Bill
SB 2584
Provides FY2026 funding for IBHE and higher-ed programs to expand teacher and nursing pipelines, student supports, mental health services, and data systems (died in committee).
Status: Died in committee (per provided record)
Primary sponsor: Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Introduced: February 25, 2025 (text shows filing activity through March 2025)
Companion: HB 4830 (companion)
Note on scope/title discrepancy
- The metadata you provided includes a title about public-works performance bonds, but the bill text attached is an appropriations bill for the Illinois Board of Higher Education. This summary follows the bill text (appropriations) rather than the unrelated title.
Purpose and intent
- SB 2584 is an FY2026 appropriations bill that would fund the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) and a set of higher-education programs, grants, and administrative activities. The bill designates specific dollar amounts for operational costs and a variety of targeted programs (teacher preparation, nursing capacity, STEM access, student basic needs, mental health, data systems, and accountability efforts).
Top-line fiscal detail (as introduced)
- Total proposed appropriations: $56,043,911
- General Funds: $33,791,800
- Other State Funds: $16,630,000
- Federal Funds: $5,622,111
Key provisions and major line items (selected)
- Operations and administration
- $5,753,700 — IBHE operational expenses (FY ending June 30, 2026)
- $458,100 — administration/enforcement of P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act
- $183,300 — My Credits Transfer System
- $307,000 — costs related to implementation of IBHE strategic plan
- Workforce, pipeline, and programmatic grants
- $6,000,000 — Grow Your Own Teachers Program (including prior years’ costs)
- $2,050,200 — administration/distribution of Diversifying Higher Education Faculty grants
- $1,500,000 — competitive grants to nursing schools to increase graduating nurses
- $800,000 — nurse educator fellowships
- $980,500 — Cooperative Work Study program grants to institutions
- $1,000,000 — statewide grant to re-enroll residents with some college/no credential (data analytics, coaching, outreach)
- Student supports and campus wellbeing
- $2,000,000 — grants addressing basic needs insecurity (housing, homelessness prevention) at 4‑year institutions
- $7,000,000 — grants under Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act
- $200,000 — Sexual Misconduct on Campus Climate Survey administration
- Accountability, data, and STEM access
- $450,000 — Higher Education Accountability Dashboard administration
- $95,900 & other amounts — STEM diversity programs including Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Fusion Program; additional grants for Creating Pathways and Access For Student Success Foundation
- Named and regional grants
- $73,800 — Quad‑Cities Graduate Study Center
- $1,055,700 — University Center of Lake County
Who would be affected
- IBHE (administration and program delivery)
- Public institutions of higher education (recipients of grants and program funding)
- Students (benefitting from basic-needs grants, mental-health programming, nursing and teacher pipeline programs, transfer supports)
- Workforce and regional partners (re‑enrollment initiatives, cooperative work-study, vocational/quality assurance funds)
- State budget (General Revenue and other state/federal funds)
Procedural/timeline notes
- Introduced in the 104th General Assembly (text dated Feb–Mar 2025). Legislative action records are inconsistent in dates but list readings, referrals, and finally “Died In Committee.” As such, the bill did not advance to enactment in this form.
Potential impacts if enacted
- Provides targeted state funding to expand teacher and nursing pipelines, support mental-health initiatives on campus, strengthen data and accountability systems, and assist students facing basic-needs insecurity. Fiscal impact would draw on General Revenue and designated state/federal funds as listed above.
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