University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen says that the prospect of another year with limited or no state funding makes him "gravely concerned" the school may have to lay off employees or cut course offerings.
Already the university is preparing to lay off an unspecified number of its non-teaching workers this summer. Killeen says "all options are on the table" at the University of Illinois if it continues to live without public funding.
Killeen stressed that the university is not in danger of closing a campus. Another state school, Chicago State University, faced the possibility of closure this spring and laid off a third of its employees.
Lawmakers adjourned without agreeing on a budget for either the current fiscal year or the one that will begin next month.
