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90_HB3637

      110 ILCS 70/36j           from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b9
      110 ILCS 70/36o           from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b14
      110 ILCS 70/36p           from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b15
      110 ILCS 205/9.16a
      110 ILCS 805/3-26         from Ch. 122, par. 103-26
      110 ILCS 805/3-42         from Ch. 122, par. 103-42
          Amends the State  Universities  Civil  Service  Act,  the
      Board  of  Higher  Education  Act,  and  the Public Community
      College Act.   Provides  that  under  the  University  System
      promotions,  demotions, removals, and discharges shall not be
      based  on  race,  color,  religion,  sex,  national   origin,
      ancestry,  age,  marital status, physical or mental handicap,
      military status, unfavorable discharge from military service,
      or sexual orientation, except as otherwise provided  by  law.
      Adds  those  factors  not  already  included in the provision
      prohibiting discrimination against applicants for  employment
      under  the  University  System and the provisions prohibiting
      the  board  of  trustees  of   a   community   college   from
      discriminating  in  appointments  and  employment.  Prohibits
      public institutions of higher education  from  discriminating
      against  applicants  for  admission  and  students because of
      these factors.
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 1        AN ACT concerning higher education, amending named Acts.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The State Universities Civil Service Act is
 5    amended by changing Sections 36j, 36o, and 36p as follows:
 6        (110 ILCS 70/36j) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b9)
 7        Sec. 36j. Promotions. The  Merit  Board  shall  by  rules
 8    provide for promotions on the basis of ability and experience
 9    and  seniority  in  service and examination and to provide in
10    all cases where it is  practicable  that  vacancies  will  be
11    filled  by promotion.  Promotions shall not be based on race,
12    color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital
13    status,  physical  or  mental  handicap,   military   status,
14    unfavorable   discharge  from  military  service,  or  sexual
15    orientation, except as otherwise provided by law.  The  Merit
16    Board  shall by rule fix lines of promotion from such several
17    offices and places to superior offices or places in all cases
18    where, in the judgment of the Merit Board, the duties of such
19    several positions directly tend to fit the  incumbent  for  a
20    superior position.
21        Employees  promoted  in  the  promotional line shall have
22    their seniority for the highest position held on the basis of
23    length of service in that classification. For the next  lower
24    classification  the  employee  may  add  his seniority in the
25    higher classification to  that  in  the  lower  to  determine
26    seniority in the lower classification.
27        Whenever  a  superior position in the promotional line in
28    the classified civil service under the University  System  is
29    to  be filled, the Director shall certify to the employer, in
30    the order of their seniority, the names and addresses of  the
31    three  persons standing highest upon the promotional register
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 1    for the class or grade to which said  position  belongs.  The
 2    employer  shall  appoint one of the three persons whose names
 3    were certified by the  Director.  Sex  shall  be  disregarded
 4    except  when  the  nature of the position requires otherwise.
 5    Appointments to superior positions in  the  promotional  line
 6    shall  be  on probation for a period of no less than 6 months
 7    and no longer than 12 months for each class of  positions  in
 8    the  classification  plan,  the  length  of  the probationary
 9    period having been determined by  the  Director.  Persons  so
10    appointed  may  be  demoted  at any time during the period of
11    probation, if, in the opinion  of  the  employer,  they  have
12    failed  to  demonstrate  the  ability  and the qualifications
13    necessary to furnish satisfactory service, but shall  not  be
14    discharged from the superior position if they have previously
15    completed  a  probationary  period in an inferior position in
16    the promotional line.
17        Whenever a person is promoted to a superior  position  in
18    the   promotional   line  prior  to  the  completion  of  the
19    probationary period in  any  one  of  the  positions  in  the
20    classified  civil  service under the University System, total
21    service in the inferior position and  in  all  such  superior
22    positions shall be combined to establish certified status and
23    seniority in the inferior position.
24    (Source: P.A. 82-524.)
25        (110 ILCS 70/36o) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b14)
26        Sec. 36o. Demotion and discharge. After the completion of
27    his   probationary  period,  no  employee  shall  be demoted,
28    removed or discharged except for  just  cause,  upon  written
29    charges,  and  after  an  opportunity to be heard in his  own
30    defense if he  makes a written request for a hearing  to  the
31    Merit  Board  within 15 days after the serving of the written
32    charges upon him.  Demotions, removals, and discharges  shall
33    not  be based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
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 1    ancestry, age, marital status, physical or  mental  handicap,
 2    military status, unfavorable discharge from military service,
 3    or  sexual  orientation, except as otherwise provided by law.
 4    Upon the filing of the such a  request  for  a  hearing,  the
 5    Merit  Board  shall  grant  such hearing to be held within 45
 6    days from the date of the service of the demotion, removal or
 7    discharge notice by a hearing board appointed  by  the  Merit
 8    Board.  The  members  of  the hearing board shall be selected
 9    from among the members of a panel established  by  the  Merit
10    Board after consultation with the Advisory Committee provided
11    in  Section  36c.  The  hearing  board  shall make and render
12    findings of facts on the charges and transmit  to  the  Merit
13    Board a transcript of the evidence along with its findings of
14    fact.  The findings of the hearing board when approved by the
15    Merit Board shall be certified to the employer. If cause  for
16    demotion,  removal  or discharge is found, the employee shall
17    be immediately separated from the service. If  cause  is  not
18    found,  the employee shall forthwith be reassigned to perform
19    the duties of a position in his  classification without  loss
20    of  compensation.  In the course of the hearing, the Director
21    of the Merit Board shall have power to administer  oaths  and
22    to  secure  by  subpoena  the  attendance  and  testimony  of
23    witnesses  and the production of books and papers relevant to
24    the inquiry.
25        The provisions of the Administrative Review Law  and  all
26    amendments  and  modification  thereof, and the rules adopted
27    pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern  all  proceedings
28    for  the judicial review of final administrative decisions of
29    the Merit Board  hereby  created.  The  term  "administrative
30    decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
31    Procedure.
32    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
33        (110 ILCS 70/36p) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38b15)
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 1        Sec. 36p. Nondiscrimination.
 2        In  the  administration  of  the  University  System,  no
 3    applicant shall be denied employment by the Merit Board or by
 4    any  employer  because  of race, color, sex, national origin,
 5    religious or political affiliations, ancestry,  age,  marital
 6    status,   physical   or  mental  handicap,  military  status,
 7    unfavorable  discharge  from  military  service,  or   sexual
 8    orientation,  except  as otherwise provided by law.  However,
 9    except that any applicant for employment may be required as a
10    condition of employment, to sign a valid oath  attesting  his
11    or her loyalty to the State and the United States.
12    (Source: P.A. 78-842.)
13        Section 10.  The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
14    by adding Section 9.16a as follows:
15        (110 ILCS 205/9.16a)
16        Sec. 9.16a.  Prohibit discrimination.  To prohibit public
17    institutions  of higher education from discriminating against
18    an applicant for admission or  a  student  because  of  race,
19    color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital
20    status,   physical   or  mental  handicap,  military  status,
21    unfavorable  discharge  from  military  service,  or   sexual
22    orientation,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law.  This
23    prohibition extends to student housing.
24        Section 15.  The Public Community College Act is  amended
25    by changing Sections 3-26 and 3-42 as follows:
26        (110 ILCS 805/3-26) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-26)
27        Sec. 3-26.  (a) To make appointments and fix the salaries
28    of a chief administrative officer, who shall be the executive
29    officer  of the board, other administrative personnel and all
30    teachers.  In  making  these  appointments  and  fixing   the
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 1    salaries,  the board may make no discrimination on account of
 2    sex,  race,  creed,  color,  or  national  origin,  religion,
 3    ancestry, age, marital status, physical or  mental  handicap,
 4    military status, unfavorable discharge from military service,
 5    or sexual orientation, except as otherwise provided by law.
 6        (b)  Upon the written request of an employee, to withhold
 7    from the compensation of that employee the membership dues of
 8    such  employee payable to any specified labor organization as
 9    defined in the  Illinois  Educational  Labor  Relations  Act.
10    Under  such arrangement, an amount shall be withheld for each
11    regular payroll period  which is equal to the  prorata  share
12    of   the   annual   membership  dues  plus  any  payments  or
13    contributions and the board shall pay such withholding to the
14    specified labor organization within 10 working days from  the
15    time of the withholding.
16    (Source: P.A. 83-1014.)
17        (110 ILCS 805/3-42) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-42)
18        Sec.  3-42. To employ such personnel as may be needed, to
19    establish policies governing their employment and  dismissal,
20    and   to  fix  the  amount  of  their  compensation.  In  the
21    employment,  establishment  of   policies   and   fixing   of
22    compensation  the board may make no discrimination on account
23    of sex, race, creed, color,  or  national  origin,  religion,
24    ancestry,  age,  marital status, physical or mental handicap,
25    military status, unfavorable discharge from military service,
26    or sexual orientation, except as otherwise provided by law.
27        Residence  within  any  community  college  district   or
28    outside   any   community   college  district  shall  not  be
29    considered:
30        (a)  in determining whether to retain or not  retain  any
31    employee  of  a  community  college employed prior to July 1,
32    1977 or prior to the adoption by the community college  board
33    of a resolution making residency within the community college
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 1    district  of some or all employees a condition of employment,
 2    whichever is later;
 3        (b)  in assigning, promoting or transferring any employee
 4    of a community college to  an  office  or  position  employed
 5    prior  to  July  1,  1977  or  prior  to  the adoption by the
 6    community college board  of  a  resolution  making  residency
 7    within   the  community  college  district  of  some  or  all
 8    employees a condition of employment, whichever is later; or
 9        (c)  in determining the salary or other  compensation  of
10    any employee of a community college.
11    (Source: P.A. 80-248.)

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