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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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who have passed the examination for submission to the president; and preparing grade letters to notify all candidates who wrote the examination. T h e actual on-site administering of the CPA examination is done by the Board of Examiners. T h e board is composed of five members, at least four of whom are CPAs. T h e chair of the Committee on Accountancy recommends to the president persons to serve as examiners. New members to the Board of Examiners are nominated by the president and approved by the Board of Trustees. Among the duties of the Board of Examiners are: conducting all aspects of the examination, including developing a formal written policy regarding cheating and strictly observing all specifications regarding instructions given to test takers; time limits, and the general presentation to test takers. At least partially due to the diligence and competence of the Committee on Accountancy and the Board of Examiners, Illinois has earned the distinction of being an "honor roll" state. Because of the consistently high performance of candidates from Illinois on the CPA examination, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants scores the examination papers of students from Illinois first. It is current practice for the president to recommend to the Board of Trustees that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded to those examinees who pass the written examination, as verified by the Board of Examiners to the Committee on Accountancy and the president. T h e Board of Trustees then approves this recommendation before the certificates are awarded. This practice is not parallel to the long-standing degree-granting procedure. Degrees are granted by the president, under the authority granted by the Board of Trustees, after appropriate recommendation from the senates. In order to bring the practice of granting CPA certificates in parallel with the University's degree-granting procedure, the vice president for academic affairs recommends that the board grant authority for the awarding of the certificates of certified public accountant to the president of the University of Illinois (or his or her designee). It is assumed that the president would delegate the awarding of certificates to the Board of Examiners. I concur.

O n motion of Mr. Grabowski, this recommendation was approved. By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 19 t h r o u g h 35 inclusive. T h e recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. ( T h e record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Contract, Roosevelt/Damen Parking Lot, Chicago

(19) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract for $279,520 to Accu-Paving Co., a division of Mertes Contracting Corporation, Chicago, the low bidder on its base bid, for the construction of a new parking lot at the southeast corner of West Roosevelt Road and South Damen Avenue at the Chicago campus. T h e work will include the construction of a new parking lot on approximately 67,571 square feet of cleared property to accommodate 250 to 350 cars. Construction will include grading, paving, site lighting, and drainage. Funds are available in the Auxiliary Facilities System Repair and Replacement Reserve. (A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.)

O n motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved by the