The Illinois Board of Higher Education recommends NIU receive a .04 percent cut to its state allocation, which would drop that funding from $93,189.5 million to $93,155.1 million.

The board’s recommendation starkly contrasts a proposal from Gov. Bruce Rauner, who last week proposed NIU receive a state funding cut of $29.3 million to drop funding to about $64 million. That recommendation would amount to a 30 percent cut in funding. NIU President Doug Baker called that recommendation “just not OK” during a Wednesday University Council meeting, and NIU officials have expressed concern the governor’s cut, if approved, would lead to layoffs.

The board’s recommendation was discussed at a Thursday Board of Trustees committee meeting.

Here is a table showing the IBHE’s state allocation recommendations: pic.twitter.com/cYS02a4DvY

— Jackie Nevarez (@NevarezJackie) February 26, 2015

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