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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 21

for persons employed on the staffs of State-operated institutions of higher learning." Accordingly, a draft code was prepared by an "Ethics Committee" convened by the Executive Director of the Board of Higher Education and disseminated to the administrative officers of the state universities of Illinois for comments and suggestions. Within the time afforded for institutional appraisal, the members of the University Council on Administration and the chairmen of the Senate Committees on Educational Policy were asked for reactions and suggestions. A resultant Provisional Code of Conduct, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record, was approved by the Board of Higher Education on February 6, 1968. It is now expected that the Provisional Code will receive a full institutional review prior to its issuance in final form, perhaps by the end of the present academic year. Under sections I I , I I I , and I V of the Provisional Code, the institutional governing boards have administrative and enforcement responsibilities with respect to the general standards of conduct set forth (in Section I I ) . However, prior to action on these matters by the Board of Trustees, I recommend that the Board of Trustees receive the Provisional Code as a matter of record and refer it to the Faculty Senates and to an appropriate group related to nonacademic employees for their advice. O n m o t i o n of M r . G r i m e s , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . ( T h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y i n d i c a t e d t h a t in r e f e r e n c e t o Sect i o n 3 A , h e w o u l d e x p e c t t o p r e p a r e a list of officers w h o s h o u l d be d e s i g n a t e d a s t h o s e r e q u i r e d t o file " w r i t t e n d i s c l o s u r e s " a s specified in the code.) DELETION OF SECTION 6, T H E GENERAL RULES CONCERNING UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND BLUEPRINTING DEPARTMENT (7) In the course of revising The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure to reflect the chancellorship system of organization, a number of editorial changes appear desirable in order to reflect that pattern symmetrically among all campuses. One such change relates to Section 6 of the General Rules, "Photography and Blueprinting Department." It is felt that specific reference to a particular unit of this kind at one campus is best handled by administrative definition and that its inclusion in the General Rules is therefore unnecessary. 1 Accordingly, the President of the University recommends that Section 6 of the General Rules tie deleted. The changes will be reflected in the new edition of the University of Illinois Statutes and The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure.

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

CHANGES IN NONACADEMIC POLICY AND RULES VACATION AND PERSONAL LEAVE (8) Since the September 20 revision of the Policy and Rules in respect to vacation, a question has arisen as to vacation accrual during periods of retirement disability. Procedurally, an employee who is receiving retirement disability income is placed on a leave without pay status with the University. The Vacation and Personal Leave Policy, as revised on September 20, did not contemplate that vacation would be earned while an employee was on leave without pay or that the period of sick leave would count toward service years. Since September 20, employee groups have urged that periods of disability under the Retirement System even though non-occupational, should be treated in the same way as occupational disability for leave purposes. It is noted that the Policy, as approved, does provide that an employee who is receiving Workmen's Compensation will continue to earn vacation and personal leave while he is receiving these income benefits and that the time covered will be credited towards service

1 Transfer of administrative responsibility for the Photographic Laboratory, effective March 1, 1968, from the University Director of Public Information to the Director of Public Information, Urbana-Champaign, was approved by the President of the University on January 19, 1968.