HB6035 Summary

• Appropriates $2,701,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for ordinary and contingent expenses for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, including personal services ($2,126,000), contractual services ($425,000), and other operational costs.

• Appropriates $434,000 for P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System administration, $208,400 for u.Select System costs, and $83,900 grant to Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center.

• Appropriates $1,575,600 for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.) diversity initiatives, including $1,466,600 for Chicago Area Health and Medical Careers Program and $109,000 for Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Excellence 2000 Program.

• Appropriates funds for education programs including Grow Your Own Teachers Program ($1,500,000), nursing school grants ($425,000), nurse educator fellowships ($224,300), and Diversifying Higher Education Faculty program ($1,490,000).

• Appropriates $16,601,200 to Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy from Education Assistance Fund and $3,050,000 from IMSA Income Fund for fiscal year 2015 operational expenses; Act takes effect July 1, 2014.