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Paragraph 36(e) of the State employees (category 5 above). During this same time frame, the
Universities Civil Service Act allows universities and agencies reported 20,824 status civil service
specifically identified employment employees and 4,860 non-status civil service employees. Over the
categories to be excluded and past few years, these numbers have predictably fluctuated based on
exempt from civil service statutory various other factors such as enrollment figures, economic climate,
requirements. Specifically, the academic year timeframe, etc. In general, these headcount numbers
following employment categories can and trends have remained fairly stable over the last few years due to
be exempted from civil service the somewhat stressed state and higher education economic climate.
regulations and rules:
However, in the case of the principal administrative employees
sThe members and officers of the Merit Board and the board of (category 3 above), it seems that those numbers have grown through
trustees, and the commissioners of the institutions and agencies out this same time frame. Specifically, there were 5,201 principal
covered administrative employees in June 1999 and this number grew to 9,258
sThe presidents and vice-presidents of each educational in December 2006. This has caused some alarm and suggests that a
institution review and update of these exemption procedures, and possible
sOther principal administrative employees of each institution and incorporation into administrative rules, should be initiated.
agency as determined by the Merit Board
sThe teaching, research and extension faculties of each institution At its last meeting, the Merit Board discussed the possibility of
and agency developing and incorporating a new administrative rule to more
sStudents employed under rules prescribed by the Merit Board, formally capture specific exemption protocols and authorized the
without examination or certification System Office to initiate a process to collect information and to seek
input/proposals from employers and various constituency groups on
Through the Merit Board, the System Office has established this topic. The System Office plans to work closely with its various
procedures that specifically outline the methods by which individual advisory groups to collect information and suggestions in their review
positions are to be identified and exempted form civil service of current procedures. Our efforts will first focus on a review and
regulations. These procedures can be found at our website, update of the current procedures related to this topic. Hopefully, this
, under the Principal effort will ultimately lead to a more formal rule proposal on this
Administrative Appointments Procedure Manual. important topic at some point in the future. We invite you to follow the
progress of this development process and offer your suggestions
Based on headcount numbers reported by each university and agency through your advisory committee members and civil service councils.
for the period ending December 31, 2006, there were 9,258 principal
administrative employees (category 3 above), 3,491 faculty and
research employees (category 4 above), and 25,318 student
http://www.sucss.state.il.us/pm_manuals.asp
System Office to Review Exemption Procedures
Lewis T. (Tom) Morelock, Executive Director
Volume 5nIssue 1n2007