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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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pation of the development of. a wider range of major fields of study. A new option in this program has been..developed to be offered-at. the Peoria Schpfj. of Medicine to provide a career ladder for medical laboratory technicians! T h e option is of the ty pet: recommended for allied .health programs in the. Illinois master plan for higher- education. The program is designed to be capable of integration with two-year-institutions with, medical technician programs. Students t pursuing thenew option/would receive a Bachelor of Science degree in training as medical technologists.- •-..• . 1 / :•-,.-. i On Tuesday, June 7, 1977, the Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the career mobility option to be offered at.the Peoria School of Medicine. The program had not been previously submitted to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois because of differing views between the staffs of the University and of the board of higher education with regard to the need to submit it to the board of higher education. Ultimately, the University agreed to provide information and not to object if the program were approved by the. board of higher education. The University continues to have reservations about the: necessity for such approval.

REGULAR AGENDA

T h e board considered t h e following reports and rec6mmferidations from the president of the University.

Interim Operating Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 1978

(1) In recent years the Board of Trustees has approved the continuation of the previous year's budget into the next fiscal year when legislative action upon University appropriations was not completed in time to be translated into detailed budget recommendations. Inasmuch as the same situation is expected to occur this year, the president of the University requests authorization to continue in effect, commencing July 1, 1977, and continuing thereafter until further action of the board in September 1977, the internal budget for FY 1977 as it exists on June 30, 1977. Authorization is also requested, in accordance with the needs.of the University and the equitable interests involved and within total resources: (a) to accept resignations, (b) to make such additional appointments as are necessary subject to the provisions of the University Statutes and the Policy and Rules — Nonacademic, and (c) to make such changes and adjustments in items included in the interim budget as are needed. All such changes are to be covered in the comptroller's quarterly financial reports or in reports to the board by its secretary. T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . M a t t h e w s , M r . V o l g m a n ; n o , n o n e ; absent, M r . C o n l o n . O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, authority w a s g i v e n as requested by the following v o t e : Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . Lenz, M r . Livingston, Mrs. R a d e r , M r s . Shepherd, M r . V e l a s q u e z ; n o , n o n e ; absent, M r . N e a l , G o v e r n o r T h o m p s o n .

Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates

(2) The Committee.on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended, to four candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked certified public accountant certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination. in. another state or territory of