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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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RULES OF T H E CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE OF T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

(Adopted by the Board of Trustees December 16, 1041, Minutes, page 716)

I. Rules and Definitions "The Board shall make and publish rules, which it may change from time to time, to carry out the purpose of this section, and for examination, appointments, transfers, and removals and for maintaining adequate records as herein required. Such rules shall be distributed by the Board and it shall give notice of the places where such rules may be obtained by publication in one or more daily newspapers published in each of the seven largest cities in the state according to the last general census published by the United States. Copies of all said rules and of all changes therein certified by the Board shall be sent to the County Clerk of each county in the state where they shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable hours."1 The following are the rules which the Board is required to make and publish. Definitions 1. The term "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2. The term "University" means the University of Illinois. 3. The term "State" means the State of Illinois. 4. The term "Position" means any specific office or employment, either vacant or occupied, calling for the performance of certain duties by an individual employee. 5. The term "Class" means a recognized kind of employment represented by a group of positions sufficiently alike in duties and requirements to justify a common title and common treatment in selection, employment processes, and for all personnel purposes. 6. The term "Grade" means one or more classes of positions, similar in relative importance, education and experience requirements, difficulty of performance of duties, and responsibility. 7. The term "Register" means a list of eligibles established under these rules, listing persons for employment, re-employment, or promotion. 8. The term "Eligible" means a person whose name appears on an Eligible Register for a given class or grade. 9. The term "Probationary Period" means a trial period not exceeding six months constituting a part of the examination of a new employee, who by actual performance of duties is given an opportunity to demonstrate his ability to fill the position to which he was appointed. 10. The term "Appointing Officer" means the person or persons authorized by the Board to appoint non-academic employees of the University in the classified civil service of the University. II. Classification Plan "The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall, as soon as possible, and within six months after the effective date of this amendatory act, and as often thereafter as may be necessary because of new positions, classify by rules adopted for that purpose all non-academic positions and employments in the University of Illinois, except the President of the University, the officers of the Board, administrative officers and professional and scientific positions, with reference to the duties thereof for the purpose of establishing grades, salary scales, and standards of examinations therefor. Such positions and employments shall constitute the classified civil service of the state in relation to the University of Illinois and no appointments shall be made except in accordance with the provisions of such rules. "All persons who are employees of the University of Illinois and subject to civil service regulations in force when this amendment goes into effect shall

•All sections in quotation marks are from "An Act to Amend Section 11 of 'An Act to Regulate the Civil Service of the State of Illinois' Approved May 11, 1005. as amended, ana to add Section 36A thereto." Approved July 22, 1941.