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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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established by law creating the State Universities Retirement System of Illinois, a state agency separate and distinct from the University of Illinois. (a) Retirement Age. Each appointee of the University serving under a contract of indefinite (unlimited) tenure must retire no later than the day before the beginning of the next academic year immediately following the appointee's 70th birthday; however, in exceptional cases and for substantial cause, retirement may be deferred upon written request of the employee, approved by the Chancellor, when appropriate, and the President, for a period not to exceed 1 year at any one time. (b) Participation in State Universities Retirement System. With certain exceptions, University employees are required to participate in the State Universities Retirement System. (c) Disability (Sick Leave) Benefits. T h e University of Illinois provides disability benefits as follows: (1) Nonacademic Employees. Leave is granted with full pay for disability in the amounts and in accordance with eligibility criteria set forth in the Policy and Rules — Nonacademic for those employees subject to the Act creating the State Universities Civil Service System. (2) Academic or Administrative Staff. Academic and administrative staff members (with the exception of Medical Residents and Postdoctoral Research Associates) who are participants in the State Universities Retirement System or the Federal Retirement System, and who are appointed for at least 50 percent time to a position for which service is expected to be rendered for at least nine consecutive months, earn disability (sick) leave as provided in this subparagraph (2). Medical Residents, Postdoctoral Research Associates, SURS Annuitants 2 a«d other academic and administrative staff members who are not participants in the State Universities or Federal Retirement Systems, and those who are appointed for less than 50 percent time a n d / o r for less than nine consecutive months, earn disability (sick) leave of 13 work days for each appointment year, no part of which will be cumulative, and the 13 days will be prorated for those on part-time appointments, or on appointments for less than a full appointment year. Under the Public Act 83-976 and actions of the Board of Trustees one-half of the number of days of unused disability (sick) leave which is earned and accumulated on or after January 1, 1984, is eligible for payment upon an employee's death, retirement, resignation, or other termination of employment. Academic or administrative staff members who, on December 31, 1983, had an unused balance of accumulated disability leave, will retain the same to a maximum of 180 work days, which may be utilized either (1) for establishing service credit in the State Universities Retirement System; or (2) for disability leave after all disability leave earned and accumulated on or after January 1, 1984, has first been utilized by the staff member. Unused disability leave earned by an academic or administrative staff member on or after January 1, 1984, may be accumulated up to a maximum of 240 work days, and upon termination of employment, a staff member may designate the portion of the accumulation (up to one-half) to be paid pursuant to Public Act 83-976 and the remainder thereof will be utilized for establishing service credit in the State Universities Retirement System. Post-January 1, 1984, accumulations of disability leave must be utilized in full prior to the utilization of pre-January 1, 1984, accumulations. Disability leave for academic and administrative staff members for the 1983-84 appointment year is determined under Interim Guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees on January 19, 1984. Effective with the 1984-85 appointment year, academic and administrative staff members who are participants (except for Medical Residents, Postdoctoral Research Associates, and Annuitants in SURS or the Federal Retirement System) in the State Universities Retirement System or Federal Retirement System, and who are appointed for at least 50 percent time to a position for which service is expected to be rendered for at least nine consecutive months, will earn disability (sick) leave of 12 work days