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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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senates, including the University Senates Conference and the respective Senate Benefits Committees; the University Professional Personnel Advisory Committee; and the Nonacademic Employees Advisory Committee. Following such consultation, and prior to the beginning of the next contract year, I hope to bring to the Board of Trustees recommended refinements in the sick leave policies which would supersede the Interim Guidelines outlined above. During the consultative process, the vice president for academic affairs and I will seek general advice on the effective application of Public Act 83-976, specifically with respect to the following changes in policy which have been proposed by the Office of the Vice President for Business and Finance: A. Eligibility for compensable sick leave should be limited to those who are defined as employees eligible for participation in SURS. B. No immediate change is contemplated for nonacademic personnel who now earn approximately 12 workdays of sick leave a year on the basis of each hour worked without limitation as to the amount of unused sick leave which may be accumulated. Effective January 1, 1999, however, the maximum accumulated compensable (post-January 1, 1984) sick leave shall be limited to 180 days. C. Effective with the 1984-85 contract year, it is proposed that academic employees earn sick leave at the rate of 12 workdays per contract year (or fraction thereof for those employed for less than a full contract year), provided that academic staff employed on an academic-year basis (9 months) shall receive the full allocation of 12 workdays sick leave per contract year. All unused sick leave will be carried forward until termination of employment, provided that in 1999 the maximum accumulation of compensable sick leave earned after January 1, 1984, and beyond shall be limited to 180 days. No change in the General Rules would be proposed regarding the availability of additional leave for academic employees. The General Rules now provide that subject to the approval of the president, or chancellor as appropriate, a member who has completed at least three full years of service may be granted a disability leave with full pay for a period (including the annual and extended leaves described above) not to exceed one-half of his or her appointment year. D. It is proposed that the Interim Guideline provisions, which establish that sick leave taken after January 1, 1984, is charged against pre-January 1, 1984, accumulations (unless otherwise requested by the employee), if any, be continued and preserved. E. Similarly, it is proposed that the Interim Guideline provisions with respect to transferring State employees be continued and preserved. I recommend the board approve the above Interim Guidelines on Sick Leave effective as of January 1, 1984. O n m o t i o n of M r . M a d d e n , t h e s e g u i d e l i n e s w e r e a p p r o v e d as presented.

SECRETARY'S REPORT

T h e s e c r e t a r y p r e s e n t e d for r e c o r d a p p o i n t m e n t s t o t h e f a c u l t y a n d c h a n g e s of s t a t u s m a d e by t h e p r e s i d e n t , r e s i g n a t i o n s , leaves of a b s e n c e , a n d r e t i r e m e n t s . A c o p y of t h e r e p o r t is filed w i t h t h e s e c r e t a r y .

DEGREES CONFERRED

T h e s e c r e t a r y p r e s e n t e d for r e c o r d t h e following s u m m a r y of d e g r e e s conferred on candidates at die U r b a n a - C h a m p a i g n campus on J a n u a r y 15, 1984.