In May 2016, the Illinois General Assembly and Governor Rauner approved a bill to partially reimburse higher education institutions for MAP funds, but the released funds only cover a small portion of the program costs. MAP grant recipients for the 2016-2017 academic year are not yet guaranteed funding (4).
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Northeastern Illinois University
Sources: (1) SB 2059, Illinois Board of Higher Education (2) Northwest Herald (3) Washington Post (4) The Southern Illinoisan (5) Governors State University (6) HOI19 (7) Chicago Tribune (8) WTHITV
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Like public universities, community colleges, which enroll over 650,000 students, have struggled during the budget impasse, despite a stop-gap funding bill passed in April (1). Throughout the state, they have cut travel allowances and left vacant positions unfilled. Many have laid off staff and raised tuition as a result of the impasse. Moodys has downgraded many community colleges' credit ratings. Many have not been able to absorb the loss of MAP grant tuition, requiring MAP grant recipients to pay (2).
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