The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 6

A6 THE PANTAGRAPH, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1986 College entrance requirement bill delayed Development panel backs airport plan stated he believes in tough course requirements both for high school graduation and college entrance. "I believe that stronger educational standards in our schools will ensure that our young people are prepared for a changing future," Thompson wrote. But the governor did not state in the message why he favored the delay. Jim Bray, a spokesman for the governor, said Thompson "agrees with the vast majority of the Legislature" that the delay is needed because several school districts have asked for more time to prepare for the more stringent solidation process.

One provision will direct state aid for students in an an annexed portion of an expanded district to be directed to the district gaining the territory. That will replace a "cumbersome" law in which the district losing students has had to pay "tuition" to the expanding district. Another provision will ensure that school districts that annex a complete adjoining district will have access to state financial incentives for consolidation, including in areas that have state aid. The bill was sponsored in the House by Rep. Gene Hoffman, By BERNIE SCHOENBURG Springfield bureau chief SPRINGFIELD Gov.

James R. Thompson yesterday signed a bill to delay by three years until the fall of 1993 the effective date of a new set of entrance requirements for state universities. Without the legislation, sponsored by Sen. John Maitland R-Bloomington, students entering high schools this fall would have had to conform to the new Illinois Board of Higher Education standards in order to ensure entrance into college in four years. In a message accompanying his signature of the bill, Thompson The bill passed the Senate and its final House vote was 97-10.

Maitland originally sought a five-year delay, but agreed to the compromise measure to hold off the requirements by three years. He said when he introduced the bill that he feared some beginning high school freshmen who will go into fields such as fine arts or vocational education could have trouble getting into colleges in their fields because a strict set of academic requirements could keep them from taking enough elective courses in their specialties. In addition to the three-year delay, the bill also makes technical changes that Thompson said would help school districts in the con- SZltSaSaSH VALUABLE COUPON ia22yS2) By EMiLIE KREBS Pantograph staff The Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development of the Bloomington-Normal Area endorsed an airport expansion plan yesterday that includes building a $6 million north-south runway. John Greuling, executive director of the chamber, said the group supported expansion and construction of a runway, but did not take a position on the possible closing of East Oakland Avenue. Greuling said the chamber may decide at a later date what action it would support to possibly reroute traffic on East Oakland.

The chamber's board of directors focused on two key issues involved in the expansion safety and service to the community. "Safety is the premier issue here," Greuling said, noting expansion would also help meet the needs of a growing community. The 20-year expansion plan is estimated to cost about $28 million. The plan includes building a north-south runway, a terminal building, hangars, moving the control tower southeast of its present location and, possibly, closing East Oakland east of Hershey Road because the runway would intersect the road. If East Oakland is closed, a plan to reroute traffic must be established.

Solutions include upgrading Ireland Grove Road from Towanda-Barnes Road to Hershey Road or extending Hershey Road to U.S. 150 at a cost of about $1 million each, or building a tunnel under the runway estimated at $3 million. Paul Streid, chairman of the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority's board of commissioners, explained reasons why a north-south runway would alleviate problems experienced when planes land on the main runway during foul weather or strong crosswinds. Between July 1, 1985 and June 30 of this year, Streid said 30 flights were canceled, 144 flights were delayed and 34 flights were diverted to other airports because of adverse weather conditions or strong crosswinds. He did not have figures for the total number of flights to and from the airport located on Illinois 9 east of Veterans Parkway.

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