Under the budget authority given to him by the legislature for FY11 appropriations, Governor Quinn announced in August that the GYO appropriation would remain level at $3.15 million. Based on this appropriation, IBHE, our new "home" in state government, has allocated continuation grants to all 16 current consortia at the FY 10 level.
On May 6th, 2010, the Legislature passed a bill (SB 2487) authorizing the transfer of the administration of the GYO program from the Illinois State Board of Education to the Illinois Board of Higher Education as of 7/1/2010. After meeting with IBHE staff in late June, GYO participants strongly urged the Governor to sign the bill, which he did in late July.
In August of 2009, Governor Quinn approved the latest technical amendments to the GYO law. Here is a summary of the amendments; the full text is also on the site.
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