 for personal services, $24,893,200 for group insurance, and $37,000,000 for contractual services.

• Appropriates $16,826,500 from the General Revenue Fund for Prairie Research Institute costs and $45,000,000 for University of Illinois Hospital operating expenses.

• Appropriates funds from specialized state funds for specific university programs: $750,900 for Hispanic Center for Excellence, $308,200 for Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, $1,173,200 for Public Policy Institute, $328,500 for College of Dentistry grant, and $3,721,300 for Illinois Fire Service Institute.

• Appropriates $250,000 for scholarship grants, $200,000 for emergency mosquito abatement, $200,000 for mosquito research, $500,000 for hazardous waste research, and $500,000 for pharmacy practice education programs at College of Medicine in Rockford.

• Act takes effect July 1, 2014.