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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Sec. 65.(a) Initiation by a Setiate. Each of the Senates by vote of a majority of all members present and voting at a regular or special meeting may propose amendments to these Statutes. No final Senate action shall be taken on a proposed amendment until the next meeting following the one at which it was introduced. The Secretary of a Senate shall notify the Secretaries of the other Senates and the Secretary of the University Senates Conference of the text of a proposed amendment promptly after the meeting at which it is introduced. The proposed amendment shall be referred to the University Senates Conference for its consideration and transmission to the other Senates for action; the Conference may append its comments and recommendations. The proposed amendment shall be placed promptly on the agenda of each of the other Senates. If the Senates act affirmatively on the proposed amendment and concur as to its text, the Conference shall send the proposed amendment to the President for transmission to the Board of Trustees; the Conference may append its comments. If the Senates do not agree as to the proposed amendment, the Conference shall endeavor to promote agreement of the Senates; where agreement can not be effected within a reasonable period of time, the Conference shall send the proposals of the Senates and its own recommendations to the President for transmission to_ the Board of Trustees, and shall simultaneously notify the Senates of its action; any Senate may record and send its further comments to the President for transmission to the Board of Trustees. (b) Initiation by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may initiate proposals to amend the Statutes, but the Board shall not finally adopt any such proposal without first seeking the advice of the President, the Senates, and the University Senates Conference. Any proposal to amend the Statutes which is initiated by the Board of Trustees shall be transmitted through the President to the University Senates Conference and transmitted b3' the Conference with its recommendations to the Senates for consideration and advice. The proposed amendment shall be placed promptly on the agenda of each of the Senates. If the Senates do not agree in their advice concerning the proposed amendment, the Conference shall endeavor to promote agreement; where agreement can not be achieved within a reasonable period of time the Conference shall send the advice of the Senates and its own recommendations to the President for transmission to the Board of Trustees and shall simultaneously notify the Senates of its action; any Senate may record and send its further comments to the President for transmission to the Board of Trustees. (c) An amendment shall become effective when approved by the Board of Trustees or at such later time as the Board may specify. REVISION OF UNIVERSITY STATUTES: DELETION OF SECTION 5 , UNIVERSITY COUNCIL (20) The University Council (or University Council on Administration) for many years has served in various ways as a consultative, advisory, and occasionally a decision-making body on a University-wide basis. In recent months, studies have been undertaken to appraise the role of the Council under the present organizational structure of the University. A review of the historic role of the Council in the light of present needs was prepared by the office of Vice President Eldon Johnson. A copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board. The members of the Council have considered the review document and the analysis provided for several months, and at their meeting of June 11, 1969, unanimously recommended that the Council be dissolved. It is evident to all concerned that the task of intercampus communication remains a high level responsibility and a subject requiring high priority discussion and future planning. However, this can be exercised without statutory definition or prescription. Accordingly, in implementation of the action of the Council and with the concurrence of the administrative staff, I recommend that the Board approve provisionally the deletion of Section 5 from the University Statutes. In accord with the procedures for amendment of the Statutes, this recommendation, if approved, would be submitted to the Senates for their advice and subsequently submitted to the Board for final action.

On motion of Mr. Jones, this recommendation was provisionally approved.