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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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case basis, credit may be given for all or part of their relevant experience in other University of Illinois positions. e / Excepted from the above provisions are the following administrative officers: the President of the University; the chancellors and vice-chancellors; the officers of the Board of Trustees who are University employees; other general officers of the University; and the deans, directors, heads and chairs of academic units. Also excepted from the above provisions are academic professional staff whose title includes the terms "visiting," "acting," "interim," or "adjunct." ARTICLE XI. STUDENT AFFAIRS AND DISCIPLINE Section 1. STUDENT AFFAIRS a. The Senates shall be responsible for the development of appropriate recommendations regarding policies on student affairs at their respective campuses. Each Senate shall ensure the opportunity for substantial student involvement in the development of these recommendations. b. Upon recommendation of the Chancellor and the President, the Board of Trustees may appoint annually a vice-chancellor or other officer who shall have general supervision over extracurricular activities of students at that campus, those services provided on that campus to assist students in their personal and social development. The responsibility and authority of this officer shall be determined by the campus Chancellor. On the occasion of each appointment of any such officer, the Chancellor shall seek the advice of the Executive Committee of the campus Senate. The Executive Committee shall ensure the opportunity for substantial student involvement in the development of its advice. c. Under the general supervision of the officer provided for in sub-section lb above, the Graduate College, the College of Law, and the College of Veterinary Medicine shall be responsible respectively for the supervision of student affairs, excluding discipline, in those colleges.

On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, these amendments were approved. (Mrs. Calder asked to be recorded as not voting on this item.)

Proposed Amendments to The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure

(6) Amendments to the General Rules are proposed for the following sections: Article IV, Section 1 — Terms of Employment of Academic and Administrative Staff Article IV, Section 4 — Retirement, Death, Survivor, and Disability Benefits Throughout General Rules — substitution of gender-neutral language Two changes to Article IV, Section 1 are proposed. Since the Chicago campus is no longer on the quarter system, reference to the quarter system in Article IV, Section 1(a) of the General Rules is no longer needed. Also, Section 1(1) of Article IV is being amended to remove the requirement that employees "present evidence of freedom from tuberculosis or immunity to smallpox." State law no longer requires us to conduct tuberculin testing of employees. Furthermore, smallpox has been considered an eradicated disease since 1977. Legal counsel recommends the change in Article IV, Section 4 which replaces the term "disability" leave with the more appropriate "sick" leave. Disability benefits are administered by SURS, and eligibility is fixed by State statute. On the other hand, sick leave is administered by the University, and eligibility is fixed by the General Rules. In addition, several modifications are proposed to make the General Rules gender neutral.