Gov. Bruce Rauner made history this week when he delivered his
Fiscal Year 2017 Illinois budget plan without the state ever having enacted an operating budget for FY 2016.
If things proceed as Rauner would like, the state would enact a budget for FY 2017 and, in effect, allow the non-existent FY 2016 budget to become an asterisk in the history books. It's a horrible prospect for public colleges and universities, which would go an entire year without any state funding and then receive a one-year appropriation that's slightly lower than that of FY 2015.
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