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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 21

Oil motion of Mr, Howard, this revision was approved. Mr. Forsyth asked to be recorded as voting no.

STUDENT INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNIVERSITY

(13) On July 14, 1915, the Board of Trustees adopted a regulation providing that any student who is in debt to the University at the end of any semester would not be permitted to register again or to receive an official statement of his credits "until^his indebtedness has been discharged." The University Counsel has advised that the quoted language is subject to the interpretation that a student who lias an indebtedness to the University discharged in formal bankruptcy proceedings would thereupon become eligible to register or receive a transcript of credits. The Counsel further advises that a discharge in bankruptcy docs not constitute payment of a debt and does not cancel or extinguish the bankrupt's obligation, but simply bars any remedy for its enforcement or collection through the courts. The debt remains as a moral obligation. It has been proposed that the Board of Trustees' action of 1915 be amended to make clear that unpaid obligations of students to the University continue to be a disqualification for registration and for receipt of transcripts, notwithstanding the discharge of the indebtedness to the University in bankruptcy proceedings. Accordingly, I recommend that the July 14, 1915, action of the Board of Trustees be amended to read as follows (new matter underlined and deleted matter interlineated) r "A student who is in debt to the University at the end of any acmcater jtca^ demic term shall not be permitted to register in the University again and shall not be entitled to receive an official statement or transcript of -R+s-credits from the Registr-a* until -his- the indebtedness has been <Kschargcd paid or suitable arrangements for payment have been made."

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved.

CHANGES IN POLICY AND RULES NONACADEMIC

Chapter XIII — Vacation and Personal Leave (14) Public Act 77-1823 effective October 1, 1972, provides that where there has been a break in State service, the vacation benefits shall be computed as though all previous State service which qualified for earning of vacation and personal leave benefits is continuous with present service and that the future earning rate for such benefits shall be based on total service. To comply with this Act, the University Director of Nonacademic Personnel and the Vice President for Financial Affairs recommend that the following revisions be made in "C" in the policy section of Chapter XIII of Policy and Rules — Nonacademic — "Vacation and Personal Leave" (new material is underscored; deleted material is lined through) : C. The amount of Vacation and Personal Leave earned is based upon the hours in pay status and the number of service years completed^ ^without break of service, 1. Where there has been no break in service, the service years of an employee equal the sum of that employee's pre-July 1, 1967, service years computed under the method used for that employee prior to July 1, 1967, plus his post-July 1, 1967, service years. The post-July 1, 1967, service years will be arrived at by dividing 2080 (8-hour day) or 1950 (7(/£hour day) into the sum of his total straight time hours in pay status after July 1, 1967, plus his hours in pay status after July 1, 1967, because of (1) term, semester, or holiday breaks, (2) unpaid holidays, and (3) unpaid leave caused by injury or illness provided, however, that such lost time credited in any one calendar year may not exceed 200 hours. 2. Where there has been a break in service, the service years shall he computed as though all previous State of Illinois service which qualified for earning of Vacation and .Personal Leave benefits is continuous with