{"id":24163,"date":"2016-01-19T13:10:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T19:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=24163"},"modified":"2016-01-19T14:28:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:28:58","slug":"chicago-state-university-facing-budget-crisis-after-state-cuts-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-state-university-facing-budget-crisis-after-state-cuts-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago State University faces money crisis due to state budget stalemate (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Brooke Rayford<\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The overdue state budget has begun to have a\u00a0negative effect on colleges and private universities across the state of Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>By the beginning of March, Chicago State University may face major cuts that could impact students and faculty.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"CSU students take action\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/152303857?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>State funding comprises\u00a030 percent of university\u2019s budget. Without those dollars, the school has relied on its own reserved funds to function this academic year and keep students enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>The university says it\u00a0takes five million dollars a month for the school to operate. The\u00a0second semester began last Tuesday and the school\u00a0has only about nine million dollars left, according to Paris Griffin, Chicago State&#8217;s Student Government President.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin\u00a0said students\u00a0received an email about the school&#8217;s financial difficulties before the semester began.\u00a0CSU\u00a0has had financial burdens before, but never to the point that library and tutoring hours could be cut. Employees could lose their jobs and students could drop out of school.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0January 9th, more than 100 students and CSU faculty participated in a protest on the South side \u00a0to try to get the\u00a0government&#8217;s attention to restore funding to\u00a0the university.<\/p>\n<p>Campus leader Dave Flynn said students continue to meet for strategy sessions, so that the next action will be more effective than the last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re really affecting the growth of society by playing with somebody\u2019s education\u2026pass the budget we need this money,\u201d Flynn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of our students are parents, a lot of our students have jobs,&#8221; said Griffin. &#8220;A\u00a0lot of our students are here to push themselves to the next level. So our university is really needed. We can not let out doors close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Senator Pat McGuire \u2014 who chairs the \u00a0Senate Higher Education committee \u2014 proposed a bill last week\u00a0that will release $168 million in MAP (Monetary Award Program)\u00a0grants. Many CSU students depend on these state grants to pay tuition and fees.<\/p>\n<p>In a telephone interview, McGuire\u00a0said he wants to \u201cencourage CSU students (to continue) to tell the governor that they want to do more in their lives, they want to do more for the state of Illinois and obtaining a college degree is necessary.\u201d And he urged\u00a0Gov. Bruce Rauner to support\u00a0the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Rauner, a Republican, has been in a stalemate over the budget with Democrats in the State Assembly, and has suggested that the impasse may not be resolved until the spring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Students of Chicago State University participate in protest to receive state funding for their school. 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