Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 253]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e deans of students, directors of health services, and student representatives from each campus have recommended the improvement in the schedule of benefits. T h e vice president for administration has recommended that the student health insurance fee for the 1979-80 academic year be established as proposed. I concur in this recommendation. T h e trustees h a d received copies of a letter from a student group, L I F E , protesting the fact that the insurance program covers first trimester abortions. I n the course of discussion some trustees expressed t h e hope that the abortion benefit could be isolated so that those who wished abortion coverage could have it b u t that those opposed to it would be free of having its cost included in their fee. I t was pointed out t h a t it might not be economically feasible to make such a separation, at least at this late stage of negotiations with the insurance company. By consensus it was agreed that prior to completing arrangements for next year, the appropriate officers would explore the possibility of seeking alternatives t o the present arrangement. T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, M r . Sobotka, M r . Watson; no, none. O n motion of M r . Howard, the recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, M r . H a h n , M r . Howard, M r . Lenz, M r . Neal, M r . Stone; no, Dr. Donoghue, M r . Forsyth, M r . Velasquez; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. Fee Assessment, 1979 Intersession, Urbana (11) O n April 12, 1978, the Board of Trustees approved the concept of an "intersession" for the Urbana-Champaign campus, a period of intensive instruction between the academic year and the summer session. I t was determined that the tuition for courses offered would be billed at the summer session rate. T h e program was limited to continuing students for the first year; therefore, no action regarding the service fee or hospital-medical-surgical fee was required. Several academic departments now have expressed an interest in allowing new and readmitted students to enroll in the intersession. Since these students are not covered by the previous term's fees, it will be necessary to establish a fee structure for them. Because of the varying length of the intersession courses, it is proposed that the service fee and the McKinley hospital fee be prorated for those courses on the basis of the summer session fee structure, so long as the intersession is on an experimental basis. Fee waivers currently authorized for students and staff would be applicable. Student health insurance will not be available to new or readmitted students in the intersession because of the short duration of the policy period. Thus, a waiver of the Board of Trustees' requirement for proof of insurance coverage equivalent to that of the policy offered by the University is necessary. Therefore, the chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that the service fee and McKinley hospital fee be prorated as proposed; and that a waiver of the requirement for proof of insurance coverage be approved for new and readmitted students enrolled in the intersession. T h e vice presidents for academic affairs and administration concur. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . Neal, these recommendations were approved.